Leonardo Tavares (born 20 February 1984) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He has regularly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour throughout his career. In August 2010, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of no. 186.
Earlier in his career, Tavares played in the ITF Men's Circuit. However, a breakthrough year in 2009 led him to his first Challenger final in August. He became a mainstay at that level, capturing several doubles titles and breaking into the top 100 doubles ranking. Tavares reached a career high no. 95 ranking in September 2010. He played regularly for the Portugal Davis Cup team between 2002 and 2011.
Tavares is currently inactive, having played his last tournament in May 2016.
Career finals
ATP Challenger Tour
Singles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runners-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoors (0–2)Indoors (0–0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-upChallengerManerbio, ItalyClay Federico Delbonis1–6, 3–6Runner-upChallengerTampere, FinlandClay Éric Prodon4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (5–5)Titles by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (3–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoors (5–5)Indoors (0–0)
OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinnerChallengerCancún, MexicoHard Andre Begemann Adil Shamasdin Greg Ouellette6–1, 6–7(6–7), [10–8]WinnerChallengerCuritiba, BrazilClay Dominik Meffert Ramón Delgado André Sá3–6, 6–2, [10–4]Runner-upChallengerCarson, United StatesHard Artem Sitak Brian Battistone Nicholas Monroe7–5, 3–6, [4–10]WinnerChallengerOjai, United StatesHard Artem Sitak Harsh Mankad Izak van der Merwe4–6, 6–4, [10–8]WinnerChallengerBraunschweig, GermanyClay Simone Vagnozzi Igor Kunitsyn Yuri Schukin7–5, 7–6(7–4)WinnerChallengerTampere, FinlandClay João Sousa Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs7–6(7–3), 7–5Runner-upChallengerCasablanca, MoroccoClay Simone Vagnozzi Guillermo Alcaide Adrián Menéndez Maceiras2–6, 1–6Runner-upChallengerBlumenau, BrazilClay Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Franco Ferreiro André Sá2–6, 6–3, [4–10]Runner-upChallengerMilan, ItalyClay Andrea Arnaboldi Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Simone Vagnozzi6–0, 3–6, [5–10]Runner-upChallengerFlorianópolis, BrazilClay Javier Martí Blaž Kavčič Antonio Veić3–6, 3–6
ITF Men's Circuit
Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up) CategoryFutures (2–5)Titles by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoors (2–5)Indoors (0–0)
OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-upFuturesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia F2Hard Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Runner-upFuturesSanta Cruz, Bolivia F2Clay Cristian Villagrán3–6, 3–6WinnerFuturesPorto, Portugal F4Clay Cristian Villagrán4–6, 6–1, 6–2Runner-upFuturesWahlstedt, Germany F16Clay Adrián García3–6, 6–4, 0–6WinnerFuturesAlbufeira, Portugal F3Hard Raemon Sluiter6–3, 6–4Runner-upFuturesGuimarães, Portugal F4Hard Jules Marie4–6, 6–3, 4–6Runner-upFuturesCasablanca, Morocco F5Clay Oriol Roca Batalla3–6, 3–6
Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runners-up) CategoryFutures (13–12)Titles by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (8–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoors (13–12)Indoors (0–0)
OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-upFuturesAgadir, Morocco F3Clay João Paulo Magalhães Kane Dewhurst David McNamara0–6, 1–6Runner-upFuturesNonthaburi, Thailand F2Hard Tiago Godinho Hiroki Kondo Michihisa Onoda3–6, 2–6Runner-upFuturesHanoi, Vietnam F1Hard Tiago Godinho Johan Du Randt Dirk Stegmann5–7, 6–7(2–7)WinnerFuturesLisbon, Portugal F8Clay Harsh Mankad Baptiste Dupuy Gregory Girault6–1, 6–2WinnerFuturesLisbon, Portugal F9Clay Harsh Mankad Fábrice Betencourt Baptiste Dupuy6–4, 6–3Runner-upFuturesLisbon, Portugal F10Clay Jorge Laranjeiro Tiago Godinho António van Grichen4–6, 4–6Runner-upFuturesAlbufeira, Portugal F2Hard Frederico Gil Juan Ignacio Cerda Jasper Smit4–6, 4–6WinnerFuturesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia F1Hard Jamie Delgado Mustafa Ghouse Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez6–2, 3–6, 6–3Runner-upFuturesLa Paz, Bolivia F1Clay Guillermo Carry Michael Quintero Carlos Salamanca5–7, 4–6Runner-upFuturesLagos, Portugal F3Hard Frederico Gil Richard Holstrom Christian JohanssonwalkoverWinnerFuturesNaples, Italy F14Clay Marcelo Melo Deniss Pavlovs Giancarlo Petrazzuolo6–3, 6–2Runner-upFuturesCairo, Egypt F1Clay Cesar Ferrer-Victoria Adrian Cruciat Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd4–6, 7–5, 4–6Runner-upFuturesMinsk, Belarus F3Clay Cesar Ferrer-Victoria Mikhail Elgin Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy4–6, 0–6Runner-upFuturesSaint-Gervais-les-Bains, France F11Clay Ivan Sergeyev Jonathan Eysseric Adrian Mannarino1–6, 4–6WinnerFuturesPorto, Portugal F7Clay Nuno Marques Vladislav Bondarenko Vladyslav Klymenko6–4, 6–3Runner-upFuturesEspinho, Portugal F8Clay Javier Martí Vladislav Bondarenko Vladyslav Klymenko4–6, 6–3, [5–10]Runner-upFuturesAbidjan, Ivory Coast F1Hard Andre Begemann Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Andreas Haider-Maurer1–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–14]WinnerFuturesToulon, France F9Clay Augustin Gensse Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand6–2, 6–2WinnerFuturesBolzano, Italy F23Clay Manuel Jorquera Marius Copil Antal van der Duim6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–5]WinnerFuturesItajaí, Brazil F8Clay Goran Tošić Jonathan Eysseric Fernando Romboli1–6, 6–3, [10–8]WinnerFuturesOliveira de Azeméis, Portugal F8Hard Frederico Gil Romain Barbosa Frederico Ferreira Silva6–1, 3–6, [10–4]WinnerFuturesPorto, Portugal F9Clay Frederico Gil Romain Barbosa Frederico Ferreira Silva2–6, 6–3, [10–6]WinnerFuturesElvas, Portugal F12Hard Romain Barbosa Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-GarciawalkoverWinnerFuturesVale do Lobo, Portugal F1Hard Romain Barbosa Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez Ivan Arenas-Gualda3–6, 6–3, [10–6]WinnerFuturesLoulé, Portugal F3Hard Romain Barbosa João Domingues David Vega Hernández6–1, 4–6, [12–10]
Performance timelines
Current through 2016 ATP World Tour.
Singles
Tournament200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016 SR W–L Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0N/AFrench OpenAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0N/AWimbledonAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0N/AUS OpenAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0N/AWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0N/ANational representationSummer OlympicsNot HeldANot HeldANot HeldANot HeldA0 / 00–0N/ADavis CupZ1Z2Z2Z2Z1AZ2Z2Z2Z1AAAAA0 / 95–9%Career statistics 200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016 SR W–L Win %Tournaments0010000010000002Titles0000000000000000Finals0000000000000000Hard win–loss0–00–21–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 01–4%Clay win–loss0–00–10–21–00–00–01–01–01–20–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 24–5%Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0N/ACarpet win–loss0–20–00–01–00–00–00–0Discontinued0 / 01–2%Outdoor Win–loss0–00–31–21–00–00–01–01–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 25–6%Indoor win–loss0–20–00–01–00–00–00–10–00–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 01–5%Overall win–loss0–20–31–22–00–00–01–11–01–20–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 26–11%Win (%)%%%%N/AN/A%%%%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A%Year-end ranking920715444625102450460626223475910486867261367–
Doubles
Tournament200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016 SR W–L Win %National representationSummer OlympicsNot HeldANot HeldANot HeldANot HeldA0 / 00–0N/ADavis CupZ1Z2Z2Z2Z1AZ2Z2Z2Z1AAAAA0 / 910–7%Career statistics 200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016 SR W–L Win %Tournaments0011101013010009Titles0000000000000000Finals0000000000000000Hard win–loss0–00–11–00–00–10–00–10–10–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 01–5%Clay win–loss0–00–01–22–11–10–01–11–05–11–40–00–10–00–00–00 / 912–11%Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0N/ACarpet win–loss0–00–00–01–00–00–01–0Discontinued0 / 02–0%Outdoor Win–loss0–00–12–22–11–10–02–11–14–11–40–00–10–00–00–00 / 913–13%Indoor win–loss0–00–00–01–00–10–00–10–01–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 02–3%Overall win–loss0–00–12–23–11–20–02–21–15–11–50–00–10–00–00–00 / 915–16%Win (%)N/A%%%%N/A%%%%N/A%N/AN/AN/A%Year-end ranking5325283755315547757312301252565981312746881–$60,445
Wins over top 10 players Type200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016Total Singles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doubles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doubles #PartnerOpponentsRankingCategoryTournamentSurfaceRoundScoreTavares Ranking20111. Carlos Berlocq Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach1011250 seriesBrasil Open, BrazilClay1R7–6(8–6), 7–5120
Head-to-head vs. Top 20 players This section contains Tavares' win–loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.
OpponentHighest rankMatchesWonLostWin %Last match Stan Wawrinka3101%Lost (6–7(1–7), 0–6) at the 2011 Davis CupTotal101%Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017
Career earnings YearMajor titlesATP titlesTotal titlesEarnings2002000$2,1082003000$5,2052004000$18,3692005000$6,5572006000$7,2772007000$9,7782008000$9,0172009000$25,9702010000$63,9122011000$18,1802012000$2,4202013000$5,6182014000$4,2422015000$2,4772016000* $192Career *000$183,352 * As of 10 April 2017.
National participation
Davis Cup (15 wins, 16 losses) Tavares debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2002 and has played 31 matches in 20 ties. His singles record is 5–9 and his doubles record is 10–7 (15–16 overall).
Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)WG Play-off (0–0)Group I (0–6)Group II (15–10)Group III (0–0)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (2–9)Clay (11–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–2)Matches by typeSingles (5–9)Doubles (10–7)Matches by settingIndoors (3–8)Outdoors (12–8)Matches by venuePortugal (9–5)Away (6–11) indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.