Facts:   - residence: philippines    - death place: highland park , illinois , united states    - wimbledonmixedresult: 4r -lrb- 1949 -rrb-    - wimbledonresult: 3r -lrb- 1949 , 1950 , 1953 -rrb-    - height: 4 11    - usopenresult: 4r -rrb- -lrb- 1948 , 1949 , 1950 , 1952    - death date: 7 october 1997    - wimbledondoublesresult: 3r -lrb- 1948 , 1952 , 1953 -rrb-    - frenchopenresult: qf -lrb- 1952 , 1953 -rrb-      - birth date: 27 october 1920    - fullname: felicisimo hermoso ampon    - name: felicisimo ampon    - birth place: manila , philippines   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of felicisimo ampon .
felicisimo ampon -lrb- october 27 , 1920 -- october 7 , 1997 -rrb- was a tennis player from the philippines .he is considered to be the greatest filipino tennis player in history , and at only five feet tall , was once considered the best tennis player in the world , pound for pound .he represented the country in several davis cup competitions for almost 30 years , and holds the philippine all-time record for the most singles -lrb- 34-26 -rrb- and total wins -lrb- 40-35 -rrb- in davis cup history .he was known for winning the 1934 far eastern games tennis gold medal , the 1937 davis cup singles title , the 1950 pan american games tennis singles gold medal , the 1958 asian games tennis doubles gold medal , and 1968 chinese recreational club open tennis doubles title .