Jordi Arrese i Castañé (; born 29 August 1964) is a former professional

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player from Spain. Born in

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, Arrese won the men's singles silver medal at the 1992

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in his home town. In the final, he was defeated in a marathon five-set match by

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of Switzerland, 7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6. During his career, Arrese won six top-level singles and four tour doubles titles, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23.

Career finals

Singles: 12 (6 wins, 6 losses)

Doubles: 10 (4 wins, 6 losses)

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* * * Tennis players from Catalonia Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic tennis players of Spain Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1964 births Living people Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub