A professional player since 2005, Sousa peaked at number 61 in the world junior ranking in 2007, shortly after entering the main draw of the Orange Bowl.[2] In June 2009, he won his first singles tournament, a Futures in Spain.[3] [4] Sousa started playing in the ATP Challenger Tour in 2008,[5] winning his first tournament at this level in June 2011.[6] Sousa debuted in the World Tour in 2008, playing that year's Estoril Open as a qualifier, and won his first top-tier ATP singles title in September 2013, at the Malaysian Open.[7] He has participated in all four Grand Slams, having three third-round appearances at the US Open (2013) and Australian Open (2015 and 2016) as his best performances.[8] While focusing on his singles career, Sousa has also competed in doubles; his best record is the quarterfinals of the 2015 US Open.[9]
Sousa holds several Portuguese men's tennis records. In October 2013, he became the first player to break into the ATP singles ranking top 50,[10] and in 2015, he secured a year-end top-50 ranking (no. 33) for the second time in his career, with 38 wins.[11] [12] In 2014, Sousa was the first Portuguese to play exclusively on the ATP World Tour in a single season,[13] and the first to be seeded in a Grand Slam main draw (2014 US Open).[14] He was the fourth Portuguese player to reach the singles top 100, and the second to do it in both singles and doubles rankings (after Nuno Marques).[15] Sousa is also the Portuguese tennis player with the largest career prize money ever and most wins at Grand Slam singles tournaments.[16] [17]
This section contains Sousa's win-loss record against players who have been ranked 10th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.
Opponent | | Won | Lost | Win % | Last match | |
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Number 1 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Medvedev, D" | Daniil Medvedev | 3 | 1 | 2 | % | Lost (1–6, 1–6) at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters | [18] [19] |
data-sort-value="Hewitt, L" | Lleyton Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 1 | % | Lost (1–6, 6–7(3–7)) at the 2013 Miami Masters | [20] [21] |
data-sort-value="Federer, R" | Roger Federer | 2 | 0 | 2 | % | Lost (4–6, 3–6) at the 2019 Rome Masters | [22] [23] |
data-sort-value="Nadal, R" | Rafael Nadal | 3 | 0 | 3 | % | Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships | [24] [25] |
data-sort-value="Djokovic, N" | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 0 | 6 | % | Lost (5–7, 1–6) at the 2018 Paris Masters | [26] [27] |
data-sort-value="Murray, A" | Andy Murray | 7 | 0 | 7 | % | Lost (2–6, 6–3, 2–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Australian Open | [28] [29] |
Number 2 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Zverev, A" | Alexander Zverev | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Won (7–5, 5–7, 6–4) at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters | [30] [31] |
data-sort-value="Ruud, N" | Casper Ruud | 3 | 0 | 3 | % | Lost (6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–7(1–7)) at 2022 Geneva |
Number 3 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Tsitsipas, S" | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 1 | 1 | 0 | % | Won (6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)) at the 2018 Estoril Open | [32] [33] |
data-sort-value="Dimitrov, G" | Grigor Dimitrov | 3 | 1 | 2 | % | Lost (4–6, 1–6, 6–3, 2–6) at the 2016 US Open | [34] [35] |
data-sort-value="Ferrer, D" | David Ferrer | 3 | 1 | 2 | % | Lost (2–6, 2–6) at the 2018 Auckland Open | [36] [37] |
data-sort-value="Cilic, M" | Marin Čilić | 5 | 1 | 4 | % | Won (6–4, 6–4, 6–4) at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships | [38] [39] |
data-sort-value="Thiem, D" | Dominic Thiem | 8 | 1 | 7 | % | Lost (2–6, 0–6) at the 2022 Gijón Open | [40] [41] |
data-sort-value="del Potro, JM" | Juan Martín del Potro | 3 | 0 | 3 | % | Lost (2–6, 2–6) at the 2017 Paris Masters | [42] [43] |
data-sort-value="Wawrinka, S" | Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 0 | 4 | % | Lost (6–7(1–7), 2–6) at the 2022 Metz | [44] [45] |
data-sort-value="Raonic, M" | Milos Raonic | 4 | 0 | 4 | % | Lost (5–7, 6–4, 2–6) at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters | [46] [47] |
Number 4 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Nishikori, K" | Kei Nishikori | 4 | 1 | 3 | % | Lost (7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6) at the 2021 Indian Wells Masters | [48] [49] |
data-sort-value="Berdych, T" | Tomáš Berdych | 3 | 0 | 3 | % | Lost (3–6, 6–3, 5–7) at the 2016 Paris Masters | [50] [51] |
Number 5 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Anderson, K" | Kevin Anderson | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Won (4–6, 6–7(6–8)) at the 2019 Miami Masters | [52] [53] |
data-sort-value="Rublev, A" | Andrey Rublev | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Lost (0–6, 4–6) at the 2018 Beijing Open | [54] [55] |
data-sort-value="Tsonga, j" | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 1 | 0 | 1 | % | Lost (6–7(1–7), 2–6) at the 2017 St. Petersburg Open | [56] [57] | |
Number 6 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Simon, G" | Gilles Simon | 3 | 1 | 2 | % | Lost (4–6, 1–6) at the 2015 Nottingham Open | [58] [59] |
data-sort-value="Monfils, G" | Gaël Monfils | 5 | 1 | 4 | % | Lost (2–6, 3–6) at the 2020 Rotterdam Open | [60] [61] |
Number 7 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Gasquet, R" | Richard Gasquet | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Lost (6–7(7–9), 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6) at 2022 Wimbledon | |
data-sort-value="Goffin, D" | David Goffin | 6 | 1 | 5 | % | Lost (3–6, 2–6) at the 2019 Estoril Open | [62] [63] |
Number 8 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Youzhny, M" | Mikhail Youzhny | 2 | 2 | 0 | % | Won (4–6, 6–4, 7–6(10–8)) at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters | [64] [65] |
data-sort-value="Tipsarević, J" | Janko Tipsarević | 1 | 1 | 0 | % | Won (4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2, 6–2) at the 2017 French Open | [66] [67] |
data-sort-value="Baghdatis, M" | Marcos Baghdatis | 1 | 1 | 0 | % | Won (6–1, 7–5) at the 2017 Auckland Open | [68] [69] |
data-sort-value="Auger-Aliassime, M" | Félix Auger-Aliassime | 1 | 1 | 0 | % | Won (6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4) at 2019 Chengdu | |
data-sort-value="Schwartzman, D" | Diego Schwartzman | 1 | 1 | 0 | % | Won (4–6, 6–3, 6–4) at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters | [70] [71] |
data-sort-value="Melzer, J" | Jürgen Melzer | 4 | 3 | 1 | % | Won (6–4, 6–4) at the 2015 Geneva Open | [72] [73] |
data-sort-value="Khachanov, K" | Karen Khachanov | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Won (7–6(7–6), 6–4) at the 2019 St. Petersburg Open | [74] |
data-sort-value="Sock, J" | Jack Sock | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Lost (3–6, 7–5, 3–6) at the 2017 Auckland Open | [75] [76] |
data-sort-value="Isner, J" | John Isner | 1 | 0 | 1 | % | Lost (5–7, 3–6) at the 2015 Rome Masters | [77] [78] |
data-sort-value="Norrie, N" | Cameron Norrie | 3 | 0 | 3 | % | Lost (4–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)) at the 2022 US Open |
Number 9 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Bautista Agut, R" | Roberto Bautista Agut | 5 | 3 | 3 | % | Won (4–6, 6–3, 7–5) at the 2019 Swiss Open | [79] [80] |
data-sort-value="Hurkacz, D" | Hubert Hurkacz | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2020 Kitzbühel | |
data-sort-value="Fognini, F" | Fabio Fognini | 6 | 1 | 5 | % | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at the 2017 Madrid Masters | [81] [82] |
data-sort-value="Sinner, N" | Jannik Sinner | 1 | 0 | 1 | % | Lost (4–6, 5–7, 1–6) at the 2022 Australian Open |
data-sort-value="Almagro, N" | Nicolás Almagro | 1 | 0 | 1 | % | Lost (6–4, 1–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Estoril Open | [83] [84] | |
Number 10 ranked players | | | | | | |
data-sort-value="Pouille, L" | Lucas Pouille | 1 | 1 | 0 | % | Won (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)) at the 2018 US Open | [85] [86] |
data-sort-value="Carreno Busta, P" | Pablo Carreño Busta | 4 | 2 | 2 | % | Lost (3–6, 1–6, 2–6) at the 2019 French Open | [87] [88] |
data-sort-value="Shapovalov, D" | Denis Shapovalov | 2 | 1 | 1 | % | Lost (6–2, 3–6, 2–6) at the 2019 Cincinnati Masters | [89] [90] |
data-sort-value="Monaco, J" | Juan Mónaco | 1 | 0 | 1 | % | Lost (2–6, 6–7(4–7)) at the 2014 Shanghai Masters | [91] [92] |
data-sort-value="Gulbis, E" | Ernests Gulbis | 3 | 0 | 3 | % | Lost (2–6, 5–7, 3–6) at the 2016 French Open | [93] |
Total | 131 | 34 | 97 | | Statistics correct as of 11 October 2022 | |
Rubber result | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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5–0; 18–20 July 2008; Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa quarterfinal; clay surface |
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Victory | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Cyprus | Eleftherios Christou | 6–3, 6–3 |
0–5; 19–21 September 2008; Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; Group II Europe/Africa semifinal; hard (i) surface |
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Defeat | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Ukraine | | 3–6, 3–6 |
2–3; 6–8 March 2009; National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus; Group II Europe/Africa first round; hard surface |
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Victory | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Cyprus | | 6–3, 6–1 |
5–0; 10–12 July 2009; Office des parc Omnisport Wilaya d'Oran, Oran, Algeria; Group II Europe/Africa relegation play-off; clay surface |
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Victory | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Algeria | Sid-Ali Akkal | 6–3, 6–0 |
5–0; 9–11 July 2010; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa quarterfinal; clay surface |
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Victory | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Cyprus | Eleftherios Christou | 6–1, 6–0 |
3–2; 17–19 September 2010; Centro de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa semifinal; clay surface |
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Defeat | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Damir Džumhur | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
4–1; 4–6 March 2011; Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; clay surface |
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Victory | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Slovakia | Martin Kližan | 6–2, 4–1, ret |
0–5; 8–10 July 2011; PostFinance-Arena, Bern, Switzerland; Group I Europe/Africa quarterfinal; hard(i) surface |
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Defeat | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Switzerland | Marco Chiudinelli | 3–6, 4–6 |
2–3; 6–8 April 2012; Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel; Group I Europe/Africa quarterfinal; hard surface |
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Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Israel | Andy Ram / Jonathan Erlich | 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Victory | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Andy Ram | 7–5, 6–0 |
1–3; 14–16 September 2012; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off; hard(i) surface |
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Victory | II | Singles | Slovakia | Lukáš Lacko | 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek | 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Martin Kližan | 2–6, 5–7, 7–6(11–9), 1–6 |
5–0; 1–3 February 2013; Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa first round; clay(i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Benin | Loic Didavi | 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Pedro Sousa) | Alexis Klegou / Loic Didavi | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 |
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chișinău, Moldova; Group II Europe/Africa semifinal; hard(i) surface |
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Victory | II | Singles | Moldova | Maxim Dubarenco | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–4 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Andrei Ciumac / Roman Borvanov | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Radu Albot | 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 9–11 |
2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Slovenia | Janež Semrajč | 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja | 3–6, 5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Blaž Kavčič | 5–7, 5–7, 2–6 |
1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off; hard(i) surface |
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Defeat | II | Singles | Russia | Evgeny Donskoy | 6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Rublev | 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Centro Desportivo do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Morocco | Yassine Idmbarek | 6–0, 6–0, 6–2 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Frederico Ferreira Silva) | Lamine Ouahab / Younès Rachidi | 7–6(8–6), 6–0, 6–1 |
4–1; 17–19 July 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa quarterfinal; clay surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Finland | Henrik Sillanpää | 6–0, 6–2, 6–0 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–4 |
Victory | IV | Singles | Jarkko Nieminen | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
3–2; 18–20 September 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa semifinal; clay surface |
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Defeat | I | Singles | Belarus | Egor Gerasimov | 6–0, 6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 4–6 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Sergey Betov / Max Mirnyi | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
Victory | IV | Singles | Uladzimir Ignatik | 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 |
1–4; 4–6 March 2016; Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Austria | Gerald Melzer | 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Alexander Peya / Dominic Thiem | 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Dominic Thiem | 2–6, 4–6, 2–6 |
5–0; 16–18 September 2016; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa second round playoffs; clay surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Slovenia | Tom Kočevar-Dešman | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–2, 6–1 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Tom Kočevar-Dešman / Grega Žemlja | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
5–0; 3–5 February 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; clay(i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Israel | Yishai Oliel | 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela | 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
4–1; 7–9 April 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa second round; clay(i) surface |
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Victory | II | Singles | Ukraine | Nikita Mashtakov | 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Denys Molchanov / Artem Smirnov | 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
Victory | IV | Singles | Artem Smirnov | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
2–3; 15–17 September 2017; Clube de Ténis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal; World Group play-off; clay surface |
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Defeat | I | Singles | Germany | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 0–6 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Tim Pütz / Jan-Lennard Struff | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6 |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Jan-Lennard Struff | 0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
2–3; 6–7 April 2018; Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden; Group I Europe/Africa second round; hard (i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Sweden | Mikael Ymer | 6–4, 6–4 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Markus Eriksson / Robert Lindstedt | 6–7(6–8), 2–6 |
Victory | IV | Singles | Elias Ymer | 6–4, 6–4 |
1–3; 14–15 September 2018; Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, Ukraine; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off first round; hard surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Ukraine | Illya Marchenko | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7) |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
4–0; 19–20 October 2018; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off second round; clay surface |
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Victory | II | Singles | South Africa | Nicolaas Scholtz | 6–3, 6–2 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–2 |
1–3; 1–2 February 2019; Daulet National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan; qualifying round; hard (i) surface |
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Defeat | I | Singles | Kazakhstan | Alexander Bublik | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 4–6 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Gastão Elias) | Timur Khabibulin / Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Mikhail Kukushkin | 4–6, 1–6 |
2–3; 13–14 September 2019; Republic Olympic Tennis Center, Minsk, Belarus; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off; hard (i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Belarus | Ilya Ivashka | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Pedro Sousa) | Ilya Ivashka / Andrei Vasilevski | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Egor Gerasimov | 6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
4–0; 6–7 March 2020; Šiauliai Tennis Academy, Šiauliai, Lithuania; World Group I play-off; hard (i) surface |
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Victory | II | Singles | Lithuania | Julius Tverijonas | 6–1, 6–3 |
Victory | III | Doubles (with Pedro Sousa) | Laurynas Grigelis / Lukas Mugevičius | 6–3, 6–1 |
1–3; 18–19 September 2021; Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; World Group I; hard (i) surface |
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Victory | I | Singles | Romania | Filip Jianu | 6–3, 7–5 |
Defeat | III | Doubles (with Nuno Borges) | Marius Copil / Horia Tecău | 4–6, 3–6 |
Defeat | IV | Singles | Marius Copil | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 | |