Rodrigo de Castro Pereira
Country (sports) | Portugal |
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Born | [1] | 22 July 1887
Died | 1983 (aged 95–96)[1][2] |
Plays | right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1926)[3] |
Wimbledon | 1R (1926) |
Olympic Games | 1R (1924)[4] |
Doubles | |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (1924)[4] |
Last updated on: 21 November 2012. |
Rodrigo de Castro Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁoˈðɾiɣu ðɨ ˈkaʃtɾu pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]) (22 July 1887 – 1983) was a Portuguese tennis player. He was a one-time Portuguese national singles champion in 1931[5] and also a one-time doubles title-holder.[6] He also won the CSIO Lisbon equestrian Grand Prix in 1945.[7]
Early life and family
De Castro Pereira was born 22 July 1887 to Manuel de Castro Pereira, a
Tennis career
In 1924 he competed in tennis at the
In 1927 Pereira was invited into a national squad to represent Portugal in an international team challenge against the Spain Davis Cup team.[11] Two years later he was part of the team who fought a rematch with Spain in Seville, where Arturo Suqué defeated Pereira in two sets. José de Verda and Castro Pereira lost to Enrique de Satrústegui Barrie and Pereira.[12]
At the age of 44 in 1931 he won his first and only national championships trophy in singles.[5]
In April 1933 in the Ernesto Bastos Cup of Laranjeiras he reached the finals, beating his own brother Nuno in the semis.[13] In October he reached the doubles semifinals of the Tijuca tournament with José de Verda.[14] As Portugal was absent from the Davis Cup between 1930 and 1948, in late October de Castro Pereira was drafted into an international team match in Santos, São Paulo, featuring the Brazil team as opponents. Pereira won the singles rubber against Gonçalves and also the doubles partnering Horta Costa against Gonçalves-Tsimonsen.[15]
Sports diplomat career
Rodrigo de Castro Pereira | |
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President of the Federação Portuguesa de Lawn Tennis | |
In office 18 January 1934[5] – 1941 | |
Preceded by | Guilherme Pinto Basto[16] |
Succeeded by | António Ferro[17] |
In office 1950[5]–1952[5] | |
Preceded by | André Navarro[5] |
Succeeded by | Joaquim Miguel Sierra[5] |
10th President of the Sociedade Hípica Portuguesa[18] | |
In office 1947–1952 | |
Preceded by | Ferreira de Lima |
Succeeded by | Mário Rafael da Cunha |
3rd President of the Federação Equestre Portuguesa[19] | |
In office 1957–1967 | |
Preceded by | Manuel da Costa Latino |
Succeeded by | Kaúlza Oliveira de Arriaga |
Personal details | |
Relations | Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras[6] |
Profession | Civil engineer[8] |
In 1934 he was elected the president of the Portuguese Tennis Federation, an office he held twice, assuming it the second time in 1950.[5] He was also the head figure of the Portuguese equestrian movement by first becoming the president of the Portuguese Equestrian Society in 1947 and, a decade later, of the Portuguese Equestrian Federation.[18][19] He was also the member of the Portuguese Olympic Committee.[2]
Personal life
After emigrating to the United States de Castro Pereira was a
In 1966, he was awarded the Mohammed Taher Trophy by the
References
- ^ a b c Alan Freer. "The descendants of William the Conqueror". william1.co.uk. London, United Kingdom: Society of Genealogists. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Obituary" (PDF). Olympic Review (190–191). Los Angeles: LA84 Foundation: 582. August–September 1983. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Fédération Française de Tennis. 2006. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Rodrigo Castro-Pereira". itftennis.com. London, Great Britain: International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Sobre a FPT" [On the FPT]. tenis.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Federação Portuguesa de Ténis. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ ISSN 1082-8850. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "CSIO Lisboa – Grand Prix winners" (PDF). csiolisboa.com. Lisbon, Portugal: CSIO Lisboa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b "VII . Rodrigo de Castro Pereira, ingénieur civil, officier de l' armée américaine pendant la premičre guerre mondiale, " sportsman de renommée internationale" [VII. Rodrigo Pereira de Castro, civil engineer, an officer of the U.S. Army during the first World War, "renowned sportsman"]. dynastie.capetienne.free.fr. Paris, France: free.fr. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Rodrigo de Castro Pereira". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- Fédération Française de Tennis. 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- Mundo Deportivo(in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain: 2. 7 September 1927. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Enrique G. Maier (8 October 1929). "Tenis; El match internacional Portugal – España" [Tennis; the international match Portugal – Spain] (PDF). La Vanguardia (in Spanish). XLVIII (20, 476). Barcelona, Spain: Carlos Godó Valls: 25. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis" (PDF). Diário de Lisboa. 12 (3737). Lisbon, Portugal: Joaquim Manso: 5. 9 April 1933. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Tennis" (PDF). O Paiz. XLVIII (16, 809). Lisbon, Portugal: Alfredo Neves: 6. 28 October 1933. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Tennis" (PDF). O Paiz. XLVII (16, 805). Lisbon, Portugal: Alfredo Neves: 6. 24 October 1933. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Direcção de Castro Pereira" [Direction of Castro Pereira]. tenis.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Federação Portuguesa de Ténis. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Ténis: Bodas de platina para a Federação Portuguesa" [Tennis: Platinum Jubilee of the Portuguese Federation]. record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). Pero, Italy: Edisport. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Presidentes" [Presidents]. sociedadehipica.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Sociedade Hípica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Presidentes da Direcção" [Presidents]. fep.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Federação Equestre Portuguesa. Archived from the original (DOC) on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- Sporting Club de Portugal. p. 18. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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External links
- Rodrigo de Castro Pereira at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Rodrigo de Castro Pereira at the International Tennis Federation
- Rodrigo de Castro Pereira at the Tennis Archives