Aleida Spex
| Country (sports) |  Cuba United States | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 16, 1955 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Wimbledon | 3R (1976) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | Q3 (1981) | |||||||||||||||||
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| US Open | 1R (1976) | |||||||||||||||||
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Aleida Spex (born June 16, 1955) is a Cuban-American former professional tennis player.
Born in Cuba, Spex defected while competing at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, where she won three medals for her native country. She initially sought refuge in the Embassy of Chile, but ended up in the United States.[1]
Spex settled in Miami and was able to secure sponsorship to enable her to play on the professional tour. She twice qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships, including in 1976 when she made it through to the third round, with wins over Christina Sandberg and Isabel Fernández.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chile Taking Cuban Defector". The New York Times. March 10, 1974.
- ^ "This Cuban Prefers Tennis to Politics". Pensacola News Journal. March 11, 1977.
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Categories:
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Cuban female tennis players
- American female tennis players
- Cuban emigrants to the United States
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 21st-century American women