João Cunha e Silva
João Cunha e Silva is a former professional tennis player from Portugal. He won two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 72 in March 1989.
Cunha e Silva holds several records for the Portugal Davis Cup team, including most singles wins, most total wins, most ties played, and most years played.
He is currently coaching Tour player Frederico Gil at the CETO - Clube Escola de Ténis de Oeiras as well as Joao Domingues.
Career finals
Doubles: 4 (2–2)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | Mar 1989 | Nancy, France | Hard | Eduardo Masso | Udo Riglewski Tobias Svantesson | 6–4, 6–7, 7–6 |
Winner | 1. | Oct 1992 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | Mike Bauer | Mark Koevermans Tobias Svantesson | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | Mar 1995 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Emanuel Couto | Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | Mar 1997 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Nuno Marques | Karim Alami Hicham Arazi | 7–6, 6–2 |
Awards
- 2013 – ITF Commitment Award