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Enrique Jorge Morea (11 April 1924 – 15 March 2017)Davis Cup Profile
/ref> was an Argentine tennis player. Morea reached the singles semifinals of the
French Championships The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
in 1953, beating
Mervyn Rose Mervyn Gordon Rose AM (23 January 1930 – 23 July 2017) was an Australian male tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles). Rose was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and turned professional in 19 ...
and
Gardnar Mulloy Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C. and turned 100 in November 2013. Du ...
and then losing to
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. At the French in 1954, he beat Jozsef Asboth and Mulloy, then lost to Art Larsen in the semifinals. Morea won the mixed-doubles title of the 1950 French Championships. He also won two gold medals at the inaugural men's tennis competition at the
1951 Pan American Games The 1951 Pan American Games (the I Pan American Games) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between February 25 and March 9, 1951. The Pan American Games' origins were at the Games of the X Olympiad in Los Angeles, United States, where officia ...
.
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of ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked Morea as world No. 10 in 1953 and 1954. As of 2014, Morea was the honorary president of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis (AAT).


Grand Slam finals


Mixed doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)


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* * * 1924 births 2017 deaths Argentine male tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions Tennis players from Buenos Aires Tennis players at the 1951 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1955 Pan American Games Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub