José Pereira (tennis)

José Pereira
Full name	José Pereira Jr
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	26 January 1991 (age 33); Santana do Ipanema, Brazil
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$179,929
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 232 (14 September 2015)
Current ranking	No. 393 (19 September 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 260 (10 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 913 (19 September 2022)

José Pereira (born 26 January 1991), also known as Zé Pereira, is a Brazilian professional tennis player.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Early life

Born in Santana do Ipanema, Pereira moved to Curitiba as a young child. His father, José Sr, was originally a sugarcane cutter but got work in Curitiba at a tennis academy and eventually the entire family got involved in tennis. Teliana Pereira, José's elder sister, competed on the WTA Tour.^[3]

Tennis career

Pereira had a world ranking as high as four on the ITF Junior Circuit and was a two-time winner of the Copa Gerdau. In 2010 he won his first ITF Futures title.^[4] He attained his career high ranking of 232 in the world in 2015 and featured in the qualifying draw for the 2016 Australian Open. Injuries have hampered his progress in recent seasons but in 2022 he secured his first singles title for five years.^[5]

ATP Challenger/ITF Tour finals

Singles: 30 (12–18)

Legend
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12–18)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (8–16)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	Brazil F3, Uberlândia	Futures	Clay	Julio Silva	6-4, 3-6, 3-6
Win	1–1	Apr 2010	Brazil F2, Bauru	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Kon	6-4, 6-3
Win	2–1	Jul 2011	Brazil F21, Curitiba	Futures	Hard	Tiago Lopes	7-64, 6-2
Loss	2–2	Feb 2012	Brazil F7, Lages	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Apr 2012	Argentina F5, Villa Del Dique	Futures	Clay	Renzo Olivo	5-7, 7-67, 4-6
Win	3–3	Aug 2012	Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Santos	6-3, 6-74, 6-3
Loss	3–4	Sep 2012	Brazil F24, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Thales Turini	6-72, 6-4, 6-75
Loss	3–5	Jun 2013	Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Blaž Rola	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Win	4–5	Aug 2013	Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Thales Turini	6-3, 6-1
Loss	4–6	Aug 2013	Brazil F5, Natal	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Loss	4–7	Sep 2013	São José do Rio Preto, Brazil F10	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	6–3, 5–7, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	5–7	Dec 2013	Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	7-5, 6-75, 6-2
Loss	5–8	Feb 2014	Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–9	Oct 2014	Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6-74, 4-6
Loss	5–10	Oct 2014	Chile F6, Villa Alemana	Futures	Clay	Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan	6-77, 3-6
Win	6-10	Jan 2015	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	4–6, 3–6
Loss	6–11	Jan 2015	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Miliaan Niesten	1-6, 6-2, 3-6
Win	7–11	Jan 2015	Turkey F4, ?	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Bellotti	5-7, 6-4, 2-6
Loss	7–12	Mar 2015	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	5-7, 6-72
Win	8–12	Jun 2015	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Jean-Marc Werner	6-1, 6-2
Loss	8–13	Aug 2015	Colombia F6, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Struvay	6–2, 7–5
Loss	8–14	Aug 2015	Colombia F7, Bucaramanga	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Win	9–14	Nov 2015	Brazil F9, Sao Paulo	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	6-3, 6-1
Loss	9–15	Jun 2016	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Pedro Sousa	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	10–15	Jul 2016	Brazil F4, Campos do Jorda	Futures	Clay	Mateo Nicolas Martinez	7-5, 7-5
Win	11–15	Nov 2017	Brazil F3, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Bernardo Saraiva	4–6, 3–6
Loss	11–16	Aug 2021	M25 Guayaquil	Futures	Clay	Cristian Rodriguez	3-6, 6-73
Loss	11–17	Sep 2021	M15 Recife	Futures	Clay	Gustavo Heide	4-6, 2-6
Win	12–17	Jun 2022	Frascati M15	Futures	Clay	Manuel Mazza	6-3, 6-0
Loss	12–18	Aug 2022	M25 Portoviejo	Futures	Clay	Matias Soto	3-6, 6-74

Doubles: 33 (19–14)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–4)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (19–10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	?–?	May 2010	Brazil F5, Teresina	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Bonatto	Luis Díaz Barriga Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	?–?	Oct 2010	Brazil F29, São Leopoldo	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Fernando Romboli Nicolas Santos	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–1	Apr 2011	Santos, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gerald Melzer	André Sá Franco Ferreiro	6–3, 6–3
Win	?–?	Sep 2011	Brazil F29, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Bruno Semenzato	Diego Matos Nicolas Santos	6-3, 7-5
Loss	0–2	Jan 2012	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Jozef Kovalík	Fernando Romboli Júlio Silva	7–5, 6–2
Loss	?–?	May 2012	Brazil F9, Goiânia	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Nicolas Santos Ricardo Siggia	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	?–?	May 2012	Brazil F10, Manaus	Futures	Clay (i)	Fabrício Neis	Guilherme Clezar Andrea Collarini	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	9–12	Jul 2012	Brazil F18, Pelotas	Futures	Clay	Diego Matos	Thales Turini Fabrício Neis	6–4, 6–2
Win	?–?	Aug 2012	Lorena, Brazil F20	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Caio Silva Thales Turini	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	?–?	Aug 2012	Brazil F21, Sao Jose do Rio Prieto	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estevez	Fabiano De Paula Bruno Sant'Anna	6-2, 6-1
Loss	?–?	Jun 2013	Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Moreno Figueroa	Jonas Lütjen Yannick Hanfmann	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), [10–8]
Win	?–?	Aug 2013	Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Nicolas Santos	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Win	?–?	Aug 2013	Brazil F4, ?	Futures	Clay	Jose Hernandez-Fernandez	Victor Maynard Rafael Rondino	6-1, 6-1
Loss	?–?	Aug 2013	Campos do Jordão, Brazil F6	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	João Pedro Sorgi André Miele	6–4, 6–4
Win	?–?	Sep 2013	Brazil F9, Belém	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fernando Romboli Rafael Camilo	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(9–11)
Win	?–?	Oct 2013	Brazil F10, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Eduardo Dischinger Bruno Sant'Anna	6-1, 7-61
Loss	?–?	Dec 2013	Brazil F19, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Rafael Camilo	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	?–?	Dec 2013	Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Guillermo Durán Christian Lindell	5–7, 3–6
Win	?–?	Jan 2014	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Alberto Brizzi Gianluca Naso	6-3, 1-6, [10-1]
Win	?–?	Jan 2014	Egypt F2, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Stefano Travaglia Lorenzo Frigerio	6–1, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	?–?	Feb 2014	Egypt F3, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	Miljan Zekić Arsenije Zlatanović	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	?–?	Oct 2014	Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	6–1, 6–1
Win	?–?	Oct 2014	Chile F5, Coquimbo	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Víctor Núñez Hans Podlipnik Castillo	5–7, 6–2, [13–11]
Win	?–?	Nov 2015	Brazil F8, Campos do Jordao	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Pedro Bernardi Pedro Sakamoto	6-3, 6-2
Loss	0–3	Apr 2016	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Caio Zampieri	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	?–?	Jul 2016	Netherlands F4, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	David Pel	Miliaan Niesten Boy Westerhof	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	?–?	Jul 2017	Austria F4, St. Poelten	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Matthias Haim Philipp Schroll	6-3, 6-3
Win	?–?	Aug 2017	Germany F9, Essen	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Elmar Ejupovic Christian Hirschmueller	6-2, 6-2
Loss	?–?	Sep 2017	Argentina F6, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Maximiliano Estévez Facundo Argüello	7–5, 6–1
Loss	0–4	Oct 2017	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	6–1, 6–1
Loss	?–?	Oct 2018	Brazil F6, Curitiba	Futures	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	Bernardo Azevedo Pereira e Oliveira Eduardo Ribeiro	6-4, 2-6, [9-11]
Win	?–?	Oct 2019	M15 Sao Paulo	Futures	Clay	Igor Marcondes	Bastian Malla Michel Vernier	7-65, 4-6, [11-9]
Win	?–?	Feb 2022	M15 Naples, Naples, FL	Futures	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	Colin Markes Kiranpal Pannu	0-6, 6-2, [14-12]