Armando Vega Iñiguez (born 17 August 1923) was a Mexican tennis player.

Armando Vega
Full nameArmando Vega Iñiguez
Country (sports) Mexico
Born(1923-08-17)17 August 1923
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open1R (1944)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenSF (1944)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US OpenQF (1944)

Vega won Mexico's national singles championship as a 19 year old in 1942.[1] He was a men's doubles semi-finalist with elder brother Rolando at the 1944 U.S. National Championships.[2] From 1946 to 1951 he featured with his brother in the Mexico Davis Cup team, securing wins over Canada and Cuba.[3] He twice pushed Australia's Frank Sedgman to five sets and beat his teammate Adrian Quist on one occasion.[4] He was a civil engineer by profession.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Mexican Net Champ". Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. October 30, 1942.
  2. ^ "Pauline Betz Takes Third National Net Title". The Scranton Times-Tribune. 4 September 1944.
  3. ^ "Batallas Históricas 25". Respuesta Deportiva (in Spanish). 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Sedgman In Doubt For Cup Doubles". Sydney Morning Herald. July 31, 1949.
  5. ^ "May Surprise In Tennis Here, Mexicans Warn". The News Journal. 25 July 1949.
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