Career

Hocevar was born in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, of Slovene descent. Began competing professionally in 1982.

Most successful as a doubles player, he appeared in the men's doubles draws of both the French Open and Wimbledon during his career, as well as making the semi-finals of Grand Prix tournaments at Itaparica and Guarujá in 1980s. He won a total of eight doubles titles at Challenger level, four of them with his brother Marcos.

As a singles player he made it as high as 169 in the world and was runner-up at the Dublin Challenger in 1987. His best performance on the ATP Tour (previously Grand Prix) came at the Guarujá Open in 1990, where he had wins over Otávio Della, Mario Tabares and Cássio Motta to reach the semi-finals.^[1]

Personal life

Elder brother Marcos Hocevar played Davis Cup tennis for Brazil. A nephew, Ricardo, who is the son of another brother Jorge, was also a professional tennis player.^[2]

His surname, Hocevar, is Slovenian.

Doubles: (8)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1984	Guarujá, Brazil	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
2.	1984	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Nelson Aerts	Ivan Kley Fernando Roese	6–4, 2–6, 7–6
3.	1984	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Jakob Hlasek	Ronnie Båthman Magnus Tideman	7–6, 6–4
4.	1985	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Nelson Aerts	Tom Nijssen Johan Vekemans	7–6, 6–4
5.	1988	Itu, São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Marcos Hocevar	Ivan Kley Fernando Roese	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
6.	1989	Goiânia, Brazil	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	Otávio Della Kevin Lubbers	6–2, 6–2
7.	1991	Americana, São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Marcos Hocevar	José Daher Fernando Roese	7–6, 6–4
8.	1992	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Clay	Nelson Aerts	João Cunha e Silva César Kist	6–1, 6–7, 6–2