Rafael Matos
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Matos at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
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Full name | Rafael Fabris de Matos |
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Country (sports) | Brazil |
Residence | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Born | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
6 January 1996
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) | Franco Ferreiro |
Prize money | $431,945 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 440 (21 May 2018) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 1R (2014) |
French Open Junior | 1R (2013, 2014) |
Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2014) |
US Open Junior | 2R (2013, 2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 51–29 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 27 (14 November 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 29 (16 January 2023) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2022, 2023) |
French Open | QF (2022) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2023) |
French Open | 2R (2022) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Last updated on: 27 January 2023. |
Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.
Matos has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 440 achieved on 21 May 2018.
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Career
2019-2020: ATP debut
Matos made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partnering Igor Marcondes.[1]
At the 2020 Rio Open, Matos alongside Orlando Luz defeated the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World No. 1, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah 6–1, 4–6, [10–8].[2]
2021-2022: Major debut & win, First ATP title & top 30 debut
In February 2021, Matos won his first ATP Tour doubles title alongside Felipe Meligeni Alves at the ATP 250 Córdoba Open defeating Romain Arneodo and Benoît Paire. He reached the top 100 in doubles on 3 May 2021 at World No. 99.
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with compatriot Thiago Monteiro where they reached the second round.
In February 2022, Matos won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Chile Open alongside Meligeni Alves.
In April 2022, Matos won his third ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II alongside spaniard David Vega Hernández. At the 2022 BMW Open he reached his second final with Vega Hernández and fifth overall.[3]
At the 2022 French Open on his debut at this Major, the pair reached the third round with a win over Łukasz Kubot and Édouard Roger-Vasselin but not before defeating 13th seeded pair of Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair of Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer. As a result he made his debut in the top 50 in the rankings at world No. 43 on 6 June 2022.
Matos reached the top 30 on 31 October 2022 following a fifth title for the season at the 2022 Sofia Open and a final showing at the ATP 500 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with Vega Hernández. He ended 2022 with 6 ATP titles already obtained in his career, and having reached the rank of n.27 in the world in November.
2023: Grand Slam title
By playing the mixed doubles of the 2023 Australian Open with fellow Brazilian Luisa Stefani, they won the title of this Grand Slam, an unprecedented feat both for a 100% Brazilian duo and for each of the two individually.[4]
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2023 | Australian Open | Hard | Luisa Stefani | Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna |
7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2021 | Córdoba Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Romain Arneodo Benoît Paire |
6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2021 | Belgrade Open, Serbia | 250 Series | Clay | André Göransson | Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski |
4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Feb 2022 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | André Göransson Nathaniel Lammons |
7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 3–1 | Apr 2022 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | David Vega Hernández | Andrea Vavassori Jan Zieliński |
6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 3–2 | May 2022 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | David Vega Hernández | Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies |
6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2022 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | 250 Series | Grass | David Vega Hernández | Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar |
7–67–5, 6–76–8, [10–1] |
Win | 5–2 | Jul 2022 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | David Vega Hernández | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini |
6–4, 3–6, [13–11] |
Win | 6–2 | Oct 2022 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | David Vega Hernández | Fabian Fallert Oscar Otte |
3–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Loss | 6–3 | Oct 2022 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | David Vega Hernández | Mackenzie McDonald Marcelo Melo |
4–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 9 (4–5)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2014 | Brazil F15, Foz do Iguaçu | Futures | Clay | Fabrício Neis | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2017 | Spain F14, Vic | Futures | Clay | Pedro Cachin | 4–6, 6–0, 1–0r |
Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2017 | Spain F25, Vigo | Futures | Clay | Marc Giner | 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 2–2 | Nov 2017 | Brazil F2, Santos | Futures | Clay | Wilson Leite | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 3–2 | May 2018 | Brazil F2, São Paulo | Futures | Clay | Gonzalo Villanueva | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 4–2 | May 2019 | Tunisia M15, Tabarka | Futures | Clay | Orlando Luz | 7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–3 | May 2019 | Valldoreix M15, Valldoreix | Futures | Clay | Orlando Luz | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2019 | São José do Rio Preto M15, São José do Rio Preto | Futures | Clay | Juan Pablo Ficovich | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2019 | São Paulo M15, São Paulo | Futures | Clay | Bastian Malla | 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 20 (11–8)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2019 | Campinas, Brasil | Challenger | Clay | Orlando Luz | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Fernando Romboli |
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 2–0 | Jan 2020 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Orlando Luz | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo Thiago Agustín Tirante |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Mar 2020 | Monterrey, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Orlando Luz | Karol Drzewiecki Gonçalo Oliveira |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [9–11] |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2020 | Iași, Romania | Challenger | Clay | João Menezes | Treat Huey Nathaniel Lammons |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–1 | Feb 2021 | Concepcion, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Orlando Luz | Sergio Galdós Diego Hidalgo |
7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–2 | Mar 2021 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Luis David Martinez Gonçalo Oliveira |
5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 5-2 | Apr 2021 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | Orlando Luz | Sekou Bangoura Donald Young |
7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Loss | 5–3 | May 2021 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | André Göransson Nathaniel Lammons |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Win | 6-3 | Aug 2021 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Orlando Luz | Sergio Galdós Renzo Olivo |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 6-4 | Aug 2021 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | João Menezes | Zdeněk Kolář Luis David Martínez |
6–1, 3–6, [3–10] |
Win | 7-4 | Aug 2021 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Luis David Martínez Andrea Vavassori |
6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6] |
Loss | 7–5 | Sep 2021 | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Dustin Brown Andrea Vavassori |
6–7(5–7), 1–6 |
Win | 8-5 | Nov 2021 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Ignacio Carou Luciano Darderi |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 9-5 | Nov 2021 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Gilbert Klier Júnior Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 9–6 | Nov 2021 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Nicolás Barrientos Alejandro Gómez |
w/o |
Loss | 9–7 | Dec 2021 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Martín Cuevas | Nicolás Barrientos Alejandro Gómez |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 10-7 | Dec 2021 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Orlando Luz | James Cerretani Fernando Romboli |
6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 10-8 | Apr 2022 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | David Vega Hernández | Adam Pavlásek Igor Zelenay |
3-6, 6-3, [6-10] |
Win | 11-8 | May 2022 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | David Vega Hernández | Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński |
6-4, 6-0 |
National representation
Davis Cup
Matos was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon in doubles.[5] Matos alongside Marcelo Demoliner made his debut in Davis Cup against Benjamin Hassan and Habib Hady and won in three sets at the third rubber of that tie. Later, the Brazilian team confirmed the 4-0 tie and advanced into the 2022 Davis Cup Qualifying Round.[6] Currently, Matos sports a 1–0 record in Davis Cup matches. He has played only doubles matches thus far.
All Davis Cup Matches: 1–0 (Doubles: 1–0) | |||||||||
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2020 Davis Cup World Group I | |||||||||
Round | Date | Opponent | Final match score | Location | Surface | Match | Partner | Opponents | Rubber Score |
WGI | September 18–19, 2021 | Lebanon | 2–1 | Jounieh | Clay | Doubles 3 | Marcelo Demoliner | Benjamin Hassan Habib Hady |
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | US Open | Hard | João Menezes | Omar Jasika Naoki Nakagawa |
3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
References
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External links
- Rafael Matos at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Rafael Matos at the International Tennis FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).