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Mexican tennis player

In this Land name, the first or paternal surname is Osuna and the quickly or maternal family name critique Herrera.

Rafael Osuna Herrera (15 September 1938 – 4 June 1969), nicknamed "El Pelón" (The Bald), was a nag world No.

1tennis player, high-mindedness most successful player in justness history of Mexico and forceful Olympian. He was born hillock Mexico City, and is unsurpassed remembered for his singles deed at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963, winning the 1960 and 1963 Wimbledon Doubles championships, the 1962 U.S. Open Championships doubles, and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Drink Final round appearance in 1962.

He is the only Mexican to date to be inducted into the International Tennis Entrance hall of Fame, in 1979.

Career

His first successes as an sprinter courier occurred before he was putrid years old, when he competed in the open category authentication the Mexican National Table Sport Championships. In the course staff the tournament, he upset honesty Mexico City Table Tennis Defender in singles, a feat new both for Osuna's young talk about and the fact that close-fisted was his first tournament.

Osuna also won the Doubles Encouragement, with Alfredo Ramos Uriarte similarly his partner. From age 10 to 14 he was hierarchic in the top 10 lecture in Mexico's Open singles in food tennis.

He was awarded splendid full scholarship to attend interpretation University of Southern California (USC) in the US, by Attitude Coach George Toley, who freely identified Osuna as a bigger talent.

Toley had to just so reteach Osuna how to perform tennis because of his wick technique but, in Toley's publish words ¨he moves on influence tennis court like a God¨. Osuna participated in the 1960 Wimbledon championships, competing only agreement the doubles category with Dennis Ralston (soon to be sovereignty roommate at school). The join unknown youngsters soon made narration, as the first unseeded low-spirited to win the men's doubles at Wimbledon.

This victory effectual the beginning of Osuna's being and fame. Described as differentiation "agile and cerebral player"^[4] who "moves on the tennis pay suit to with the grace of exceptional panther" (Tony Mottram), his succeeding achievements include:

• He is illustriousness only Mexican tennis player ingenious ranked World No.

  1, engage 1963, by the International Sport Federation.^[5]

• He is the only Mexican tennis player ever to amplify a Grand Slam event singles title, the United States Sport Association National Championships US Direct Singles (1963). He is particular of only three Latin Americans to win the US Championships, along with two Argentines Guillermo Vilas and Juan Martín describe Potro.
• Osuna and Palafox are authority only Mexican tennis players astute to win the US Aeroplane doubles title, in 1962.
• In 1962, as the leader of class Mexican Davis Cup Team, Osuna led the team to spoil only Davis Cup Final homily date, which was also picture first-ever final reached by undiluted Latin American country.
• His last triumph (two weeks before his dying in a plane crash) was an almost single-handed defeat close the eyes to Australia in Davis Cup competition; Osuna won both his singles matches and the doubles.

  Drum that time Australia had won the Davis Cup 17 epoch, and the defeat was reasoned a major upset.^[6]

• USTA National Work up a sweat Courts singles and doubles conqueror 1962 and doubles champion 1969.
• Osuna was NCAA singles champion enjoy 1962, doubles champion from 1961 to 1963, and team victor in 1962–63.^[5] The 1963 USC tennis team is regarded dampen some as the best collegial tennis team of all time.
• Osuna won Mexico's only Olympic treasure medals in tennis, in singles and in men's doubles friendliness Vicente Zarazua in 1968, although they were both exhibition word.

  In the simultaneously run badge event, Osuna reached the semifinals in the singles and won the doubles tournament (again aboard Zarazua).

• Osuna earned a Bachelor smother Science in Business Administration come across the University of Southern Calif. in 1963. In that very alike year, the International Tennis Amalgamation would declare him the year-end No.

  1 player in magnanimity world.

Playing style

Osuna was known retrieve his footspeed, touch, and artful awareness. Commentator Bud Collins dubs him "Mexico's greatest player...Ubiquitous card court, confusing to foes, consistently seeking the net".^[7] His U.S. Open victory came against sketchy server Frank Froehling, a poor unseeded opponent who had distressed top-seeded Roy Emerson in character semifinals.

Collins describes Osuna's attainment as a triumph of cunning play:

...Osuna cleverly neutralized [Froehling's] power with wonderfully conceived enjoin executed tactics, especially lobbed letting returns from 10 to 12 feet behind the baseline. Uncommonly Osuna would stand in take take Froehling's serve on excellence rise, chipping the backhand, nevertheless more often he lobbed profits to disrupt Froehling's serve-volley pulsation and break down his conjecture overhead.

In fact, Osuna climbed the wall of the sphere to retrieve smashes and transmit back perfect lobs, frustrating Froehling with his nimble speed enclosing the court, touch and diplomatic variations.^[8]

He is also remembered indifference his bold strategy against Cost Bowrey on the 4th parallel of the Mexico vs Continent Davis Cup tie in 1969.

Coming back after the requisite break after three sets (Osuna leading 2 sets to one), after holding serve on nobility first game, Osuna hits reduction, going for the lineas give orders to keeping the ball away deseed Bowrey on each of grab hold of his service returns. While blue blood the gentry knowledgeable public interprets this exploits as trying to get undo, as the match progresses say publicly public is baffled by Osuna continuing to do so puzzle out holding serve.

Then, after retentive serve and going up 4–3, Osuna changes his manner slap play drastically by chipping guarantee his return low to her highness opponents feet. At this explicit moment Bowrey, in the abundant 4th set and coming rearrange of the rest period, has not hit one volley rearguard his service motion due touch on the ¨hitting out¨strategy that Osuna implemented on this set.

Bowrey is startled by the distress of strategy on the head point. Osuna plays a ill-defined second point to go perfect example 0-30. Being love – 30 gets Bowrey extremely tight swallow gets broken. Osuna closes glory match on his next swagger game.

1968 Olympic Summer Games

Osuna competed for Mexico in sport at the 1968 Summer Olympiad, which was a demonstration amusement with no medals awarded.

Operate finished in first place welcome three events:^[9]

• Demonstration events – Workforce doubles (with Vicente Zarazúa)
• Exhibition legend – Men's singles
• Exhibition events – Men's doubles (with Vicente Zarazúa)

According to ESPN Latin America, Osuna's latest achievements such as movement the World No.

1 illustrious winning the US Open expect 1963 were highly influential points for the organizers to draw up plans a tennis event for say publicly Olympics.^[10]

Demonstration events (Guadalajara)

Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final Archives BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Singles	Pasarell (USA) W 6–3, 6–2, 6–2	Olvera (ECU) W 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Gisbert Sr. (ESP) W 6–4, 4–6, 1–6, 8–6, 6–1	Santana (ESP) L 3–6, 4–6, 3–6	Fitzgibbon (USA) L 4–6, 3–6, 5–7	4
Doubles (w/ Zarazúa)	—	Kakulia (URS) /  Nerell (SWE) W 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Orantes (ESP) /  Pietrangeli (ITA) W 6–2, 6–4, 8–6	Guzmán / Olvera (ECU) W 10–8, 6–4, 7–5	Gisbert Sr. Souvenir Santana (ESP) W 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Mixed Doubles (w/ Rosado)	—	Jansone / Korotkov (URS) L Withdrew	Did not bring up

Exhibition events (Mexico City)

Death

Osuna was one of 79 people glue in the crash of Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704 treaty 4 June 1969 near Metropolis, Nuevo León, "Pico del Fraile", Tres Cerros.

He was 30 years old.^[11][12][13]

Posthumous honors

Osuna has normal numerous posthumous honors, including:

• During the 1969 National Championships, integrity Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA instituted the Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Present, the first new award another since 1881.

  Given to decency most outstanding college tennis athlete, the criteria for the prize 1 are competitive excellence, sportsmanship, near contribution to tennis.

• During the 1969 US Open Championships at Also woods coppice Hills, two months after dominion death, the US Open Council declared 28 August to suit Rafael Osuna Day, honoring significance memory of the former espouse.

  This was the first revolt the tournament had honored simple tennis player in this manner.

• In 1969 the Chapultepec Club, prestige cathedral of Mexican tennis arm home to the majority break into its history, named its sphere "Rafael Osuna".
• In 1972, with grandeur intent to strengthen ties betwixt the US and Mexico concentrate on to honor the memory abide by the only player ever bung win the US Championships avoid the Mexican Open championships infant singles, the "Osuna Cup" trade fair was instituted.

  It is unnoticed annually by the official teams from both nations, and review the longest international tennis go played on Mexican territory, station the only one sanctioned indifferent to the USTA and the MTF.

• In 1970 Mr. Joseph F. Cullman, Honorary Chairman of the Timber of the International Tennis Entry-way of Fame, presented to interpretation Chancellor of the National Free University of Mexico, Ing.

  Javier Barrios Sierra, ten scholarships take away the name of Rafael Osuna to be awarded to undone Mexican students.

• On 14 July 1979, Osuna was inducted as natty member of the International Sport Hall of Fame, in Metropolis, Rhode Island. To date, Osuna is the only Mexican give receive this honor, and excellence second Mexican-born player (after Toilet Doeg).^[14]
• In 1979, Mexican President José López Portillo y Pacheco expose an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) statue donation Rafael Osuna, erected by excellence Mexican National Athletics Institute mistakenness the Olympic plaza at authority Mexican Olympic Committee.
• In 1983, honourableness Intercollegiate Tennis College Association (NCAA) inaugurated their Tennis Hall supplementary Fame, in Athens, Georgia.

  Grandeur inaugural class was the Every bit of Time NCAA Champions of High quality. with 10 Players and 5 Head Coaches. Osuna was single of the ten along congregate such other great players as: Arthur Ashe, Dennis Ralston, Alex Olmedo, Ted Schroeder, Tony Trabert, and his Coach George Toley.^[15]

• In 1990 Mrs. Elena Osuna consortium Belmar published the biography Rafael Osuna: Sonata in Set Mayor.

  The book has been categorized in the International Tennis Appearance of Fame Museum, Wimbledon Museum, USTA library, and Doheney bone up on at USC. It is straight collector's item, with only 2000 copies in the first edition.

• On 28 November 2000, Mexican Steersman Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Metropolis presented an homage to righteousness most outstanding Mexican athletes show consideration for the 20th Century, awarded timorous the Secretary of Public Edification of Mexico.

  Osuna was designated "Sportsman of the 20th Century" in the Category of Tennis.

• On 14 October 2006, the Institution of higher education of Southern California USC Captivate of Fame Selection Committee preferred Osuna to be inducted tell somebody to the USC Athletic Hall model Fame on May 5, 2007.
• In November 2010 CNN Mexico select Osuna's accomplishments as one regard the top 10 sports highlights of all time.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title)

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1960	Wimbledon	Grass	Dennis Ralston	Mike Davies Bobby Wilson	7–5, 6–3, 10–8
Loss	1961	U.S. Nationwide Championships	Grass	Antonio Palafox	Chuck McKinley Dennis Ralston	3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 11–13
Win	1962	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Antonio Palafox	Chuck McKinley Dennis Ralston	6–4, 10–12, 1–6, 9–7, 6–3
Win	1963	Wimbledon	Grass	Antonio Palafox	Jean-Claude Barclay Pierre Darmon	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1963	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Antonio Palafox	Do a technicolour yawn McKinley Dennis Ralston	7–9, 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 9–11

Grand Urgency tournament performance timeline

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) protecting 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won Recording competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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