Gustavo Luza

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Gustavo Luza Tennis player
Nation: ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Birthday: October 11, 1962
Size: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
1st professional season: 1985
Resignation: 2002
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 208,619
singles
Career record: 1: 4
Highest ranking: 319 (August 1, 1988)
Double
Career record: 92:93
Career title: 5
Highest ranking: 37 (July 9 1990)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (1991)
French Open AF (1986, 1990)
Wimbledon 2R (1990, 1991)
US Open -
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open HF (1991)
Wimbledon 1R (1986)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Gustavo Luza (born October 11, 1962 in Buenos Aires ) is a retired Argentine tennis player .

Life

Luza became a professional tennis player in 1985 and initially played on the ATP Challenger Tour . In the following year he stood at the side of his compatriot Gustavo Tiberti twice in the final of a double tournament on the ATP World Tour . After taking part in the finals alongside Guillermo Pérez Roldán in Geneva , he won a double title on the ATP World Tour for the first time in 1989, together with Christian Miniussi he won in Barcelona . Overall, he was able to win five double titles in the course of his career, four more times he was in a double-final. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1988 with position 319 in singles and in 1990 with position 37 in doubles.

In singles, he was never able to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. His best double result was the two-time round of 16 participation at the French Open .

Luza played three doubles games for the Argentine Davis Cup team between 1989 and 1990 . In the 3-2 quarter-final win against Germany in 1990, he lost alongside Javier Frana in doubles against Eric Jelen and Michael Stich , which was his only defeat.

After retiring from professional sport, he was team boss of the Argentine Davis Cup team from 2002 to 2004.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (5)

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1989 SpainSpain Barcelona sand ArgentinaArgentina Christian Miniussi SpainSpain Sergio Casal Tomáš Šmíd
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 		6: 3, 6: 3
2. 1990 BrazilBrazil Guarujá Hard court ArgentinaArgentina Javier Frana BrazilBrazil Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta
BrazilBrazil 		7: 6, 7: 6
3. 1990 ItalyItaly Bologna sand GermanyGermany Udo Riglewski FranceFrance Jérôme Potier Jim Pugh
United StatesUnited States 		7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1
4th 1991 SpainSpain Madrid sand BrazilBrazil Cássio Motta BrazilBrazil Luiz Mattar Jaime Oncins
BrazilBrazil 		6-0, 7-5
5. 1992 GermanyGermany Cologne sand ArgentinaArgentina Christian Miniussi SwedenSweden Ronnie Båthman Libor Pimek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 		6: 7, 6: 0, 6: 2

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personal data
SURNAME Luza, Gustavo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina