João Zwetsch

João Zwetsch
Full name João Zwetsch
Country (sports)  Brazil
Born (1968-11-12) 12 November 1968
São Leopoldo, Brazil
Height 5'11" (180 cm)
Prize money $37,779
Singles
Career record 1–2
Highest ranking No. 231 (17 June 1991)
Doubles
Career record 1–2
Highest ranking No. 205 (5 August 1991)

João Zwetsch (born 12 November 1968) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Biography

Tennis career

Born in São Leopoldo, Zwetsch began competing on tour in the late 1980s. His best performances on tour include finishing runner-up at the Lins Challenger in 1990 and making the second round of the Brasília Open ATP Tour tournament in 1991.[1][2]

Zwetsch represented Brazil at the 1995 Pan American Games, where he partnered Gustavo Kuerten in the doubles event.[3]

Coaching

Now a tennis coach, Zwetsch is a long serving captain of the Brazil Davis Cup team, which he has led since 2010. During his tenure he has twice captained Brazil in the World Group, the first time in 2013, then again in 2015 following a playoff win over Spain in São Paulo the year before.[4]

He has previously been the individual coach of top 50 players Thomaz Bellucci and Flávio Saretta.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Lins Challenger - 30 July - 05 August 1990". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Brasilia - 09 September - 15 September 1991". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Parceiro de Guga no Pan-1995, Zwetsch quer "medalhas" em Guadalajara". Super Esportes (in Portuguese). 14 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Brazil beats Spain in Davis Cup playoff". ESPN.com. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "João Zwetsch é o novo técnico de Thomaz Bellucci". ESPN Brasil (in Portuguese). 18 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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