José García Requena

José García Requena
Full name José García Requena
Country (sports)  Spain
Born (1955-07-23)23 July 1955
Almería, Spain
Died 28 February 2014(2014-02-28) (aged 58)
Huelva Spain
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 8–20
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 136 (3 January 1983)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 1R (1982)
Doubles
Career record 2–6
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 480 (3 January 1983)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 2R (1981)
US Open 2R (1979)

José García Requena (23 July 1955 – 28 February 2014)[1] was a professional tennis player from Spain.

Career

García Requena, who was from Barcelona, represented Spain in a 1981 Davis Cup tie against Algeria in Algiers. He played two singles rubbers which he both won, over Yassine Amier and Djamel Boudjemline.[2] Three months later he won the Layetano Challenger tournament in Barcelona. He beat Mark Dickson in the final.

In 1982 he managed a win over Manuel Orantes in Nice and had his best performance in a Grand Prix tournament when he made the semi-finals of the Bavarian Tennis Championships in Munich.[3] He made the main draw of the 1982 French Open but was unable to get past American Lloyd Bourne in the first round.

Retiring from professional tennis in 1986, he remained involved in tennis as head of the Real Club Recreativo de Tenis de Huelva.[1]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1981 Layetano, Spain Clay United States Mark Dickson 6–1, 6–7, 7–5

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Fallece el excampeón de España José García Requena". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Davis Cup - Tie - Details". daviscup.com/. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mayer Breezes In Semis". Herald-Journal. 23 May 1982. p. B5. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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