{{Short description|Brazilian tennis player (1958–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Ivan Kley | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{BRA}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|06|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|4|3|1958|06|29|df=yes}} | death_place = Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil | height = 6 ft 0 in | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $196,614 | singlesrecord = 14–40 | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 81 (29 December 1986) | FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1985, 1987) | Wimbledonresult = 1R (1987) | doublesrecord = 29–44 | doublestitles = 1 | highestdoublesranking = No. 56 (29 July 1985) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1985, 1987) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1985) | USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1985) }}
'''Ivan Kley''' (29 June 1958 – 3 April 2025) was a Brazilian professional tennis player.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ivan Kley {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/k013/overview |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}</ref>
During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world number 56 in 1985.
Kley served as coach and high-performance technical coordinator for the tennis team at Itamirim Clube de Campo,<ref name="cbt">{{cite web |url=http://cbt-tenis.com.br/capacitacao.php?cod=5 |title=Capacitação - Confederação Brasileira de Tênis |access-date=10 August 2022 |website=cbt-tenis.com.br |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830050112/http://cbt-tenis.com.br/capacitacao.php?cod=5 |url-status=dead }}</ref> located in Itajaí, in the state of Santa Catarina.<ref name="itamirim">{{cite web |url=http://www.itamirim.com/tenis |title=Itamirim |access-date=10 August 2022 |website=itamirim.com}}</ref>
== Tennis career == A right-hander, he began playing tennis at the age of eight. His professional career lasted fifteen years, from age 17 in 1975 until 1990.
Kley participated in three Davis Cup ties<ref name="cbt" /> representing Brazil against Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela.<ref name="itamirim" />
In singles, he won a title in Campos do Jordão and was runner-up in Forest Hills, in the United States. In doubles, he won the ATP event at the Torneo Conde de Godó in Spain.
His best singles ranking on the ATP Tour was No. 81, and his best doubles ranking was No. 56.<ref name="cbt" /><ref name="itamirim" /> He achieved a unique feat by winning, on the same day, the national titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in Brazil.<ref name="cbt" />
He developed his own training method for tennis players, aiming to help them progress in the sport. He coached several prominent players at both junior and professional levels,<ref name="cbt" /> including André Ghem, and continued to compete in seniors tournaments until his death.
== Personal life and death == Ivan Kley was the father of singer Vitor Kley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hitmaker of 'O Sol' wanted to be a tennis player like his father, top 100 in the world |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/tenis/ultimas-noticias/2018/09/30/dono-do-hit-o-sol-queria-ser-tenista-como-o-pai-top-100-do-mundo.htm |website=UOL |first=Luiza |last=Oliveira |access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>
On 3 April 2025, Kley died in Itajaí from a pulmonary embolism. He was 66.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tenisbrasil.uol.com.br/ex-81-do-ranking-ivan-kley-tem-mal-subito-e-falece-em-itajai.html |title=Ex-81 do ranking, Ivan Kley tem mal súbito e falece em Itajaí |website=Tênis Brasil |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
==Grand Prix career finals== ===Doubles: 2 (1–1)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" !Result !style="width:35px" class="unsortable"|W-L !style="width:50px"|Date !style="width:130px"|Tournament !style="width:55px"|Surface !style="width:140px"|Partner !style="width:140px"|Opponents !style="width:90px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | May 1985 | Forest Hills, U.S. | Clay | {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Givaldo Barbosa | {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Flach <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Robert Seguso | 5–7, 2–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–1 | May 1985 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Givaldo Barbosa | {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Bardou <br> {{flagicon|ESP}} Alberto Tous | 7–6, 6–4 |}
==See also== * List of Brazil Davis Cup team representatives
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name| 10985308}} * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}
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