Emanuel Couto (born 6 August 1973), is a former professional

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player from Portugal. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 91 in 1997. The highest moment of his career was his only ATP level victory in his home country at the Oporto Open in 1996 with fellow Portuguese player and regular doubles partner

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. Couto participated in 20

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ties for

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from 1994 to 2003, posting a 13–5 record in doubles and an 11–10 record in singles. Couto also represented Portugal in the

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in Barcelona 92 and Atlanta 96 in the doubles category.

Career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Awards

*2013 – ITF Commitment Award

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Couto, Emanuel 1973 births Living people Portuguese male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Portugal Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Guarda, Portugal Sportspeople from Guarda District