Borja Uribe-Quintana (; born 24 June 1964) is a former professional

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player from Spain.

Biography

Born in

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, Uribe attended

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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 Challenger titles. His best performance on the

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was a semi-final appearance at

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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 Juan Carlos Báguena made the second round of the men's doubles, by beating 11th seeds

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and

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. He also competed in the mixed doubles with

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, then in the men's doubles at the

1989 Wimbledon Championships The 1989 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 103rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from ...

, 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

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uribe, Borja 1964 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Spanish tennis coaches LSU Tigers tennis players Spanish expatriate tennis players in the United States Tennis players from Valencia 20th-century Spanish sportsmen