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]
ricardo, tapia, acuña, september, 1909, april, 1996, mexican, tennis, player, full, name, acuñacountry, sports, mexicoborn, 1909, september, 1909mexico, city, mexicodied2, april, 1996, 1996, aged, singlesgrand, slam, singles, resultsus, open1r, 1928, medal, re. Ricardo Tapia Acuna 27 September 1909 2 April 1996 was a Mexican tennis player Ricardo TapiaFull nameRicardo Tapia AcunaCountry sports MexicoBorn 1909 09 27 27 September 1909Mexico City MexicoDied2 April 1996 1996 04 02 aged 86 SinglesGrand Slam singles resultsUS Open1R 1928 Medal record Central American and Caribbean Games 1935 San Salvador Men s doubles 1930 Havana Men s singles 1930 Havana Men s doubles 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 Maria was Mexico s top women s player of her era 2 See also editList of Mexico Davis Cup team representativesReferences edit In memoriam del Academico Dr Ricardo Tapia Acuna 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 editRicardo Tapia at the Association of Tennis Professionals Ricardo Tapia at the Davis Cup Ricardo Tapia at the International Tennis Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ricardo Tapia amp oldid 1160458942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
