1967 Pan American Games / Tennis

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1967 Pan American Games
Tennis
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information
venue Winnipeg Canada
CanadaCanada 
Competition venue Winnipeg Canoe Club
Nations 11
Athletes 39 (22 H, 17 D)
date July 24th to 31st, 1967
decisions 5
São Paulo 1963

The tennis competitions of the Fifth Pan American Games in 1967 were held from July 24th to 31st at the Winnipeg Canoe Club in Winnipeg . Medals were awarded to women and men in singles and doubles as well as in mixed competitions.

The Puerto Rico Tennis Association withdrew its players from the tournament because its request for independent membership in the International Tennis Association was not met.

Men's

singles

space country player
1 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil Thomaz Koch
2 United StatesUnited States United States Herb Fitzgibbon
3 United StatesUnited States United States Arthur Ashe

Double

space country player
1 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil Thomaz cook
José Edison Mandarino
2 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Marcello Lara
Joaquín Loyo-Mayo
3 EcuadorEcuador Ecuador Francisco Guzmán
Miguel Olvera

Ladies

singles

space country Player
1 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Elena Subirats
2 United StatesUnited States United States Patsy Rippy
3 United StatesUnited States United States Jane Albert

Double

space country Players
1 United StatesUnited States United States Jane Albert
Patsy Rippy
2 EcuadorEcuador Ecuador María Eugenia Guzmán
Ana María Ycaza
3 CanadaCanada Canada Vicki Berner
Faye Urban

Mixed

space country player
1 United StatesUnited States United States Jane Albert
Arthur Ashe
2 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Elena Subirats
Luis Augusto García
3 EcuadorEcuador Ecuador María Eugenia Guzmán
Francisco Guzmán

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
01 United StatesUnited States United States 2 2 2 6th
02 Brazil 1960Brazil Brazil 2 - - 2
03 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 1 2 - 3
04th EcuadorEcuador Ecuador - 1 2 3
05 CanadaCanada Canada - - 1 1

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Notes and individual references

  1. There were no tennis competitions at the 1971 Games in Cali.
  2. ^ Winnipeg Free Press, July 24, 1967, p. 8 (available as an OCR file at https://newspaperarchive.com/ ). The Puerto Rico Tennis Association only achieved this goal in 1991.