Gastão Elias

Gastão Elias

Country	Portugal
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, USA Lourinhã, Portugal São Paulo, Brasil
Born	(1990-11-24) November 24, 1990 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$407,721
Singles
Career record	7–20 (25.93% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 103 (6 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 128 (9 February 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2015)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	Q2 (2011, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	5–13 (27.78%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 266 (2 February 2015)
Current ranking	No. 271 (9 February 2015)
Last updated on: 9 February 2015.

Gastão Jose Ministro Elias^[1] (born November 24, 1990, in Caldas da Rainha) is a Portuguese men's professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In May 2013, he achieved a career-high singles of world no. 103 after winning his two first Challenger tournaments, followed by his first ever ATP quarterfinal appearance at the 2013 Portugal Open, in which he lost in straight sets to 2nd seed Stanislas Wawrinka. He has won four futures singles titles. He's had the chance to be Roger Federer's practice partner.^[2]

Career finals

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 18, 2011	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Clay	Júlio Silva	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	November 13, 2011	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	3.	January 8, 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Thiago Alves	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	4.	June 10, 2012	Caltanissetta, Italia	Clay	Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1.	October 21, 2012	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Boris Pašanski	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	October 28, 2012	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Simon Greul	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Winner	2.	April 21, 2013	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Rogério Dutra da Silva	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	6.	April 27, 2014	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Máximo González	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	June 15, 2014	Blois, France	Clay	Máximo González	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	February 1, 2015	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	3–6, 6–1, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	November 5, 2011	São Leopoldo, Brazil	Clay	Frederico Gil	Franco Ferreiro Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	2.	April 20, 2013	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Guilherme Clezar	Pavol Červenák Matteo Viola	6-2, 4-6, [10-6]

ITF Men's Circuit

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (4–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	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

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

LQ (Q#)

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F-S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

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 through 2015 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying.

Singles

Tournament/Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	Q2		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	0%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Miami	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Madrid1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	0–0	N/A
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Davis Cup	A	Z1	Z2	A	A	A	Z1	Z2	Z1		0 / 5	2–7	22%
Career statistics
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	6	0	13
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Statistics by surface
Hard Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	0 / 2	0–8	0%
Clay Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–4	0–0	0 / 10	6–11	35%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Carpet Win–Loss	0–0	1–0	0–0	Discontinued							0 / 0	1–0	100%
Outdoor Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–3	3–4	0–0	0 / 11	6–13	32%
Indoor Win–Loss	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	0 / 2	1–7	13%
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–4	3–8	0–0	0 / 13	7–20	26%
Win (%)	0%	50%	0%	N/A	N/A	0%	0%	43%	27%	N/A	25.93%
Year-End Ranking	936	638	578	770	603	172	144	175	132		$ 407,721

¹Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.

Doubles

Tournament/Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open											0 / 0	0–0	N/A
French Open											0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Wimbledon											0 / 0	0–0	N/A
US Open											0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Davis Cup	A	Z1	Z2	A	A	A	Z1	Z2	Z1		0 / 5	3–7	30%
Career statistics
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	6
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hard Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 0	1–6	14%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0 / 6	4–6	40%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Carpet Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	Discontinued							0 / 0	0–1	0%
Outdoor Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	0 / 5	4–6	40%
Indoor Win–Loss	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0 / 1	1–7	13%
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–3	0–0	0 / 6	5–13	28%
Win (%)	N/A	0%	33%	N/A	N/A	0%	0%	67%	40%	N/A	27.78%
Year-End Ranking	1257	659	713	1168	1384	506	469	543	280		$28,323

Head-to-head vs. Top 20 Players

Elias's win-loss record against players who have been ranked world no. 20 or better is as follows:

Players who have been ranked world no. 1 are in boldface.

* Statistics correct as of 23 September, 2014.

National participation

Davis Cup (5–14)

Elias debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2007 and has played 19 matches in 10 ties. His singles record is 2–7 and his doubles record is 3–7 (5–14 overall).

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (1–10) Group II (4–4) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by Surface Hard (1–12) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Matches by Type Singles (2–7) Doubles (3–7)

Matches by Setting Indoors (2–12) Outdoors (3–2)

Matches by Venue Portugal (3–1) Away (2–13)

• indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 9–11 February 2007; Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Carpet(i) surface
Defeat	1	III	Doubles (with Frederico Gil)	Georgia	Lado Chikladze / Irakli Labadze	6–7(6–7), 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 3–6
Victory	2	V	Singles (dead rubber)		George Khrikadze	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
0–5; 21–23 September 2007; Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	3	II	Singles	Netherlands	Robin Haase	1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6
Defeat	4	III	Doubles (with Frederico Gil)		Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
4–1; 11–13 April 2008; Clube de Tenis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay surface
Victory	5	III	Doubles (with Leonardo Tavares)	Tunisia	Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
Defeat	6	IV	Singles (dead rubber)		Walid Jallali	5–7, 2–6
0–5; 19–21 September 2008; Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	7	I	Singles	Ukraine	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4–6, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Defeat	8	III	Doubles (with Leonardo Tavares)		Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky	3–6, 2–6, 4–6
2–3; 6–8 April 2012; Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel; Group I Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard surface
Defeat	9	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)	Israel	Andy Ram / Jonathan Erlich	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
1–3; 14–16 September 2012; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	10	I	Singles	Slovakia	Martin Kližan	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Defeat	11	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek	5–7, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
5–0; 5–7 April 2013; Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory	12	I	Singles	Lithuania	Lukas Mugevičius	6–0, 6–1, 6–2
Victory	13	III	Doubles (with Rui Machado)		Lukas Mugevičius / Mantas Bugailiskis	6–3, 6–0, 6–2
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chișinău, Moldova; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	14	I	Singles	Moldova	Radu Albot	3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Victory	15	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Andrei Ciumac / Roman Borvanov	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	16	II	Singles	Slovenia	Blaž Kavčič	6–7(14–16), 1–6, 4–6
Defeat	17	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja	3–6, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	18	I	Singles	Russia	Andrey Kuznetsov	6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Defeat	19	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Rublev	3–6, 4–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Gastão Elias at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gastão Elias at the International Tennis Federation
• Gastão Elias at the Davis Cup
• Elias Recent Match Results
• Elias World Ranking History

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Portuguese male singles tennis players as of 9 February 2015 1. João Sousa (46 3) 2. Gastão Elias (128 2) 3. Frederico Ferreira Silva (279 ) 4. Rui Machado (287 9) 5. João Domingues (563 3) 6. Frederico Gil (628 1) 7. Romain Barbosa (637 14) 8. Vasco Mensurado (651 1) 9. André Gaspar Murta (732 8) 10. Gonçalo Oliveira (776 )

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Portuguese male doubles tennis players as of 9 February 2015 1. João Sousa (80 1) 2. Gastão Elias (271 5) 3. Romain Barbosa (361 9) 4. Gonçalo Oliveira (395 14) 5. Frederico Ferreira Silva (409 3) 6. Frederico Gil (496 1) 7. João Domingues (541 2) 8. Rui Machado (629 3) 9. André Gaspar Murta (709 2) 10. Leonardo Tavares (744 6)