Ramiro Benavides

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Ramiro Benavides
Country (sports)Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Born (1947-01-30) 30 January 1947 (age 74)
La Paz, Bolivia
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record44–108
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 124 (12 December 1976)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 2R (1976)
Wimbledon 1R (1977)
US Open 2R (1979)
Doubles
Career record40–117
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 243 (3 January 1983)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 2R (1975, 1976)
Wimbledon 1R (1976, 1977)
US Open 1R (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979)

Ramiro Gonzalo Benavides Saravia (born 30 January 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Bolivia.

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Biography

Benavides, who was born in La Paz, received a scholarship to the University Corpus Christi in Texas. [1] He completed a degree in business administration and played collegiate tennis. [2]

He then played professionally, with his best performance on tour coming at the Florence Grand Prix tournament in 1975 when he had a win over world number eight Adriano Panatta and made the semi-finals. [2]

His Davis Cup career for Bolivia spanned 32 years and consisted of eight ties. He first played in 1971 and made what was his last appearance for many years in 1982, but made a comeback in 2003 at the age of 56 to play a doubles match against El Salvador. At the time this made him the second oldest player in Davis Cup history, after Togo's Gadonfin Koptigan Yaka. [3]

Now a tennis coach, Benavides competes regularly on the seniors tennis circuit. [2] [4]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1978 Shreveport, U.S. Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Réjean Genois Flag of the United States.svg Woody Blocher
Flag of the United States.svg Dick R. Bohrnstedt 		7–6, 4–6, 6–2
2.1978 Asheville, U.S. Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Réjean Genois Flag of the United States.svg Jai DiLouie
Flag of the United States.svg Ferdi Taygan 		7–5, 4–6, 7–6
3.1981 Naples, Italy Clay Flag of Chile.svg Ricardo Acuña Flag of Chile.svg Alejandro Pierola
Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Rivera 		6–1, 6–1
4.1981 Zell am See, Austria Clay Flag of Chile.svg Ricardo Acuña Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Hampson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Johnstone 		6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 7–5

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References

  1. ↑ Avendaño, Marcelo (15 December 2014). "Ramiro Benavides. A sus 67 no deja de ser campeón". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "15 años entre los mejores del mundo". eldia.com.bo (in Spanish). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Davis Cup - Statistics - Player Records". daviscup.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Seniors - Player Profile - Benavides Saravia, Ramiro Gonzalo (BOL)". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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