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André Sá

André Sá
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Full name Andre Rezende Sa
Country (sports)  Brazil
Residence Blumenau, Brazil
Born (1977-05-06) 6 May 1977 (age 39)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 1996
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,508,418
Singles
Career record 52–92 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
11 Challengers
Highest ranking No. 55 (12 August 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2001)
French Open 1R (2000, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon QF (2002)
US Open 2R (2000, 2001)
Doubles
Career record 267–280 (48.81%) (ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 10
Highest ranking No. 17 (2 February 2009)
Current ranking No. 60 (1 August 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2004)
French Open 3R (2002, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon SF (2007)
US Open QF (2007, 2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (2004, 2008, 2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2009, 2010, 2013)
French Open QF (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon 2R (2010, 2016)
US Open 2R (2009)
Team competitions
Davis Cup SF (2000)
Last updated on: 7 August 2016.

André Rezende Sá (born 6 May 1977) is a professional Brazilian tennis player. In singles, he was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002 and has reached a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 17, winning 10 doubles titles. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP tournaments Memphis and Hong Kong in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

André Sá atarted playing tennis at the age of eight, encouraged by his older brother. At the age of 12 and ranked number 1 in Brazil, he moved to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, Bradenton, Florida, where he stayed for five years. In 1996, he graduated from Brandenton Academy, where he played basketball for three years.

Sá is married and now lives in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

André Sá played his first professional match in 1993, in a Challenger in his hometown of Belo Horizonte, where he lost in the first round at the age of 16. In 1997, he started travelling around South America, reaching his first Challenger Semifinal in Quito, losing to Mariano Puerta. In August, he reached his first final, again in his hometown, losing to Brazilian Roberto Jabali. He also reached the semifinal in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 1997, he played his first Davis Cup match, against Alistair Hunt, from New Zealand, in Florianópolis, for the World Group Qualifying Round. It was the 5th match of the rubber, with a 5–0 win for Brazil. In October, he played his first ATP-Tour match, in Mexico City, where he reached the quarter-final.


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