Ricardo Cano
Argentine tennis player
title: "Ricardo Cano" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["argentine-male-tennis-players", "tennis-players-from-buenos-aires", "living-people", "1951-births", "20th-century-argentine-sportsmen"] description: "Argentine tennis player" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Cano" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Argentine tennis player ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ricardo Cano |
| country | Argentina |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| height | |
| plays | Right-handed |
| careerprizemoney | $461 |
| singlestitles | 0 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 41 (26 July 1976) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 3R (1975, 1978, 1981) |
| Wimbledonresult | 1R (1976) |
| USOpenresult | 3R (1975, 1976) |
| doublestitles | 4 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 285 (2 January 1984) |
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| name = Ricardo Cano | image = | caption = | country = Argentina | residence = | birth_date = | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | height = | turnedpro = | retired = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $461 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 41 (26 July 1976) | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1975, 1978, 1981) | Wimbledonresult = 1R (1976) | USOpenresult = 3R (1975, 1976) | Othertournaments = | MastersCupresult = | WCTFinalsresult = | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = 4 | highestdoublesranking = No. 285 (2 January 1984) Ricardo Cano (born 27 December 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he won four doubles titles and finished runner-up six times.
Cano participated in 23 Davis Cup ties for Argentina from 1971 to 1982, posting a 14–13 record in singles and a 9–7 record in doubles.
Career finals
Doubles (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W/L | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | 1973 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ARG Guillermo Vilas | CHI Patricio Cornejo | |
| COL Iván Molina | 7–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 2–0 | 1976 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | CHI Belus Prajoux | POL Wojtek Fibak | |
| HUN Balázs Taróczy | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 2–1 | 1976 | North Conway, U.S. | Clay | PAR Víctor Pecci | USA Brian Gottfried | |
| MEX Raúl Ramírez | 3–6, 0–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 2–2 | 1976 | São Paulo, Brazil | Carpet | CHI Belus Prajoux | ARG Lito Álvarez | |
| PAR Víctor Pecci | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 2–3 | 1976 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | CHI Belus Prajoux | BRA Carlos Kirmayr | |
| ARG Tito Vázquez | 4–6, 5–7 | ||||||
| Loss | 2–4 | 1977 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ESP Antonio Muñoz | ROU Ion Țiriac | |
| ARG Guillermo Vilas | 4–6, 0–6 | ||||||
| Win | 3–4 | 1981 | Bournemouth, U.K. | Clay | PAR Víctor Pecci | GBR Buster Mottram | |
| TCH Tomáš Šmíd | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 4–4 | 1981 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | ECU Andrés Gómez | BRA Carlos Kirmayr | |
| BRA Cássio Motta | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 4–5 | 1981 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | CHI Belus Prajoux | CHI Hans Gildemeister | |
| ECU Andrés Gómez | 2–6, 6–7 | ||||||
| Loss | 4–6 | 1983 | Bahia, Brazil | Hard | BRA Thomaz Koch | BRA Givaldo Barbosa | |
| BRA João Soares | |||||||
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References
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