Roberto Quiroz Gómez (; born 23 February 1992) is an

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professional

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player. Quiroz is the nephew of

Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos (; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990. His son, Emilio Gómez, is a professional tennis player. His nephew Nicolás Lapent ...

and the cousin of Emilio Gómez and

Nicolás Lapentti Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (; born 13 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. His brothers, Giovanni Lapentti, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés Gómez, Andrés, and cousins Roberto Quiroz, Roberto and Emil ...

. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the

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. In 2010 he won the finals stage of Boys' Doubles events on the

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and US Open with

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vian tennis player

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. They defeated

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pair Facundo Argüello and

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6–3, 6–2 in

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and they won against

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and

Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 35 on 27 April 2015. He is currently the No. 2 Czech tennis player in singles, as he lost his previous ...

6–1, 7–5 in the

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Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Doubles: 32 (20–12)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quiroz, Roberto 1992 births Living people Ecuadorian male tennis players French Open junior champions Sportspeople from Guayaquil Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games US Open (tennis) junior champions USC Trojans men's tennis players Pan American Games silver medalists for Ecuador Pan American Games medalists in tennis Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2010 South American Games South American Games medalists in tennis South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Ecuadorian people