Pedro Sousa
Introduction '''Pedro Barreiros Cardoso de Sousa''' (; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player who primarily competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99.
Career He reached his first ATP final as a lucky loser at the 2020 Argentina Open after the withdrawal of top seed Diego Schwartzman in the semifinals but lost to Casper Ruud in the championship match. He had never reached a tour-level quarterfinal prior to this tournament, becoming only the third player from Portugal in the Open Era to reach a tour-level final.In April 2023, using a qualification wildcard, Sousa qualified into the main draw for his last appearance at an ATP Tour event and his home tournament, 2023 Estoril Open. He also announced his retirement from professional tennis, the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open Challenger being his final event.
ATP career finals ===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Casper Ruud1–6, 4–6
Challenger and Futures finals ===Singles: 35 (17 titles, 18 runner-ups)===Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (8–8)ITF Futures Tour (9–10)Titles by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (15–16)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Spain F25, DéniaFuturesClay Gerard Granollers Pujol6–0, 6–2Loss1–1Brazil F22, BauruFuturesClay Rafael Camilo1–6, 4–6Loss1–2Portugal F1, FaroFuturesHard Kamil Čapkovič4–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss1–3Spain F3, MurciaFuturesClay Steven Diez6–2, 4–6, 3–6Win2–3Portugal F1, FaroFuturesHard Claudio Grassi6–4, 7–6(8–6)Loss2–4USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Victor Crivoi2–6, 4–6Loss2–5Portugal F1, Vale do LoboFuturesHard Niels Desein6–7(3–7), 2–6Win3–5Portugal F2, LouléFuturesHard Rui Machado5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss3–6Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Leonardo Mayer4–6, 5–7Win4–6Tunisia F1, HammametFuturesClay Jordan Ubiergo6–0, 1–2 ret.Loss4–7Tunisia F2, HammametFuturesClay Miljan Zekić3–6, 3–6Loss4–8Tunisia F4, HammametFuturesClay Jeremy Jahn6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6Win5–8Tunisia F9, HammametFuturesClay Alberto Romero de Ávila Senise6–4, 6–2Loss5–9Tunisia F10, HammametFuturesClay Arthur De Greef6–1, 1–6, 2–6Win6–9Tunisia F11, HammametFuturesClay Joris De Loore1–6, 6–1, 7–5Loss6–10Tunisia F12, HammametFuturesClay Alexander Ward6–7(6–8), 0–6Loss6–11Tunisia F17, HammametFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla3–6, 4–6Win7–11Tunisia F18, HammametFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla6–3, 6–1Win8–11Tunisia F19, HammametFuturesClay Alexander Zhurbin6–2, 6–1Win9–11Netherlands F1, AlkmaarFuturesClay José Pereira3–6, 7–5, 6–3Win10–11Francavilla, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Giannessi6–3, 7–6(7–3)Loss10–12Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Calvin Hemery3–6, 4–6Win11–12Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Guilherme Clezar6–4, 5–7, 6–2Win12–12Como, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Cecchinato1–6, 6–2, 6–4Win13–12Braga, PortugalChallengerClay Casper Ruud6–0, 3–6, 6–3Loss13–13Liberec, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andrej Martin1–6, 2–6Win14–13Pullach, GermanyChallengerClay Jan-Lennard Struff6–1, 6–3Loss14–14Lima, PeruChallengerClay Cristian Garín4–6, 4–6Loss14–15Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi5–7, 6–1, 4–6Win15–15Blois, FranceChallengerClay Kimmer Coppejans4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)Win16–15Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Peđa Krstin7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3Loss16–16Florence, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Trungelliti2–6, 3–6Loss16–17Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Francisco Cerúndolo6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss16–18Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Jaume Munar6–7(3–7), 2–6Win17–18Maia, PortugalChallengerClay Carlos Taberner6–0, 5–7, 6–2===Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)===Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)ITF Futures Tour (5–4)Titles by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (3–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Portugal F6, Ponta DelgadaFuturesHard Gastão Elias Tuomas Ketola Juho Paukku7–6(7–4), 3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Spain F25, AlicanteFuturesClay Tiago Godinho David Ollivier Baquero Carlos Rexach Itoiz5–7, 1–6Win1–2USA F4, Palm CoastFuturesClay Christian Lindell Vahid Mirzadeh Michael Shabaz6–7(7–9), 6–3, 10–8Win2–2Spain F2, MallorcaFuturesClay Gonçalo Falcão Miguel Ángel López Jaén Carlos Poch Gradin6–4, 3–6, 10–6Win3–2Portugal F1, FaroFuturesHard Gonçalo Falcão Dénes Lukács Steven Moneke7–5, 6–4Loss3–3Italy F20, La SpeziaFuturesClay Alejandro González Cristian Rodríguez Óscar Rodríguez6–7(1–7), 4–6Loss3–4Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerClay Fred Gil Marcelo Demoliner João Souza2–6, 4–6Win4–4USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Franko Škugor João Domingues Hassan Ndayishimiye6–2, 6–3Win5–4Portugal F1, Vale do LoboFuturesHard Gonçalo Falcão Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Jaime Pulgar-García6–3, 6–4Loss5–5Tunisia F1, HammametFuturesClay Fred Gil Stephan Hoiss Jeremy Jahn4–6, 1–6Loss5–6Ludwigshafen, GermanyChallengerClay João Domingues Nathaniel Lammons Fernando Romboli6–7(4–7), 1–6Loss5–7Como, ItalyChallengerClay Fabrício Neis Andre Begemann Florin Mergea7–5, 5–7, 12–14
ITF Junior Circuit ===Singles: 3 (3 titles)===Legend Grade A (0–0)Grade 1 (1–0)Grade 2 (1–0)Grade 3 (1–0)Grade 4 (0–0)Grade 5 (0–0)Titles by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoors (3–0)Indoors (0–0)ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWinApr 20053rd SFAX ITF Junior Tournament, TunisiaGrade 3Hard Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad6–2, 6–0WinApr 2006Istres International Junior Tournament, FranceGrade 2Clay Stéphane Piro6–3, 7–6(7–0)WinJul 200612th Sportastic Junior Open Wels, AustriaGrade 1Clay Matteo Trevisan6–2, 6–4
Performance timelines ===Singles===''Current through the 2021 US Open. ''Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin%'''Grand Slam tournaments'''Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAQ1A1RQ11R0 / 20–20%French OpenAAAAAAQ3Q1AQ1AQ3Q2AQ1Q10 / 00–0–WimbledonAAAAAAQ1AAQ1AQ3AANH1R0 / 10–1–US OpenAAAAAAQ1AQ1Q1Q1Q1AA1RQ10 / 10–10%Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–20 / 40–40%'''National representation'''Summer OlympicsNHNHANHANH1R0 / 10–10%Davis CupZ1Z1AAZ2AAZ2AAZ1Z1Z1RRZ10 / 810–5'''Career statistics''''''Tournaments'''010001110011273826Titles00000000000000000Finals00000000000000101Hard win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–10–41–11–40 / 72–11Clay win–loss0–10–10–00–01–00–10–12–10–00–01–14–13–20–53–21–30 / 1814–18Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10 / 10–10%Carpet win–loss0–01–00–0Discontinued0 / 01–0Outdoor win–loss0–10–10–00–00–00–10–11–10–00–01–12–13–30–63–32–80 / 2512–27Indoor win–loss0–01–00–00–01–00–00–01–00–00–00–12–00–00–31–00–00 / 16–4Overall win–loss0–11–10–00–01–00–10–12–10–00–01–24–13–30–94–32–80 / 2618–31Win (%)Year-end ranking988147910714344793382652001037786188126104140105=== Doubles ===Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin%'''National representation'''Summer OlympicsNHANHANHANH1R0 / 10–1–Davis CupZ1Z1AAZ2AAZ2AAZ1Z1Z1RRZ10 / 83–0%'''Career statistics''''''Tournaments'''010111110110110313Titles00000000000000000Finals00000000000000000Hard win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–01–00–10 / 12–1%Clay win–loss0–00–10–00–12–10–10–12–10–00–10–10–01–10–10–00–20 / 125–12%Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0–Outdoor win–loss0–00–10–00–12–10–10–11–10–00–10–10–01–10–10–00–30 / 134–13%Indoor win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–00–00–00–00–00–01–01–00–00 / 03–0%Overall win–loss0–00–10–00–12–10–10–12–10–00–10–10–01–11–11–00–30 / 137–13%Win (%)–0%–0%67%0%0%67%–0%0%–50%50%100%'''Year-end ranking'''125768012081032446771323416–1172564–283303301
Record against top 10 players Sousa's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. * Gilles Simon 1–0* Juan Martín del Potro 0–1* David Goffin 0–1* Ernests Gulbis 0–1* Fernando Verdasco 0–1* Stan Wawrinka 0–1:''* .''
Career earnings YearMajorsATP winsTotal winsEarningsReferences2006000$1,8832007000$9,9422008000$2,7242009000$11,3192010000$14,1232011000$19,2422012000$46,2342013000$36,8872014000$8,8332015000$21,9812016000$39,8202017000$109,8272018000$101,1792019000$149,8932020000$177,969Career *000$814,521:* 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 membershipWorld 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 surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (8–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Matches by TypeSingles (8–3)Doubles (1–0)Matches by SettingIndoors (6–1)Outdoors (3–2)Matches by VenuePortugal (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 resultRubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s) Score3–2; 22–24 September 2006; Royale Tennis Club de Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off; clay surfaceDefeat VSingles (dead rubber) MoroccoMehdi Tahiri6–7(2–7), 6–4, 2–62–3; 9–11 February 2007; Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia; Group I Europe/Africa first round; carpet(i) surfaceVictory IVSingles (dead rubber) GeorgiaGeorge Chantouria6–2, 6–44–1; 5–7 March 2010; Complexo de Ténis da Maia, Maia, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa first round; clay(i) surfaceVictoryIVSingles (dead rubber) DenmarkFrederik Nielsen6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–15–0; 1–3 February 2013; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa first round; clay(i) surfaceVictoryIISingles BeninAlexis Klegou4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2VictoryIIIDoubles (with João Sousa)Alexis Klegou / Loic Didavi6–2, 6–1, 6–15–0; 5–7 April 2013; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa quarterfinal; clay surfaceVictoryIISingles LithuaniaDovydas Šakinis6–2, 6–4, 6–01–4; 4–6 March 2016; Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surfaceDefeatVSingles (dead rubber) AustriaDennis Novak4–6, 3–65–0; 16–18 September 2016; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa second round playoffs; clay surfaceVictoryIVSingles (dead rubber) SloveniaTomislav Ternar6–0, 6–45–0; 3–5 February 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; clay(i) surfaceVictoryVSingles (dead rubber) IsraelYshai Oliel6–2, 6–04–1; 7–9 April 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa second round; clay(i) surfaceVictoryVSingles (dead rubber) UkraineIllya Beloborodko6–0, 6–12–3; 15–17 September 2017; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal; World Group play-offs; clay surfaceVictoryIISingles GermanyJan-Lennard Struff6–2, 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 surfaceDefeatIISingles UkraineSergiy Stakhovsky3–6, 2–6
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