Roger de Santis Guedes (born 3 November 1953) is a Brazilian former professional
tennis player.
Guedes, born and raised in
Bauru, was a junior Banana Bowl champion and attended
Hampton Institute on a full scholarship. In 1976, he played in the
NCAA Division II championship-winning team and also partnered
Bruce Foxworth to win the doubles championship.
On the professional tour, Guedes had a career high ranking of 89 in the world and, despite being one of the Brazil's top players, never received a
Davis Cup
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call up. He won a first round match at the
1979 French Open
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and also made main draw appearance at
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
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and the
US Open. His best performance on the
Grand Prix circuit was a quarter-final appearance at Bogota in 1979, with wins over
João Soares and
Álvaro Betancur
Álvaro Betancur (born 3 January 1950) is a Colombian former professional tennis player.
Based in Florida, Betancur comes from Medellin originally and featured in seven Davis Cup ties for Colombia during the 1970s. He played in Colombia's Inter- ...
.
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1953 births
Living people
Brazilian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Bauru
Hampton Pirates tennis players
20th-century Brazilian people
21st-century Brazilian people