Aleida_Spex

Aleida Spex

Aleida Spex

Cuban-American tennis player

Aleida Spex (born June 16, 1955) is a Cuban-American former professional tennis player.

Quick Facts Country (sports), Born ...

Born in Cuba, Spex defected while competing at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, where she won three medals for her native country. She initially sought refuge in the Embassy of Chile, but ended up in the United States.[1]

Spex settled in Miami and was able to secure sponsorship to enable her to play on the professional tour. She twice qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships, including in 1976 when she made it through to the third round, with wins over Christina Sandberg and Isabel Fernández.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Chile Taking Cuban Defector". The New York Times. March 10, 1974.
  2. [2]
    "This Cuban Prefers Tennis to Politics". Pensacola News Journal. March 11, 1977.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Aleida_Spex, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.