Iñaki Calvo (born 23 March 1960) is a Venezuelan former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Born in

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

, Calvo played for the

Venezuela Davis Cup team The Venezuela national tennis team represents Venezuela in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Venezolana de Tenis. Venezuela currently compete in the Americas Zone Group I. They have never competed in the World ...

during the 1980s, appearing in a total of seven ties. He also represented his country in regional multi-sport events, with gold medal wins in mixed doubles at both the

1982 Central American and Caribbean Games The 14th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 7 to August 18, 1982, and included 2,420 athletes from nineteen nations competing in 25 different sports. Some events were held in Santiago de Cuba, Cienfuegos, a ...

and

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games, officially known as the IX Pan American Games () and commonly known as Caracas 1983, were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to inclu ...

. Calvo was a collegiate tennis player for the

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and their first ever to win the ACC Tournament MVP, which he did as a senior in 1984. On the professional tour, Calvo reached a career high singles ranking of 373 and featured in the qualifying draw for the

1986 Wimbledon Championships The 1986 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 100th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from ...

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