Rafael Osuna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rafael Osuna

Mexican tennis player

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1938

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1969

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rafael Osuna Herrera (15 September 1938 – 4 June 1969), nicknamed "El Pelón" (The Bald), was a former world No.
1 tennis player, the most successful player in the history of Mexico and an Olympian.
He was born in Mexico City, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U.S.
Open Championships in 1963, winning the 1960 and 1963 Wimbledon Doubles championships, the 1962 U.S.
Open Championships doubles, and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance in 1962.
He is the only Mexican to date to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in 1979.