Rafael Matos
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Full name | Rafael Fabris de Matos |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Born | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 6 January 1996
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2011 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Franco Ferreiro |
Prize money | $838,041 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Highest ranking | No. 440 (21 May 2018) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 88–62 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 9 |
Highest ranking | No. 26 (6 February 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 37 (22 July 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2024) |
French Open | QF (2022) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2022, 2024) |
US Open | 2R (2023, 2024) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2023) |
French Open | QF (2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022, 2023, 2024) |
US Open | 1R (2022, 2024) |
Last updated on: 22 July 2024. |
Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 26 achieved on 6 February 2023. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 440 achieved on 21 May 2018. He won the mixed doubles at the 2023 Australian Open with compatriot Luisa Stefani, becoming the first Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam.
Career
[edit]2019–20: ATP debut
[edit]Matos made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partnering Igor Marcondes.[1]
At the 2020 Rio Open, Matos alongside Orlando Luz defeated the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World No. 1, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah 6–1, 4–6, [10–8].[2]
2021–22: Major debut & first win & quarterfinal, Six titles & top 30 debut
[edit]In February 2021, Matos won his first ATP Tour doubles title alongside Felipe Meligeni Alves at the ATP 250 Córdoba Open defeating Romain Arneodo and Benoît Paire. He reached the top 100 in doubles on 3 May 2021 at World No. 99.
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with compatriot Thiago Monteiro where they reached the second round.
In February 2022, Matos won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Chile Open alongside Meligeni Alves.
In April 2022, Matos won his third ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II alongside Spaniard David Vega Hernández. At the 2022 BMW Open he reached his second final with Vega Hernández and fifth overall.[3]
At the 2022 French Open on his debut at this Major, the pair reached the third round with a win over Łukasz Kubot and Édouard Roger-Vasselin but not before defeating 13th seeded pair of Santiago González and Andrés Molteni. They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair of Marcelo Arévalo and Jean-Julien Rojer. As a result, he made his debut in the top 50 in the rankings at world No. 43 on 6 June 2022.
Matos reached the top 30 on 31 October 2022 following a fifth title for the season at the 2022 Sofia Open and a final showing at the ATP 500 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with Vega Hernández. He ended 2022 with six ATP career titles, and having reached world No. 27 in the doubles rankings on 14 November 2022.
2023: Historic Major mixed doubles title
[edit]Playing in mixed doubles of the 2023 Australian Open with fellow Brazilian Luisa Stefani, they won the first Grand Slam title for Brazil, an unprecedented feat both as a 100% Brazilian duo and individually.[4]
Throughout 2023, Matos' best results in doubles were: a third round at Roland Garros[5] and runner-up at the ATP 250 in Bastad and Chengdu with Francisco Cabral,[6][7] a semifinal at the ATP 250 in Córdoba with Vega Hernández,[8][9] and quarterfinals at the ATP 500 in Acapulco, Barcelona and Halle.
2024: First ATP 500 title
[edit]In 2024, Matos began a partnership with Nicolás Barrientos which started to produce good results. At the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, they reached the semifinals, and in the following ATP 500 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, they won their biggest title, defeating strong pairs such as Krawietz/Putz, Bolelli/Vavassori and Erler/Miedler in the final.[10][11][12]
Performance timeline
[edit]Current through the 2024 Italian Open.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
French Open | A | QF | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 6–3 |
Wimbledon | 2R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |
US Open | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
Win–loss | 1–1 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0 / 11 | 12–11 |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Miami Open | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Madrid Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Shanghai Masters | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Paris Masters | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0 / 8 | 3–8 |
Career statistics | ||||||
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Career | |||
Titles | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
Finals | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | ||
Year-end ranking | 67 | 27 | 59 |
Significant finals
[edit]Grand Slam finals
[edit]Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2023 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
ATP Tour career finals
[edit]Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2021 | Córdoba Open, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2021 | Belgrade Open, Serbia | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Feb 2022 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 3–1 | Apr 2022 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 3–2 | May 2022 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2022 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | ATP 250 | Grass | ![]() |
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7–67–5, 6–76–8, [10–1] |
Win | 5–2 | Jul 2022 | Swedish Open, Sweden | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [13–11] |
Win | 6–2 | Oct 2022 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | ATP 250 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Loss | 6–3 | Oct 2022 | Japan Open, Japan | ATP 500 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
Loss | 6–4 | Jul 2023 | Swedish Open, Sweden | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | Sep 2023 | Chengdu Open, China | ATP 250 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [7–10] |
Win | 7–5 | Feb 2024 | Rio Open, Brazil | ATP 500 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 8–5 | Jun 2024 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | ATP 250 | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Win | 9–5 | Jul 2024 | Swedish Open, Sweden | ATP 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–6 | Aug 2024 | Washington Open, United States | ATP 500 | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2014 | Brazil F15, Foz do Iguaçu | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2017 | Spain F14, Vic | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–0, 1–0r |
Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2017 | Spain F25, Vigo | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 2–2 | Nov 2017 | Brazil F2, Santos | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 3–2 | May 2018 | Brazil F2, São Paulo | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 4–2 | May 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–3 | May 2019 | M15 Valldoreix, Spain | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2019 | M15 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2019 | M15 São Paulo, Brazil | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 20 (11–8)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2019 | Campinas, Brasil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 2–0 | Jan 2020 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Mar 2020 | Monterrey, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 4–6, [9–11] |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2020 | Iași, Romania | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–1 | Feb 2021 | Concepción, Chile | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–2 | Mar 2021 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 5-2 | Apr 2021 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Loss | 5–3 | May 2021 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Win | 6-3 | Aug 2021 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 6-4 | Aug 2021 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, [3–10] |
Win | 7-4 | Aug 2021 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6] |
Loss | 7–5 | Sep 2021 | Tulln an der Donau, Austria | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 1–6 |
Win | 8-5 | Nov 2021 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 9-5 | Nov 2021 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 9–6 | Nov 2021 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Loss | 9–7 | Dec 2021 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 10-7 | Dec 2021 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 10-8 | Apr 2022 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Win | 11-8 | May 2022 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6-4, 6-0 |
National representation
[edit]Davis Cup
[edit]Matos was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon in doubles.[13] Matos alongside Marcelo Demoliner made his debut in Davis Cup against Benjamin Hassan and Habib Hady and won in three sets at the third rubber of that tie. Later, the Brazilian team confirmed the 4–0 tie and advanced into the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round.[14] Currently, Matos sports a 3–0 record in Davis Cup matches. He has played only doubles matches thus far.
All Davis Cup Matches: 3–0 (Doubles: 3–0) | |||||||||
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2020 Davis Cup World Group I | |||||||||
Round | Date | Opponent | Final match score | Location | Surface | Match | Partner | Opponents | Rubber Score |
WGI | September 18–19, 2021 | ![]() |
4–0 | Jounieh | Clay | III | Marcelo Demoliner | Benjamin Hassan / Habib Hady |
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) |
2022 Davis Cup World Group I | |||||||||
WGI | September 16–17, 2022 | ![]() |
1–3 | Viana do Castelo | Hard(i) | III | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Nuno Borges / Francisco Cabral |
6–3, 0–6, 6–3 |
2023 Davis Cup World Group I | |||||||||
Play-offs | February 3–4, 2023 | ![]() |
4–0 | Florianópolis | Clay | III | Felipe Meligeni Alves | Cui Jie / Zhang Ze |
6–2, 6–3 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Após polêmica, Brasil Open justifica convite para uruguaio Cuevas: "Opção contundente"". Globoesporte. 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Orlandinho e Matos eliminam favoritos Cabal e Farah – Rio Open". rioopen.com (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ "Home Favourites Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral Continue Dream Run in Estoril". ATP Tour.
- ^ Stefani e Matos fazem história com título na Austrália
- ^ Marcelo Melo e Rafael Matos perdem nas duplas e são eliminados em Roland-Garros
- ^ Rafael Matos é vice-campeão no ATP de Bastad
- ^ Rafael Matos e Cabral são vice-campeões no ATP de Chengdu
- ^ "Matos/Vega Hernandez Save MP In Cordoba QF Win".
- ^ Rafael Matos se despede na semi do ATP de Córdoba
- ^ Brasileiros param na semifinal do ATP 250 de Buenos Aires
- ^ Matos é finalista na dupla e tenta título inédito para o Brasil no Rio
- ^ https://twitter.com/atptour/status/1761852230838137277 [bare URL]
- ^ "TenisBrasil – Nova geração defende Brasil contra Líbano na Davis".
- ^ "Brasil vence o Líbano e avança aos playoffs da Copa Davis – Gazeta Esportiva". 19 September 2021.