Ivo Heuberger

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**Ivo Heuberge**

Country	Switzerland
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Date of birth	February 19, 1976 (1976-02-19) (age 32)
Place of birth	Altstätten, Switzerland
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Turned pro	1997
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Ivo Heuberger (born February 19, 1976is a retired tennis player who represented Switzerland at the Davis Cup.

1 Early life
2 Tennis career
3 Business career
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early life

Ivo Heuberger was born in the small town of Altstätten, Switzerland on February 19, 1976. He began his tennis career after moving to the French part of Switzerland to attend the National Training Center. He showed promise during his junior days and was eager to begin his professional debut.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Tennis career

He became a pro in 1997. Ivo won his first title in India at a small $25,000 challenger, beating Dania Udomchoke, 6–2 6–3.^[1] Ivo was chosen to represent Switzerland along with the rest of the Swiss Davis Cup team 7 times during his career.^[2]

His career was one that had few highlights and perhaps he was best known in the tennis world for his relationship with former number #1, Martina Hingis. His best ranking was 102, he and remained in the 100s for much of his career. He is what most in the tennis world would call a "journeyman"—one who spends much of their career in the Challenger circuit and in the qualies draws.

[edit] Business career

Ivo began putting to use the many contacts he had made over the years while traveling to 60 differenct contacts. He founded a company called, Hi-Pro in the summer of 2004. His company specializes in marketing and promotional products and has since grown to be one of the biggest company's in its field in Switzerland. In 2006, Ivo Heuberger and the Swiss Tennis team federation signed a deal that would make Hi-Pro the official clothing provider for the Swiss Davis Cup Team.^[3] At this time, Hi-Pro is also the provider of the official staff's uniform for the Basel Swiss Indoor Tennis Tournament.