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Ricardo Augusto Amaral Acioly (born February 4, 1964 in Botafogo

Botafogo

Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João .- History :Botafogo was named after João Pereira de Sousa Botafogo, who was responsible for the...

, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

) is a former tennis player from Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

.

Acioly represented his native country in the men's doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul, South Korea, partnering Luiz Mattar

Luiz Mattar

Luiz Mattar is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1986–1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles , and World No. 55 in doubles...

. He reached his highest 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...

singles ranking on December 29, 1986, when he became the World No. 228.

Doubles titles (3)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slams (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
Grand Prix (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner in Final	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1986	Vienna, Austria BA-CA TennisTrophy The Erste Bank Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit . It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Brad Gilbert Brad Gilbert Brad Gilbert , is an American tennis coach, a television tennis commentator, an author and former professional tennis player. He was born in Oakland, California and graduated from Piedmont High School .... Slobodan Živojinović Slobodan Živojinovic Slobodan Živojinović is a retired Serbian tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. Together with Nenad Zimonjić he is the only tennis player from Serbia that held the highest doubles ranking. Živojinović is president of Serbia Tennis Federaton....	W/O
2.	1987	Geneva, Switzerland ATP Geneva The Geneva Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament that was held annually from 1980 to 1991 in Geneva, Switzerland on clay courts.-Singles:- Doubles :-External links:*...	Clay	Luiz Mattar Luiz Mattar Luiz Mattar is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1986–1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles , and World No. 55 in doubles...	Mansour Bahrami Mansour Bahrami Mansour Bahrami is a professional tennis player. He has held dual French and Iranian nationality since 1989.-Early life:... Diego Pérez Diego Pérez (tennis) Diego Pérez is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1996...	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
3.	1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Dacio Campos	Cesar Kist Cesar Kist Cesar Kist , is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.Kist enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up at 2 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 79 in 1987.-Doubles runner-ups :-External links:... Mauro Menezes Mauro Menezes Mauro Menezes , is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.Menezes enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 62 in 1989.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	7–6, 7–6

Runner-ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1986	Washington D.C., U.S. Legg Mason Tennis Classic The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...	Clay	Cesar Kist Cesar Kist Cesar Kist , is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.Kist enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up at 2 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 79 in 1987.-Doubles runner-ups :-External links:...	Hans Gildemeister Hans Gildemeister Hans Gildemeister Bohner , is a former Chilean tennis player of German ancestry, who won four singles and 23 doubles titles during his professional career. He is the brother of Heinz and Fritz Gildemeister, who are also tennis players... Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.-Career:...	3–6, 5–7
2.	1991	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Mauro Menezes Mauro Menezes Mauro Menezes , is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.Menezes enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 62 in 1989.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Kent Kinnear Kent Kinnear Kent Kinnear , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Kinnear enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 15 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No... Roger Smith	4–6, 3–6
3.	1992	Maceió, Brazil Maceió Open The Maceió Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played for one year, in 1992 from February 3 to February 9. It was held in the coastal city of Maceió, Brazil and was played on clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*...	Hard	Mauro Menezes	Gabriel Markus John Sobel	4–6, 6–1, 5–7

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