Võ Văn Bảy (18 July 1931 – 24 November 1998) was a Vietnamese tennis player.

Born in Vĩnh Long,õVănBả 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 Văn Bảy

Võ won the Malaysian Championships in 1969.

Võ Văn Bảy

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 Văn Bảy

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.

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1931 births

1998 deaths

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