José Edson Mandarino is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian former right-handed tennis

Tennis

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 player.

Mandarino played 109 matches for Brazil

Brazil Davis Cup team

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 in the Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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. He won 68 (41 at singles and 27 at doubles) and lost 41 (31 at singles and 10 at doubles). When playing doubles, he used to play with Thomaz Koch

Thomaz Koch

Thomaz Koch , is a left-handed former tennis player from Brazil, who won two gold medals in the men's tennis competition at the 1967 Pan American Games....

 as partner, but he also played some matches partnering with Carlos Fernandes.

Mandarino achieved a career-high singles ranking of World Number 81 which he reached on June 2, 1975 after losing to Anatoli Volkov at the French Open.