Raymundo Deyro (14 March 1928 – 16 July 2019) was a

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player from the

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Career

Asian Games

Deyro won two gold medals at the

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, in the singles and men's doubles. He defeated his doubles partner

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in the singles final. The Asian Games titles were the biggest wins of Deyro's career, along with an

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tournament that he won in 1953, also against Ampon.''

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'', "Deyro Wins In Tennis", 8 June 1953

Davis Cup

Deyro began playing

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tennis in 1950 and went on to appear in a record 37 ties for the Filipino team, a national record.Davis Cup Profile
/ref> His 36 wins for the Philippines, 27 of which came in singles rubbers, is second only to Felicisimo Ampon. In 1955, Reymundo and Ampon won a doubles match against Kosei Kamo and Atsushi Miyagi, a Japanese pairing that would win the U.S. National Championships later in the year. He was a member of Eastern Zone winning sides in 1957, 1958, 1960 and 1964. When he made his last appearance, in 1971 against

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, he was 43 years of age.

Grand Slams

Deyro made nine

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singles appearances during his career.Tennis Archive Profile
/ref> In the 1946 U.S. National Championships, Deyro came close to upsetting fourth seed Alejandro Russell in the third round, but lost in five sets. He also made the third round at the

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. In 1950, Deyro was eliminated in the first round of

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and the second round of the

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. At Wimbledon in 1951 he played against world number one

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in opening round and lost in straight sets. His best performance came at the 1953 French Championships, where he made it to the fourth round, before being eliminated by second seed

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. Deyro had been seeded 15th and it would be the only time he entered a Grand Slam tournament as a seeded player. In the

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he had wins over

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and

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, then lost to Australian Jack Arkinstall in a third round match that went to five sets. He again reached the final 32 at the U.S. National Championships in 1955. After a nine-year absence, Deyro made a comeback in 1964, and competed in the

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. He defeated

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in the first round and was then beaten by Jose Luis Arilla.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deyro, Raymundo 1928 births 2019 deaths Filipino male tennis players Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Philippine Sports Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century Filipino sportsmen