1959 Pan American Games / Tennis
| 1959 Pan American Games Tennis |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| information | |
| venue | Chicago United States
|
| Competition venue | Lincoln Park Tennis Club |
| Nations | 15th |
| Athletes | 56 (38 H, 18 D) |
| date | August 28 to September 3, 1959 |
| decisions | 5 |
| ← Mexico City 1955 | |
The tennis competitions of the III. The 1959 Pan American Games were played from August 28 to September 3 at the Lincoln Park Tennis Club in Chicago . On the carpet courts there, medals were awarded to women and men in singles and doubles as well as in mixed competitions.
Men's
singles
| space | country | player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Chile
|
Luis Ayala |
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Canada
|
Robert Bédard |
| 3 |
United States
|
Jon Douglas |
Double
| space | country | player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Mexico
|
Antonio Palafox Gustavo Palafox |
| 2 |
Mexico
|
Francisco Contreras Mario Llamas |
| 3 |
United States
|
Myron Franks Grant Golden |
Ladies
singles
| space | country | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
Althea Gibson |
| 2 |
Mexico
|
Yolanda Ramírez |
| 3 |
United States
|
Dorothy Knode |
Double
| space | country | Players |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mexico
|
Yolanda Ramírez Rosa María Reyes |
| 2 |
United States
|
Karol Fageros Althea Gibson |
| 3 |
Mexico
|
Marta Hernández Imelda Ramírez |
Mixed
| space | country | player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mexico
|
Yolanda Ramírez Gustavo Palafox |
| 2 |
Mexico
|
Rosa María Reyes Francisco Contreras |
| 3 |
United States
|
Althea Gibson Grant Golden |
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mexico
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 7th |
| 2 |
United States
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 6th |
| 3 |
Chile
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 4th |
Canada
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
source
- United States Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report, US Olympic Committee, 1961 , (PDF file; 26.5 MB), p. 303/304 (the pages can also bedownloadedindividually from https://digital.la84.org/ )