João Souza
# João Souza

João Olavo Soares de Souza (Portuguese pronunciation:; 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).

## 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.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |
