João Souza

João Olavo Soares de Souza (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w̃ ˈso(w)zɐ]; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for matchfixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 69, on April 6, 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 70, on January 7, 2013. Souza was coached by former Brazilian player Ricardo Acioly. Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean).[1][2]

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
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988
Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2006
Retired2020 (Banned for life by the TIU)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAndres Schneiter
Prize moneyUS$1,324,103
Singles
Career record27–50
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 69 (6 April 2015)
Current rankingNo. 742 (20 January 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2012, 2015)
French Open1R (2012, 2015)
Wimbledon1R (2015)
US Open1R (2011, 2015)
Doubles
Career record27–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 70 (7 January 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2012)
French Open1R (2015)
Wimbledon1R (2015)
US Open2R (2012)
Last updated on: 26 January 2020 (End of career).

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.

In 2016, he won the 2016 International Tennis Tournament of Cortina on the ATP Challenger Tour, beating Laslo Đere in the final in straight sets.

In January 2020, the Tennis Integrity Unit announced that Souza had been issued a lifetime ban after conviction on match-fixing charges.[3]

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 Ecuador Open, Ecuador 250 Series Clay Víctor Estrella Burgos Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko		 5–7, 6–7(3–7)

Futures and Challenger finals: 35 (21–14)

Singles: 22 (14–8)
Legend
Challengers (9–7)
Futures (5–1)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up 1. 30 October 2006 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Juán-Pablo Villar 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Winner 1. 7 May 2007 São Paulo, Brazil Clay André Miele 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 26 November 2007 Santos, Brazil Clay Juán-Pablo Villar 6–1, 6–2
Winner 3. 3 December 2007 Fortaleza, Brazil Clay Juán-Pablo Villar 6–4, 2–0 RET
Winner 4. 28 January 2008 Bucaramanga, Colombia Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 5. 17 November 2008 Bauru, Brazil Clay Gastón Giussani 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 2. 2 November 2009 Medellín, Colombia Clay Juan Ignacio Chela 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner 6. 12 April 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Alejandro Falla 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 7. 26 September 2010 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Reda El Amrani 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 3. 10 October 2010 Quito, Ecuador Clay Giovanni Lapentti 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 8. 24 April 2011 Santos, Brazil Clay Diego Junqueira 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 16 May 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Diego Junqueira 3–6, 4–6
Winner 9. 16 September 2012 Cali, Colombia Clay Thiago Alves 6–2, 6–4
Winner 10. 7 October 2012 Quito, Ecuador Clay Guillaume Rufin 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 11. 13 October 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Alejandro González 7–6, 6–3
Winner 12. 5 January 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Alejandro González 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 7 September 2014 Medellín, Colombia Clay Austin Krajicek 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 28 September 2014 Pereira, Colombia Clay Víctor Estrella Burgos 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up 7. 10 October 2014 San Juan, Argentina Clay Diego Schwartzman 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up 8. 3 April 2016 León, Mexico Hard Michael Berrer 3–6, 2–6
Winner 13. 7 August 2016 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Clay Laslo Đere 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 14. 14 August 2016 Fano, Italy Clay Nicolás Kicker 6–4, 6–7(12–14), 6–2

Doubles: 22 (11–11)
Legend
Challengers (5–6)
Futures (6–5)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up 1. 19 June 2006 Sorocaba, Brazil Clay (Red) Marcelo Melo Alexandre Bonatto
Franco Ferreiro		 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 16 October 2006 Londrina, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Leonardo Kirche
Caio Zampieri		 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up 3. 30 October 2006 São Paulo, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele György Balázs
Kornél Bardóczky		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 1. 20 November 2006 Criciúma, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Carlos Avellán
Tiago Lopes		 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 27 November 2006 Uruguaiana, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Tiago Lopes
Caio Zampieri		 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up 4. 23 April 2007 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Pablo Cuevas
Horacio Zeballos		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 7 May 2007 São Paulo, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Henrique Pinto-Silva
Gabriel Pitta		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 14 May 2007 Caldas Novas, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Renato Silveira
Caio Zampieri		 6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Winner 3. 21 May 2007 Chapecó, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Thomaz Bellucci
Caio Burjaili		 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. 29 October 2007 Itu, Brazil Clay (Red) André Miele Raony Carvalho
Rodrigo Grilli		 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner 5. 3 December 2007 Fortaleza, Brazil Clay (Red) André Pinheiro Henrique Pinto-Silva
Gabriel Pitta		 walkover
Winner 6. 21 January 2008 Manizales, Colombia Clay (Red) André Miele Matteo Marrai
Walter Trusendi		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 29 September 2008 Aracaju, Brazil Clay (Red) Thiago Alves Juan-Martín Aranguren
Franco Ferreiro		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 13 April 2009 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Víctor Estrella Burgos Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 7. 27 April 2009 Pereira, Colombia Clay (Red) Víctor Estrella Burgos Juan Sebastián Cabal
Alejandro Falla		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 9. 14 September 2009 Cali, Colombia Clay (Red) Ricardo Hocevar Sebastián Prieto
Horacio Zeballos		 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up 10. 15 September 2012 Cali, Colombia Clay (Red) Marcelo Demoliner Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 8. 23 September 2012 Campinas, Brazil Clay Marcelo Demoliner Marcel Felder
Máximo González		 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 11. 7 October 2012 Quito, Ecuador Clay Marcelo Demoliner Juan Sebastián Cabal
Carlos Salamanca		 6–7(7–9), 6–7(4–7)
Winner 9. 20 October 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Marcelo Demoliner Frederico Gil
Pedro Sousa		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 10. 27 October 2012 Porto Alegre, Brazil Clay Marcelo Demoliner Simon Greul
Alessandro Motti		 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner 11. 9 March 2013 Santiago, Chile Clay Marcelo Demoliner Federico Delbonis
Diego Junqueira		 7–5, 6–1

Singles performance timeline
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 till 2016 US Open.

Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 1R A A 1R A 0–2
French Open Q2 Q1 Q2 Q2 1R Q2 Q1 1R Q1 0–2
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A Q1 1R A 0–1
US Open Q1 Q1 Q1 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 1R Q2 0–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–7

References
  1. "atpworldtour.com Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  2. "itftennis.com Men's Circuit record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  3. LIFETIME BAN AND $200,000 FINE FOR JOAO OLAVO SOARES DE SOUZA AFTER CONVICTION ON MATCH-FIXING CHARGES TIU 25 Jan. 2020
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