Luiz Mattar

Luiz Mattar

Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	São Paulo, Brazil
Born	August 18, 1963 São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,493,136
Singles
Career record	191–178 (ATP Tour, Grand Prix tour and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 29 (May 1, 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1993)
French Open	3R (1986)
Wimbledon	2R (1991)
US Open	3R (1990, 1991)
Doubles
Career record	104–111 (ATP Tour, Grand Prix tour and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 55 (January 7, 1991)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (1992)

Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1985–1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles (in 1989) and World No. 55 in doubles (in 1991). His career prize money totalled $1,493,136.

Career finals

Singles (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (7)

Titles by Surface Hard (4) Grass (0) Clay (1) Carpet (2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	January 26, 1987	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Cássio Motta	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	November 9, 1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Yzaga	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	November 23, 1987	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	January 25, 1988	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	February 6, 1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Jimmy Brown	7–6, 6–4
Winner	4.	April 10, 1989	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet	Martín Jaite	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	February 5, 1990	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Martín Jaite	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	April 2, 1990	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet	Andrew Sznajder	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	November 9, 1992	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Oncins	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	February 21, 1994	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	4–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	May 9, 1994	Coral Springs, USA	Clay	Jamie Morgan	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (4)

Titles by Surface Hard (2) Grass (0) Clay (3) Carpet (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	January 26, 1987	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Cássio Motta	Martin Hipp Tore Meinecke	7–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	September 14, 1987	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Ricardo Acioly	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	February 5, 1990	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Cássio Motta	Javier Frana Gustavo Luza	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	June 11, 1990	Florence, Italy	Clay	Diego Pérez	Sergi Bruguera Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	October 22, 1990	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Mark Koevermans	Shelby Cannon Alfonso Mora	7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Winner	3.	December 31, 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Nicolás Pereira	John Letts Jaime Oncins	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	April 29, 1991	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Gustavo Luza Cássio Motta	0–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	May 20, 1991	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	April 13, 1992	Tampa, USA	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	June 8, 1992	Florence, Italy	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	Royce Deppe Brent Haygarth	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	5.	October 31, 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 6–4

External links

• Luiz Mattar at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Luiz Mattar at the International Tennis Federation
• Luiz Mattar at the Davis Cup