Argentine tennis player
Elio "Lito" Álvarez (born 5 December 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Career
Álvarez played collegiate tennis for the UCLA Bruins, on the same team as Jimmy Connors, in the early 1970s.[1]
He appeared in eight Davis Cup ties for Argentina from 1970 to 1978.[2] He played mainly in doubles rubbers but had two wins in the singles, against Carlos Kirmayr and Luis Felipe Tavares, both of Brazil.[2] His doubles record was 4/4 and his partners included Guillermo Vilas and José Luis Clerc.[2]
Álvarez made the second round of the singles draw at a Grand Slam tournament five times, from 14 attempts, but was unable to progress any further.[3]
As well as being runner-up at the Dutch Open in 1977, Álvarez made six Grand Prix/WCT doubles finals, for one win, at São Paulo in 1976.[4]
Grand Prix/WCT career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Result
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W/L
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Date
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Tournament
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Surface
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Opponent
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Score
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Loss
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0–1
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Jul 1977
|
Hilversum, Netherlands
|
Clay
|
Patrick Proisy
|
0–6, 2–6, 0–6
|
Doubles: 6 (1–5)
Result
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W/L
|
Date
|
Tournament
|
Surface
|
Partner
|
Opponents
|
Score
|
Loss
|
0–1
|
Jun 1974
|
Dublin, Ireland
|
|
Jorge Andrew
|
Colin Dowdeswell
John Yuill
|
3–6, 2–6
|
Loss
|
0–2
|
Jul 1974
|
Hilversum, Netherlands
|
Clay
|
Julián Ganzábal
|
Tito Vázquez
Guillermo Vilas
|
2–6, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
|
Win
|
1–2
|
Nov 1976
|
São Paulo, Brazil
|
Carpet
|
Víctor Pecci
|
Ricardo Cano
Belus Prajoux
|
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
|
Loss
|
1–3
|
Dec 1976
|
Santiago, Chile
|
Clay
|
Belus Prajoux
|
Patricio Cornejo
Hans Gildemeister
|
3–6, 6–7
|
Loss
|
1–4
|
Apr 1977
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
Clay
|
Guillermo Vilas
|
Wojciech Fibak
Ion Țiriac
|
5–7, 6–0, 6–7
|
Loss
|
1–5
|
Mar 1978
|
Cairo, Egypt
|
Clay
|
George Hardie
|
Ismail El Shafei
Brian Fairlie
|
3–6, 5–7, 2–6
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