Salvador Cabeza

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Salvador Cabeza
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Singles
Career record1–6
Highest rankingNo. 245 (6 Nov 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (1975)
Doubles
Career record0–3

Salvador Cabeza is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Active on tour in the 1970s, Cabeza was a junior Sunshine Cup representative for Spain and a two-time winner of the Copa Sevilla. [1] His best performance in a Grand Prix tournament came at the 1974 Madrid Open, where he had a win over world number 48 Vijay Amritraj, before falling to Vijay's brother Anand in the third round. [2]

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References

  1. "Sunshine Cup to US". The Sydney Morning Herald . 1 January 1973.
  2. "India Is Told She Faces Ouster From Davis Cup". The New York Times . 1974-10-10.