Enrique Morea

Enrique Morea
Full name Enrique Jorge Morea
Country (sports)  Argentina
Born (1924-04-11)11 April 1924
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died 15 March 2017(2017-03-15) (aged 92)
Turned pro 1944 (amateur tour)
Retired 1968
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 285-122 (70%) [1]
Career titles 22 [1]
Highest ranking No. 10 (1953, Lance Tingay)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open SF (1953, 1954)
Wimbledon 4R (1946, 1947)
US Open 4R (1955)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open F (1946)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open W (1950)
Wimbledon F (1952, 1053, 1955)
Medal record
Pan American Games
1951 Buenos AiresMen's Singles
1951 Buenos AiresMen's Doubles
1951 Buenos AiresMixed Doubles
1955 Mexico CityMen's Singles
1955 Mexico CityMixed Doubles
Enrique Morea
President of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis
Assumed office
1996
Preceded by Carlos Bello[3]

Enrique Jorge Morea (11 April 1924 – 15 March 2017)[4] was an Argentine tennis player. He was born in Buenos Aires.

Morea reached the singles semi finals of the French Championships in 1953, beating Mervyn Rose and Gardnar Mulloy before losing to Ken Rosewall.[5] At the French in 1954, Morea beat Jozsef Asboth and Mulloy before losing to Art Larsen in the semi finals.[6] Morea won the mixed doubles title of the 1950 French Championships. He also won two Gold medals at the inaugural men's tennis competition at the 1951 Pan American Games. Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Morea as World No. 10 in 1953 and 1954.[2] As of 2014, Morea was the honorary president of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis (AAT).

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner1950French ChampionshipsClayUnited States Barbara Scofield DavidsonUnited States Patricia Canning Todd
United States Bill Talbert		Walkover
Runner-up1952WimbledonGrassAustralia Thelma Coyne LongUnited States Doris Hart
Australia Frank Sedgman		6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up1953WimbledonGrassUnited States Shirley FryUnited States Doris Hart
United States Vic Seixas		7–9, 5–7
Runner-up1955WimbledonGrassUnited States Louise BroughUnited States Doris Hart
United States Vic Seixas		8–6, 2–6, 6–3

References

  1. 1 2 Garcia, Gabriel. "Enrique Morea: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Trabert is Seeded Top", The Sydney Morning Herald, September 16, 1953.
  3. ↑ "Enrique Morea, a los 81 años, fue reelegido por cuatro años más como presidente de la Asociación Argentina de Tenis (AAT)" [Enrique Morea, at age 81, was re-elected for another four years as president of Argentina Tennis Association (AAT)]. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: ESPN Inc. November 24, 2005. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Davis Cup Profile
  5. ↑ "French Open 1953". www.tennis.co.nf.
  6. ↑ "French Open 1954". www.tennis.co.nf.


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