Thomaz Koch (born 11 May 1945) is a former tennis player from Brazil. He won one Grand Slam title in mixed doubles at the 1975 French Open. In singles he was a quarterfinalist in singles at the French Open,

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and the U.S. National Championships. Koch was active from 1961 to 1985 and played close to 900 singles matches, and won 36 career singles titles. He was ranked World No 12 player for 1967. His highest computer ranking which was past his peak period in the ATP singles ranking was No. 24 (achieved on December 20, 1974). In addition he also won 5 challenger satellite tour tiles towards the end of his career. He won also two gold medals in the men's tennis competition at the

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. He played his first tournament in 1961 at the Santos Open where he reached the final. He won his first senior title in 1964 at the

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against compatriot Ronald Barnes. He won his final main tour title in 1976 at the Malta International against Britain's Roger Taylor. He played his final singles tournament in 1984 at the Guarujá Open in 1984. He also won the Wimbledon Plate twice, in 1969 and 1975.

Career finals

Singles (3–2)

(incomplete list)

Doubles (3–8)

Mixed doubles (1–0)

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* * * 1945 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Brazilian people of German descent French Open champions Tennis players from Porto Alegre Tennis players at the 1963 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub