João Soares (tennis)

João Soares (born April 25, 1951 in Limeira) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Soares found most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of no. 49 in 1980.

Career finals

Doubles (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1979	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	Tomáš Šmíd Sherwood Stewart	1–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	1980	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Belus Prajoux Ricardo Ycaza	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win	1.	1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win	2.	1982	Itaparica, Brazil	Carpet	Givaldo Barbosa	Thomaz Koch Jose Schmidt	7–6, 2–1, ret.
Win	3.	1983	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Givaldo Barbosa	Ricardo Cano Thomaz Koch
Loss	3.	1984	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Givaldo Barbosa	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	4.	1985	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Andy Kohlberg	Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 4–6, 2–6

References

External links

João Soares at the Association of Tennis Professionals
João Soares at the International Tennis Federation

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