Felisa Piédrola
Argentine tennis player
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Felisa Piédrola de Zappa (13 May 1916 – March 2000) was an Argentine tennis player.
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| Full name | Felisa Piédrola de Zappa | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1916 Punta Alta, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 2000 (aged 83) Punta Alta, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 85-51 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Felisa Piédrola was born on 13 May 1916 in Punta Alta, Argentina.[1] Originally a fencer, she turned to tennis after a serious injury in which her opponent's foil pierced her right armpit in practice.[1][2]
Piédrola won the Argentina International Open six times (in 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1950).[3] In 1951, she participated in the first Pan American Games, winning a gold medal in the women's doubles with María Teran de Weiss and silver in the women's singles and mixed doubles (with Enrique Morea).[4] She was the number-one ranked tennis player in Argentina for six years.[3]
She married amateur tennis player Augusto Zappa,[3] with whom she played mixed doubles.[5][6]
Piédrola died in March 2000 at the age of 83 and her remains were buried in the Punta Alta cemetery.[3]