Central American and Caribbean Games 1950 / Tennis

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Central American and Caribbean Games 1950
Tennis
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information
venue Guatemala City Guatemala
GuatemalaGuatemala 
Nations 11
Athletes 42 (33H, 9D)
decisions 5
Barranquilla 1946

The tennis competitions of the VI. Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950 were played in Guatemala City . They started on February 26th. There were singles and doubles for men and women as well as the mixed competition. Mexico won all titles. Gustavo Palafox was a three-time winner.

Men's

singles

space country player
1 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Gustavo Palafox
2 GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala Oscar Escobar
3 GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala Hector Estrada

Double

space country player
1 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Francisco Guerrero Arcocha
Gustavo Palafox
2 CubaCuba Cuba Lorenzo Nodarse
Juan Weiss
3 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico Charles Manuel Pasarell sr.
José Luiz Pasarell

Ladies

singles

space country Player
1 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Hilde Heyn
2 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Imelda Ramírez
3 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Carmen Christlieb

Double

space country Players
1 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Carmen Christlieb
Hilde Heyn
2 ColombiaColombia Colombia Sibylla Garbrecht
Alicia Linares
3 GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala Clara Z. de Echeverría
Carmen Nottebohm

Only three couples participated. The results were as follows:

  • Christlieb / Heyn - Garbrecht / Linares 6: 3, 6: 1
  • Christlieb / Heyn - Echeverría / Nottebohm 6: 4, 6: 1
  • Garbrecht / Linares - Echeverría / Nottebohm 3: 6, 6: 1, 9: 7

Mixed

space country player
1 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico Imelda Ramírez
Gustavo Palafox
2 GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala Carmen Nottebohm
Héctor Estrada
3 ColombiaColombia Colombia Sibylla Garbrecht
Jorge Combariza

Only three couples participated. The results were as follows:

  • Ramírez / Palafox - Nottebohm / Estrada 6: 1, 6: 2
  • Ramírez / Palafox - Garbrecht / Combariza 6: 4, 6: 2
  • Nottebohm / Estrada - Garbrecht / Combariza 6: 1, 6: 0

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
01 Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 5 1 1 7th
02 GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala - 2 2 4th
03 ColombiaColombia Colombia - 1 1 2
04th CubaCuba Cuba - 1 - 1
05 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico - - 1 1

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Kingston Gleaner, Feb.27 , 1950, p. 10