Iván Camus Cáceres (born 1 February 1963) is a former professional

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player from Chile.

Biography

Camus specialised in doubles and made only one

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appearance as a singles player, at the 1981

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. He lost in the first round to

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, a Spaniard who he partnered with to make his only Grand Prix final, the Aix-en-Provence Open in 1983. All of his

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appearances were at the French Open. He first played in the 1982 French Open, with

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in the men's doubles, for an opening round exit. At the

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he featured in both the men's and mixed doubles draws. In the men's doubles he and partner Ricardo Acuña lost in the first round to the fourth seeds, but he reached the second round in the mixed doubles, with American Mary-Lou Piatek. He won two Challenger titles, both on the clay courts of Italy, in

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in 1982 and

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in 1983.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camus, Ivan 1963 births Living people Chilean male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people)