Country (sports) | Brazil | |||||||||||||
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Residence | Porto Alegre, Brazil | |||||||||||||
Born | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 11 May 1945|||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1968 (amateur from 1962) | |||||||||||||
Retired | 1985 | |||||||||||||
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 154–132 | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 14 | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 12 (1967) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||
French Open | QF (1968) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1967) | |||||||||||||
US Open | QF (1963) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 111–99 (Open era) | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 3 (Open era) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | SF (1971) | |||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||
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French Open | W (1975) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1971) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomaz Koch (born 11 May 1945) is a former tennis player from Brazil, who was a quarterfinalist at the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championships.
He won at least 14 singles titles (three in the Open Era) and three doubles titles. [1] While Koch's career-high ATP singles ranking was No. 24 (achieved on December 20, 1974), he ranked inside the top 20 in the 1960s before the invention of the ATP rankings, peaking at No. 12. [2]
He won two gold medals in the men's tennis competition at the 1967 Pan American Games. He also won the Wimbledon Plate twice, in 1969 and 1975.
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | 1969 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Mark Cox | 8–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | 1969 | Washington, U.S. | Clay | Arthur Ashe | 7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | 1971 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Manuel Orantes | 7–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–1 | 1976 | Khartoum, Sudan | Hard | Mike Estep | 4–6, 7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | 1976 | Nuremberg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Frew McMillan | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | 1968 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | José Mandarino | Carlos Fernandes Patricio Rodríguez | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 1969 | London/Queen's, U.K. | Grass | Ove Nils Bengtson | Owen Davidson Dennis Ralston | 6–8, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | 1971 | Salisbury, U.S. | Hard (i) | Clark Graebner | Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes | 3–6, 6–4, 6–7 |
Win | 1–3 | 1971 | Macon, U.S. | Hard | Clark Graebner | Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš | 6–3, 7–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | 1971 | Hampton, U.S. | Hard (i) | Clark Graebner | Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Win | 2–4 | 1971 | Caracas, Venezuela | Clay | José Edison Mandarino | Gerald Battrick Peter Curtis | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | 1972 | Washington D.C., U.S. | Carpet (i) | Clark Graebner | Tom Edlefsen Cliff Richey | 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–6 | 1974 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Roy Emerson | José Higueras Manuel Orantes | 5–7, 6–0, 1–6, 8–9 |
Win | 3–6 | 1975 | Istanbul, Turkey | Clay | Colin Dibley | Colin Dowdeswell John Feaver | 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–7 | 1982 | Itaparica, Brazil | Carpet | José Schmidt | Givaldo Barbosa João Soares | 6–7, 1–2 ret. |
Loss | 3–8 | 1983 | Bahia, Brazil | Hard | Ricardo Cano | Givaldo Barbosa João Soares |
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1975 | French Open | Clay | Fiorella Bonicelli | Jaime Fillol Pam Teeguarden | 6–4, 7–6 |
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