Võ Văn Bảy
{{Short description|Vietnamese tennis player (1931–1998)}}
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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.{{cite web |title=Quái kiệt Võ Văn Bảy tung hoành SEAP Games |url=https://thanhnien.vn/quai-kiet-vo-van-bay-tung-hoanh-seap-games-1851347861.htm |website=Thanh Niên |language=vi |date=24 November 2019}}
Võ won the Malaysian Championships in 1969.{{cite web |title=Võ Văn Bảy - người thách thức thời gian |url=https://tuoitre.vn/vo-van-bay---nguoi-thach-thuc-thoi-gian-108999.htm |website=Tuổi Trẻ |language=vi |date=19 November 2005}}
A two-time Asian Games medalist in doubles, Võ won regular medals for South Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games, including a 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.{{cite news |title=Miss Goolagong Beats Miss Wade |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/09/archives/article-3-no-title.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 1972}} He was 40 years of age at that time and also defeated Jun Kamiwazumi in the reverse singles.
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External links
- {{ATP|v905}}
- {{Davis Cup player|800174185}}
- {{ITF profile|van-bay-vo/800174185/vie}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vo, Van Bay}}
Category:Vietnamese male tennis players
Category:People from Vĩnh Long province
Category:Asian Games medalists in tennis
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Vietnam
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
Category:Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
Category:Tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games
Category:Tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games
Category:Tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games
Category:SEA Games medalists in tennis