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Ricardo Cano

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Ricardo Cano
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1951-12-27) 27 December 1951 (age 72)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$461
Singles
Career record135–149
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 41 (26 July 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1975, 1978, 1981)
Wimbledon1R (1976)
US Open3R (1975, 1976)
Doubles
Career record118–126
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 285 (2 January 1984)

Ricardo Cano (born 27 December 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up six times.

Cano participated in 23 Davis Cup ties for Argentina from 1971 to 1982, posting a 14–13 record in singles and a 9–7 record in doubles.

Career finals

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Doubles (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 1973 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas Chile Patricio Cornejo
Colombia Iván Molina
7–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 1976 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Chile Belus Prajoux Poland Wojtek Fibak
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–1 1976 North Conway, U.S. Clay Paraguay Víctor Pecci United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 0–6
Loss 2–2 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet Chile Belus Prajoux Argentina Lito Álvarez
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 2–3 1976 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Chile Belus Prajoux Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Argentina Tito Vázquez
4–6, 5–7
Loss 2–4 1977 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Spain Antonio Muñoz Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
4–6, 0–6
Win 3–4 1981 Bournemouth, U.K. Clay Paraguay Víctor Pecci United Kingdom Buster Mottram
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–4 1981 Brussels, Belgium Clay Ecuador Andrés Gómez Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Brazil Cássio Motta
6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–5 1981 Santiago, Chile Clay Chile Belus Prajoux Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
2–6, 6–7
Loss 4–6 1983 Bahia, Brazil Hard Brazil Thomaz Koch Brazil Givaldo Barbosa
Brazil João Soares
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