| Full name | Ricardo Tapia Acuña | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1909 Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 April 1996 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||
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| US Open | 1R (1928) | ||||||||||||||
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Ricardo Tapia Acuña (27 September 1909 – 2 April 1996) was a Mexican tennis player.
The son of a doctor, Tapia was born in Mexico City and competed on the international tour in the 1920s and 1930s. After his tennis career he followed his father into medicine and was a noted otolaryngologist.[1]
Tapia represented Mexico in the Davis Cup between 1928 and 1937, appearing in a total of eight ties. Often coming up against a strong United States team, he has the unenviable record of not registering a win from either his 15 singles rubbers or three doubles rubbers.
His sister María was Mexico's top women's player of her era.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "In memoriam del Académico Dr. Ricardo Tapia Acuña". www.imbiomed.com.mx (in Spanish).
- ^ "Ricardo Tapia and His Sister Rank First in Mexican Tennis (Published 1931)". The New York Times. 29 December 1931.
External links
- Ricardo Tapia at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Ricardo Tapia at the Davis Cup
- Ricardo Tapia at the International Tennis Federation
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