Ivo Heuberger is a retired tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player who represented Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 at the Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

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Early life

Ivo Heuberger was born in the small town of Altstätten

Altstätten

Altstätten is a town in the district Rhine Valley, in the canton of St. Gall in Switzerland.- Overview :The town consists of the following tracts: Alter Zoll, Altstätten, Bächis, Baumert, Bieser, Büeberg, Bühl, Bühl , Bühl bei Hinterforst, Burgfeld, Bürglen, Burst, Domishäuser, Fidern, Gätziberg,...

, 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.

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.
Ivo was chosen to represent Switzerland along with the rest of the Swiss Davis Cup team 7 times during his career.

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

Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...

. 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

Journeyman

A journeyman is someone who completed an apprenticeship and was fully educated in a trade or craft, but not yet a master. To become a master, a journeyman had to submit a master work piece to a guild for evaluation and be admitted to the guild as a master....

"—one who spends much of their career in the Challenger circuit and in ATP qualifying draws.

Business career

Ivo began putting to use the many contacts he had made over the years while traveling to 60 different 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. At this time, Hi-Pro is also the provider of the official staff's uniform for the Basel Swiss Indoor Tennis Tournament.

External links

• Hi-Pro - Homepage