Melita Ramírez
| Full name | Imelda Ramírez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 November 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 2016 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Imelda "Melita" Ramírez (29 November 1930 – 13 August 2016) was a Mexican tennis player.[1]
Ramírez, the 1948 Orange Bowl champion, was active on the international tour during the 1950s. She was regarded as Mexico's best women's player until the emergence of her younger sister Yolanda "Yola" Ramírez, who twice won the French Championships in doubles.[2]
Her achievements include winning a gold medal for mixed doubles at the 1951 Pan American Games and a further four gold medals for Mexico at the Central American and Caribbean Games. In 1952 and 1953 she claimed back to back titles at the Canadian Championships. She was the first Mexican to compete in a ladies draw at Wimbledon and reached the women's doubles quarterfinals of the 1954 French Championships.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mexican Girl May Make New Tennis Glamor". Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 21 April 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 20 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Cancino, Belén (24 August 2016). "Yola Ramírez, la más grande tenista que ha dado México". El Sol de Puebla (in Spanish).
- ^ "Mágicos Recuerdos De Melita Ramírez Guardados En La Mente De Los Conocedores Del Tenis Mundial". respuestadeportiva.com (in Spanish). 15 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1930 births
- 2016 deaths
- Mexican female tennis players
- Pan American Games medalists in tennis
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Tennis players at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Mexican women