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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Adriano Ferreira, Alexandre Simoni, Andre Ghem, Andre Miele, Andre Sa, Bob Falkenburg, Bruno Soares, Caio Zampieri, Carlos Kirmayr, Cassio Motta, Cesar Kist, Christian Lindell, Dacio Campos, Daniel Dutra da Silva, Daniel Melo, Danilo Marcelino, Fernando Meligeni, Fernando Roese, Fernando Romboli, Flavio Saretta, Francisco Costa (tennis), Franco Ferreiro, Givaldo Barbosa, Guilherme Clezar, Gustavo Kuerten, Ivan Kley, Jaime Oncins, Joao Soares (tennis), Joao Souza, Jose Edison Mandarino, Julio Goes, Julio Silva, Leonardo Kirche, Luiz Mattar, Marcelo Demoliner, Marcelo Hennemann, Marcelo Melo, Marcelo Saliola, Marcio Carlsson, Marcio Torres, Marcos Daniel, Marcos Hocevar, Mauro Menezes, Nelson Aerts, Nicolas Santos, Otavio Della, Ricardo Acioly, Ricardo Hocevar, Ricardo Mello, Roberto Jabali, Rogerio Dutra da Silva, Ronald Barnes (tennis), Thiago Alves (tennis), Thomaz Bellucci, Thomaz Koch, Tiago Fernandes, Tomas Behrend. Excerpt: Gustavo Kuerten (Portuguese pronunciation: born September 10, 1976) is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000, becoming the only player to defeat Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi in the same major tournament. Kuerten suffered many problems with injuries which led him to miss a number of tournaments between 2002 and 2005. After a few failed attempts of comebacks, he retired from top-level tennis in May 2008. Kuerten is also known as "Guga" (pronounced: ), an affectionate nickname which is a common abbreviation of the name "Gustavo" in Portuguese-speaking countries. He is a polyglot who speaks fluent Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French. Kuerten was born in Florianopolis in southern Brazil. He comes from an ethnically German family. He began playing...
