Thomaz Koch (born 11 May 1945) is a former tennis player from Brazil, who was a quarterfinalist at the French Open,

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and the U.S. National Championships. He won at least 14 singles titles (three in the

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) and three doubles titles.Tennis Archives
While Koch's career-high ATP singles ranking was No. 24 (achieved on December 20, 1974), he ranked inside the top 20 in the 1960s before the invention of the

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, peaking at No. 12. He won two gold medals in the men's tennis competition at the

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. He also won the Wimbledon Plate twice, in 1969 and 1975.

Open Era career finals

Singles (3–2)

Doubles (3–8)

Mixed doubles (1–0)

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* * * 1945 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Brazilian people of German descent French Open champions Sportspeople from Porto Alegre Tennis players at the 1963 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian people 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub