Elena Subirats Simon (30 December 1947 – 28 March 2018) was a Mexican professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Raised in Mexico City, Subirats was a singles gold medalist for her country at the

1966 Central American and Caribbean Games The tenth Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 11 to July 25, 1966. These games were one of the largest ever with a total number of 1,689 athletes from eighteen participating na ...

and

1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games, officially known as the V Pan American Games () and commonly known as Winnipeg 1967, were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on ...

. Subirats reached the singles quarterfinals of the

1968 French Open The 1968 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from Monday 27 May until Sunday 9 June 1968. It was the 67th edition of the French Open, t ...

, beating fourth seed Rosie Casals en route. From 1968 to 1973, she was a member of the Mexico Federation Cup team playing in 16 rubbers with seven singles and two doubles wins. Subirats' brother

Jaime Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

was also a tennis player.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Subirats, Elena 1947 births 2018 deaths Mexican female tennis players Tennis players from Mexico City Pan American Games gold medalists in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Pan American Games bronze medalists in tennis Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games tennis players for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1963 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis 20th-century Mexican sportswomen