João Sousa career statistics

João Sousa in a white shirt and cap looks down before a serve
Sousa during the 2014 Wimbledon Championships
Career finals
DisciplineCategoryWonLostTotalWin %
SinglesATP World Tour 25025729
ATP Challenger Tour52771
ITF Men's Circuit741164
ITF Junior Circuit0330
Total14142850
DoublesATP Challenger Tour21367
ITF Men's Circuit921182
ITF Junior Circuit52771
Total1652176
Total30194961

João Sousa is the highest-ranked Portuguese tennis player by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).[1] He competes in the ATP World Tour, where he has won two singles titles in a total of seven finals played at this level.

A professional player since 2005, Sousa peaked at number 61 in the world junior ranking in 2007, shortly after entering the main draw of the Orange Bowl.[2] In June 2009, he won his first singles tournament, a Futures in Spain.[3][4] Sousa started playing in the ATP Challenger Tour in 2008,[5] winning his first tournament at this level in June 2011.[6] Sousa debuted in the World Tour in 2008, playing that year's Estoril Open as a qualifier,[5] and won his first top-tier ATP singles title in September 2013, at the Malaysian Open.[6][7] He has participated in all four Grand Slams, having three third-round appearances at the US Open (2013) and Australian Open (2015 and 2016) as his best performances.[8] While focusing on his singles career, Sousa has also competed in doubles; his best record is the quarterfinals of the 2015 US Open.[9]

Sousa holds several Portuguese men's tennis records. In October 2013, he became the first player to break into the ATP singles ranking top 50,[10] and in 2015, he secured a year-end top-50 ranking (no. 33) for the second time in his career, with 38 wins.[11][12] In 2014, Sousa was the first Portuguese to play exclusively at the ATP World Tour in a single season,[13] and the first to be seeded in a Grand Slam main draw (2014 US Open).[14] He was the fourth Portuguese player to reach the singles top 100, and the second to do it in both singles and doubles rankings (after Nuno Marques).[15] Sousa is also the Portuguese tennis player with the largest career prize money ever and most wins at Grand Slam singles tournaments.[16][17]

Career finals

ATP World Tour

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Category
Grand Slam (0–0)
Year-End Championships (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 series (2–5)
Surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (i) (2–2)
Number Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. Winner 29 September 2013 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard (i)  Julien Benneteau (FRA) 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1. Runner-up 13 July 2014 Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden Clay  Pablo Cuevas (URU) 2–6, 1–6
2. Runner-up 21 September 2014 Moselle Open, Metz, France Hard (i)  David Goffin (BEL) 4–6, 3–6
3. Runner-up 23 May 2015 Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland Clay  Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6–7(4–7), 4–6
4. Runner-up 26 July 2015 Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia Clay  Dominic Thiem (AUT) 4–6, 1–6
5. Runner-up 27 September 2015 St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i)  Milos Raonic (CAN) 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
2. Winner 1 November 2015 Valencia Open, Valencia, Spain Hard (i)  Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Category
ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)
Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–2)
Setting
Outdoors (5–2)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 5 June 2011 Challenger Fürth, Germany Clay  Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Winner 15 April 2012 Challenger Mersin, Turkey Clay  Javier Martí (ESP) 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner 29 July 2012 Challenger Tampere, Finland Clay  Éric Prodon (FRA) 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 2 September 2012 Challenger Como, Italy Clay  Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 3–6, 4–6
Winner 9 June 2013 Challenger Fürth, Germany (2) Clay  Wayne Odesnik (USA) 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 14 July 2013 Challenger San Benedetto, Italy Clay  Andrej Martin (SVK) 4–6, 3–6
Winner 28 July 2013 Challenger Guimarães, Portugal Hard  Marius Copil (ROM) 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Category
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
Surface
Clay (2–1)
Setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1 August 2010 Challenger Tampere, Finland Clay  Leonardo Tavares (POR)  Andis Juška (LAT)
 Deniss Pavlovs (LAT)		 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Winner 9 June 2012 Challenger Fürth, Germany Clay  Arnau Brugués-Davi (ESP)  Rameez Junaid (AUS)
 Purav Raja (IND)		 7–5, 6–7(4–7), [11–9]
Runner-up 14 July 2013 Challenger San Benedetto, Italy Clay  Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)  Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
 Maxime Teixeira (FRA)		 4–6, 3–6

ITF Men's Circuit

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

Category
Futures (7–4)
Surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (4–3)
Carpet (1–0)
Setting
Outdoors (7–4)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 30 May 2009 Futures Telde, Spain F18 Clay  Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol (ESP) 6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Winner 20 June 2009 Futures Puerto de la Cruz, Spain F21 Carpet  Andrea Falgheri (ITA) 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 19 July 2009 Futures Saint Gervais, France F12 Clay  Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (ESP) 6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 8 November 2009 Futures Vilafranca, Spain F37 Clay  Pedro Clar-Rosselló (ESP) 1–6, 3–6
Winner 23 May 2010 Futures Valldoreix, Spain F17 Clay  Ivan Nedelko (RUS) 6–0, 6–3
Winner 29 May 2010 Futures Tenerife, Spain F18 Hard  David Thurner (GER) 7–5, 6–4
Winner 5 June 2010 Futures Lanzarote, Spain F19 Hard  Michael Lammer (SUI) 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 3 October 2010 Futures Martos, Spain F35 Hard  Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (ESP) 5–7, 6–7(7–6)
Winner 8 May 2011 Futures Balaguer, Spain F14 Clay  Taro Daniel (JPN) 6–3, 6–1
Winner 15 May 2011 Futures Lleida, Spain F15 Clay  Roberto Carballés Baena (ESP) 6–3, 6–3
Winner 23 October 2011 Futures Sabadell, Spain F38 Clay  Marcel Zimmermann (GER) 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runners-up)

Category
Futures (9–2)
Surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (4–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Setting
Outdoors (9–2)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 28 January – 2 February 2008 Futures Murcia, Spain F4 Clay  B Salvá-Vidal (ESP)  Alexandros Jakupovic (GRE)
 C Poch-Gradin (ESP)		 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–2]
Runner-up 19–25 May 2008 Futures Valldoreix, Spain F20 Clay  Frederico Marques (POR)  P Clar-Rosselló (ESP)
 C Rexach-Itoiz (ESP)		 6–1, 6–2
Winner 4–9 August 2008 Futures Bakio, Spain F30 Hard  G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)  A Boje-Ordonez (ESP)
 A Vivanco-Guzman (ESP)		 7–6(7–6), 7–6(7–4)
Winner 11–14 August 2009 Futures Irun, Spain F28 Clay  G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)  Gonçalo Falcão (POR)
 Saar Steele (ISR)		 6–2, 6–3
Winner 21–27 September 2009 Futures Espinho, Portugal F5 Clay  Gonçalo Falcão (POR)  J Marse-Vidri (ESP)
 Allen Perel (AUS)		 7–5, 6–3
Winner 24–29 May 2010 Futures Tenerife, Spain F18 Hard  G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)  A Boje-Ordonez (ESP)
 M Palacios-Siegenthale (ESP)		 6–1, 6–4
Winner 31 May – 5 June 2010 Futures Lanzarote, Spain F19 Hard  G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)  Michael Lammer (SUI)
 Ludovic Walter (FRA)		 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Winner 7–12 June 2010 Futures Tenerife, Spain F20 Carpet  G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)  C Gomez-Herrera (ESP)
 R Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)		 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner 4–10 October 2010 Futures Córdoba, Spain F36 Hard  I Vior-Diaz (ESP)  I Arenas-Gualda (ESP)
 E López-Pérez (ESP)		 7–6(7–6), 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up 3–8 October 2011 Futures Córdoba, Spain F36 Hard  Gerard Granollers (ESP)  MA López Jaén (ESP)
 G Trujillo Soler (ESP)		 6–4, 6–4
Winner 17–23 October 2011 Futures Sabadell, Spain F38 Clay  Steven Diez (CAN)  MA López Jaén (ESP)
 G Trujillo Soler (ESP)		 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 3 (0 titles, 3 runners-up)

Category
Category Grade 3 (0–2)
Category Grade 4 (0–1)
Surface
Hard (0–3)
Setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 9 April 2005 Grade 4 Saint-François, Guadeloupe Hard  Ričardas Berankis (LIT) 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 30 April 2005 Grade 3 Villena, Spain Hard  Mikhail Karpol (CRO) 7–5, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 1 April 2006 Grade 3 Monastir, Tunisia Hard  Wael Kilani (TUN) 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Category
Category Grade 2 (1–0)
Category Grade 3 (2–1)
Category Grade 4 (2–1)
Surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (2–0)
Setting
Outdoors (5–2)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 28 March – 2 April 2005 Grade 4 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Hard  Gastão Elias (POR)  Gian Hodgson (ARU)
 Dominic Pagon (JAM)		 walkover
Winner 4–9 April 2005 Grade 4 Saint-François, Guadeloupe Hard  Gastão Elias (POR)  Ričardas Berankis (LIT)
Corey Huggins (EAC)		 5–7, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 26–30 April 2005 Grade 3 Villena, Spain Hard  Gonçalo Falcão (POR)  Matthew Taylor (GBR)
 Bruce Wagstaff (GBR)		 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2–6 August 2005 Grade 4 Leiria, Portugal Clay  Gastão Elias (POR)  Gonçalo Falcão (POR)
 Artem Kuznetsov (RUS)		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 21–25 March 2006 Grade 3 Sfax, Tunisia Hard  Aljaž Bedene (SLO)  Remi Groenendaal (NED)
 Arjan Pastoors (NED)		 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner 28 March – 1 April 2006 Grade 3 Monastir, Tunisia Hard  Aljaž Bedene (SLO)  Axel Michon (FRA)
 Guillaume Rufin (FRA)		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 9–14 April 2007 Grade 2 Cap-d'Ail, France Clay  G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)  Jérôme Inzerillo (FRA)
 Axel Michon (FRA)		 6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam singles seedings

  Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10   Seeded 10–4   Seeded no. 3   Seeded no. 2   Seeded no. 1

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2012 Did not play Not seeded Did not play Did not play
2013 Not seeded Not seeded Did not play Not seeded
2014 Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded 32nd
2015 Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded
2016 32nd 26th 31st Not seeded

Performance timelines

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; 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 through 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur.

Singles

Tournament/Year200820092010201120122013201420152016SR W–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q3 2R 1R 3R 3R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
French Open A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q2 Q3 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A Q2 Q1 3R 2R 1R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–3 1–4 3–4 2–1 0 / 13 10–13 43%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A Q1 2R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami A A A A A 1R 3R 1R 3R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A 1R 2R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Madrid1 A A A A A Q1 1R 2R QF 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Rome A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Toronto / Montreal A A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A Q2 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Shanghai2 A A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A A A A A Q1 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–9 3–8 6–5 0 / 23 13–23 36%
National Representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0 N/A
Davis Cup Z2 Z2 Z2 Z1 Z1 Z2 Z1 Z2 Z1 0 / 9 15–9 63%
Career statistics
200820092010201120122013201420152016SR W–LWin %
Tournaments 1 0 0 1 4 14 34 31 15 100
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Finals reached 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 7
Hard win–loss 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 13–10 13–20 19–17 4–9 2 / 54 52–59 47%
Clay win–loss 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–4 3–4 7–13 17–10 8–7 0 / 39 44–41 52%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 2–4 0–0 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Outdoor win–loss 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–4 5–10 18–28 24–25 11–12 0 / 80 69–82 46%
Indoor win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 11–4 6–8 14–6 1–4 2 / 20 33–25 57%
Overall win–loss 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 5–5 16–14 24–36 38–31 12–16 2 / 100 102–107 49%
Win (%) 50% 100% 50% 50% 50% 53% 40% 55% 43% 48.8%
Year-end ranking 592 443 244 192 101 49 54 33 $ 2,903,923

1Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
2Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.

Doubles

Tournament/Year200820092010201120122013201420152016SR W–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open 2R QF 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 4–4 0–1 0 / 9 7–9 44%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0 / 3 2–3 40%
National Representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 0 0–0 N/A
Davis Cup Z2 Z2 Z2 Z1 Z1 Z2 Z1 Z2 Z1 0 / 9 5–5 50%
Career statistics
200820092010201120122013201420152016SR W–LWin %
Tournaments 0 1 0 1 1 1 19 11 7 41
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals Reached 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 8–11 5–6 2–6 0 / 20 16–25 39%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 7–8 4–4 2–2 0 / 18 14–18 44%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Outdoor win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 12–15 8–10 4–6 0 / 35 24–36 40%
Indoor win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–6 1–1 0–2 0 / 6 6–10 38%
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 15–21 9–11 4–8 0 / 41 30–46 39%
Win (%) N/A 0% N/A 0% 0% 67% 42% 45% 33% 39.47%
Year-end ranking 607 706 281 403 299 633 80 138 $242,340

Wins over top 10 players

Type 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total
Singles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Doubles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2

Singles

Sousa has a 1–22 win-loss career record against ATP top 10-ranked players.

# Opponent Ranking Category Tournament Surface Round Score Sousa ranking
2013
1.  David Ferrer (ESP) 4 250 series Malaysian Open, Malaysia Hard (i) QF 6–2, 7–6(8–6) 77
2016
2.  Kei Nishikori (JPN) 5 500 series Japan Open, Japan Hard (i) 2R 3–4, ret. 34

Doubles

# Partner Opponents Ranking Category Tournament Surface Round Score Sousa Ranking
2014
1.  Lukáš Rosol (CZE)  Bob Bryan (USA)
 Mike Bryan (USA)		 1
1		 250 series Sydney International, Australia Hard QF 3–6, 6–3, [14–12] 633
2.  Leonardo Mayer (ARG)  Alexander Peya (AUT)
 Bruno Soares (BRA)		 5
5		 500 series Valencia Open, Spain Hard (i) 1R 3–6, 6–1, [10–7] 97

Head-to-head against top 20 players

This section contains Sousa's win-loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.

Opponent Highest rank Matches Won Lost Win % Last match Ref
 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 1 3 0 3 0% Lost (4–6, 1–6) at the 2016 Miami Masters [18][19]
 Roger Federer (SUI) 1 1 0 1 0% Lost (7–6(10–8), 4–6, 2–6) at the 2014 Halle Open [20][21]
 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 1 1 0 1 0% Lost (1–6, 6–7(3–7)) at the 2013 Miami Masters [22][23]
 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 1 2 0 2 0% Lost (0–6, 6–4, 3–6) at the 2016 Madrid Masters [24][25]
 Andy Murray (GBR) 2 7 0 7 0% Lost (2–6, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Australian Open [26][27]
 David Ferrer (ESP) 3 1 1 0 100% Won (6–2, 7–6(8–6)) at the 2013 Malaysian Open [28][29]
 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 3 3 0 3 0% Lost (2–6, 5–7, 6–7(3–7)) at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships [30][31]
 Nishikori Kei (JPN) 4 1 1 0 100% Won (3–4, ret) at the 2016 Japan Open [32][33]
 Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 4 2 0 2 0% Lost (1–6, 4–6) at the 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships [34][35]
 Milos Raonic (CAN) 4 3 0 3 0% Lost (3–6, 6–3, 3–6) at the 2015 St. Petersburg Open [36][37]
 Gilles Simon (FRA) 6 3 1 2 33% Lost (4–6, 1–6) at the 2015 Nottingham Open [38][39]
 Gaël Monfils (FRA) 7 3 1 2 33% Lost (1–6, 4–6) at the 2014 Paris Masters [40][41]
 Dominic Thiem (AUT) 7 6 1 5 17% Lost (3–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Rome Masters [42][43]
 Marin Čilić (CRO) 8 3 0 3 0% Lost (4–6, 2–6) at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters [44][45]
 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 8 3 1 2 33% Lost (4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 2–6) at the 2016 US Open [46][47]
 Jürgen Melzer (AUT) 8 4 3 1 75% Won (6–4, 6–4) at the 2015 Geneva Open [48][49]
 Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 9 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Estoril Open [50][51]
 John Isner (USA) 9 1 0 1 0% Lost (5–7, 3–6) at the 2015 Rome Masters [52][53]
 Kevin Anderson (RSA) 10 1 1 0 100% Won (7–5, 7–5) at the 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur [54][55]
 Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 10 2 0 2 0% Lost (3–6, 4–6) at the 2014 Canada Masters [56][57]
 Juan Mónaco (ARG) 10 1 0 1 0% Lost (2–6, 6–7(4–7)) at the 2014 Shanghai Masters [58][59]
 David Goffin (BEL) 11 4 0 4 0% Lost (6–1, 5–7, 2–6) at the 2016 Japan Open [60][61]
 Feliciano López (ESP) 12 4 2 2 50% Won (6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5) at the 2016 US Open [62][63]
 Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 12 1 1 0 100% Won (3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)) at the 2014 Moselle Open [64][65]
 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 13 4 2 2 50% Lost (6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at the 2016 St. Petersburg Open [66][67]
 Fabio Fognini (ITA) 13 4 1 3 25% Lost (4–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)) at the 2016 Auckland Open [68][69]
 Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 13 2 2 0 100% Won (6–3, 6–3, 6–4) at the 2015 Davis Cup [70][71]
 Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 14 4 1 3 25% Won (6–4, 7–5) at the 2015 Madrid Masters [72][73]
 Ivo Karlović (CRO) 14 1 1 0 100% Won (6–3, 7–6(7–4)) at the 2016 Monte-Carlo Masters [74][75]
 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 16 2 2 0 100% Won (6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2) at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters [76][77]
 Bernard Tomic (AUS) 17 1 0 1 0% Lost (3–6, 3–6) at the 2015 Canada Masters [78][79]
 Florian Mayer (GER) 18 1 0 1 0% Lost (1–6, 2–6) at the 2013 Sydney International [80][81]
 Benoît Paire (FRA) 18 3 1 2 33% Lost (4–6, 3–6) at the 2016 Monte-Carlo Masters [82][83]
 Andreas Seppi (ITA) 18 2 2 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–4) at the 2016 Paris Masters [84][85]
 Pablo Cuevas (URU) 19 4 3 1 75% Won (6–3, 3–0, ret) at the 2016 Vienna Open [86][87]
 Marcel Granollers (ESP) 19 4 3 1 75% Won (6–3, 6–3) at the 2016 Madrid Masters [88][89]
 Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 20 1 1 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–3) at the 2013 St. Petersburg Open [90][91]
Total 94 32 62 34.04% Statistics correct as of 31 October 2016

Career earnings

Year Major titles ATP titles Total titles Earnings
2008 0 0 0 $16,751
2009 0 0 0 $13,009
2010 0 0 0 $28,766
2011 0 0 0 $56,845
2012 0 0 0 $128,390
2013 0 1 1 $496,686
2014 0 0 0 $771,826
2015 0 1 1 $919,928
2016 0 0 0 * $468,107
Career * 0 2 2 $2,903,923
* As of 23 May 2016

National participation

Davis Cup (20 wins, 14 losses)

Sousa debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in the 2008 season and has played 34 matches in 18 ties. His singles record is 15–9 and his doubles record is 5–5 (20–14 overall).

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (5–10)
Group II (15–4)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (9–11)
Clay (11–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (15–9)
Doubles (5–5)
Matches by setting
Indoors (i) (9–11)
Outdoors (11–3)
Matches by venue
Portugal (13–4)
Away (7–10)
Rubber result Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase5–0; 18–20 July 2008; Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory IV Singles (dead rubber) Cyprus Cyprus Eleftherios Christou 6–3, 6–3
Decrease0–5; 19–21 September 2008; Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard (i) surface
Defeat V Singles (dead rubber) Ukraine Ukraine Illya Marchenko 3–6, 3–6
Decrease2–3; 6–8 March 2009; National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard surface
Victory V Singles (dead rubber) Cyprus Cyprus Philippos Tsangaridis 6–3, 6–1
Increase5–0; 10–12 July 2009; Office des parc Omnisport Wilaya d'Oran, Oran, Algeria; Group II Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Clay surface
Victory V Singles (dead rubber) Algeria Algeria Sid-Ali Akkal 6–3, 6–0
Increase5–0; 9–11 July 2010; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory IV Singles (dead rubber) Cyprus Cyprus Eleftherios Christou 6–1, 6–0
Increase3–2; 17–19 September 2010; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Clay surface
Defeat V Singles (dead rubber) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Increase4–1; 4–6 March 2011; Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Clay surface
Victory V Singles (dead rubber) Slovakia Slovakia Martin Kližan 6–2, 4–1, ret
Decrease0–5; 8–10 July 2011; PostFinance-Arena, Bern, Switzerland; Group I Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard(i) surface
Defeat IV Singles (dead rubber) Switzerland Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli 3–6, 4–6
Decrease2–3; 6–8 April 2012; Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel; Group I Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard surface
Defeat III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Israel Israel Andy Ram / Jonathan Erlich 4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Victory IV Singles (dead rubber) Andy Ram 7–5, 6–0
Decrease1–3; 14–16 September 2012; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Victory II Singles Slovakia Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Defeat III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Defeat IV Singles Martin Kližan 2–6, 5–7, 7–6(11–9), 1–6
Increase5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay(i) surface
Victory I Singles Benin Benin Loic Didavi 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
Victory III Doubles (with Pedro Sousa) Alexis Klegou / Loic Didavi 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
Increase3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chișinău, Moldova; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard(i) surface
Victory II Singles Moldova Moldova Maxim Dubarenco 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–4
Victory III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Andrei Ciumac / Roman Borvanov 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Defeat IV Singles Radu Albot 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 9–11
Decrease2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory I Singles Slovenia Slovenia Janež Semrajč 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Defeat III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja 3–6, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Defeat IV Singles Blaž Kavčič 5–7, 5–7, 2–6
Decrease1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat II Singles Russia Russia Evgeny Donskoy 6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Defeat III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Rublev 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Increase4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Centro Desportivo do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory I Singles Morocco Morocco Yassine Idmbarek 6–0, 6–0, 6–2
Victory III Doubles (with Frederico Ferreira Silva) Lamine Ouahab / Younès Rachidi 7–6(8–6), 6–0, 6–1
Increase4–1; 17–19 July 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory I Singles Finland Finland Henrik Sillanpää 6–0, 6–2, 6–0
Victory III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–4
Victory IV Singles Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Increase3–2; 18–20 September 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Clay surface
Defeat I Singles Belarus Belarus Egor Gerasimov 6–0, 6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Victory III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Sergey Betov / Max Mirnyi 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Victory IV Singles Uladzimir Ignatik 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
Decrease1–4; 4–6 March 2016; Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory I Singles Austria Austria Gerald Melzer 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
Defeat III Doubles (with Gastão Elias) Alexander Peya / Dominic Thiem 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Defeat IV Singles Dominic Thiem 2–6, 4–6, 2–6

References

General sources

Information about career finals and earnings, Grand Slam seedings, singles and doubles performance timelines, head-to-head records against top-20 players, and national team participation have been taken from these sources:

Citations
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