Thomaz Koch

Thomaz Koch

Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Born	(1945-05-11) May 11, 1945 Porto Alegre, Brazil
Turned pro	1968 (amateur tour from 1962)
Retired	1985
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	154–132
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 12 (1967, World's Top 20)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1968)
Wimbledon	QF (1967)
US Open	QF (1963)
Doubles
Career record	111–99 (Open era)
Career titles	3 (Open era)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1971)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1975)
Wimbledon	QF (1971)
Medal record Representing  Brazil Tennis, Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Men's Singles 1967 Winnipeg Men's Doubles

Thomaz Koch (born May 11, 1945 in Porto Alegre), is a left-handed former tennis player from Brazil, who was a quarter-finalist at the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championships.

He won at least 14 singles titles (3 in the Open era) and 3 Open era doubles titles.^[1] Whilst Koch's career-high ATP singles ranking was World No. 24 (achieved on December 20, 1974), he ranked inside the Top 20 in the 1960s before the invention of the ATP rankings, peaking at World No. 12.^[2]

He won two Gold medals in the men's tennis competition at the 1967 Pan American Games. He also won the Wimbledon Plate twice.

Career highlights

Open era singles finals (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1969	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Mark Cox	8–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	1969	Washington, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	1971	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1976	Khartoum, Sudan	Hard	Mike Estep	4–6, 7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1976	Nuremberg, Germany	Carpet	Frew McMillan	6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Open era doubles finals (3–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1968	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	José Mandarino	Carlos Fernández Patricio Rodríguez	2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1969	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Ove Nils Bengtson	Owen Davidson Dennis Ralston	6–8, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	1971	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Clark Graebner	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	1.	1971	Macon, U.S.	Hard	Clark Graebner	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	1971	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	2.	1971	Caracas, Venezuela	Clay	José Edison Mandarino	Gerald Battrick Peter Curtis	6–4, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	1972	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Carpet	Clark Graebner	Tom Edlefsen Cliff Richey	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1974	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roy Emerson	José Higueras Manuel Orantes	5–7, 6–0, 1–6, 8–9
Winner	3.	1975	Istanbul, Turkey	Outdoor	Colin Dibley	Colin Dowdeswell John Feaver	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1982	Itaparica, Brazil	Carpet	Jose Schmidt	Givaldo Barbosa João Soares	6–7, 1–2, RET.
Runner-up	8.	1983	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Ricardo Cano	Givaldo Barbosa João Soares

Mixed doubles: (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1975	French Open	Fiorella Bonicelli	Jaime Fillol Pam Teeguarden	6–4, 7–6

References

External links

• Thomaz Koch at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Thomaz Koch at the International Tennis Federation
• Thomaz Koch at the Davis Cup