Roberto Quiroz Gómez (; born 23 February 1992) is an

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ian professional

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player. Quiroz is the nephew of

Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos (; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. Gómez won 21 singles titles and 33 doubles titles during his caree ...

and the cousin of Emilio Gómez and

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. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the

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. In 2010 he won the finals stage of Boys' Doubles events on the

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and US Open with

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vian tennis player

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. They defeated

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pair Facundo Argüello and

Agustín Velotti Agustín Velotti (; born May 24, 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. Velotti won the 2010 French Open Boys' singles competition after beating his good friend Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5. Previously, he had won different junior tournaments, ...

6–3, 6–2 in France and they won against Oliver Golding and

Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 on 27 April 2015. Youth career Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, co ...

6–1, 7–5 in the United States.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Doubles: 32 (20–12)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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* 1992 births Living people Ecuadorian male tennis players French Open junior champions Tennis players from Guayaquil Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games US Open (tennis) junior champions USC Trojans men's tennis players Ecuadorian expatriate tennis players in the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for Ecuador Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2010 South American Games South American Games medalists in tennis South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Ecuador-tennis-bio-stub