João Cunha e Silva (also known as João Cunha-Silva; born 27 November 1967) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. He won two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 72 in March 1989.
Cunha e Silva holds several records for the Portugal Davis Cup team, including most singles wins, most total wins, most ties played, and most years played.
He is currently coaching Tour player Frederico Gil at the CETO - Clube Escola de Ténis de Oeiras (Oeiras Tennis School Club) as well as João Domingues.
Portuguese tennis player Felipe Cunha e Silva is his son.
Career finals
Doubles: 4 (2–2) Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0/0) ATP Tour World Championships (0/0) ATP Masters Series (0/0) ATP International Series Gold (0/0) ATP International Series (2/2) Titles by surface Hard (1/1) Clay (1/1) Grass (0/0) Carpet (0/0)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 1989 Nancy, France Hard (i) Eduardo Masso Udo Riglewski Tobias Svantesson 6–4, 6–7, 7–6Win 1–1 Oct 1992 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Mike Bauer Mark Koevermans Tobias Svantesson 6–3, 6–4Loss 1–2 Mar 1995 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Emanuel Couto Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 6–4, 6–1Win 2–2 Mar 1997 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Nuno Marques Karim Alami Hicham Arazi 7–6, 6–2
Awards 2013 – ITF Commitment Award
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