(1936-04-28) 28 April 1936 (age 88) Guadalajara, Mexico
Singles
Career record
267–158
Career titles
14
Grand Slam singles results
French Open
3R (1958, 1964)
Wimbledon
4R (1961, 1963)
US Open
QF (1965)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon
W (1963)[1]
US Open
W (1962)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon
QF (1960)[1]
US Open
F (1960)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
FCh (1962)
Medal record
Representing Mexico
Tennis
Pan American Games
1959 Chicago
Men's doubles
Antonio Palafox (born 28 April 1936) is a Mexican male former tennis player. He and compatriot Rafael Osuna won the doubles at the U.S. Open in 1962[2] and at Wimbledon in 1963. He is remembered along with Rafael Osuna, Francisco "Pancho" Contreras and Mario Llamas for guiding Mexico to the final of the Davis Cup in 1962.
Palafox won the 1958 Mexican Championships defeating Pancho Contreras in the final and he won the Mexican title again in 1963 defeating Rafael Osuna in the final.
Also in 1958 Palafox won the Southern Championships defeating Frank Willett,[3] the defending champion, in the final.
Palafox won the Eastern Clay Court Championships in 1970 at Port Washington, N.Y. beating Sandy Mayer in the semifinal and Otokar Merunka in three straight sets in the final. He defended his title the following year defeating Steve Ross in the final in three straight sets.
He is a former coach of John McEnroe, and taught him to put yourself in an advantageous positions and putting your opponent in difficult positions.[4]
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^"Men's Doubles Championships". US Open. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
AntonioPalafox (born 28 April 1936) is a Mexican male former tennis player. He and compatriot Rafael Osuna won the doubles at the U.S. Open in 1962 and...
sunflower family AntonioPalafox (born 1936), Mexican tennis player Manuel Palafox (1886–1959), Mexican politician José de Palafox y Melzi, Duke of Saragossa...
/ Neale Fraser 1962: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1963: Rafael Osuna / AntonioPalafox 1964: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1965: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966:...
with two Argentines Guillermo Vilas and Juan Martín del Potro. Osuna and Palafox are the only Mexican tennis players ever to win the US Open doubles title...
/ Neale Fraser 1962: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1963: Rafael Osuna / AntonioPalafox 1964: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1965: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966:...
Margaret duPont 1963 Chuck McKinley Margaret Smith Court Rafael Osuna AntonioPalafox Maria Bueno Darlene Hard Ken Fletcher Margaret Court 1964 Roy Emerson (x2)...
Newspapers.com. The service team defeated the tenacious Palafox cousins Gustavo and Antonio, of Mexico City, 4–6, 9–7, 6–2, 10–12 and 17–15. Ripton,...
Margaret Court Bob Mark 1962 Rod Laver Margaret Smith Court Rafael Osuna AntonioPalafox Maria Bueno Darlene Hard Margaret Court Fred Stolle 1963 Rafael Osuna...
Ralston Rafael Osuna AntonioPalafox 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 13–11 Loss 1962 U.S. Championships Grass Dennis Ralston Rafael Osuna AntonioPalafox 4–6, 12–10, 6–1,...
/ Neale Fraser 1962: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1963: Rafael Osuna / AntonioPalafox 1964: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1965: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966:...
Maciel Juan Manuel Elizondo Agustín Moreno Óscar Ortiz Rafael Osuna AntonioPalafox Luis Patiño Raúl Ramírez Yola Ramírez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Manuel...
/ Neale Fraser 1962: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1963: Rafael Osuna / AntonioPalafox 1964: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1965: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966:...
/ Neale Fraser 1962: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1963: Rafael Osuna / AntonioPalafox 1964: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1965: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966:...
/ Neale Fraser 1962: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1963: Rafael Osuna / AntonioPalafox 1964: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1965: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966:...
/ Neale Fraser 1962: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1963: Rafael Osuna / AntonioPalafox 1964: Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle 1965: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966:...
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