Roberto Chávez is a Mexican former professional

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player. Chávez reached a career high ranking of 172 in the world while competing on the professional tour in the 1970s. At the

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, Chávez came from two sets down to win his first round match against

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. His best performance on tour came at Mexico City in 1978, where he beat John Alexander en route to the quarter-finals. Between 1975 and 1979, Chávez was a member of the

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and appeared in a total of seven ties. He won a two singles rubbers, both against Canada's Réjean Genois. In 1975 he featured in a rare win for Mexico over the United States and in another meeting against the Americans, in the 1977 tournament, took a set off

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez, Roberto Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Mexican male tennis players 20th-century Mexican people

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