Ricardo Cano

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Ricardo Cano
Country (sports)Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Born (1951-12-27) 27 December 1951 (age 71)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money $461
Singles
Career record135–149
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 41 (26 July 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 3R (1975, 1978, 1981)
Wimbledon 1R (1976)
US Open 3R (1975, 1976)
Doubles
Career record118–126
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 285 (2 January 1984)

Ricardo Cano (born 27 December 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up six times.

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Cano participated in 23 Davis Cup ties for Argentina from 1971 to 1982, posting a 14–13 record in singles and a 9–7 record in doubles.

Career finals

Doubles (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

ResultW/LYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–01973 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Vilas Flag of Chile.svg Patricio Cornejo
Flag of Colombia.svg Iván Molina 		7–6, 6–3
Win2–01976 Hilversum, NetherlandsClay Flag of Chile.svg Belus Prajoux Flag of Poland.svg Wojtek Fibak
Flag of Hungary.svg Balázs Taróczy 		6–4, 6–3
Loss2–11976 North Conway, U.S.Clay Flag of Paraguay.svg Víctor Pecci Flag of the United States.svg Brian Gottfried
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez 		3–6, 0–6
Loss2–21976 São Paulo, BrazilCarpet Flag of Chile.svg Belus Prajoux Flag of Argentina.svg Lito Álvarez
Flag of Paraguay.svg Víctor Pecci 		4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss2–31976 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Flag of Chile.svg Belus Prajoux Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Carlos Kirmayr
Flag of Argentina.svg Tito Vázquez 		4–6, 5–7
Loss2–41977 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Muñoz Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Ion Țiriac
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Vilas 		4–6, 0–6
Win3–41981Bournemouth, U.K.Clay Flag of Paraguay.svg Víctor Pecci Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Buster Mottram
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Šmíd 		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win4–41981 Brussels, BelgiumClay Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrés Gómez Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Carlos Kirmayr
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Cássio Motta 		6–2, 6–2
Loss4–51981 Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Belus Prajoux Flag of Chile.svg Hans Gildemeister
Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrés Gómez 		2–6, 6–7
Loss4–61983Bahia, BrazilHard Flag of Brazil.svg Thomaz Koch Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Givaldo Barbosa
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg João Soares

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