Américo Venero

{{Short description|French-born Peruvian tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Américo Venero

| image =

| fullname = Américo Túpac Amaru Venero

| country_represented = {{PER}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|02|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 5 ft 9 in

| plays = Left-handed

| careerprizemoney = $21,339

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles =

| highestsinglesranking = No. 297 (12 Oct 1992)

| doublesrecord = 0–1 (ATP Tour)

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking = No. 232 (29 Jul 1996)

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1991 Havana|Men's doubles}}

{{MedalCompetition|South American Games}}

{{MedalGold|1990 Lima|Men's singles}}

{{MedalGold|1990 Lima|Men's team}}

{{MedalSilver|1990 Lima|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|1990 Lima|Men's doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|1998 Cuenca|Men's singles}}

{{MedalBronze|1998 Cuenca|Men's doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|1998 Cuenca|Men's team}}

}}

Américo Túpac Amaru "Tupi" Venero (born 22 February 1972) is a French-born Peruvian former professional tennis player.

A left-handed player, Venero represented the Peru Davis Cup team between 1995 and 2000, winning seven singles and five doubles rubbers.{{cite web |title=Venero vuelve al equipo peruano de Copa Davis |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/nota?id=301876 |website=ESPN Deportes |language=es |date=16 February 2005}} He won the deciding fifth rubber in the 1999 American Zone Group II final, over Mexico's Luis Herrera, to give Peru promotion.

Venero was the 1990 South American Games singles champion and won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games, partnering Patrick Baumeler in the men's doubles competition.{{cite book |last1=Rodríguez III |first1=Ernesto |title=Libro II de los Juegos Odesur |isbn=978-987-1367-18-4}} This was Peru's first ever Pan American Games medal for tennis.{{cite web |title=Lima 2019: tenis peruano consigue dos medallas de bronce |url=https://elpoli.pe/2019/08/04/lima-2019-tenis-peruano-consigue-dos-medallas-bronce/ |website=El Polideportivo |language=es-PE |date=4 August 2019}}

His only main draw appearance on the ATP Tour was in doubles at the 1996 Hellmann's Cup in Santiago and he won one ATP Challenger title during his career, which was also in doubles.

Venero began his first stint as Peru's Davis Cup captain in 2002 soon after retirement and is the current team captain as of 2020.{{cite news |title='Tupi' Venero: "Es un privilegio volver a entrenar; el público es el sexto jugador" |url=https://ovacion.pe/noticias/tenis/tupi-venero-un-privilegio-volver-entrenar-publico-sexto-jugador |work=Ovación Corporación Deportiva |date=17 June 2020 |language=es}}