Gustavo Luza
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Gustavo Luza is a former tennis player from Argentina
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Luza turned professional in 1985. He was most known for playing doubles, and during his career he won 5 doubles titles, including the Open Seat in Barcelona
with Christian Miniussi
. He reached his highest doubles ATP
-ranking on July 9, 1990, when he became the number 37 of the world.
In 2002, after retiring from professional tennis, Luza became the captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team
from 2002 to 2004.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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Luza turned professional in 1985. He was most known for playing doubles, and during his career he won 5 doubles titles, including the Open Seat in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
with Christian Miniussi
Christian Miniussi
Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira is a former tennis player from Argentina.Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in...
. He reached his highest doubles ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
-ranking on July 9, 1990, when he became the number 37 of the world.
In 2002, after retiring from professional tennis, Luza became the captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team
Argentina Davis Cup team
The Argentina Davis Cup team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis.Argentina has never won the tournament, but have finished as the runner-up three times, in 1981, 2006 and 2008....
from 2002 to 2004.