João Souza

This article is about the Brazilian tennis player. For the Brazilian fencer, see João Souza (fencer). For the Portuguese tennis player, see João Sousa.

João Souza
Singles

Country	Brazil
Residence	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born	(1988-05-27) May 27, 1988 Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$768,972
Career record	18–27
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (6 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 69 (6 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2015)
French Open	1R (2012)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	14–17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (07 January 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	2R (2012)
Last updated on: September 22, 2014.

João Olavo Soares de Souza (born May 27, 1988 in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil) 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. 72, on March 9, 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.	02006-10-30-0000October 30, 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	1.	02007-05-07-0000May 7, 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	02007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007	Santos, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	02007-12-03-0000December 3, 2007	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–4, 2–0 ret
Winner	4.	02008-01-28-0000January 28, 2008	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	02008-11-17-0000November 17, 2008	Bauru, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Gastón Giussani	7–6^(9–7), 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	2.	02009-11-02-0000November 2, 2009	Medellín, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Juan Ignacio Chela	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	6.	02010-04-12-0000April 12, 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay (Red) (i)	Alejandro Falla	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	7.	02010-09-26-0000September 26, 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Reda El Amrani	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	8.	02011-04-24-0000April 24, 2011	Santos, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Diego Junqueira	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	02011-05-16-0000May 16, 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay (Red)	Diego Junqueira	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	02012-09-16-0000September 16, 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Thiago Alves	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	02012-10-07-0000October 7, 2012	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Guillaume Rufin	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	11.	02013-10-13-0000October 13, 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Alejandro González	7–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	02014-01-05-0000January 5, 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Alejandro González	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	4.	02014-09-07-0000September 7, 2014	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Austin Krajicek	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	02014-09-28-0000September 28, 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.	02006-06-19-0000June 19, 2006	Sorocaba, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Marcelo Melo	Alexandre Bonatto Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	02006-10-16-0000October 16, 2006	Londrina, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Leonardo Kirche Caio Zampieri	3–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	3.	02006-10-30-0000October 30, 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	György Balázs Kornél Bardóczky	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1.	02006-11-20-0000November 20, 2006	Criciúma, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Carlos Avellán Tiago Lopes	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	02006-11-27-0000November 27, 2006	Uruguaiana, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Tiago Lopes Caio Zampieri	7–6^(7–5) 6–2
Runner-up	4.	02007-04-23-0000April 23, 2007	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	02007-05-07-0000May 7, 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	02007-05-14-0000May 14, 2007	Caldas Novas, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Renato Silveira Caio Zampieri	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	3.	02007-05-21-0000May 21, 2007	Chapecó, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Thomaz Bellucci Caio Burjaili	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	02007-10-29-0000October 29, 2007	Itu, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Raony Carvalho Rodrigo Grilli	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	5.	02007-12-03-0000December 3, 2007	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Pinheiro	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	walkover
Winner	6.	02008-01-21-0000January 21, 2008	Manizales, Colombia	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Matteo Marrai Walter Trusendi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	02008-09-29-0000September 29, 2008	Aracaju, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Thiago Alves	Juan-Martín Aranguren Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	02009-04-13-0000April 13, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Víctor Estrella	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	02009-04-27-0000April 27, 2009	Pereira, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Víctor Estrella	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	02009-09-14-0000September 14, 2009	Cali, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Ricardo Hocevar	Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	02012-09-15-0000September 15, 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Marcelo Demoliner	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	8.	02012-09-23-0000September 23, 2012	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Marcel Felder Máximo González	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	02012-10-07-0000October 7, 2012	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Juan Sebastián Cabal Carlos Salamanca	6–7^(7–9), 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	9.	02012-10-20-0000October 20, 2012	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Frederico Gil Pedro Sousa	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	02012-10-27-0000October 27, 2012	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Simon Greul Alessandro Motti	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	11.	02013-03-09-0000March 9, 2013	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Federico Delbonis Diego Junqueira	7–5, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Key

LQ (Q#)

SF-B

F-S

NMS

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 till 2014 US Open (tennis).

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		0–1
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1		0–0
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	Q2	Q1		0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–4

References

↑ "atpworldtour.com Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
↑ "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

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Brazilian male singles tennis players as of 20 April 2015

1. Thomaz Bellucci (75 ) 2. João Souza (77 3) 3. André Ghem (151 ) 4. Guilherme Clezar (181 1) 5. Fabiano de Paula (227 )

6. Henrique Cunha (266 3) 7. José Pereira (352 6) 8. Caio Zampieri (375 3) 9. Thiago Monteiro (441 3) 10. Thales Turini (442 3)

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Brazilian male doubles tennis players as of 6 April 2015

1. Marcelo Melo (3 1) 2. Bruno Soares (15 ) 3. André Sá (56 1) 4. Marcelo Demoliner (118 2) 5. João Souza (124 18)

6. Fabrício Neis (202 3) 7. Fabiano de Paula (254 1) 8. Thomaz Bellucci (260 109) 9. Guilherme Clezar (335 30) 10. Fernando Romboli (354 30)