Eduardo Flaquer Vázquez (4 November 1896 – 18 August 1951) was a Spanish

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player who represented Spain in the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ...

and

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...

. He competed in the singles event at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

, reaching the second round in which he lost to

Jean Washer Jean Marie Octave Constant Washer (; 22 August 1894 – 23 March 1972) was a Belgian tennis player successful in the 1920s. He was the father of Philippe Washer. Tennis career Washer reached the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1925, beating He ...

. With compatriot Ricardo Saprissa he competed in the men's doubles event and reached the third round. In the mixed doubles he teamed up with compatriot

Lilí Álvarez Elia Maria González-Álvarez y López-Chicheri, also known as Lilí Álvarez (; 9 May 1905 – 8 July 1998), was a Spanish multi-sport competitor, an international tennis champion, an author, feminist and a journalist. Life She was born at the ...

and reached the quarterfinal. He competed in the 1922 Wimbledon Championships and reached the fourth round of the singles event in which he lost to

Pat O'Hara Wood Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player. O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now th ...

. In the 1923 Wimbledon Championships he reached the final of the doubles event with

Manuel de Gomar Manuel de Gomar (; 21 September 1897 – January 1935) was a Spanish tennis player active mainly at the beginning of the 1920s. Biography Count de Gomar, a member of Atlético Madrid, won the Spanish tennis championships from 1916 to 1918. In ...

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

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* * 1890s births 1951 deaths Spanish male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Spain Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Barcelona {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub