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Cássio Motta

Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	São Paulo, Brazil
Born	(1960-02-22) 22 February 1960 São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1979
Retired	1994
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Paulo Cleto
Prize money	$986,595
Singles
Career record	108–174
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 48 (8 December 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1984, 1985, 1986)
Wimbledon	3R (1983, 1984)
US Open	2R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	226–194
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 4 (26 September 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1982, 1992)
Wimbledon	3R (1990, 1991)
US Open	QF (1984)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	F (1982)
Wimbledon	3R (1985)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (1992)

Cássio Motta (born 22 February 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played in the mixed doubles final of the French Open with Cláudia Monteiro in 1982.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1982	French Open	Clay	Cláudia Monteiro	John Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	6–2, 7–6(10–8)

Career finals

Doubles (10 wins / 13 losses)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (10)

Titles by surface Hard (1) Grass (0) Clay (9) Carpet (0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1979	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Robin Drysdale John Feaver	7–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 1979	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 1981	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Ricardo Cano Andrés Gómez	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Jan 1982	Guarujá, Brazil	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Phil Dent Kim Warwick	7–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Jun 1982	Venice, Italy	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Oct 1982	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	Nov 1982	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Peter McNamara Ferdi Taygan	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–4	Apr 1983	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–4	Jul 1983	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Mark Dickson	Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux	7–5, 6–3
Win	6–4	Jul 1983	Washington, D.C.	Clay	Mark Dickson	Paul McNamee Ferdi Taygan	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	6–5	Aug 1983	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–6	Aug 1983	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Carlos Kirmayr	Victor Amaya Tim Gullikson	4–6, 3–6
Loss	6–7	Oct 1983	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Marcos Hocevar	Mel Purcell Stan Smith	3–6, 4–6
Loss	6–8	Aug 1984	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Brian Gottfried Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–8	Apr 1985	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Loïc Courteau Michiel Schapers	6–1, 6–1
Loss	7–9	Sep 1985	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	8–9	Jan 1987	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Luiz Mattar	Martin Hipp Tore Meinecke	7–6, 6–1
Win	9–9	Jul 1989	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Todd Witsken	Petr Korda Milan Šrejber	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9–10	Feb 1990	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Luiz Mattar	Javier Frana Gustavo Luza	6–7, 6–7
Loss	9–11	Mar 1990	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	10–11	Apr 1991	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Gustavo Luza	Luiz Mattar Jaime Oncins	6–0, 7–5
Loss	10–12	May 1991	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Danie Visser	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	10–13	Nov 1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Andrés Gómez Jaime Oncins	5–7, 4–6

Singles (1 loss)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (1)

Titles by surface Hard (1) Grass (0) Clay (0) Carpet (0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1987	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Luiz Mattar	6–3, 5–7, 6–2

External links

• Cássio Motta at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Cássio Motta at World Tennis
• Cássio Motta at the Davis Cup (archived)