João Magalhães Hueb de Menezes (born 17 December 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.

João Menezes
Full nameJoão Magalhães Hueb de Menezes
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceUberaba, Brazil
Born (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 27)
Uberaba, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPatricio Arnold
Prize money$323,672
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 172 (17 February 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021)
French OpenQ3 (2021)
WimbledonQ2 (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 256 (14 June 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open JuniorF (2014)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Men's singles
Last updated on: 25 September 2023.

Menezes has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 172 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 488 achieved on 3 February 2020.

Menezes has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title at the 2019 Samarkand Challenger as well as a total of 12 ITF Futures titles (5 singles and 7 doubles).[1]

Menezes won the gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, defeating Chilean Tomás Barrios in the final.

He qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2014 US Open Hard   Rafael Matos   Omar Jasika
  Naoki Nakagawa
3–6, 6–7(6–8)

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles edit

Current through the 2022 French Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A Q2 Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A NH Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q3 A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A NH Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Monte-Carlo Masters A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
National representation
Davis Cup Z1 A A 0 / 1 0–1
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 Career
Tournaments 1 0 2 0 3
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–3
Year-end ranking 189 194 250 0%

Davis Cup edit

Legend
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
Group I (0–1)
Group II (0)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)
Rubber outcome Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
 3–1; 13–14 September 2019; Sociedade Recreativa Mampituba, Criciúma, Brazil; Group I Americas; Clay surface
Defeat I Singles   Barbados Darian King 6–3, 4–6, 2–6

Challenger and Futures finals edit

Singles: 10 (6–4) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (5–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2015 USA F8, Plantation Futures Clay   Patricio Heras 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2015 Colombia F1, Pereira Futures Clay   Emilio Gómez 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–2 Nov 2015 Brazil F7, Santa Maria Futures Clay   Orlando Luz 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–2 Oct 2016 Ecuador F2, Quito Futures Clay   Federico Zeballos 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win 3–2 Sep 2017 Spain F28, Oviedo Futures Clay   Eduard Esteve Lobato 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–2 Apr 2018 Nigeria F1, Abuja Futures Hard   Markus Eriksson 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Apr 2018 Nigeria F2, Abuja Futures Hard   Maximilian Neuchrist 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win 5–3 May 2018 Nigeria F3, Abuja Futures Hard   Arjun Kadhe 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–3 May 2019 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Corentin Moutet 7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7)
Loss 6–4 Jul 2019 Binghamton, USA Challenger Hard   Yūichi Sugita 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (8–2) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF Futures Tour (7–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2013 Brazil F8, Caxias do Sul Futures Clay   Evaldo Neto   Fabrício Neis
  João Pedro Sorgi
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Mar 2015 USA F9, Sunrise Futures Clay   Rafael Matos   Bruno Sant'Anna
  Thales Turini
7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Win 2–1 May 2015 Colombia F1, Pereira Futures Clay   João Walendowsky   Felipe Escobar
  Juan Sebastián Gómez
6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Win 3–1 Oct 2016 Colombia F4, Valledupar Futures Hard   Rafael Matos   José Daniel Bendeck
  Gregorio Cordonnier
6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 4–1 Oct 2016 Ecuador F1, Quito Futures Clay   Rafael Matos   Matías Franco Descotte
  Raleigh Smith
6–1, 6–4
Win 5–1 Dec 2016 Uruguay F2, Paysandú Futures Clay   Rafael Matos   Oscar José Gutierrez
  Nicolas Santos
6–0, 6–4
Win 6–1 Sep 2017 Spain F28, Oviedo Futures Clay   Franco Agamenone   Viktor Durasovic
  Miguel Semmler
7–5, 6–3
Win 7–1 Oct 2017 Egypt F31, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard   David Jordà Sanchis   Youssef Hossam
  Antonio Massara
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 8-1 Sep 2020 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Treat Huey
  Nathaniel Lammons
6-2, 6–2
Loss 8-2 Aug 2021 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Zdeněk Kolář
  Luis David Martínez
6-1, 3–6, [3-10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Joao Menezes Tennis Player Profile | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  2. ^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-27.

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