José Edison Mandarino (born March 26, 1941) is a former

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player from Brazil. Mandarino was born in Jaguarão. He reached the junior finals of the 1959 French Championships, defeated by German

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. He played 109 matches for

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in the

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and is considered one of the players with more appearances in this event. He won 68 (41 at singles and 27 at doubles) and lost 41 (31 at singles and 10 at doubles). In doubles, he played with

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as well as Carlos Fernandes. After his successful career as a player, he coached the Spanish Davis Cup team. Mandarino achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 81 which he reached on June 2, 1975 after losing to Anatoli Volkov at the

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. This ranking was achieved at the end of his career with the start of the open era. However he was one of the top world players before an official ranking came out.

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* * * 1941 births Brazilian male tennis players Living people People from Jaguarão Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul 21st-century Brazilian people 20th-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub