Enrique Morea

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

Enrique Morea
Full nameEnrique Jorge Morea
Country (sports) Argentina
Born(1924-04-11)11 April 1924
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died15 March 2017(2017-03-15) (aged 92)
Turned pro1944 (amateur tour)
Retired1968
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record285–122 (70%)[1]
Career titles22[1]
Highest rankingNo. 10 (1953, Lance Tingay)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
French OpenSF (1953, 1954)
Wimbledon4R (1946, 1947)
US Open4R (1955)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French OpenF (1946)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French OpenW (1950)
WimbledonF (1952, 1053, 1955)
Enrique Morea
President of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis
Assumed office
1996
Preceded byCarlos Bello[3]

Morea reached the singles semifinals of the French Championships in 1953, beating Mervyn Rose and Gardnar Mulloy and then losing to Ken Rosewall.[5] At the French in 1954, he beat Jozsef Asboth and Mulloy, then lost to Art Larsen in the semifinals.[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: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1950French ChampionshipsClay Barbara Scofield Patricia Canning Todd
Bill Talbert
w/o
Loss1952WimbledonGrass Thelma Coyne Long Doris Hart
Frank Sedgman
6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Loss1953WimbledonGrass Shirley Fry Doris Hart
Vic Seixas
7–9, 5–7
Loss1955WimbledonGrass Louise Brough Doris Hart
Vic Seixas
8–6, 2–6, 6–3

References

  1. Garcia, Gabriel. "Enrique Morea: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. "Trabert is Seeded Top", The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September 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. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. Davis Cup Profile
  5. "French Open 1953". tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. "French Open 1954". tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.


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