Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida

Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida (born 1 April 2001) is a Brazilian tennis player.

Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
Pucinelli de Almeida at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceBarueri, Brazil
Born (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23)
Campinas, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-Handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachRafael Pacioaroni
Prize money$246,081
Singles
Career record3–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 190 (26 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 274 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2022)
WimbledonQ2 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 251 (9 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 354 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorW (2019)
Last updated on: 1 April 2024.

Pucinelli de Almeida has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 190 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 251 achieved on 9 May 2022.

Pucinelli de Almeida won the 2019 French Open – Boys' doubles title.[1]

Career edit

Pucinelli de Almeida made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Chile Open after receiving entry from the qualifying draw.

National representation edit

Davis Cup edit

Puccinelli was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon.[2] Pucinelli made his debut in Davis Cup against Roey Tabet and won in straight sets which allowed the Brazilian team to confirm the 4–0 tie and advance into the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round.[3] Currently, Puccinelli sports a 1–0 record in Davis Cup matches. He has played only singles matches thus far.

All Davis Cup Matches: 1–0 (Singles: 1–0)
2020 Davis Cup World Group I
Round Date Opponent Final match score Location Surface Match Opponent Rubber Score
WGI September 18–19, 2021   Lebanon 2–0 Jounieh Clay Singles 4 Roey Tabet 6–0, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 7 (4-3) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (1-1)
ITF Futures (3-2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4-3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Miljan Zekic 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Miljan Zekic 1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 2022 Braga, Portugal Challenger Clay   Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 May 2023 Coquimbo, Chile Challenger Clay   João Lucas Reis da Silva 7–6(7–1), 6–7(4–7), 6–4

Doubles: 6 (3–3) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2018 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay   João Lucas Reis da Silva   Bart Stevens
  Marc Dijkhuizen
6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 M15 Balatonalmadi, Hungary World Tennis Tour Clay   João Lucas Reis da Silva   Lenny Hampel
  Neil Oberleitner
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 2–1 Sep 2019 M15 Champaign, United States World Tennis Tour Hard   Alex Blumenberg   Zachary Svajda
  Kareem Al Allaf
5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–1 Nov 2020 M15 Quinta Do Lago, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   João Lucas Reis da Silva   Jonathan Binding
  Yann Wojcik
7–6(7–3), 6–1
Loss 3–2 Mar 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   João Lucas Reis da Silva   Matias Zukas
  Raúl Brancaccio
5–7, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Apr 2021 M15 Villa María, Argentina World Tennis Tour Clay   João Lucas Reis da Silva   M N Martinez
  Gonzalo Villanueva
3–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam Finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2019   French Open Clay   Thiago Agustín Tirante   Flavio Cobolli
  Dominic Stricker
7–6(7–3), 6–4

References edit

  1. ^ "Otro argentino hizo historia en Roland Garros". June 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "TenisBrasil - Em grande fase, Pucinelli comemora vaga na Davis".
  3. ^ "Brasil vence o Líbano e avança aos playoffs da Copa Davis - Gazeta Esportiva".

External links edit