Thiago Alves (tennis)

Thiago Alves
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Florianópolis, Brazil
Born	May 22, 1982 (age 41); São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 739,459
Singles
Career record	7–27 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 88 (July 13, 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2007)
French Open	1R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	2R (2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	0–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 151 (October 30, 2006)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	1R (2013)
	Last updated on: 22 June 2018.

Thiago Hernandez Alves (Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃiˈaɡu ˈawvis]; born May 22, 1982) is a retired Brazilian professional tennis player who competed mainly on the ITF Tour. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 88, achieved in July 2009.

Tennis career edit

In Grand Slams edit

He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the U.S. Open in both 2006 and 2008, Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2009. In 2006, he beat No. 359 Mariano Zabaleta in the first round before losing to No. 22 Fernando Verdasco in the 2nd round.

2007 Win Over Moya edit

At the 2007 Brasil Open, Alves, roared on by his home crowd, scored a famous victory over No. 4 seed and former French Open champion Carlos Moyà. However, he fell to Juan Mónaco in the second round

2008 edit

Alves lost to Roger Federer in the second round of the US Open in three sets.

2009 edit

In the first round of the Johannesburg, SA Tennis Open he lost heavily to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He also lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Jérémy Chardy.

At Wimbledon he played in the first round as a lucky loser and defeated Andrei Pavel. He faced 8th seed Gilles Simon in the second round and won the first set but went on to lose.

Career titles edit

Singles (7) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (7)

Titles by surface
Hard (6)
Grass (0)
Clay (1)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	August 15, 2005	Manta, Ecuador	Hard	Lesley Joseph	6–4, 6–1
2.	October 10, 2005	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Marcos Daniel	1–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2
3.	July 31, 2006	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Hard	André Sá	6–3, 0–6, 6–4
4.	August 14, 2006	Manta, Ecuador	Hard	Brian Dabul	6–2, 6–2
5.	December 31, 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Carlos Berlocq	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
6.	January 8, 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Gastão Elias	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–1)
7.	March 18, 2012	Guadalajara, Mexico	Hard	Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 7–6^(6–4)

Doubles (3) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (3)

Titles by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (0)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
1.	January 2, 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Flávio Saretta	Lucas Engel André Ghem	7–6^(12–10), 6–3
2.	March 13, 2006	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Júlio Silva	André Ghem Alexandre Simoni	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
3.	August 8, 2010	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Franco Ferreiro	Brian Battistone Harsh Mankad	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

Runners-up edit

Singles (10) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (10)

Finals by surface
Hard (8)
Grass (0)
Clay (2)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponen	Score
1.	July 18, 2005	Tarzana, USA	Hard	Alex Bogomolov, Jr.	6–3, 6–2
2.	January 2, 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Flávio Saretta	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
3.	September 25, 2006	Gramado, Brazil	Hard	Franco Ferreiro	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–5 ret.
4.	August 4, 2008	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
5.	September 29, 2008	Aracaju, Brazil	Clay	Paul Capdeville	7–5, 6–4
6.	July 12, 2009	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Karol Beck	6–4, 6–3
7.	August 8, 2009	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Horacio Zeballos	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
8.	May 8, 2010	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Conor Niland	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3
9.	August 21, 2010	Salvador, Brazil	Hard	Ricardo Mello	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
10.	September 16, 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay	João Souza	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (7) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (7)

Finals by surface
Hard (2)
Grass (0)
Clay (5)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
1.	April 10, 2006	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Júlio Silva	Máximo González Sergio Roitman	6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
2.	March 5, 2007	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Franco Ferreiro	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–5, 7–6^(11–9)
3.	September 29, 2008	Aracaju, Brazil	Clay	João Souza	Juan-Martín Aranguren Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 6–4
4.	November 3, 2008	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	Sebastián Decoud Santiago Giraldo	6–4, 6–4
5.	October 4, 2009	Naples, Italy	Clay	Augusto Laranja	Guido Andreozzi Marcel Felder	6–3, 6–3
6.	May 12, 2012	Rio Quente, Brazil	Hard	Lukáš Rosol	Ivan Dodig Fred Gil	6–1, 6–3
7.	September 22, 2013	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	Guido Andreozzi Máximo González	6–4, 6–4

External links edit

Thiago Alves at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Thiago Alves at the International Tennis Federation
Thiago Alves at the Davis Cup

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