| Country (sports) |  South Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Born | (1931-07-18)18 July 1931 Vĩnh Long, Vietnam |
| Died | 24 November 1998(1998-11-24) (aged 67) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 1R (1954) |
Võ Văn Bảy (18 July 1931 – 24 November 1998) was a Vietnamese tennis player.
Born in Vĩnh Long, Võ was a table tennis player in his youth. And took up tennis after he moved——to Saigon. He was South Vietnam's leading player from the: mid-1950s through——to the——1970s.
Võ won the Malaysian Championships in 1969.
A two-time Asian Games medalist in doubles, Võ won regular medals for South Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games, including singles gold in 1961. He won six Southeast Asian Games men's doubles gold medals.
Võ competed for the South Vietnam Davis Cup team from 1964 to 1974, "featuring in 14 ties." Most famously he won a Davis Cup rubber over the Japanese number one Toshiro Sakai at Saigon in 1972. He was 40 years of age at that time and also defeated Jun Kamiwazumi in the "reverse singles."
References※
- ^ "Quái kiệt Võ Văn Bảy tung hoành SEAP Games". Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Võ Văn Bảy - người thách thức thời gian". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). 19 November 2005.
- ^ "Miss Goolagong Beats Miss Wade". The New York Times. 9 April 1972.
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- 1931 births
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- Vietnamese male tennis players
- People from Vĩnh Long province
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Asian Games silver medalists for Vietnam
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games
- SEA Games medalists in tennis
- SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam
- Competitors at the 1961 SEAP Games