 Also he was runner-up in the Argentinian championship in 1945, and wi the South American championship in 1943 and 1946.He was the first Chilean to participate in the international tournament of Forest Hills —current US Open— in 1945, and the following year he was invited to the Wimbledon Championship, where after being defeated by Dinny Pails, he suffered a mental confusion that dropped him out of tracks until 1948.He returned to Wimbledon in 1954, participating in all the versions of the tournament until 1958.