Alexandre Hocevar (born 19 February 1963) is a former professional

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player from Brazil.

Biography

Career

Hocevar was born in

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, of Slovene descent. Began competing professionally in 1982. Most successful as a doubles player, he appeared in the men's doubles draws of both the

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and

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during his career, as well as making the semi-finals of

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tournaments at

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and

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in 1980s. He won a total of eight doubles titles at Challenger level, four of them with his brother

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. As a singles player he made it as high as 169 in the world and was runner-up at the Dublin Challenger in 1987. His best performance on the ATP Tour (previously Grand Prix) came at the Guarujá Open in 1990, where he had wins over Otávio Della, Mario Tabares and

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to reach the semi-finals.

Personal life

Elder brother

Marcos Hocevar Marcos Hocevar (born 26 September 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Hocevar was born in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, of Slovene descent. During his career he finished runner-up at 2 singles events and won 1 doubles title. ...

played Davis Cup tennis for Brazil. A nephew,

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, who is the son of another brother Jorge, was also a professional tennis player. His surname, Hocevar, is Slovenian.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (8)

Notes

* According to online ITF records his best performance at the French Open was the third round in 1983 with

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. The ATP website however credits this to his brother Marcos.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hocevar, Alexandre 1963 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players People from Ijuí Tennis players from Rio Grande do Sul 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian people of Slovenian descent