José Pereira (tennis)

José Pereira (born 26 January 1991), also known as Zé Pereira, is a Brazilian professional tennis player.^[1][2][3]

José Pereira

Full name	José Pereira Jr
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 34) Santana do Ipanema, Brazil
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$198,937
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 232 (14 September 2015)
Current ranking	No. 570 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	0-0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 260 (10 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 1300 (15 January 2024)

Biography

Early life

Born in Santana do Ipanema, Pereira moved to Curitiba as a child. His father, José Sr, was originally a sugarcane cutter but got work in Curitiba at a tennis academy and eventually the entire family became involved in tennis. Teliana Pereira, José's elder sister, competed on the WTA Tour and is the most successful of his tennis-playing siblings.^[4]

Tennis career

Pereira had a world ranking as high as four on the ITF Junior Circuit and was a two-time winner of the Copa Gerdau. In 2010 he won his first ITF Futures title.^[5] He attained his career high ranking of 232 in the world in 2015 and featured in the qualifying draw for the 2016 Australian Open. Injuries have hampered his progress in recent seasons and his ranking fell significantly, but in 2022 he secured his first singles title for five years and has re-entered the world's top 400.^[6]

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 31 (12–19)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (12–19)

Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (8–17) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	Brazil F3, Uberlândia	Futures	Clay	Júlio Silva	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2010	Brazil F2, Bauru	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Kon	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jul 2011	Brazil F21, Curitiba	Futures	Hard	Tiago Lopes	7–6(4), 6–2
Loss	2–2	Feb 2012	Brazil F7, Lages	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Apr 2012	Argentina F5, Villa del Dique	Futures	Clay	Renzo Olivo	5–7, 7–6(7), 4–6
Win	3–3	Aug 2012	Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Santos	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3
Loss	3–4	Sep 2012	Brazil F24, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Thales Turini	6–7(2), 6–4, 6–7(5)
Loss	3–5	Jun 2013	Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Blaž Rola	6–7(6), 4–6
Win	4–5	Aug 2013	Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Thales Turini	6–3, 6–1
Loss	4–6	Aug 2013	Brazil F5, Natal	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	6–7(4), 2–6
Loss	4–7	Sep 2013	Brazil F10, Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	3–6, 7–5, 6–7(4)
Win	5–7	Dec 2013	Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss	5–8	Feb 2014	Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–9	Oct 2014	Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–7(4), 4–6
Loss	5–10	Oct 2014	Chile F6, Villa Alemana	Futures	Clay	Cristóbal Saavedra	6–7(7), 3–6
Win	6–10	Jan 2015	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–11	Jan 2015	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Miliaan Niesten	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	7–11	Jan 2015	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Bellotti	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	7–12	Mar 2015	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	5–7, 6–7(2)
Win	8–12	Jun 2015	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Jean-Marc Werner	6–1, 6–2
Loss	8–13	Aug 2015	Colombia F6, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Struvay	2–6, 5–7
Loss	8–14	Aug 2015	Colombia F7, Bucaramanga	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	9–14	Nov 2015	Brazil F9, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–15	Jun 2016	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Pedro Sousa	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win	10–15	Jul 2016	Brazil F4, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Clay	Mateo Nicolas Martinez	7–5, 7–5
Win	11–15	Nov 2017	Brazil F3, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Bernardo Saraiva	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–16	Aug 2021	M25 Guayaquil, Ecuador	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Cristian Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	11–17	Sep 2021	M15 Recife, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Gustavo Heide	4–6, 2–6
Win	12–17	Jun 2022	M15 Frascati, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Mazza	6–3, 6–0
Loss	12–18	Aug 2022	M25 Portoviejo, Ecuador	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Matías Soto	3–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	12–19	Oct 2022	M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Wilson Leite	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 33 (19–14)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–4) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (19–10)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (16–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2010	Brazil F5, Teresina	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Bonatto	Luis Díaz Barriga Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2010	Brazil F29, São Leopoldo	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Fernando Romboli Nicolas Santos	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–1	Apr 2011	Santos, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gerald Melzer	André Sá Franco Ferreiro	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–3	Sep 2011	Brazil F29, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Bruno Semenzato	Diego Matos Nicolas Santos	6–3, 7–5
Loss	0–2	Jan 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Jozef Kovalík	Fernando Romboli Júlio Silva	5–7, 2–6
Loss	1–3	May 2012	Brazil F9, Goiânia	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Nicolas Santos Ricardo Siggia	3–6, 6–7(6)
Loss	1–4	May 2012	Brazil F10, Manaus	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Guilherme Clezar Andrea Collarini	6–7(7), 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	1–5	Jul 2012	Brazil F18, Pelotas	Futures	Clay	Diego Matos	Thales Turini Fabrício Neis	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–5	Aug 2012	Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Caio Silva Thales Turini	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	3–5	Aug 2012	Brazil F21, Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estévez	Fabiano de Paula Bruno Sant'Anna	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–6	Jun 2013	Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Moreno Figueroa	Jonas Lütjen Yannick Hanfmann	7–6(2), 6–7(3), [8–10]
Win	4–6	Aug 2013	Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Nicolas Santos	7–6(5), 6–2
Win	5–6	Aug 2013	Brazil F4, Manaus	Futures	Clay	José Hernández-Fernández	Victor Maynard Rafael Rondino	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Aug 2013	Brazil F6, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	João Pedro Sorgi André Miele	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Sep 2013	Brazil F9, Belém	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fernando Romboli Rafael Camilo	7–6(5), 7–6(9)
Win	7–7	Oct 2013	Brazil F10, Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Eduardo Dischinger Bruno Sant'Anna	6–1, 7–6(1)
Loss	7–8	Dec 2013	Brazil F19, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Rafael Camilo	4–6, 6–7(4)
Win	8–8	Dec 2013	Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Guillermo Durán Christian Lindell	7–5, 6–3
Win	9–8	Jan 2014	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Alberto Brizzi Gianluca Naso	6–3, 1–6, [10–1]
Win	10–8	Jan 2014	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Stefano Travaglia Lorenzo Frigerio	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	11–8	Feb 2014	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	Miljan Zekić Arsenije Zlatanović	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	12–8	Oct 2014	Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Cristóbal Saavedra Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	6–1, 6–1
Win	13–8	Oct 2014	Chile F5, Coquimbo	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Víctor Núñez Hans Podlipnik Castillo	5–7, 6–2, [13–11]
Win	14–8	Nov 2015	Brazil F8, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Pedro Bernardi Pedro Sakamoto	6–3, 6–2
Loss	0–3	Apr 2016	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Caio Zampieri	4–6, 6–7(3)
Win	15–8	Jul 2016	Netherlands F4, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	David Pel	Miliaan Niesten Boy Westerhof	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	16–8	Jul 2017	Austria F4, St. Poelten	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Matthias Haim Philipp Schroll	6–3, 6–3
Win	17–8	Aug 2017	Germany F9, Essen	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Elmar Ejupovic Christian Hirschmueller	6–2, 6–2
Loss	17–9	Sep 2017	Argentina F6, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Maximiliano Estévez Facundo Argüello	5–7, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Oct 2017	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	1–6, 1–6
Loss	17–10	Oct 2018	Brazil F6, Curitiba	Futures	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Bernardo Azevedo Pereira Eduardo Ribeiro	6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Win	18–10	Oct 2019	M15 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Igor Marcondes	Bastian Malla Michel Vernier	7–65, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	19–10	Feb 2022	M15 Naples, Naples, Florida	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	Colin Markes Kiranpal Pannu	0–6, 6–2, [14–12]