João Cunha e Silva (also known as João Cunha-Silva; born 27 November 1967) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Portugal. He won two doubles titles during his career on the
ATP Tour
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. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 72 in March 1989.
Cunha e Silva holds several records for the
Portugal Davis Cup team
The Portugal men's national tennis team represents Portugal in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Federação Portuguesa de Ténis.
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, including most singles wins, most total wins, most ties played, and most years played.
He is currently coaching Tour player
Frederico Gil
João Frederico Limpo Franco Gil (born 24 March 1985), known as Fred Gil (), is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player, who currently competes in the ITF Men's Circuit. He is ranked no. 432 in the world by the Association of Tennis Prof ...
at the CETO - Clube Escola de Ténis de Oeiras (''Oeiras Tennis School Club'') as well as
João Domingues
João Domingues (born 5 October 1993) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes on the ATP Challenger as well as the ATP World Tour. In 2015, Domingues made his debut for Portugal Davis Cup team. In February 2020, he achieved a care ...
.
Career finals
Doubles: 4 (2–2)
Awards
*2013 –
ITF Commitment Award
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
Portuguese male tennis players
Portuguese tennis coaches
Sportspeople from Lisbon
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