Luis Felipe Tavares (born 26 September 1949) is a Brazilian former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Tavares competed for the

Brazil Davis Cup team The Brazil national tennis team represents Brazil in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation. After nine years, Brazil returned to the World Group in 2013 with a defeat by the United States in the firs ...

from 1966 to 1976, winning four singles and one doubles rubbers. He reached the doubles third round of the

1972 Wimbledon Championships The 1972 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 26 June ...

and made his only grand slam singles main draw appearance at the 1974 US Open. His sports marketing company Koch Tavares, which he founded in 1972 with Davis Cup teammate

Thomaz Koch 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 tit ...

, is responsible for running events across a variety of sports.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Luis Felipe 1949 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players 20th-century Brazilian sportspeople 21st-century Brazilian sportspeople

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