Tennis at the 1999 Pan American Games

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

competition at the 1999 Pan American Games

1999 Pan American Games

The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23-August 8, 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Approximately 5,000 athletes from 42 nations participated at the games. The 1999...

was held from July 29 to August 5, 1999, at the Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Canada. Men's and women's singles and doubles events were held.

Medal summary

Men's singles	Paul Goldstein	Cecil Mamiit Cecil Mamiit Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit is a tennis player from the United States who now represents the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996. He reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999, when he became World No...	David Nalbandian David Nalbandian David Pablo Nalbandian is an Argentine professional tennis player and former world no. 3. He was runner-up at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.-Biography:...
			Paulo Taicher
Women's singles	María Vento-Kabchi Maria Vento-Kabchi María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi is a professional female tennis player from Venezuela. On July 19, 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...	Tara Snyder Tara Snyder Tara Snyder is a former tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour on November 16, 1998, when she was ranked No. 33 in the world...	Mariana Díaz-Oliva Mariana Diaz-Oliva Mariana Díaz-Oliva is a retired professional female tennis player from Argentina. Right-handed, she played professionally from September 1992 to October 12, 2006. Her highest ranks were 42nd for singles and 93rd for doubles, both in 2001.-Singles finals: 3 :-External links:...
			Alexandra Stevenson Alexandra Stevenson Alexandra Winfield Stevenson is a professional tennis player. She made her professional debut in 1999 at Wimbledon, two weeks following graduation from La Jolla Country Day School. At the Wimbledon Championships, Stevenson became the first woman qualifier in the Tennis Open Era to reach the...
Men's doubles	André Sá André Sá André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:... and Paulo Taicher	Óscar Ortiz and Marco Osorio	Bob Bryan Bob Bryan Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998... and Mike Bryan Mike Bryan Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...
			Johnny Romero and Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah , is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 82 in 1994....
Women's doubles	Joana Cortez and Vanessa Menga Vanessa Menga Vanessa Menga is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.Born in São Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father...	Paula Cabezas and Bárbara Castro	Mariana Díaz-Oliva Mariana Diaz-Oliva Mariana Díaz-Oliva is a retired professional female tennis player from Argentina. Right-handed, she played professionally from September 1992 to October 12, 2006. Her highest ranks were 42nd for singles and 93rd for doubles, both in 2001.-Singles finals: 3 :-External links:... and Clarisa Fernández Clarisa Fernandez Clarisa Fernández is a retired Argentine tennis player who is best known for her semi-final appearance at the 2002 French Open, the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage. Fernández was ranked 87th in the world at the time of her shocking result...
			Renata Kolbovic Renata Kolbovic Renata Kolbovic is a former tennis player, who was born in Czechoslovakia but competed for Canada.Kolbovic had a professional career from 1996 to 2002. A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Kolbovic reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour in December 4, 2000, when she became... and Aneta Soukup

Medal table

1	Brazil	2	0	1	3
2	United States	1	2	2	5
3	Venezuela	1	0	1	2
4	Mexico	0	1	0	1
=	Chile	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina	0	0	3	3
7	Canada	0	0	1	1

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