Tennis
Men's Singles:
- Luiz Mattar
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- Round of 1/32 — Lost to Wally Masur of Australia (4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 4-6)
Men's Doubles:
- Luiz Mattar and Ricardo Acioly
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- Round of 1/16 — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka and Toshihisa Tsuchihashi of Japan (4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2)
- Round of 1/8 — Lost to Guy Forget and Henri Leconte of France (6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 1-6)
Women's Singles:
- Gisele Miro
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- Round of 1/32 — Defeated Helen Kelesi of Canada (7-5, 7-5)
- Round of 1/16 — Lost to Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria (5-7, 1-6)
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