Jhonson García (born 1 October 1980) is a

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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. García featured in 26

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...

ties for the Dominican Republic, between 1998 and 2011. One of his best wins came in 1999 against Costa Rica's

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, who was then ranked 69 in the world. In 2009 he won the deciding fifth rubber, over

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, in the American Zone Group II final against Venezuela, which earned the Dominican Republic promotion to Group I for the first time. A five-time medalist at the

Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...

, García also represented the Dominican Republic in three editions of the region's premier multi-sport event, the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

. He made his Pan American Games debut in 1999, then in 2003 was a quarter-finalist in the singles, before making his last appearance in 2007, when he and

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were beaten in the bronze medal play-off for doubles.

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