João Soares (born April 25, 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
Soares found most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of no. 49 in 1980.
Career finals
Doubles: 7 (3 titles / 4 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 1979 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Marcos Hocevar Tomáš Šmíd Sherwood Stewart 1–6, 5–7Loss 0–2 Nov 1980 Santiago, Chile Clay Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux Ricardo Ycaza 6–4, 6–7, 4–6Win 1–2 Nov 1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Marcos Hocevar Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol 7–6, 6–7, 6–4Win 2–2 Nov 1982 Itaparica, Brazil Carpet Givaldo Barbosa Thomaz Koch José Schmidt 7–6, 2–1, ret.Win 3–2 Nov 1983 Bahia, Brazil Hard Givaldo Barbosa Ricardo Cano Thomaz Koch Loss 3–3 Jul 1984 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Givaldo Barbosa Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt 4–6, 6–3, 6–7Loss 3–4 Sep 1985 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Andy Kohlberg Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
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