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Vicente Solves

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Vicente Solves
Full nameVicente Solves
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1969-02-08) 8 February 1969 (age 55)
Valencia, Spain
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$66,473
Singles
Career record0–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 223 (20 August 1990)
Doubles
Career record10–19
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 147 (20 May 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1991)

Vicente Solves (born 8 February 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Biography

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A right-handed player from Valencia, Solves started playing tennis at the age of eight. He was a highly ranked junior in Spain and made the doubles semi-finals with José Luis Aparisi at the Orange Bowl in 1987.[1]

Solves partnered with juniors partner Aparisi in his only Grand Slam main draw appearance, at the 1991 French Open, where the pair were eliminated in the first round of the men's doubles, by Cássio Motta and Gustavo Luza.[2]

On the ATP Tour he was most successful as a doubles player. He made the semi-finals of three tournaments, the 1991 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia in Palermo, the 1991 Torneo Godó in Barcelona and the 1992 Saab International in Athens.

Challenger titles

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Doubles: (1)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1990 Gramado, Brazil Clay Brazil Ivan Kley Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Argentina Pablo Albano
6–3, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Solves, Vicente (ESP)". ITF. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. ^ Sarni, Jim (30 May 1991). "Connors, Becker Survive". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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