Roger Guedes | |
Fullname: | Roger de Santis Guedes |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1953 |
Birth Place: | Bauru, Brazil |
Height: | 181 cm |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 5–16 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 89 (13 Aug 1979) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1979) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1979) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (1977) |
Doublesrecord: | 4–14 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 379 (28 Jan 1985) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1979) |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | 1R (1979) |
Roger de Santis Guedes (born 3 November 1953) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.[1]
Guedes, born and raised in Bauru, was a junior Banana Bowl champion and attended Hampton Institute on a full scholarship.[2] In 1976, he played in the NCAA Division II championship-winning team and also partneredBruce 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 call up. He won a first round match at the 1979 French Open and also made main draw appearance at Wimbledon 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.[3]