Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo Rodríguez (March 24, 1936 – December 9, 2020) was a tennis player from Peru with American citizenship.

[5] (In 1957, USC was excluded from NCAA competition due to a financial contribution violation involving the football program which also suspended the tennis team.)

[2] Perry T. Jones was Davis Cup captain in 1958 and recruited Olmedo from Modesto Junior College to play on the team.

Sports columnist Arthur Dailey at The New York Times wrote "This would seem to be the saddest day in the history of American tennis.

Still, many Americans "took a dim view of the largest nation in the competition stooping to borrow a little player from Peru to win the Cup".

Olmedo turned professional in 1960, and that year, won the US Pro title by beating Tony Trabert in the final.