Full name | Andre Rezende Sa | ||||||
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Country (sports) | Brazil | ||||||
Residence | Blumenau, Brazil | ||||||
Born |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
6 May 1977 ||||||
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 |
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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) | ||||||
Medal record
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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.