José Pereira (tennis) explained

José Pereira
Fullname:	José Pereira Jr
Birth Date:	26 January 1991
Birth Place:	Santana do Ipanema, Brazil
Height:	5 ft 11 in
Plays:	Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:	$198,937
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 232 (14 September 2015)
Currentsinglesranking:	No. 570 (15 January 2024)
Australianopenresult:	Q1 (2016)
Doublesrecord:	0-0
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 260 (10 February 2014)
Currentdoublesranking:	No. 1300 (15 January 2024)

José Pereira (born 26 January 1991), also known as Zé Pereira, is a Brazilian professional tennis player.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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 and is the most successful of his tennis playing siblings,.^[4]

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.^[5] 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 and his ranking fell significantly, but in 2022 he secured his first singles title for five years and has re-entered the world's top 400.^[6]

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 31 (12–19)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (12–19)

Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (8–17) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Brazil F3, Uberlândia	Futures	Clay	Júlio Silva	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1		Brazil F2, Bauru	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Kon	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1		Brazil F21, Curitiba	Futures	Hard	Tiago Lopes	7–6^(4), 6–2
Loss	2–2		Brazil F7, Lages	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3		Argentina F5, Villa del Dique	Futures	Clay	Renzo Olivo	5–7, 7–6^(7), 4–6
Win	3–3		Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Santos	6–3, 6–7^(4), 6–3
Loss	3–4		Brazil F24, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Thales Turini	6–7^(2), 6–4, 6–7^(5)
Loss	3–5		Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Blaž Rola	6–7^(6), 4–6
Win	4–5		Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Thales Turini	6–3, 6–1
Loss	4–6		Brazil F5, Natal	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	6–7^(4), 2–6
Loss	4–7	Sep 2013	Brazil F10, Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	3–6, 7–5, 6–7^(4)
Win	5–7		Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	7–5, 6–7^(5), 6–2
Loss	5–8		style=background:#cffcff	Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–9		Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–7^(4), 4–6
Loss	5–10		Chile F6, Villa Alemana	Futures	Clay	Cristóbal Saavedra	6–7^(7), 3–6
Win	6–10		Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–11		Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Miliaan Niesten	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	7–11		Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Bellotti	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	7–12		Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	5–7, 6–7^(2)
Win	8–12		Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Jean-Marc Werner	6–1, 6–2
Loss	8–13		Colombia F6, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Struvay	2–6, 5–7
Loss	8–14		Colombia F7, Bucaramanga	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	9–14		Brazil F9, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–15		Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Pedro Sousa	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win	10–15		Brazil F4, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Clay	Mateo Nicolas Martinez	7–5, 7–5
Win	11–15		Brazil F3, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Bernardo Saraiva	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–16		M25 Guayaquil, Ecuador	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Cristian Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7^(3)
Loss	11–17		M15 Recife, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Gustavo Heide	4–6, 2–6
Win	12–17		M15 Frascati, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Manuel Mazza	6–3, 6–0
Loss	12–18		M25 Portoviejo, Ecuador	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Matías Soto	3–6, 6–7^(4)
Loss	12–19		M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Wilson Leite	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 33 (19–14)

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

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (16–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Brazil F5, Teresina	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Bonatto	Luis Díaz Barriga	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	0–2		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	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–3		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	5–7, 2–6
Loss	1–3		Brazil F9, Goiânia	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Nicolas Santos Ricardo Siggia	3–6, 6–7^(6)
Loss	1–4		Brazil F10, Manaus	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Guilherme Clezar Andrea Collarini	6–7^(7), 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	1–5		Brazil F18, Pelotas	Futures	Clay	Diego Matos	Thales Turini Fabrício Neis	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–5	Aug 2012	Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Caio Silva Thales Turini	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	3–5		Brazil F21, Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estévez	Fabiano de Paula Bruno Sant'Anna	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–6		Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Moreno Figueroa	Jonas Lütjen Yannick Hanfmann	7–6^(2), 6–7^(3), [8–10]
Win	4–6		Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Nicolas Santos	7–6^(5), 6–2
Win	5–6		Brazil F4, Manaus	Futures	Clay		Victor Maynard Rafael Rondino	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Aug 2013	Brazil F6, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	João Pedro Sorgi André Miele	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7		Brazil F9, Belém	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fernando Romboli Rafael Camilo	7–6^(5), 7–6^(9)
Win	7–7		Brazil F10, Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Eduardo Dischinger Bruno Sant'Anna	6–1, 7–6^(1)
Loss	7–8		Brazil F19, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Rafael Camilo	4–6, 6–7^(4)
Win	8–8		Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Guillermo Durán Christian Lindell	7–5, 6–3
Win	9–8		Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Alberto Brizzi Gianluca Naso	6–3, 1–6, [10–1]
Win	10–8		Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Stefano Travaglia Lorenzo Frigerio	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	11–8		Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	Miljan Zekić Arsenije Zlatanović	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	12–8		Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Cristóbal Saavedra Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	6–1, 6–1
Win	13–8		Chile F5, Coquimbo	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Víctor Núñez Hans Podlipnik Castillo	5–7, 6–2, [13–11]
Win	14–8		Brazil F8, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Pedro Bernardi Pedro Sakamoto	6–3, 6–2
Loss	0–3		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Caio Zampieri	4–6, 6–7^(3)
Win	15–8		Netherlands F4, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	David Pel	Miliaan Niesten Boy Westerhof	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	16–8		Austria F4, St. Poelten	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Matthias Haim Philipp Schroll	6–3, 6–3
Win	17–8		Germany F9, Essen	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Elmar Ejupovic Christian Hirschmueller	6–2, 6–2
Loss	17–9		Argentina F6, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Maximiliano Estévez Facundo Argüello	5–7, 1–6
Loss	0–4		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	1–6, 1–6
Loss	17–10		Brazil F6, Curitiba	Futures	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Eduardo Ribeiro	6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Win	18–10		M15 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Igor Marcondes	Bastian Malla Michel Vernier	7–6^5, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	19–10		M15 Naples, Naples, Florida	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	Colin Markes Kiranpal Pannu	0–6, 6–2, [14–12]

Notes and References

1. News: Um Zé para o tênis do Brasil . Revista TÊNIS . 2 April 2008 . pt-br.
2. News: Futuro do tênis brasileiro está na mão de dois alagoanos . Cadaminuto . 7 September 2009 . Portuguese.
3. News: Melo . Pedro . Em quadra na última semana do ano, José Pereira diz que filha é motivação para retorno ao tênis . Banda B . 29 December 2020 . pt-BR.
4. News: Sparring de Nadal no Rio Open e irmão de Teliana, Zé Pereira é destaque em torneio em Belém (PA) . . 4 August 2015 . pt-BR.
5. News: Novo tenista alagoano conquista o torneio Future de Bauru . Aqui Acontece . 18 April 2010 . pt-br.
6. News: Zé Pereira é o novo integrante de time de Itajaí (SC) . Lance! . 18 December 2019 . pt-BR.