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 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 49 in 1980.

Doubles titles (3)

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

External links

• Soares, João at the Association of Tennis Professionals