Gastão Elias

Gastão Elias
Country Portugal
Residence Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Lourinha, Portugal
Born November 24, 1990 (1990-23-24) (age 21)
Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 2006
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$ 86,051
Singles
Career record 1–6 (14%)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 163 (November 14, 2011)
Current ranking No. 172 (December 5, 2011)
Grand Slam results
US Open Q2 (2011)
Doubles
Career record 1–5 (17%)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 483 (November 7, 2011)
Last updated on: December 5, 2011.

Gastão Elias (born November 24, 1990, in Caldas da Rainha) is a Portuguese men's professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In November 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 163. He has won four futures singles titles. He's had the chance to be Roger Federer's practice partner.[1]

Contents

Career finals

Challengers and futures

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
Challengers (0–2)
Futures (4–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. March 5, 2007 Spain F7, Cartagena, Spain Clay Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 1. October 29, 2007 Mexico F11, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico Hard Pablo Martin-Adalia 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. January 21, 2008 U.S. F3, Boca Raton, United States Hard Alberto Francis 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 2. November 14, 2010 Brazil F32, Barueri, Brazil Hard Daniel Dutra da Silva 6–7(0–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Winner 3. January 1, 2011 Brazil F1, São Paulo, Brazil Hard André Ghem 6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. February 12, 2011 Colombia F2, Cartagena, Colombia Hard Malek Jaziri 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 3. March 13, 2011 U.S. F7, McAllen, United States Hard Wayne Odesnik 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 4. September 18, 2011 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Clay Júlio Silva 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. November 13, 2011 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Carlos Berlocq 6–1, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
Challengers (0/1)
Futures (0/1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0/1)
Clay (0/1)
Grass (0/0)
Carpet (0/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. November 6, 2006 Portugal F6, Ponta Delgada, Portugal Hard Pedro Sousa Tuomas Ketola &
Juho Paukku		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. November 5, 2011 São Leopoldo, Brazil Clay Frederico Gil Franco Ferreiro &
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through December 5, 2011.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career
SR		 Career
W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A A A LQ 0 / 0 0–0
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/A
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–0
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A LQ A A LQ 0 / 0 0–0
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 N/A
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–0
ATP World Tour 250 Series
Delray Beach A A LQ A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Estoril 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ 1R 0 / 3 0–3
Nice Not Held A LQ 0 / 0 0–0
Halle A LQ A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Newport A A A A LQ A 0 / 0 0–0
SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 N/A
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–3
Career Statistics
ATP Tournaments Played 1 0 1 0 0 1 Career total: 3
ATP Finals Reached 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
ATP Tournaments Won 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Statistics by surface
Hard Win-Loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–2
Clay Win-Loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 N/A 0–4
Grass Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 0–0
Carpet Win-Loss 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 1–0
Overall Win-Loss 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 N/A 1–6
Win (%) 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% Career Win (%): 14%
Year-End Ranking 936 638 578 770 603 172 N/A

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR tournaments won/played W-L Win-Loss
Performance Table Legend
NH not held A absent
LQ lost in qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds
QF quarterfinalist SF semifinalist
F runner-up W winner

Davis Cup

Elias has played for the Portugal Davis Cup team since 2007. His singles record is 1–3 and his doubles record is 1–3 (2–6 overall).

Participations (8)

Singles (4)

Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W–L Result
2007 Davis Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 1R 9–11 February 2007 Georgia Carpet George Khrikadze Win 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
GI Play-Offs 21–23 September 2007 Netherlands Hard Robin Haase Lose 1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6
2008 Davis Cup
Europe/Africa Group II		 1R 11–13 April 2008 Tunisia Clay Walid Jallali Lose 5–7, 2–6
SF 19–21 September 2008 Ukraine Hard Sergiy Stakhovsky Lose 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles (4)

Edition Round Date Partnering Against Surface Opponents W–L Result
2007 Davis Cup
Europe/Africa Group I		 1R 9–11 February 2007 Frederico Gil Georgia Carpet Lado Chikladze
Irakli Labadze		 Lose 6–7(6–7), 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 3–6
GI Play-Offs 21–23 September 2007 Frederico Gil Netherlands Hard Jesse Huta Galung
Peter Wessels		 Lose 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
2008 Davis Cup
Europe/Africa Group II		 1R 11–13 April 2008 Leonardo Tavares Tunisia Clay Walid Jallali
Malek Jaziri		 Win 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
SF 19–21 September 2008 Leonardo Tavares Ukraine Hard Sergei Bubka
Sergiy Stakhovsky		 Lose 3–6, 2–6, 4–6

References

  1. ^ Gastão Elias treina com Roger Federer (in portuguese)

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Portuguese male singles tennis players as of December 26, 2011
1. Rui Machado (68 ) · 2. Frederico Gil (102 ) · 3. Gastão Elias (172 ) · 4. João Sousa (192 ) · 5. Pedro Sousa (338 )
6. Leonardo Tavares (761 2) · 7. Gonçalo Pereira (952 ) · 8. Gonçalo Falcão (963 ) · 9. José-Ricardo Nunes (1,284 2) · 10. Francisco Dias (1,352 1)