| Raúl Viver | |
| Birth Date: | 1961 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Turnedpro: | 1980 |
| Plays: | Left-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $189,118 |
| Singlesrecord: | 27-58 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 94 (3 Oct 1988) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1985) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1985) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (1985) |
| Doublesrecord: | 15-45 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 184 (2 Jan 1984) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1982) |
| Mixed: | yes |
| Mixedtitles: | 0 |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | QF (1986) |
Raúl Antonio Viver (born 17 March 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador.[1]
Viver was the world number one ranked junior player in 1979, the year that he won the Orange Bowl (18s & Under).[2] He also reached his only semi-final on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1979, at Bogota.[2]
In the 1982 French Open, Viver and partner Luca Bottazzi had a win over fifth seeds Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson, but lost in the second round.[2] Three years later he won his only Grand Slam singles match, over world number 42 John Fitzgerald.[2] He was a mixed doubles quarter-finalist in the 1986 French Open, with Mariana Perez-Roldan.[2]
The Ecuadorian reached the quarter-finals at Kitzbuhel in 1984 and Buenos Aires the following year.[2]
He appeared in 18 Davis Cup ties for Ecuador during his career, from 1978 to 1990. In the mid-1980s he was part of the team which competed in the World Group and faced players like Jimmy Arias, Boris Becker and Miloslav Mečíř. Viver finished with a 15/13 overall record, winning 14 of his 25 singles rubbers.[3]
| width=20 | No. | width=30 | Year | width=200 | Tournament | width=50 | Surface | width=160 | Opponent | width=120 class="unsortable" | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1988 | Neu-Ulm, West Germany | Clay |  Stefan Eriksson | 7–5, 6–2 | ||||||
| 2. | 1991 | Pembroke Pines, United States | Clay |  Jimmy Brown | 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 | ||||||
| 3. | 1991 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay |  Gabriel Markus | 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 |
| width=10 | No. | width=30 | Year | width=200 | Tournament | width=50 | Surface | width=160 | Partner | width=160 | Opponents | width=120 class="unsortable" | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1982 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay |  Alberto Tous |  David Graham Laurie Warder | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 | |||||||
| 2. | 1983 | Brescia, Italy | Iván Camus |  Dacio Campos Eduardo Oncins | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 | ||||||||
| 3. | 1988 | Nyon, Switzerland | Clay |  Hugo Núñez | Jan Apell Veli Paloheimo | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |