João Sousa career statistics

Sousa during the 2014 Wimbledon Championships

Career finals
Discipline	Category	Won	Lost	Total	Win %
Singles	ATP World Tour 250	2	5	7	29
	ATP Challenger Tour	5	2	7	71
	ITF Men's Circuit	7	4	11	64
	ITF Junior Circuit	0	3	3	0
	Total	14	14	28	50
Doubles	ATP Challenger Tour	2	1	3	67
	ITF Men's Circuit	9	2	11	82
	ITF Junior Circuit	5	2	7	71
	Total	16	5	21	76
Total		30	19	49	61

João Sousa is the highest-ranked Portuguese tennis player by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).^[1] He competes in the ATP World Tour, where he has won two singles titles in a total of seven finals played at this level.

A professional player since 2005, Sousa peaked at number 61 in the world junior ranking in 2007, shortly after entering the main draw of the Orange Bowl.^[2] In June 2009, he won his first singles tournament, a Futures in Spain.^[3][4] Sousa started playing in the ATP Challenger Tour in 2008,^[5] winning his first tournament at this level in June 2011.^[6] Sousa debuted in the World Tour in 2008, playing that year's Estoril Open as a qualifier,^[5] and won his first top-tier ATP singles title in September 2013, at the Malaysian Open.^[6][7] He has participated in all four Grand Slams, having three third-round appearances at the US Open (2013) and Australian Open (2015 and 2016) as his best performances.^[8] While focusing on his singles career, Sousa has also competed in doubles; his best record is the quarterfinals of the 2015 US Open.^[9]

Sousa holds several Portuguese men's tennis records. In October 2013, he became the first player to break into the ATP singles ranking top 50,^[10] and in 2015, he secured a year-end top-50 ranking (no. 33) for the second time in his career, with 38 wins.^[11][12] In 2014, Sousa was the first Portuguese to play exclusively at the ATP World Tour in a single season,^[13] and the first to be seeded in a Grand Slam main draw (2014 US Open).^[14] He was the fourth Portuguese player to reach the singles top 100, and the second to do it in both singles and doubles rankings (after Nuno Marques).^[15] Sousa is also the Portuguese tennis player with the largest career prize money ever and most wins at Grand Slam singles tournaments.^[16][17]

Career finals

ATP World Tour

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Category Grand Slam (0–0) Year-End Championships (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) Olympic Games (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 series (2–5)

Surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Setting Outdoors (0–3) Indoors (i) (2–2)

Number	Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	Winner	29 September 2013	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau (FRA)	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1.	Runner-up	13 July 2014	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Pablo Cuevas (URU)	2–6, 1–6
2.	Runner-up	21 September 2014	Moselle Open, Metz, France	Hard (i)	David Goffin (BEL)	4–6, 3–6
3.	Runner-up	23 May 2015	Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
4.	Runner-up	26 July 2015	Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Dominic Thiem (AUT)	4–6, 1–6
5.	Runner-up	27 September 2015	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Milos Raonic (CAN)	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
2.	Winner	1 November 2015	Valencia Open, Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Category ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)

Surface Hard (1–0) Clay (4–2)

Setting Outdoors (5–2)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	5 June 2011	Challenger	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)	6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Winner	15 April 2012	Challenger	Mersin, Turkey	Clay	Javier Martí (ESP)	6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner	29 July 2012	Challenger	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Éric Prodon (FRA)	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	2 September 2012	Challenger	Como, Italy	Clay	Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9 June 2013	Challenger	Fürth, Germany (2)	Clay	Wayne Odesnik (USA)	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	14 July 2013	Challenger	San Benedetto, Italy	Clay	Andrej Martin (SVK)	4–6, 3–6
Winner	28 July 2013	Challenger	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Marius Copil (ROM)	6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Category ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)

Surface Clay (2–1)

Setting Outdoors (2–1)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1 August 2010	Challenger	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Leonardo Tavares (POR)	Andis Juška (LAT)  Deniss Pavlovs (LAT)	7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Winner	9 June 2012	Challenger	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Arnau Brugués-Davi (ESP)	Rameez Junaid (AUS)  Purav Raja (IND)	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), [11–9]
Runner-up	14 July 2013	Challenger	San Benedetto, Italy	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)  Maxime Teixeira (FRA)	4–6, 3–6

ITF Men's Circuit

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

Category Futures (7–4)

Surface Hard (2–1) Clay (4–3) Carpet (1–0)

Setting Outdoors (7–4)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	30 May 2009	Futures	Telde, Spain F18	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol (ESP)	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Winner	20 June 2009	Futures	Puerto de la Cruz, Spain F21	Carpet	Andrea Falgheri (ITA)	6–7^(2–7), 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	19 July 2009	Futures	Saint Gervais, France F12	Clay	Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (ESP)	6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8 November 2009	Futures	Vilafranca, Spain F37	Clay	Pedro Clar-Rosselló (ESP)	1–6, 3–6
Winner	23 May 2010	Futures	Valldoreix, Spain F17	Clay	Ivan Nedelko (RUS)	6–0, 6–3
Winner	29 May 2010	Futures	Tenerife, Spain F18	Hard	David Thurner (GER)	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5 June 2010	Futures	Lanzarote, Spain F19	Hard	Michael Lammer (SUI)	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	3 October 2010	Futures	Martos, Spain F35	Hard	Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (ESP)	5–7, 6–7^(7–6)
Winner	8 May 2011	Futures	Balaguer, Spain F14	Clay	Taro Daniel (JPN)	6–3, 6–1
Winner	15 May 2011	Futures	Lleida, Spain F15	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena (ESP)	6–3, 6–3
Winner	23 October 2011	Futures	Sabadell, Spain F38	Clay	Marcel Zimmermann (GER)	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runners-up)

Category Futures (9–2)

Surface Hard (4–1) Clay (4–1) Carpet (1–0)

Setting Outdoors (9–2)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	28 January – 2 February 2008	Futures	Murcia, Spain F4	Clay	B Salvá-Vidal (ESP)	Alexandros Jakupovic (GRE)  C Poch-Gradin (ESP)	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, [10–2]
Runner-up	19–25 May 2008	Futures	Valldoreix, Spain F20	Clay	Frederico Marques (POR)	P Clar-Rosselló (ESP)  C Rexach-Itoiz (ESP)	6–1, 6–2
Winner	4–9 August 2008	Futures	Bakio, Spain F30	Hard	G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)	A Boje-Ordonez (ESP)  A Vivanco-Guzman (ESP)	7–6^(7–6), 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	11–14 August 2009	Futures	Irun, Spain F28	Clay	G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)	Gonçalo Falcão (POR)  Saar Steele (ISR)	6–2, 6–3
Winner	21–27 September 2009	Futures	Espinho, Portugal F5	Clay	Gonçalo Falcão (POR)	J Marse-Vidri (ESP)  Allen Perel (AUS)	7–5, 6–3
Winner	24–29 May 2010	Futures	Tenerife, Spain F18	Hard	G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)	A Boje-Ordonez (ESP)  M Palacios-Siegenthale (ESP)	6–1, 6–4
Winner	31 May – 5 June 2010	Futures	Lanzarote, Spain F19	Hard	G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)	Michael Lammer (SUI)  Ludovic Walter (FRA)	7–6^(7–4), 6–0
Winner	7–12 June 2010	Futures	Tenerife, Spain F20	Carpet	G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)	C Gomez-Herrera (ESP)  R Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Winner	4–10 October 2010	Futures	Córdoba, Spain F36	Hard	I Vior-Diaz (ESP)	I Arenas-Gualda (ESP)  E López-Pérez (ESP)	7–6^(7–6), 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	3–8 October 2011	Futures	Córdoba, Spain F36	Hard	Gerard Granollers (ESP)	MA López Jaén (ESP)  G Trujillo Soler (ESP)	6–4, 6–4
Winner	17–23 October 2011	Futures	Sabadell, Spain F38	Clay	Steven Diez (CAN)	MA López Jaén (ESP)  G Trujillo Soler (ESP)	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 3 (0 titles, 3 runners-up)

Category Category Grade 3 (0–2) Category Grade 4 (0–1)

Surface Hard (0–3)

Setting Outdoors (0–3)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	9 April 2005	Grade 4	Saint-François, Guadeloupe	Hard	Ričardas Berankis (LIT)	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	30 April 2005	Grade 3	Villena, Spain	Hard	Mikhail Karpol (CRO)	7–5, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	1 April 2006	Grade 3	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Wael Kilani (TUN)	5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Category Category Grade 2 (1–0) Category Grade 3 (2–1) Category Grade 4 (2–1)

Surface Hard (3–2) Clay (2–0)

Setting Outdoors (5–2)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	28 March – 2 April 2005	Grade 4	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Hard	Gastão Elias (POR)	Gian Hodgson (ARU)  Dominic Pagon (JAM)	walkover
Winner	4–9 April 2005	Grade 4	Saint-François, Guadeloupe	Hard	Gastão Elias (POR)	Ričardas Berankis (LIT) Corey Huggins (EAC)	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	26–30 April 2005	Grade 3	Villena, Spain	Hard	Gonçalo Falcão (POR)	Matthew Taylor (GBR)  Bruce Wagstaff (GBR)	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2–6 August 2005	Grade 4	Leiria, Portugal	Clay	Gastão Elias (POR)	Gonçalo Falcão (POR)  Artem Kuznetsov (RUS)	6–3, 6–4
Winner	21–25 March 2006	Grade 3	Sfax, Tunisia	Hard	Aljaž Bedene (SLO)	Remi Groenendaal (NED)  Arjan Pastoors (NED)	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	28 March – 1 April 2006	Grade 3	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Aljaž Bedene (SLO)	Axel Michon (FRA)  Guillaume Rufin (FRA)	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	9–14 April 2007	Grade 2	Cap-d'Ail, France	Clay	G Rumenov Payakov (ESP)	Jérôme Inzerillo (FRA)  Axel Michon (FRA)	6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam singles seedings

  Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10   Seeded 10–4   Seeded no. 3   Seeded no. 2   Seeded no. 1

Year	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
2012	Did not play	Not seeded	Did not play	Did not play
2013	Not seeded	Not seeded	Did not play	Not seeded
2014	Not seeded	Not seeded	Not seeded	32nd
2015	Not seeded	Not seeded	Not seeded	Not seeded
2016	32nd	26th	31st	Not seeded

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur.

Singles

Tournament/Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	2R	1R	3R	3R	0 / 4	5–4	56%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R		0 / 4	2–4	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q3	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	3R	2R	1R		0 / 3	3–3	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–3	1–4	3–4	2–1	0 / 13	10–13	43%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	1R	2R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	3R	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Madrid^1	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	2R	QF	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Toronto / Montreal	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	2R	2R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Shanghai^2	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–9	3–8	6–5	0 / 23	13–23	36%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			A	Not Held				0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Davis Cup	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z1	Z2	Z1	0 / 9	15–9	63%
Career statistics
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	0	0	1	4	14	34	31	15	100
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Finals reached	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	7
Hard win–loss	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	13–10	13–20	19–17	4–9	2 / 54	52–59	47%
Clay win–loss	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	3–4	7–13	17–10	8–7	0 / 39	44–41	52%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	2–4	0–0	0 / 7	6–7	46%
Outdoor win–loss	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–4	5–10	18–28	24–25	11–12	0 / 80	69–82	46%
Indoor win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	11–4	6–8	14–6	1–4	2 / 20	33–25	57%
Overall win–loss	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	5–5	16–14	24–36	38–31	12–16	2 / 100	102–107	49%
Win (%)	50%	100%	50%	50%	50%	53%	40%	55%	43%	48.8%
Year-end ranking	592	443	244	192	101	49	54	33		$ 2,903,923

¹Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
²Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) until 2008, Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.

Doubles

Tournament/Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open							1R	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open							3R	1R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wimbledon						Q1	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open							2R	QF		0 / 2	4–2	67%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–4	4–4	0–1	0 / 9	7–9	44%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells									2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami									1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome									2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	0 / 3	2–3	40%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			A	Not Held				0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Davis Cup	Z2	Z2	Z2	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z1	Z2	Z1	0 / 9	5–5	50%
Career statistics
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	1	0	1	1	1	19	11	7	41
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hard win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	8–11	5–6	2–6	0 / 20	16–25	39%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	7–8	4–4	2–2	0 / 18	14–18	44%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Outdoor win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	12–15	8–10	4–6	0 / 35	24–36	40%
Indoor win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–6	1–1	0–2	0 / 6	6–10	38%
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	15–21	9–11	4–8	0 / 41	30–46	39%
Win (%)	N/A	0%	N/A	0%	0%	67%	42%	45%	33%	39.47%
Year-end ranking	607	706	281	403	299	633	80	138		$242,340

Wins over top 10 players

Type	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
Singles	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Doubles	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2

Singles

Sousa has a 1–22 win-loss career record against ATP top 10-ranked players.

#	Opponent	Ranking	Category	Tournament	Surface	Round	Score	Sousa ranking
2013
1.	David Ferrer (ESP)	4	250 series	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	Hard (i)	QF	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)	77
2016
2.	Kei Nishikori (JPN)	5	500 series	Japan Open, Japan	Hard (i)	2R	3–4, ret.	34

Doubles

#	Partner	Opponents	Ranking	Category	Tournament	Surface	Round	Score	Sousa Ranking
2014
1.	Lukáš Rosol (CZE)	Bob Bryan (USA)  Mike Bryan (USA)	1 1	250 series	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	QF	3–6, 6–3, [14–12]	633
2.	Leonardo Mayer (ARG)	Alexander Peya (AUT)  Bruno Soares (BRA)	5 5	500 series	Valencia Open, Spain	Hard (i)	1R	3–6, 6–1, [10–7]	97

Head-to-head against top 20 players

This section contains Sousa's win-loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.

Opponent	Highest rank	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match	Ref
Novak Djokovic (SRB)	1	3	0	3	0%	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at the 2016 Miami Masters	[18][19]
Roger Federer (SUI)	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (7–6^(10–8), 4–6, 2–6) at the 2014 Halle Open	[20][21]
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)	1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 6–7^(3–7)) at the 2013 Miami Masters	[22][23]
Rafael Nadal (ESP)	1	2	0	2	0%	Lost (0–6, 6–4, 3–6) at the 2016 Madrid Masters	[24][25]
Andy Murray (GBR)	2	7	0	7	0%	Lost (2–6, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Australian Open	[26][27]
David Ferrer (ESP)	3	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–2, 7–6^(8–6)) at the 2013 Malaysian Open	[28][29]
Stan Wawrinka (SUI)	3	3	0	3	0%	Lost (2–6, 5–7, 6–7^(3–7)) at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships	[30][31]
Nishikori Kei (JPN)	4	1	1	0	100%	Won (3–4, ret) at the 2016 Japan Open	[32][33]
Tomáš Berdych (CZE)	4	2	0	2	0%	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at the 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships	[34][35]
Milos Raonic (CAN)	4	3	0	3	0%	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 3–6) at the 2015 St. Petersburg Open	[36][37]
Gilles Simon (FRA)	6	3	1	2	33%	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at the 2015 Nottingham Open	[38][39]
Gaël Monfils (FRA)	7	3	1	2	33%	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at the 2014 Paris Masters	[40][41]
Dominic Thiem (AUT)	7	6	1	5	17%	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Rome Masters	[42][43]
Marin Čilić (CRO)	8	3	0	3	0%	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters	[44][45]
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)	8	3	1	2	33%	Lost (4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 2–6) at the 2016 US Open	[46][47]
Jürgen Melzer (AUT)	8	4	3	1	75%	Won (6–4, 6–4) at the 2015 Geneva Open	[48][49]
Nicolás Almagro (ESP)	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Estoril Open	[50][51]
John Isner (USA)	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 3–6) at the 2015 Rome Masters	[52][53]
Kevin Anderson (RSA)	10	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–5, 7–5) at the 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur	[54][55]
Ernests Gulbis (LAT)	10	2	0	2	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at the 2014 Canada Masters	[56][57]
Juan Mónaco (ARG)	10	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 6–7^(4–7)) at the 2014 Shanghai Masters	[58][59]
David Goffin (BEL)	11	4	0	4	0%	Lost (6–1, 5–7, 2–6) at the 2016 Japan Open	[60][61]
Feliciano López (ESP)	12	4	2	2	50%	Won (6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5) at the 2016 US Open	[62][63]
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)	12	1	1	0	100%	Won (3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)) at the 2014 Moselle Open	[64][65]
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)	13	4	2	2	50%	Lost (6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at the 2016 St. Petersburg Open	[66][67]
Fabio Fognini (ITA)	13	4	1	3	25%	Lost (4–6, 6–2, 6–7^(3–7)) at the 2016 Auckland Open	[68][69]
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)	13	2	2	0	100%	Won (6–3, 6–3, 6–4) at the 2015 Davis Cup	[70][71]
Jerzy Janowicz (POL)	14	4	1	3	25%	Won (6–4, 7–5) at the 2015 Madrid Masters	[72][73]
Ivo Karlović (CRO)	14	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–3, 7–6^(7–4)) at the 2016 Monte-Carlo Masters	[74][75]
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)	16	2	2	0	100%	Won (6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2) at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters	[76][77]
Bernard Tomic (AUS)	17	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at the 2015 Canada Masters	[78][79]
Florian Mayer (GER)	18	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at the 2013 Sydney International	[80][81]
Benoît Paire (FRA)	18	3	1	2	33%	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at the 2016 Monte-Carlo Masters	[82][83]
Andreas Seppi (ITA)	18	2	2	0	100%	Won (6–4, 6–4) at the 2016 Paris Masters	[84][85]
Pablo Cuevas (URU)	19	4	3	1	75%	Won (6–3, 3–0, ret) at the 2016 Vienna Open	[86][87]
Marcel Granollers (ESP)	19	4	3	1	75%	Won (6–3, 6–3) at the 2016 Madrid Masters	[88][89]
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)	20	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–4, 6–3) at the 2013 St. Petersburg Open	[90][91]
Total		94	32	62	34.04%	Statistics correct as of 31 October 2016

Career earnings

Year	Major titles	ATP titles	Total titles	Earnings
2008	0	0	0	$16,751
2009	0	0	0	$13,009
2010	0	0	0	$28,766
2011	0	0	0	$56,845
2012	0	0	0	$128,390
2013	0	1	1	$496,686
2014	0	0	0	$771,826
2015	0	1	1	$919,928
2016	0	0	0	* $468,107
Career *	0	2	2	$2,903,923

* As of 23 May 2016

National participation

Davis Cup (20 wins, 14 losses)

Sousa debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in the 2008 season and has played 34 matches in 18 ties. His singles record is 15–9 and his doubles record is 5–5 (20–14 overall).

Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (5–10) Group II (15–4) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (9–11) Clay (11–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (15–9) Doubles (5–5)

Matches by setting Indoors (i) (9–11) Outdoors (11–3)

Matches by venue Portugal (13–4) Away (7–10)

• 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 result	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
5–0; 18–20 July 2008; Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Cyprus	Eleftherios Christou	6–3, 6–3
0–5; 19–21 September 2008; Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Ukraine	Illya Marchenko	3–6, 3–6
2–3; 6–8 March 2009; National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard surface
Victory	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Cyprus	Philippos Tsangaridis	6–3, 6–1
5–0; 10–12 July 2009; Office des parc Omnisport Wilaya d'Oran, Oran, Algeria; Group II Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Clay surface
Victory	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Algeria	Sid-Ali Akkal	6–3, 6–0
5–0; 9–11 July 2010; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Cyprus	Eleftherios Christou	6–1, 6–0
3–2; 17–19 September 2010; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Clay surface
Defeat	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Damir Džumhur	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
4–1; 4–6 March 2011; Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Clay surface
Victory	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Slovakia	Martin Kližan	6–2, 4–1, ret
0–5; 8–10 July 2011; PostFinance-Arena, Bern, Switzerland; Group I Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Switzerland	Marco Chiudinelli	3–6, 4–6
2–3; 6–8 April 2012; Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel; Group I Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard surface
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)	Israel	Andy Ram / Jonathan Erlich	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)		Andy Ram	7–5, 6–0
1–3; 14–16 September 2012; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Victory	II	Singles	Slovakia	Lukáš Lacko	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)		Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek	5–7, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Defeat	IV	Singles		Martin Kližan	2–6, 5–7, 7–6^(11–9), 1–6
5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay(i) surface
Victory	I	Singles	Benin	Loic Didavi	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
Victory	III	Doubles (with Pedro Sousa)		Alexis Klegou / Loic Didavi	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chișinău, Moldova; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard(i) surface
Victory	II	Singles	Moldova	Maxim Dubarenco	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 6–1, 6–4
Victory	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)		Andrei Ciumac / Roman Borvanov	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Defeat	IV	Singles		Radu Albot	6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 9–11
2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	I	Singles	Slovenia	Janež Semrajč	6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)		Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja	3–6, 5–7, 6–7^(5–7)
Defeat	IV	Singles		Blaž Kavčič	5–7, 5–7, 2–6
1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	II	Singles	Russia	Evgeny Donskoy	6–7^(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)		Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Rublev	3–6, 4–6, 4–6
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Centro Desportivo do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	I	Singles	Morocco	Yassine Idmbarek	6–0, 6–0, 6–2
Victory	III	Doubles (with Frederico Ferreira Silva)		Lamine Ouahab / Younès Rachidi	7–6^(8–6), 6–0, 6–1
4–1; 17–19 July 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Finland	Henrik Sillanpää	6–0, 6–2, 6–0
Victory	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)		Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3, 6–4
Victory	IV	Singles		Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
3–2; 18–20 September 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Clay surface
Defeat	I	Singles	Belarus	Egor Gerasimov	6–0, 6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Victory	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)		Sergey Betov / Max Mirnyi	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
Victory	IV	Singles		Uladzimir Ignatik	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
1–4; 4–6 March 2016; Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	I	Singles	Austria	Gerald Melzer	6–1, 7–5, 6–2
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Gastão Elias)		Alexander Peya / Dominic Thiem	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 3–6, 4–6
Defeat	IV	Singles		Dominic Thiem	2–6, 4–6, 2–6

References

General sources

Information about career finals and earnings, Grand Slam seedings, singles and doubles performance timelines, head-to-head records against top-20 players, and national team participation have been taken from these sources:

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