João Sousa

This article is about the Portuguese tennis player. For the Brazilian tennis player, see João Souza.

João Sousa

João Sousa playing at Roland Garros 2013
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1989-03-30) 30 March 1989 Guimarães, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$716,803
Singles
Career record	26–23 (53.06%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 47 (28 October 2013)
Current ranking	No. 48 (17 February 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	2R (2013)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2013)
US Open	3R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	2–6 (25.00%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 254 (10 September 2012)
Current ranking	No. 613 (21 October 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
Last updated on: 21 October 2013.

João Sousa (born 30 March 1989, in Guimarães) is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP World Tour. In September 2012, he climbed to World No. 107 in the ATP singles rankings, becoming the number-one Portuguese tennis player for the first time. In the following month, he rose to World No. 99, becoming the fourth Portuguese player to enter the top 100. Sousa's victory at the 2013 Proton Malaysian Open made him the first player from his country to win an ATP World Tour singles tournament. He rose to a career-high singles ranking of World No. 47 in October 2013. He is the first and only Portuguese to enter the ATP top 50 making him the highest ranked Portuguese tennis player of all time. His coach is former player Frederico Marques and they train at the BTT Tennis Academy in Barcelona.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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 (1–0)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	29 September 2013	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Other Career finals

Challengers and futures

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Legend Challengers (5–2) Futures (7–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (3–1) Clay (8–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	31 May 2009	Spain F18, Gran Canaria, Spain	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez-Ferrol	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	1.	21 June 2009	Spain F21, La Palma, Spain	Carpet	Andrea Falgheri	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	19 July 2009	France F12, Saint Gervais, France	Clay	Adrián Menéndez	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	8 November 2009	Spain F37, Vilafranca, Spain	Clay	Pedro Clar-Rosselló	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	23 May 2010	Spain F17, Valldoreix, Spain	Clay	Ivan Nedelko	6–0, 6–3
Winner	3.	29 May 2010	Spain F18, Tenerife, Spain	Hard	David Thurner	7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	5 June 2010	Spain F19, Lanzarote, Spain	Hard	Michael Lammer	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	3 October 2010	Spain F35, Martos, Spain	Hard	Adrián Menéndez	7–5, 7–6(7–6)
Winner	5.	8 May 2011	Spain F14, Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Taro Daniel	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	15 May 2011	Spain F15, Lleida, Spain	Clay	Roberto Carballes	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	5 June 2011	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Winner	8.	23 October 2011	Spain F38, Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Marcel Zimmermann	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	9.	15 April 2012	Mersin, Turkey	Clay	Javier Martí	6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner	10.	29 July 2012	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Éric Prodon	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	5.	2 September 2012	Como, Italy	Clay	Andreas Haider-Maurer	3–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	9 June 2013	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Wayne Odesnik	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	14 July 2013	San Benedetto, Italy	Clay	Andrej Martin	4–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	28 July 2013	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Marius Copil	6–3, 6–0

Doubles (11–3)

Legend Challengers (2–1) Futures (9–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (4–1) Clay (6–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 February 2008	Spain F4, Murcia, Spain	Clay	Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal	Alex Jakupovic Carles Poch	6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–2]
Runner-up	1.	25 May 2008	Spain F20, Valldoreix, Spain	Clay	Frederico Marques	Pedro Clar Carlos Rexach-Itoiz	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	10 August 2008	Spain F30, Bakio, Spain	Hard	Georgi Roumenov	Agustin Boje Andoni Vivanco	7–6(7–6), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	3.	14 August 2009	Spain F28, Irun, Spain	Clay	Georgi Roumenov	Gonçalo Falcão Saar Steele	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	27 September 2009	Portugal F5, Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Gonçalo Falcão	Jordi Marse-Vidri Allen Perel	7–5, 6–3
Winner	5.	28 May 2010	Spain F18, Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Georgi Roumenov	Agustin Boje-Ordonez Marcelo Palacios-Siegenthale	6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	4 June 2010	Spain F19, Lanzarote, Spain	Hard	Georgi Roumenov	Michael Lammer Luduvic Walter	7–6(7–4), 6–0
Winner	7.	11 June 2010	Spain F20, Tenerife, Spain	Carpet	Georgi Roumenov	Carlos Gomez-Herrera Roberto Ortega-Olmedo	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner	8.	1 August 2010	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Leonardo Tavares	Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Winner	9.	10 October 2010	Spain F36, Córdoba, Spain	Hard	Israel Vior	Ivan Arenas Enrique Lopez-Perez	7–6(7–6), 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	7 October 2011	Córdoba, Spain	Hard	Gerard Granollers	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gabriel Trujillo-Soler	6–4, 6–4
Winner	10.	23 October 2011	Spain F38, Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Steven Diez	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gabriel Trujillo-Soler	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	11.	9 June 2012	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Arnau Brugués-Davi	Rameez Junaid Purav Raja	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [11–9]
Runner-up	3.	14 July 2013	San Benedetto, Italy	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Maxime Teixeira	4–6, 3–6

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q3		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	3R		0 / 1	2–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–3	0–1	0 / 5	4–5
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Madrid	A	A	A	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	Q2		0 / 0	0–0
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1		0 / 1	N/A
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1		N/A	0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments Played	1	0	0	1	2	12		Career total: 16
ATP Finals	0	0	0	0	0	1		Career total: 1
ATP Titles	0	0	0	0	0	1		Career total: 1
Statistics by surface
Hard Win–Loss	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	9–6		N/A	11–8
Clay Win–Loss	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	3–4		N/A	12–11
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		N/A	0–0
Overall Win–Loss	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–4	12–10		N/A	23–20
Win (%)	50%	100%	50%	50%	50%	55%		Career Win (%): 53%
Year-End Ranking	592	443	243	192	99	47		$551,153

Davis Cup

Sousa has played for the Portugal Davis Cup team since 2008. His singles record is 10–6 and his doubles record is 2–3 (12–9 overall).

Participations (21)

Singles (16)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2008 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	QF	18–20 July 2008	Cyprus	Clay	Eleftherios Christou	Win	6–3, 6–3
	SF	19–21 September 2008	Ukraine	Hard	Illya Marchenko	Loss	3–6, 3–6
2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	6–8 March 2009	Cyprus	Hard	Philippos Tsangaridis	Win	6–3, 6–1
	PO	10–12 July 2009	Algeria	Clay	Sid-Ali Akkal	Win	6–3, 6–0
2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	QF	9–11 July 2010	Cyprus	Clay	Eleftherios Christou	Win	6–1, 6–0
	SF	17–19 September 2010	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Damir Džumhur	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	4–6 March 2011	Slovakia	Clay	Martin Kližan	Win	6–2, 4–1, ret
	2R	8–10 July 2011	Switzerland	Hard	Marco Chiudinelli	Loss	3–6, 4–6
2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	2R	6–8 April 2012	Israel	Hard	Andy Ram	Win	7–5, 6–0
	2R PO	14–16 September 2012	Slovakia	Hard	Lukas Lacko	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
					Martin Kližan	Loss	2–6, 5–7, 7–6(11–9), 1–6
2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	1–3 February 2013	Benin	Clay	Loic Didavi	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
	3R	13–15 September 2013	Moldova	Hard	Maxim Dubarenco	Win	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–4
					Radu Albot	Loss	6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 9–11
2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	31 January – 2 February 2014	Slovenia	Hard	Janež Semrajč	Win	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
					Blaž Kavčič	Loss	5–7, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles (5)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result
2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	2R	6–8 April 2012	Gastão Elias	Israel	Clay	Andy Ram Jonathan Erlich	Loss	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
	2R PO	14–16 September 2012	Gastão Elias	Slovakia	Hard	Michal Mertiňák Filip Polášek	Loss	5–7, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II	1R	1–3 February 2013	Pedro Sousa	Benin	Clay	Alexis Klegou Loic Didavi	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
	3R	13–15 September 2013	Gastão Elias	Moldova	Hard	Andrei Ciumac Roman Borvanov	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group I	1R	31 January –2 February 2014	Gastão Elias	Slovenia	Hard	Blaž Kavčič Grega Žemlja	Loss	3–6, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)

See also

• Luso Ténis Profile (in Portuguese)

External links

• João Sousa at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• João Sousa at the Davis Cup
• Sousa Recent Match Results
• Sousa World Ranking History