João Souza

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 Olavo Soares de Souza (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ˈso(w)zɐ]; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, 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]

João Souza

Souza at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	João Olavo Soares de Souza
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 37) Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2006
Retired	2020 (Banned for life by the TIU)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andres Schneiter
Prize money	US$ 1,324,103
Singles
Career record	27–50
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (6 April 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012, 2015)
French Open	1R (2012, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	1R (2011, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	27–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (7 January 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	2R (2012)

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 No. 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⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 7–5, 7–5, 13–15.

In 2016, he won the 2016 International Tennis Tournament of Cortina on the ATP Challenger Tour, beating Laslo Djere 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 Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

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

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

Futures & Challenger finals

Singles: 22 (14–8)

Legend
Challengers (9–7)
Futures (5–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 October 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–7(5), 6–7(6)
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(7), 7–6(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(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(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), 6–3, 6–7(6)
Runner-up	7.	10 October 2014	San Juan, Argentina	Clay	Diego Schwartzman	6–7(5), 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 Djere	6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner	14.	14 August 2016	Fano, Italy	Clay	Nicolás Kicker	6–4, 6–7(12), 6–2

Doubles: 22 (11–11)

Legend
Challengers (5–6)
Futures (6–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 June 2006	Sorocaba, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Alexandre Bonatto Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	16 October 2006	Londrina, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Leonardo Kirche Caio Zampieri	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(1)
Runner-up	3.	30 October 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	György Balázs Kornél Bardóczky	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1.	20 November 2006	Criciúma, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Carlos Avellán Tiago Lopes	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	27 November 2006	Uruguaiana, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Tiago Lopes Caio Zampieri	7–6(5), 6–2
Runner-up	4.	23 April 2007	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	7 May 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	14 May 2007	Caldas Novas, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Renato Silveira Caio Zampieri	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	3.	21 May 2007	Chapecó, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Thomaz Bellucci Caio Burjaili	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	29 October 2007	Itu, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	Raony Carvalho Rodrigo Grilli	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	5.	3 December 2007	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay	André Pinheiro	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	w/o
Winner	6.	21 January 2008	Manizales, Colombia	Clay	André Miele	Matteo Marrai Walter Trusendi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	29 September 2008	Aracaju, Brazil	Clay	Thiago Alves	Juan-Martín Aranguren Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	13 April 2009	Mexico City	Hard	Víctor Estrella Burgos	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	27 April 2009	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Víctor Estrella Burgos	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	14 September 2009	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	15 September 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	3–6, 6–7(4)
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), 6–7(4)
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#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Current till 2016 US Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–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