Duarte Vale (born 11 January 1999) is a Portuguese tennis player.

Duarte Vale
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25)
Cascais, Portugal
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeFlorida
Prize money$53,844
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 476 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 580 (20 November 2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 366 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 494 (20 November 2023)
Last updated on: 20 November 2023.

Vale has a career high ATP singles ranking of 476 achieved on 12 June 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 366 achieved on 12 June 2023.[1]

Career edit

Vale reached the final of the Australian Open junior doubles tournament in 2017 with Finn Reynolds, losing to Hsu Yu-hsiou and Zhao Lingxi.[2]

Vale made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Estoril Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Ben Shelton. Vale played college tennis with Shelton at the University of Florida.[3]

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals edit

Singles: 6 (2–4) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Luciano Darderi 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2021 M15 Naples, USA World Tennis Tour Clay   Shang Juncheng 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–2 Jun 2022 M15 San Diego, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Nathan Ponwith 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–5
Loss 1–3 Sep 2022 M25 Sintra, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Mukund Sasikumar 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 0–6
Win 2–3 Apr 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Li Tu 6–3, 3–0, ret.
Loss 2–4 Oct 2023 M15 Norman, USA World Tennis Tour Hard (i)   Learner Tien 6–7(6–8), 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4–2) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2021 M15 Naples, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Johannes Ingildsen   Bruno Kuzuhara
  Abedallah Shelbayh
4–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2021 M15 Vero Beach, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Johannes Ingildsen   Liam Draxl
  Ben Shelton
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Nov 2021 M25 Austin, USA World Tennis Tour Hard   Alfredo Perez   Philip Henning
  Joubert Klopper
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Win 3–1 Jul 2022 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Martim Leote Prata   Pedro Araújo
  Jaime Faria
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Sep 2022 M25 Sintra, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Alfredo Perez   Fábio Coelho
  Jaime Faria
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 4–2 Jul 2023 M25 Porto, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Diego Fernández Flores   Arthur Fery
  Stuart Parker
1–6, 3–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Duarte Vale | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Kiwi junior narrowly beaten in Australian Open final". NZ Herald.
  3. ^ "Duarte Vale – Men's Tennis". Florida Gators.

External links edit