1979 Pan American Games / Tennis
| 1979 Pan American Games Tennis |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| information | |
| venue | San Juan Puerto Rico
|
| Competition venue | Parque Regional de San Juan |
| Nations | 14th |
| Athletes | 61 (34 H, 27 D) |
| date | July 3-13, 1979 |
| decisions | 5 |
| ← Mexico City 1975 | |
The tennis competitions of the VIII Pan American Games 1979 were held from July 3rd to 13th, with a day of rest on July 6th, on the newly created facility in the Parque Regional de San Juan in San Juan . Medals were awarded to women and men in singles and doubles as well as in mixed competitions. The US college selection won four titles while Venezuela won the mixed . The Cuban tennis player Oswaldo Cruz pulled away from his team during the tournament.
Men's
singles
| space | country | player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 United States
|
Mel Purcell |
| 2 |
 Chile
|
Ricardo Acuña |
| 3 |
 Ecuador
|
Andrés Gómez |
Double
| space | country | player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
Andy Kohlberg Mel Purcell |
| 2 |
Chile
|
Ricardo Acuña Héctor Pérez |
| 3 |
Puerto Rico
|
Ricky Díaz Ernie Fernández |
Ladies
singles
| space | country | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
Susan Hagey |
| 2 |
United States
|
Trey Lewis |
| 3 |
 Mexico
|
María Llamas |
Double
| space | country | Players |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
Susan Hagey Ann Henricksson |
| 2 |
 Canada
|
Nicole Marois Hélène Pelletier |
| 3 |
Puerto Rico
|
Beatrix Fernández Cristina González |
Mixed
| space | country | player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Venezuela
|
Marlin Noriega Juan Bóveda |
| 2 |
United States
|
Ann Henricksson Fritz Buehning |
| 3 |
Mexico
|
Alejandra Vallejo Javier Ordaz |
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
4th | 2 | - | 6th |
| 2 |
 Venezuela
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 3 |
Chile
|
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 4th |
Canada
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5 |
Mexico
|
- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |
Puerto Rico
|
- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 7th |
Ecuador
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
source
- Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF file; 27.0 MB), pp. 482–497.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Including the Cuban Jorge Ordaz , who could not take part because his doubles partner Oswaldo Cruz had withdrawn from the Cuban team, as well as Nora Aguilera from El Salvador, who for unknown reasons did not play her first round match in mixed with Miguel Campos .
- ↑ Article on http://aroundtherings.com/ from October 18, 2011 (English).