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Joao Souza

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Joao Souza is a retired tennis player who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 69 on April 6, 2015.

75ATP Tour matches since 2007

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET

Titles0since 2007 Grand Slam titles0since 2007 Career highNo. 69Apr 6, 2015 Agatha's recordNone yetno graded calls on him yet

About Joao Souza

Joao Souza was born on May 27, 1988, in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. He played right-handed with a two-handed backhand and turned pro in 2006. Andres Schneiter and Ricardo Acioly coached him. A career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 69 came on April 6, 2015, and Souza retired in 2020.

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Agatha Research DeskUpdated Oct 5, 2026

Match history75

Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.

2017: 1-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Mar 2	ATP Brasil Open	Round 2	Pablo Carreno Busta	L	4-6, 2-6	Clay
Feb 28	ATP Brasil Open	Round 1	Horacio Zeballos	W	6-2, 7-6(3)	Clay
Feb 21	ATP Rio Open	Round 1	Pablo Carreno Busta	L	3-6, 2-6	Clay
Feb 7	ATP Ecuador Open Quito	Round 1	Federico Gaio	L	7-5, 4-6, 5-7	Clay

2016: 1-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Feb 20	Brasil Open		Roberto Carballes Baena	L	4-6, 6-3, 3-6	Clay
Feb 16	ATP & WTA Rio Open	Round 1	Diego Schwartzman	L	3-6, 2-6	Clay
Feb 4	Ecuador Open Quito	Round 2	Feliciano Lopez	L	6-4, 6-7(5), 2-6	Clay
Feb 2	Ecuador Open Quito	Round 1	Facundo Arguello	W	6-3, 7-6(7)	Clay

2015: 6-16

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Aug 31	US Open	Round 1	Novak Djokovic	L	1-6, 1-6, 1-6	Hard
Aug 24	Winston-Salem Open	Round 1	Malek Jaziri	L	3-6, 4-6	Hard
Aug 4	Generali Open	Round 1	Andreas Haider-Maurer	L	6-7(2), 4-6	Clay
Jul 28	EFG Swiss Open Gstaad	Round 1	Stephane Robert	L	1-6, 4-6	Clay
Jul 20	Nordea Open	Round 1	Christian Lindell	L	2-6, 6-3, 4-6	Clay
Jun 29	Wimbledon	Round 1	Santiago Giraldo	L	4-6, 3-6, 2-6	Grass
May 26	French Open	Round 1	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	L	6-7(5), 4-6, 4-6	Clay
May 17	Gonet Geneva Open	Round 1	Joao Sousa	L	5-7, 3-6	Clay
Apr 29	BMW Open by American Express	Round 1	Pablo Andujar	L	4-6, 4-6	Clay
Apr 20	Barcelona Open	Round 1	Mikhail Kukushkin	L	1-6, 0-6	Clay
Apr 7	Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship	Round 1	Jack Sock	L	7-5, 4-6, 2-6	Clay
Feb 20	ATP Rio Open	Quarterfinal	Andreas Haider-Maurer	L	6-7(4), 6-1, 4-6	Clay

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Feb 18	ATP Rio Open	Round 2	Blaz Rola	W	6-4, 6-7(9), 6-4	Clay
Feb 17	ATP Rio Open	Round 1	Facundo Arguello	W	6-2, 6-1	Clay
Feb 14	Brasil Open	Semifinal	Luca Vanni	L	4-6, 7-6(5), 4-6	Clay
Feb 13	Brasil Open	Quarterfinal	Leonardo Mayer	W	6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Clay
Feb 12	Brasil Open	Round 2	Martin Klizan	W	3-6, 6-3, 6-2	Clay
Feb 10	Brasil Open	Round 1	Pablo Carreno Busta	W	6-2, 7-6(6)	Clay
Feb 3	Ecuador Open Quito	Round 1	Alejandro Falla	L	7-6(3), 1-6, 4-6	Clay
Jan 20	Australian Open	Round 1	Ivan Dodig	L	4-6, 5-7, 4-6	Hard
Jan 7	Qatar Open	Round 2	Andreas Seppi	L	5-7, 2-6	Hard
Jan 6	Qatar Open	Round 1	Malek Jaziri	W	3-6, 6-4, 6-3	Hard

2014: 1-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 28	ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel	Round 1	Dominic Thiem	L	6-7(4), 6-3, 5-7	Clay
Feb 26	ATP Brasil Open	Round 2	Albert Montanes	L	4-6, 3-2 ret. (ret.)	Clay
Feb 24	ATP Brasil Open	Round 1	Robin Haase	W	7-5, 6-4	Clay
Feb 17	ATP Rio Open 500	Round 1	Facundo Bagnis	L	5-7, 6-2, 2-6	Clay

2013: 2-4

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 23	ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad	Round 1	Robin Haase	L	4-6, 6-7(7)	Clay
Jul 9	ATP SkiStar Swedish Open	Round 1	Viktor Troicki	L	4-6, 2-6	Clay
May 7	ATP Mutua Madrid Open	Round 1	Benoit Paire	L	1-6, 6-7(0)	Clay
Feb 14	ATP Brasil Open	Round 2	Rafael Nadal	L	3-6, 4-6	Clay
Feb 13	ATP Brasil Open	Round 1	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	W	7-6(6) ret. (ret.)	Clay
Feb 9	ATP Brasil Open		Dustin Brown	W	7-6(1), 6-3	Clay

2012: 5-9

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 22	ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel	Round 1	Wayne Odesnik	L	7-5, 4-6, 3-6	Clay
Jul 11	ATP SkiStar Swedish Open	Round 2	Tommy Robredo	L	3-6, 1-6	Clay
Jul 10	ATP SkiStar Swedish Open	Round 1	Horacio Zeballos	W	6-4, 6-2	Clay
May 27	French Open	Round 1	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	L	3-6, 0-2 ret. (ret.)	Clay
May 4	ATP Serbia Open	Quarterfinal	David Nalbandian	L	3-6, 2-6	Clay
May 2	ATP Serbia Open	Round 2	Dusan Lajovic	W	4-2 ret. (ret.)	Clay
May 1	ATP Serbia Open	Round 1	Ryan Harrison	W	6-3, 6-3	Clay
Apr 24	ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy	Round 1	Fabio Fognini	L	5-7, 6-7(5)	Clay
Apr 11	ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships	Round 1	Kevin Anderson	L	3-6, 4-6	Clay
Feb 14	ATP Brasil Open	Round 1	Lizette Cabrera	L	3-6, 3-6	Clay
Feb 3	ATP VTR Open	Quarterfinal	Juan Ignacio Chela	L	7-5, 6-7(6), 1-6	Clay
Feb 2	ATP VTR Open	Round 2	Fernando Gonzalez	W	6-3, 7-6(6)	Clay

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Jan 30	ATP VTR Open	Round 1	Filippo Volandri	W	1-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)	Clay
Jan 16	Australian Open	Round 1	Matthew Ebden	L	3-6, 6-7(1), 2-6	Hard

2011: 7-9

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Sep 27	ATP PTT Thailand Open	Round 1	Yen-Hsun Lu	L	2-6, 5-7	Hard
Sep 23	ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy	Quarterfinal	Filippo Volandri	L	2-6, 0-6	Clay
Sep 22	ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy	Round 2	Adrian Ungur	W	4-6, 7-6(6), 6-1	Clay
Sep 19	ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy	Round 1	Tommy Robredo	W	6-4, 7-6(5)	Clay
Aug 31	US Open	Round 1	Robby Ginepri	L	3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 1-6	Hard
Aug 5	ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel	Semifinal	Robin Haase	L	1-6, 7-6(3), 4-6	Clay
Aug 4	ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel	Quarterfinal	Pablo Andujar	W	6-3, 6-4	Clay
Aug 4	ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel	Round 2	Diego Junquiera	W	6-2, 6-2	Clay
Aug 2	ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel	Round 1	Jerzy Janowicz	W	6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3)	Clay
Jul 26	ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad	Round 1	Frederico Gil	L	6-4, 3-6, 4-6	Clay
Feb 15	ATP Copa Claro	Round 1	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	L	4-6, 0-6	Clay
Feb 15	ATP Copa Claro		Albert Ramos-Vinolas	L	4-6, 0-6	Clay

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Feb 8	ATP Brasil Open	Round 2	Nicolas Almagro	L	2-6, 2-6	Clay
Feb 7	ATP Brasil Open	Round 1	Guilherme Clezar	W	6-3, 6-2	Clay
Feb 2	ATP Movistar Open	Round 2	Maximo Gonzalez	L	6-4, 3-6, 1-6	Clay
Feb 1	ATP Movistar Open	Round 1	Pablo Cuevas	W	6-4, 7-5	Clay

2010: 3-2

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Feb 8	ATP Brasil Open	Round 1	Lizette Cabrera	L	6-7(5), 4-6	Clay
Feb 6	ATP Movistar Open	Semifinal	Juan Monaco	L	1-6, 4-6	Clay
Feb 4	ATP Movistar Open	Quarterfinal	Alberto Martin	W	6-2, 6-4	Clay
Feb 2	ATP Movistar Open	Round 2	Pere Riba	W	6-4, 6-4	Clay
Feb 1	ATP Movistar Open	Round 1	Simon Greul	W	3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)	Clay

How he is doing nowThrough Mar 2

Last 102-8LWLLLLLWLLNewest first. Lost his last match.

Mar 2vs Pablo Carreno BustaMar 2 - ATP Brasil Open, Round 2L4-6, 2-6
Feb 28vs Horacio ZeballosFeb 28 - ATP Brasil Open, Round 1W6-2, 7-6(3)
Feb 21vs Pablo Carreno BustaFeb 21 - ATP Rio Open, Round 1L3-6, 2-6
Feb 7vs Federico GaioFeb 7 - ATP Ecuador Open Quito, Round 1L7-5, 4-6, 5-7
Feb 20vs Roberto Carballes BaenaFeb 20 - Brasil OpenL4-6, 6-3, 3-6
Feb 16vs Diego SchwartzmanFeb 16 - ATP & WTA Rio Open, Round 1L3-6, 2-6

38years old

Turns 39 on May 27

Born May 27, 1988Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20

6 ft 4 in1.93 m

Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

Coach Andres Schneiter, Ricardo AciolyAndres Schneiter, Ricardo Acioly

Turned pro2006

Recent cashes

WONYesterday#232

Novak Djokovic to win+240

ATP - Novak Djokovic at Alexander Zverev

WON18h ago#298

Kyoka Okamura to win+186

WTA - Kyoka Okamura at Wei Sijia

WON14h ago#316

Yoshihito Nishioka to win+165

ATP - Yoshihito Nishioka at Aleksandr Shevchenko

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CareerPro since 2006

20years2006 to 2017

2010First ATP matchBeat Simon Greul, ATP Movistar Open
2015Career high No. 69Apr 6, 2015
Mar 2, 2017Latest matchLost to Pablo Carreno Busta, ATP Brasil Open

Grand Slam titles

AO0Round 1 (2015)0-2 in our records

RG0Round 1 (2015)0-2 in our records

WIM0Round 1 (2015)0-1 in our records

USO0Round 1 (2015)0-2 in our records

First ATP match

Feb 1, 2010: beat Simon Greul 3-6, 6-4, 7-6ATP Movistar Open, on clay

Latest match

Mar 2, 2017: lost to Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6, 2-6ATP Brasil Open, Round 2, on clay court

Most often against

The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.

Pablo Carreno Busta3 meetings, finals 0-0

1-2Souza trails

Last: Mar 2, 2017, ATP Brasil Open Round 2, lost

Robin Haase3 meetings, finals 0-0

1-2Souza trails

Last: Feb 24, 2014, ATP Brasil Open Round 1, won

Albert Ramos-Vinolas2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Souza trails

Last: Feb 15, 2011, ATP Copa Claro Round 1, lost

Andreas Haider-Maurer2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Souza trails

Last: Aug 4, 2015, Generali Open Round 1, lost

Facundo Arguello2 meetings, finals 0-0

2-0Souza leads

Last: Feb 2, 2016, Ecuador Open Quito Round 1, won

Filippo Volandri2 meetings, finals 0-0

1-1All square

Last: Jan 30, 2012, ATP VTR Open Round 1, won

Sources and updates

Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.