Pan American Games 1983 / Tennis / Men's Singles

Men's tennis singles at the 1983 Pan American Games
Competitions
singles	Men's	Ladies
Double	Men's	Ladies	Mixed

The men's singles of the Pan American Games 1983 was a tennis competition in Caracas .

Competition mode

The 28 participants were initially divided into eight preliminary round groups of three or four players each, in which everyone played against everyone. The first two in the group advanced to the round of 16, from which the knockout system was used.

Preliminary round

Group A

Results

player	player	Result
Keith Sorrentino	Ronald Agénor	2: 6, 2: 6
Keith Sorrentino	Marcos Baretto	1: 6, 1: 6
Ronald Agénor	Marcos Baretto	4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Ronald Agénor	2-0	4: 1	29:19
2	Marcos Baretto	1: 1	3: 2	27:19
3	Keith Sorrentino	0: 2	0: 4	06:24

Group B

Results

player	player	Result
Hernán Luque	Alexis Pepén	6: 3, 6: 4
Hernán Luque	Gabriel Mena	6: 3, 6: 4
Alexis Pepén	Gabriel Mena	6: 3, 6: 2

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Hernán Luque	2-0	4-0	24:14
2	Gabriel Mena	1: 1	2: 2	19:17
3	Alexis Pepén	0: 2	0: 4	12:24

Group C

Results

player	player	Result
Richard Berry	Hernán Valencia	6: 4, 6: 4
Richard Berry	Walter Taurisano	3: 6, 3: 6
Hernán Valencia	Walter Taurisano	6: 2, 8: 6

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Hernán Valencia	1: 1	2: 2	22:20
2	Walter Taurisano	1: 1	2: 2	20:20
3	Richard Berry	1: 1	2: 2	18:20

Comment: Walter Taurisio and Richard Berry advanced to the round of 16, although according to the results available, Hernán Valencia had the best game ratio if all three players had equal matches and sets.

Group D

Results

player	player	Result
Delford Vanterpool	Francisco Junior González	0: 6, 1: 6
Delford Vanterpool	Eric Korita	0: 6, 0: 6
Francisco Junior González	Eric Korita	6: 7, 4: 6

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Eric Korita	2-0	4-0	25:10
2	Francisco Junior González	1: 1	2: 2	22:14
3	Delford Vanterpool	0: 2	0: 4	01:24

Group E

Results

player	player	Result
Greg Holmes	Nelson Cruz	6: 2, 6: 2
Marco Morales	Carlos Claverie
Greg Holmes	Marco Morales	6: 1, 6: 1
Nelson Cruz	Carlos Claverie	6: 7, 2: 6
Greg Holmes	Carlos Claverie
Nelson Cruz	Marco Morales	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Greg Holmes	3-0
2	Carlos Claverie	2: 1
3	Nelson Cruz	1: 2	2: 5	29:37
4th	Marco Morales	0: 3

Group F.

Results

player	player	Result
Fernando Pérez Pascal	Roger Edghill	Where
Christian Miniussi	Morris Brown	6: 3, 6: 3
Fernando Pérez Pascal	Morris Brown	6: 2, 6: 4
Roger Edghill	Christian Miniussi	1: 6, 1: 6
Fernando Pérez Pascal	Christian Miniussi	6: 7, 6: 2, 5: 7
Roger Edghill	Morris Brown	6: 2, 6: 7, 2: 6

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Christian Miniussi	3-0	6: 1	40:25
2	Fernando Pérez Pascal	2: 1	3: 2	31:22
3	Morris Brown	1: 2	2: 5	27:38
4th	Roger Edghill	0: 3	1: 4	16:27

Group G

Results

player	player	Result
Miguel Nido	Luis Martínez
Jean Desdunes	Iñaki Calvo
Miguel Nido	Jean Desdunes	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
Luis Martínez	Iñaki Calvo	1: 6, 2: 6
Miguel Nido	Iñaki Calvo
Luis Martínez	Jean Desdunes	6: 4, 2: 6, 2: 6

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Iñaki Calvo	3-0
2	Miguel Nido	2: 1
3	Jean Desdunes	1: 2
4th	Luis Martínez	0: 3

Group H.

Results

player	player	Result
Jorge Lozano	Rafael Moreno	6: 1, 6: 4
Juan Carlo Ayala	Armando Perez
Jorge Lozano	Armando Perez	7: 6, 6: 1
Rafael Moreno	Juan Carlo Ayala	6: 3, 6: 3
Jorge Lozano	Juan Carlo Ayala
Rafael Moreno	Armando Perez

table

Item	player	Matches	sentences	Games
1	Jorge Lozano	3-0
2	Rafael Moreno	2: 1
3	Juan Carlo Ayala	1: 2
4th	Armando Perez	0: 3

Knockout round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

F. Pérez Pascal

7th

6th

E. Korita

6th

4th

F. Pérez Pascal

M. Nido

7th

6th

M. Nido

R. Agénor

6th

3

F. Pérez Pascal

6th

6th

I. Calvo

6th

6th

Ch. Miniussi

2

4th

R. Berry

4th

4th

I. Calvo

Ch. Miniussi

Ch. Miniussi

M. Baretto

F. Pérez Pascal

6 5

6 5

C. Claverie

G. Holmes

7th

7th

H. Luque

C. Claverie

6th

6th

G. Mena

7th

3

6th

G. Mena

1

1

J. Lozano

6th

6th

3

C. Claverie

4th

6 2

R. Moreno

6th

6th

G. Holmes

6th

7th

FJ González

3

4th

R. Moreno

1

1

3rd place match

W. Taurisano

5

2

G. Holmes

6th

6th

Ch. Miniussi

7th

3

6th

G. Holmes

7th

6th

C. Claverie

6 6

6th

4th

source

• Memoria IX Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos 1983 Caracas -Venezuela (PDF file; 25.3 MB), pp. 351–355. The individual results were compiled as far as possible from contemporary newspaper reports available online.

Remarks

1. ↑ This mode had already been used at the Central America and Caribbean Games in 1978 and was obviously intended to ensure that every player got a minimum number of matches.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Result unknown