Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida

Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
	Pucinelli de Almeida at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Barueri, Brazil
Born	1 April 2001 (age 23); Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-Handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Rafael Pacioaroni
Prize money	$246,081
Singles
Career record	3–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 190 (26 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 274 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023)
French Open	Q1 (2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2022)
US Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 251 (9 May 2022)
Current ranking	No. 354 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	W (2019)
	Last updated on: 1 April 2024.

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

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

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

National representation

Davis Cup

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

Singles: 8 (5–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (4–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–3)
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
Win	2–1	May 2021	M15 Cairo, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Simon Anthony Ivanov	7–5, 1–0 ret.
Win	3–1	May 2021	M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia-Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Francesco Forti	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	3–2	May 2021	M15 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Hernan Casanova	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–1	Sep 2022	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Moreno de Alboran	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	May 2023	Coquimbo, Chile	Challenger	Clay	João Lucas Reis da Silva	7–6^(7–1), 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
Win	4–2	Oct 2024	M25 Lajeado, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

External links

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[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".

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v t e Association of Tennis Professionals Top Brazilian male singles tennis players
As of Nov 3, 2024
1. Thiago Seyboth Wild (76 1) 2. Thiago Monteiro (100 ) 3. Joao Fonseca (150 1) 4. Felipe Meligeni Alves (165 15) 5. Gustavo Heide (168 2)
6. Karue Sell (272 2) 7. Mateus Alves (279 1) 8. Pedro Sakamoto (293 3) 9. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida (323 5) 10. Daniel Dutra da Silva (341 )