Full name | Ricardo Camargo |
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Country (sports) | Brazil |
Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 14 May 1968
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Prize money | $40,506 |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–2 |
Highest ranking | No. 435 (9 March 1987) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 4–11 |
Highest ranking | No. 206 (9 July 1990) |
Ricardo Camargo (born 14 May 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
Camargo, who comes from São Paulo, was a Wimbledon semi-finalist as a junior, in the boys' doubles event in 1986. [1]
On the professional tour he competed mostly in doubles and reached three quarter-finals on the Grand Prix/ATP Tour doubles circuit. At Challenger level he won three doubles titles, all with Givaldo Barbosa in the 1988 season. He made the second round of the singles event at the Guaruja Grand Prix tournament in 1989, with a win over Ivan Kley.
He now works as a tennis event promoter. [2]
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1988 | São Paulo-3, Brazil | Clay | Givaldo Barbosa | Alexandre Hocevar Marcos Hocevar | 5–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
2. | 1988 | Lins, Brazil | Clay | Givaldo Barbosa | Marcelo Hennemann Edvaldo Oliveira | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
3. | 1988 | São Paulo-4, Brazil | Clay | Givaldo Barbosa | Pablo Albano César Kist | 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
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