Borja Uribe-Quintana (; born 24 June 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Biography

Born in Valencia, Uribe attended Louisiana State University and played American collegiate tennis for four years, where he was known by the name "Billy". During his time competing on the professional circuit, which began in 1988, he was most successful as a doubles player. He reached a top doubles ranking of 92 in the world and won two

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titles. His best performance on the Grand Prix circuit was a semi-final appearance at Florence in 1989, partnering

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, the nephew of Ilie. All of his grand slam main draw appearances came in 1989. At the

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he and partner

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made the second round of the men's doubles, by beating 11th seeds Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzmann. He also competed in the mixed doubles with Bettina Fulco, then in the men's doubles at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Luis Herrera. Since 1995 he has worked as a tennis coach. He was the childhood coach of

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and remained with the Spaniard until 2010. In 2015 he began coaching Venezuelan Davis Cup player Ricardo Rodríguez.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uribe, Borja 1964 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Spanish tennis coaches LSU Tigers tennis players Sportspeople from Valencia Tennis players from the Valencian Community