Enrique Morea
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Full name | Enrique Jorge Morea | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 11 April 1924||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 March 2017 | (aged 92)||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1944 (amateur tour) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 285-122 (70%) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 22 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 10 (1953, Lance Tingay)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | SF (1953, 1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 4R (1946, 1947) | ||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 4R (1955) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | F (1946) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | W (1950) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (1952, 1053, 1955) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Enrique Morea | |
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President of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis | |
Assumed office 1996 | |
Preceded by | Carlos Bello[3] |
Enrique Jorge Morea (11 April 1924 – 15 March 2017)[4] was an Argentine tennis player. He was born in Buenos Aires.
Morea reached the singles semi finals of the French Championships in 1953, beating Mervyn Rose and Gardnar Mulloy before losing to Ken Rosewall.[5] At the French in 1954, Morea beat Jozsef Asboth and Mulloy before losing to Art Larsen in the semi finals.[6] Morea won the mixed doubles title of the 1950 French Championships. He also won two Gold medals at the inaugural men's tennis competition at the 1951 Pan American Games. Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Morea as World No. 10 in 1953 and 1954.[2] As of 2014, Morea was the honorary president of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis (AAT).
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: (1 title, 3 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1950 | French Championships | Clay | Barbara Scofield Davidson | Patricia Canning Todd Bill Talbert |
Walkover |
Runner-up | 1952 | Wimbledon | Grass | Thelma Coyne Long | Doris Hart Frank Sedgman |
6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1953 | Wimbledon | Grass | Shirley Fry | Doris Hart Vic Seixas |
7–9, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 1955 | Wimbledon | Grass | Louise Brough | Doris Hart Vic Seixas |
8–6, 2–6, 6–3 |
References
- ^ a b Garcia, Gabriel. "Enrique Morea: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Trabert is Seeded Top", The Sydney Morning Herald, September 16, 1953.
- ^ "Enrique Morea, a los 81 años, fue reelegido por cuatro años más como presidente de la Asociación Argentina de Tenis (AAT)" [Enrique Morea, at age 81, was re-elected for another four years as president of Argentina Tennis Association (AAT)]. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: ESPN Inc. November 24, 2005. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ Davis Cup Profile
- ^ "French Open 1953". www.tennis.co.nf.
- ^ "French Open 1954". www.tennis.co.nf.
External links
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Enrique Morea at the Davis Cup
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2017 deaths
- Argentine male tennis players
- French Championships (tennis) champions
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Tennis players at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Argentine tennis biography stubs