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Ricardo Acioly

Full name	Ricardo Augusto Amaral Acioly
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1964-02-04) 4 February 1964 (age 60) Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1986
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$151,966
Singles
Career record	3–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 228 (29 December 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1992)
US Open	1R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	52–74
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 46 (27 October 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1992)
French Open	1R (1989, 1992)
Wimbledon	1R (1987, 1989, 1992)
US Open	2R (1987)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1989)
Last updated on: 11 May 2022.

Ricardo Augusto Amaral Acioly (born 4 February 1964) is a former tennis player from Brazil. He has what is considered by many one of the most complete and successful careers in Brazilian tennis, having been recognized Internationally as a player, coach, executive, tournament promoter, and sports commentator.

He comes from a "tennis family". His father, Claudio, who died in 2012, played tennis until he was 82 years old. His mother, Teresinha, still plays daily, competes in official tournaments, and has reached the N1 position in the Ladies 85 and over ITF Seniors world ranking.^[1]

As a player

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As a junior, Acioly was always one of the best Brazilian players of his age group, winning many national titles and was a finalist at the Orange Bowl, considered at the time the World Junior Championships. He then went on to play Division 1 college tennis and was team captain and the No. 1 player for the University of South Carolina, a top 20 team on the NCAA's Division 1 rankings.

After graduating with a Business Degree from South Carolina in 1985, Acioly went on to play the ATP Pro Tour for eight years and became a member of the Brazilian Davis Cup Team (87'/'88/'89) and the Brazilian Olympic Team (Seoul '88).

He was ranked No. 46 in the world ATP doubles rankings. A six-times finalist in tournaments at the highest level of the ATP Tour, he won titles in Vienna, Geneva, and Guarujá. He was a finalist in Washington, Brasília, and Maceio. He also played and represented Brazil in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1986	Washington, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	César Kist	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Oct 1986	Vienna, Austria	Grand Prix	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Brad Gilbert Alexander Mronz	walkover
Win	2–1	Sep 1987	Geneva, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Clay	Luiz Mattar	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Feb 1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Dácio Campos	César Kist Mauro Menezes	7–6, 7–6
Loss	3–2	Sep 1991	Brasília, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Mauro Menezes	Kent Kinnear Roger Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Feb 1992	Maceió, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Mauro Menezes	Gabriel Markus John Sobel	4–6, 6–1, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 9 (7–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1-0	Apr 1989	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Dácio Campos	Marcelo Hennemann Edvaldo Oliveira	7–6, 6–3
Loss	1-1	Aug 1990	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Carpet	Nelson Aerts	Luiz Mattar Fernando Roese	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	1-2	Oct 1990	Manaus, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Mauro Menezes	Shelby Cannon Alfonso Gonzalez-Mora	6–7, 4–6
Win	2-2	Apr 1991	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Albano	Francisco Montana Leif Shiras	6–3, 6–3
Win	3-2	May 1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Mauro Menezes	Nelson Aerts Fernando Roese	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4-2	May 1991	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mauro Menezes	Steve Bryan T. J. Middleton	6–3, 6–4
Win	5-2	Jun 1991	Itu, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Mauro Menezes	Jose Daher Eduardo Furusho	7–6, 6–3
Win	6-2	Aug 1991	Lins, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Mauro Menezes	Eduardo Furusho João Zwetsch	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	7-2	Jul 1993	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Nicolás Pereira	Felipe Rivera Fernando Roese	7–6, 5–7, 6–3

Performance timeline

Doubles