Pedro Sousa

Pedro Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu ˈso(w)zɐ]; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99.

Pedro Sousa

Sousa at the 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Vale Travesso, Portugal
Born	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Rui Machado
Prize money	$680,268
Singles
Career record	16–22 (42.1% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 99 (18 February 2019)
Current ranking	No. 110 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	Q3 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2017)
US Open	Q1 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	7–10 (41.2% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 241 (22 July 2013)
Current ranking	No. 307 (16 March 2020)
Last updated on: 20 March 2020.

ATP career finals

Singles: 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)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	0–1	Feb 2020	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Casper Ruud	1–6, 4–6

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 32 (16–16)

Legend (Singles) ATP Challenger Tour (7–6) ITF Futures Tour (9–10)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–2) Clay (14–14) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2009	Spain F25, Dénia	Futures	Clay	Gerard Granollers Pujol	6–0, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Oct 2009	Brazil F22, Bauru	Futures	Clay	Rafael Camilo	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Mar 2011	Portugal F1, Faro	Futures	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2012	Spain F3, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Steven Diez	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Mar 2012	Portugal F1, Faro	Futures	Hard	Claudio Grassi	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	2–4	Jan 2013	USA F1, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Victor Crivoi	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Feb 2013	Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo	Futures	Hard	Niels Desein	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Win	3–5	Mar 2013	Portugal F2, Loulé	Futures	Hard	Rui Machado	5–7, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	3–6	Nov 2013	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Mayer	4–6, 5–7
Win	4–6	Jan 2016	Tunisia F1, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Jordan Ubiergo	6–0, 1–2 ret.
Loss	4–7	Jan 2016	Tunisia F2, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Miljan Zekić	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–8	Feb 2016	Tunisia F4, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Jeremy Jahn	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Win	5–8	Mar 2016	Tunisia F9, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Alberto Romero de Ávila Senise	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–9	Mar 2016	Tunisia F10, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Arthur De Greef	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win	6–9	Mar 2016	Tunisia F11, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Joris De Loore	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	6–10	Apr 2016	Tunisia F12, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Alexander Ward	6–7^(6–8), 0–6
Loss	6–11	May 2016	Tunisia F17, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–11	May 2016	Tunisia F18, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–11	May 2016	Tunisia F19, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Alexander Zhurbin	6–2, 6–1
Win	9–11	Jun 2016	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	José Pereira	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	10–11	Apr 2017	Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	10–12	Jul 2017	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Calvin Hemery	3–6, 4–6
Win	11–12	Aug 2017	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Guilherme Clezar	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win	12–12	Sep 2017	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	13–12	May 2018	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Casper Ruud	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	13–13	Aug 2018	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	1–6, 2–6
Win	14–13	Aug 2018	Pullach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–1, 6–3
Loss	14–14	Oct 2018	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Garín	4–6, 4–6
Loss	14–15	Nov 2018	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	5–7, 6–1, 4–6
Win	15–15	Jun 2019	Blois, France	Challenger	Clay	Kimmer Coppejans	4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	16–15	Aug 2019	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Peđa Krstin	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Loss	16–16	Sep 2019	Florence, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Legend (Doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–3) ITF Futures Tour (5–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–1) Clay (3–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2006	Portugal F6, Ponta Delgada	Futures	Hard	Gastão Elias	Tuomas Ketola Juho Paukku	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2008	Spain F25, Alicante	Futures	Clay	Tiago Godinho	David Ollivier Baquero Carlos Rexach Itoiz	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2012	USA F4, Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	Vahid Mirzadeh Michael Shabaz	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [10–8]
Win	2–2	Feb 2012	Spain F2, Mallorca	Futures	Clay	Gonçalo Falcão	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Carlos Poch Gradin	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	3–2	Mar 2012	Portugal F1, Faro	Futures	Hard	Gonçalo Falcão	Dénes Lukács Steven Moneke	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Aug 2012	Italy F20, La Spezia	Futures	Clay	Alejandro González	Cristian Rodríguez Óscar Rodríguez Sánchez	6–7^(1–7), 4–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 2012	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Fred Gil	Marcelo Demoliner João Souza	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Jan 2013	USA F1, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Franko Škugor	João Domingues Hassan Ndayishimiye	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–4	Feb 2013	Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo	Futures	Hard	Gonçalo Falcão	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Jaime Pulgar-García	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–5	Jan 2016	Tunisia F1, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Fred Gil	Stephan Hoiss Jeremy Jahn	4–6, 1–6
Loss	5–6	Jul 2019	Ludwigshafen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	João Domingues	Nathaniel Lammons Fernando Romboli	6–7^(4-7), 1-6
Loss	5–7	Sep 2019	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Andre Begemann Florin Mergea	7–5, 5–7, [12–14]

ITF Junior Circuit

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

Legend Category Grade A (0–0) Category Grade 1 (1–0) Category Grade 2 (1–0) Category Grade 3 (1–0) Category Grade 4 (0–0) Category Grade 5 (0–0)

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

Titles by setting Outdoors (3–0) Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1 April 2005	Grade 3	3rd SFAX ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia	Hard	Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad	6–2, 6–0
Winner	23 April 2006	Grade 2	Istres International Junior Tournament, France	Clay	Stephane Piro	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
Winner	23 July 2006	Grade 1	12th Sportastic Junior Open Wels, Austria	Clay	Matteo Trevisan	6–2, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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

Current through 2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Second round.

Singles

Tournament/Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	Q1	A	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	N/A
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	Q1		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	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	A	A	Z2	A	A	Z2	A	A	Z1	Z1	0 / 6	7–2	78%
Career statistics
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hard Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 0	0–1	%
Clay Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0 / 5	6–6	50%
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	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Carpet Win–Loss	0–0	1–0	0–0	Discontinued									0 / 0	1–0	100%
Outdoor Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 5	2–6	25%
Indoor Win–Loss	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0 / 0	5–1	83%
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0 / 5	7–7	50%
Win (%)	%	50%	N/A	N/A	100%	%	%	67%	N/A	N/A	33%	100%	50.00%
Year-End Ranking	988	1479	1071	434	479	338	265	200	1037	786	188		$ 223,676

Doubles

Tournament/Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	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	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	A	A	Z2	A	A	Z2	A	A	Z1	Z1	0 / 5	1–0	100%
Career statistics
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	8
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hard 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	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 8	4–8	33%
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	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Outdoor Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 8	3–8	27%
Indoor Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	1–0	100%
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 8	4–8	33%
Win (%)	N/A	%	N/A	%	67%	%	%	67%	N/A	%	%	N/A	33.33%
Year-End Ranking	1257	680	1208	1032	446	771	323	416	–	1172	564		$29,189

Head-to-head vs. 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
Juan Martín del Potro	3	1	0	1	0.00%	Lost (2–6, 6–3, 3–6) at the 2011 Estoril Open	[1]
David Goffin	7	1	0	1	0.00%	Lost (6–7^(1–7), 6–4, 4–6) at the 2013 Portugal Open	[2]
Gilles Simon	6	1	1	0	100.00%	Won (6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)) at the 2018 Estoril Open	[3]
Total		3	1	2	33.33%	Statistics correct as of 3 May 2018

Career earnings

Year	Majors	ATP wins	Total wins	Earnings	References
2006	0	0	0	$1,883	[4][5]
2007	0	0	0	$9,942	[6][7]
2008	0	0	0	$2,724	[8][9]
2009	0	0	0	$11,319	[10][11]
2010	0	0	0	$14,123	[12][13]
2011	0	0	0	$19,242	[14][15]
2012	0	0	0	$46,234	[16][17]
2013	0	0	0	$36,887	[18][19]
2014	0	0	0	$8,833	[20][21]
2015	0	0	0	$21,981	[22][23]
2016	0	0	0	* $42,854	[24][25]
2017	0	0	0	* $7,156	[26][27]
Career *	0	0	0	$223,676	[28]

* As of 10 April 2017.

National participation

Davis Cup (9 wins, 3 losses)

Sousa debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2006 and has played 12 matches in 11 ties. His singles record is 8–3 and his doubles record is 1–0 (9–3 overall).

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (1–0) Group I (4–3) Group II (4–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by Surface Hard (0–2) Clay (8–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Matches by Type Singles (8–3) Doubles (1–0)

Matches by Setting Indoors (6–1) Outdoors (3–2)

Matches by Venue Portugal (8–1) Away (1–2)

• 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	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
3–2; 22–24 September 2006; Royale Tennis Club de Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Clay surface
Defeat	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Morocco	Mehdi Tahiri	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 2–6
2–3; 9–11 February 2007; Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Carpet(i) surface
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Georgia	George Chantouria	6–2, 6–4
4–1; 5–7 March 2010; Complexo de Ténis da Maia, Maia, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay(i) surface
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Denmark	Frederik Nielsen	6–7^(3–7), 6–1, 6–1
5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay(i) surface
Victory	II	Singles	Benin	Alexis Klegou	4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Victory	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Alexis Klegou / Loic Didavi	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
5–0; 5–7 April 2013; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory	II	Singles	Lithuania	Dovydas Šakinis	6–2, 6–4, 6–0
1–4; 4–6 March 2016; Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Austria	Dennis Novak	4–6, 3–6
5–0; 16–18 September 2016; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa Second Round Playoffs; Clay surface
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Slovenia	Tomislav Ternar	6–0, 6–4
5–0; 3–5 February 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Clay(i) surface
Victory	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Israel	Yshai Oliel	6–2, 6–0
4–1; 7–9 April 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa Second Round; Clay(i) surface
Victory	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Ukraine	Illia Biloborodko	6–0, 6–1
2–3; 15–17 September 2017; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal; World Group Play-offs; Clay surface
Victory	II	Singles	Germany	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–2, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
1–3; 14–15 September 2018; Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, Ukraine; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-Off First Round; Hard surface
Defeat	II	Singles	Ukraine	Sergiy Stakhovsky	3–6, 2–6

References

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2. "Pedro Sousa vs. David Goffin ATP Head 2 Head". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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19. "Pedro Sousa 2013 Doubles Activity". Retrieved 29 November 2015.
20. "Pedro Sousa 2014 Singles Activity". Retrieved 29 November 2015.
21. "Pedro Sousa 2014 Doubles Activity". Retrieved 29 November 2015.
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24. "Pedro Sousa 2016 Singles Activity". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
25. "Pedro Sousa 2016 Doubles Activity". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
26. "Pedro Sousa 2017 Singles Activity". Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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28. "Pedro Sousa ATP profile". Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links

• Pedro Sousa at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Pedro Sousa at the International Tennis Federation
• Pedro Sousa at the Davis Cup