Manuel de Gomar

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Manuel de Gomar
Full nameManuel Pérez Seoane y Fernández de Salamanca, Conde de Gomar [1]
Country (sports) Flag of the First Spanish Republic.svg Spain
Born(1897-09-29)29 September 1897 [2]
Madrid, Spain
DiedJanuary 1935 [1] (aged 37)
Madrid [1]
Retired1923
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon QF (1923)
Other tournaments
WHCC F (1922)
WCCC SF (1923)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon F (1923)
Team competitions
Davis Cup F (1922)

Manuel de Gomar (Spanish pronunciation: [ma'nwelde'gomaɾ] ; 21 September 1897 – January 1935) was a Spanish tennis player active mainly at the beginning of the 1920s.

Contents

Biography

Count de Gomar, a member of Atlético Madrid, won the Spanish tennis championships from 1916 to 1918. [3] In 1922 and 1923, he played at the Wimbledon Championships. While he dropped out of the competition early in his first year, he was able to reach the quarterfinals in singles in 1923 which he lost to Frank Hunter in five sets. [4] In doubles, he reached the final along with his compatriot Eduardo Flaquer but lost to British Randolph Lycett and Leslie Godfree 3–6, 4–6, 6–3 and 3–6.

In 1922, de Gomar reached the final of the World Hard Court Championships at Brussels which he lost to Henri Cochet in five sets.

From 1921 to 1923, de Gomar was a member of the first Spanish Davis Cup team. In 1922, he reached the final along with Manuel Alonso. The two were called "Los Dos Manolos" ("the two Manuels"), a reference to "Big Bill" Tilden and "Little Bill" Johnston, another pair of famous tennis player at the time. [5] In the final against the Australian Davis Cup team, however, de Gomar lost all his matches and the Spanish team subsequently lost 1–4.

In 1923, de Gomar had to retire from tennis because of an illness of which he eventually died in early 1935. He was buried at Madrid's San Isidro cemetery. [1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1923 Wimbledon Grass Flag of the First Spanish Republic.svg Eduardo Flaquer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leslie Godfree
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Randolph Lycett
3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

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References

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  2. Manuel de Gomar at the International Tennis Federation OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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