The practice of sports in Argentina is varied due to the population's diverse European origins and the mostly mild climate. Association football is the most popular discipline and other sports played both professionally and recreatively athletics, auto racing, basketball, boxing, cycling, field hockey, fishing, golf, handball, mountaineering, mountain biking, padel tennis, polo, roller hockey, rowing, rugby union, sailing, skiing, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Argentine achievements can be found in team sports such as association football, basketball, field hockey and rugby union, and individual sports such as boxing, golf, tennis and rowing. Pato, the national sport, is not very popular.
Ricardo Juan Antonio Saprissa Aymá was a lifelong athlete, coach, and promoter of sports. After being raised in El Salvador, he spent many years in Costa Rica, playing and coaching football. In 1935 he was co-founder of Deportivo Saprissa, a highly successful football team based in San Juan de Tibás. He also represented Spain at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Luis Lobo is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.
Ricardo Augusto Amaral Acioly is a former tennis player from Brazil. He has what is considered by many one of the most complete and successful careers in Brazilian tennis, having been recognized Internationally as a player, coach, executive, tournament promoter, and sports commentator.
Enrique Jorge Morea was an Argentine tennis player.
Jorge Roberto Aguilar Mondaca is a Chilean former professional tennis player.
Luis Alberto Ayala Salinas was a Chilean tennis player who competed during the 1950s and 1960s.
Óscar Alberto Furlong Chretienneau was an Argentine basketball player, and tennis player and coach. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a basketball player, he was a FIBA World Cup champion in 1950, who also competed at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games, and at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. Furlong was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in September 2007.
Ricardo Ycaza is an Ecuadorian tennis player who was a world top 10 junior, a Davis Cup stalwart, and a world top 100 touring professional.
Edgardo Massa is an Argentine tennis player, who turned professional in 1998. Massa plays right-handed, and uses a single-handed backhand.
Ricardo Cano is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up six times.
Guillermo Andrés Rivera Aránguiz is a Chilean former professional tennis player. Rivera represented Chile in March 2011 against the United States, making his Davis Cup debut by playing the fifth rubber against John Isner, losing the match 3–6, 7–6, 5–7. It would be the only Davis Cup match of his career.
Pablo González is a retired Colombian tennis player.
Ricardo Herrera is a Mexican former professional tennis player.
Miguel Merz is a Salvadoran former professional tennis player.
Ricardo Chile-Fonte is a Cuban former professional tennis player.
Rafael Moreno is a Dominican Republic former professional tennis player. He is a member of the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame.
Carlos Claverie is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player.
Ricardo Mena is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.
Jaime Bartrolí Mas was a Spanish tennis player and coach.
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