Guga

Gustavo Kuerten (Florianópolis, September 10, 1976), known as Guga, affective common surname in his country for the first name Gustavo, is a former professional tennis player from Brazil, the best player in Brazilian tennis history. His first major accomplishment was helping the Brazilian team's Davis Cup team defeat Austria in 1996 and reached the first division competition, the World Group. After two years as a professional, Kuerten in 1997 rose to the position of number two player in Brazil, being ranked below only Fernando Meligeni. The same year he became the first male tennis player to win a Brazilian tournament in singles Grand Slam series of the four most important competitions worldwide professional tennis circuit. In the news, criticism and the growing number of fans, there was definite pressure for the player to assume the post of "ambassador" for Brazilian tennis. This was evident after his defeat in the preliminary rounds for the then-unknown Marat Safin in the 1998 edition of Roland Garros, where entire teams of Brazilian journalists sent to Paris to cover the event immediately returned home, leaving the rest of the event without any coverage in Brazil. Kuerten announced his retirement on February 12, 2008 in an exclusive interview with "Globo Esporte", from Rede Globo. First, however, he made a kind of farewell tour where he participated in some major tournaments like the World Tour Brazil Open, Challenger Florianopolis, and the Masters Series in Miami, Monte Carlo and finally Roland-Garros. Gustavo Kuerten will always be marked by one of the biggest players in the world and undoubtedly one of the best in Brazil.

June 1, 2010, he received the trophy Philippe Chatrier, the highest honor of the world tennis  in recognition of actions developed by the Institute Guga Kuerten at Roland Garros. 

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