Gustavo Palafox (15 November 1923 – 21 August 2006) was a Mexican tennis player.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
Life and career Palafox won five Pan American Games gold medals during the 1950s.Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Gustavo Palafox ... new Conquistador pro is ex-Mexican Davis Cupper", 3 June 1979
He competed at the US National Championships four times and made the third round in 1952, with wins over Robert Kerdasha and Don Eisenberg, before a loss to 11th seed Gardnar Mulloy.
In Davis Cup tennis, Palafox took part in nine ties and 20 rubbers, for 10 wins.Davis Cup Profile He beat Australian Ken McGregor in 1950 and four years later made history when he beat Vic Seixas, becoming the first Mexican to defeat an American in the Davis Cup.
Palafox died at the age of 82. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in August 2006.
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