João Souza

João Souza

Souza at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born	27 May 1988 Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 1,126,373
Singles
Career record	25–45
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (6 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 185 (2 May 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2015)
French Open	1R (2012, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	1R (2011, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	24–28
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (7 January 2013)
Current ranking	No. 112 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	2R (2012)
Last updated on: 2 May 2016.

João Olavo Soares de Souza (born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 69, on April 6, 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 70, on January 7, 2013. Souza is coached by former Brazilian player Ricardo Acioly. João Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean).^[1][2]

Career

In 2011 he qualified to the US Open, but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6.

In the 2014 season, Souza beat world number 45 Robin Haase in round of 32 of the ATP 250 São Paulo. Later he reached semifinals at the Marburg, Scheveningen and Poznan Challengers. At the Medellin Challenger, he beat Facundo Bagnis in semifinals and lost to Austin Krajicek in the final. He reached semifinals at the Quito Challenger.

In 2015, he played in the longest singles match in Davis Cup history, losing to Leonardo Mayer in 6 hours and 42 minutes, 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 7–5, 13–15.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 February 2015	Ecuador Open Quito, Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Victor Estrella Burgos	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)

Futures and Challenger finals: 35 (21–14)

Singles: 17 (12–5)

Legend
Challengers (7–4)
Futures (5–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 October 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	1.	7 May 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	26 November 2007	Santos, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	3 December 2007	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–4, 2–0 ret
Winner	4.	28 January 2008	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	17 November 2008	Bauru, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Gastón Giussani	7–6^(9–7), 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	2.	2 November 2009	Medellín, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Juan Ignacio Chela	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	6.	12 April 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay (Red) (i)	Alejandro Falla	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	7.	26 September 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Reda El Amrani	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	8.	24 April 2011	Santos, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Diego Junqueira	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	16 May 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay (Red)	Diego Junqueira	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	16 September 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Thiago Alves	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	7 October 2012	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Guillaume Rufin	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	11.	13 October 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Alejandro González	7–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	5 January 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Alejandro González	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	4.	7 September 2014	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Austin Krajicek	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	28 September 2014	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Victor Estrella Burgos	6–7, 6–3, 6–7

Doubles: 22 (11–11)

Legend
Challengers (5–6)
Futures (6–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 June 2006	Sorocaba, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Marcelo Melo	Alexandre Bonatto Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	16 October 2006	Londrina, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Leonardo Kirche Caio Zampieri	3–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	3.	30 October 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	György Balázs Kornél Bardóczky	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1.	20 November 2006	Criciúma, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Carlos Avellán Tiago Lopes	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	27 November 2006	Uruguaiana, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Tiago Lopes Caio Zampieri	7–6^(7–5) 6–2
Runner-up	4.	23 April 2007	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	7 May 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	14 May 2007	Caldas Novas, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Renato Silveira Caio Zampieri	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	3.	21 May 2007	Chapecó, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Thomaz Bellucci Caio Burjaili	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	29 October 2007	Itu, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Raony Carvalho Rodrigo Grilli	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	5.	3 December 2007	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Pinheiro	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	walkover
Winner	6.	21 January 2008	Manizales, Colombia	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Matteo Marrai Walter Trusendi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	29 September 2008	Aracaju, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Thiago Alves	Juan-Martín Aranguren Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	13 April 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Víctor Estrella	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	27 April 2009	Pereira, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Víctor Estrella	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	14 September 2009	Cali, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Ricardo Hocevar	Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	15 September 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Marcelo Demoliner	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	8.	23 September 2012	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Marcel Felder Máximo González	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	7 October 2012	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Juan Sebastián Cabal Carlos Salamanca	6–7^(7–9), 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	9.	20 October 2012	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Frederico Gil Pedro Sousa	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	27 October 2012	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Simon Greul Alessandro Motti	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	11.	9 March 2013	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Federico Delbonis Diego Junqueira	7–5, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2015 US Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	1R	0–2
French Open	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q2	1R	Q2	Q1	1R	0–2
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	1R	0–1
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	0–2
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–7

References

1. "atpworldtour.com Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
2. "itftennis.com Men's Circuit record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.

External links

• João Souza at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• João Souza at the International Tennis Federation