{{Short description|Cuban tennis player (1934–2024)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox person | name = Reynaldo Garrido | image = <!-- bare image name, no formatting --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = <!-- brief text caption for the image --> | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|08|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cuba | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|03|27|1934|08|04|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], U.S. | occupation = | relatives = [[Orlando H. Garrido]] (brother) | spouse = Maria Garrido | children = 2 | module = {{Infobox tennis biography | embed = yes | itf_name = <!-- official name as registered by the ITF, only fill if different from article name --> | country_represented = Cuba | residence = | sportswear_(racquet) = | height = <!-- X ft Y in, X cm OR X m; the template will automatically convert (otherwise {{convert}} can be used) --> | college = <!-- or | university = --> | coach = <!-- Coach(es); list the current coach or (if there is more than one) list the current coaches --> | turnedpro = | retired = | plays = }} }}
'''Reynaldo Garrido''' (4 August 1934 – 27 March 2024) was a tennis player and [[jai alai]] player from [[Havana|Havana, Cuba]]. He was the national champion tennis player in Cuba and won the [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Canadian Open]] in 1959, defeating his brother [[Orlando H. Garrido]] in the final of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 10, 1959 |title=Reynaldo Garrido Wins |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/114715829 |access-date=2024-08-10 |work=[[The New York Times]] |id={{ProQuest|114715829}} }}</ref> After moving to the United States in 1965, he became a tennis instructor at the Palm Bay Club in Miami, and played professionally at Miami Jai-Alai.<ref name=":0" />
== Early life and education == Born in Cuba, Garrido attended the [[University of Miami]] on a tennis scholarship from 1952 to 1955.<ref name=":0" />
== Tennis career == Garrido was the reigning Cuban national champion in tennis from 1952 to 1959, and played for 9 years on the [[Cuba Davis Cup team]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Jeansonne |first=John |date=July 7, 1971 |title=Garrido: His Name Is on No One's Lips |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-garrido-his-na/152995449/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |work=Newsday |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
His best [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] performance was reaching the third round of the [[1956 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1956 U.S. National Championships]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
In Cuba under [[Fidel Castro]], Garrido continued playing and teaching tennis, until finally obtaining an exit visa in 1965.<ref name=":0" />
== Jai alai career == Garrido also played [[jai alai]] in Cuba and in Miami in the 1960s at the same time that he was the tennis professional at Miami's Jockey Club.
== Personal life and death == Garrido lived in Miami with his wife, Maria Garrido. They had two sons. He died in Miami on March 27, 2024, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reynaldo Garrido |url=https://www.memorialplan.net/obituaries/Reynaldo-Garrido/#!/TributeWall |website=Memorial Plan |date=April 3, 2024 |access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ITF profile}} * {{Davis Cup player}}
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