Raúl Viver

Raúl Viver
Country (sports)	Ecuador
Born	17 March 1961; Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1980
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$189,118
Singles
Career record	27-58
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 94 (3 Oct 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	2R (1985)
Wimbledon	1R (1985)
US Open	1R (1985)
Doubles
Career record	15-45
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 184 (2 Jan 1984)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (1982)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	QF (1986)

Raúl Antonio Viver (born 17 March 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador.[1]

Career

Viver was the world number one ranked junior player in 1979, the year that he won the Orange Bowl (18s & Under).[2] He also reached his only semi-final on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1979, at Bogota.[2]

In the 1982 French Open, Viver and partner Luca Bottazzi had a win over fifth seeds Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson, but lost in the second round.[2] Three years later he won his only Grand Slam singles match, over world number 42 John Fitzgerald.[2] He was a mixed doubles quarter-finalist in the 1986 French Open, with Mariana Perez-Roldan.[2]

The Ecuadorian reached the quarter-finals at Kitzbuhel in 1984 and Buenos Aires the following year.[2]

He appeared in 18 Davis Cup ties for Ecuador during his career, from 1978 to 1990. In the mid-1980s he was part of the team which competed in the World Group and faced players like Jimmy Arias, Boris Becker and Miloslav Mečíř. Viver finished with a 15/13 overall record, winning 14 of his 25 singles rubbers.[3]

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1988	Neu-Ulm, West Germany	Clay	Stefan Eriksson	7–5, 6–2
2.	1991	Pembroke Pines, United States	Clay	Jimmy Brown	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
3.	1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Gabriel Markus	7–6, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1982	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Alberto Tous	David Graham Laurie Warder	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.	1983	Brescia, Italy		Iván Camus	Dacio Campos Eduardo Oncins	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
3.	1988	Nyon, Switzerland	Clay	Hugo Núñez	Jan Apell Veli Paloheimo	2–6, 6–4, 6–1

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References

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[1] ITF Tennis Profile

[ATP-2] ATP World Tour Profile

[3] Davis Cup Profile