Fernando Gentil

Fernando Bunker Gentil is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.

Biography

Gentil was born in 1950, to a São Paulo surgeon and an American mother. His grandfather on his mother's side was diplomat Ellsworth Bunker, who was the U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam from 1967 to 1973.
As a teenager, Gentil competed in the main draw of the French Open and twice reached the second round, both times with a walkover, including over Jan Kodeš in 1968. He left the tour to attend the University of [Southern California] and played collegiate tennis for the Trojans, before graduating with an MBA degree in 1974.
Gentil appeared in two Davis Cup ties for Brazil. He won each of his matches, a doubles rubber against Peru in 1976 and a singles rubber against Uruguay's Hugo Roverano in 1978.
His first wife Cláudia is the daughter of Wimbledon champion Bob Falkenburg. He remarried in 1984 to banker Elizabeth Marie Christiansen.