Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 16 achieved on 24 August 2026. He has won fifteen ATP Tour doubles titles.
Matos' most notable result is a Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the 2023 Australian Open, playing with compatriot Luisa Stefani, where they became the first Brazilian pair to win a Major. He also earned two Masters 1000 titles at the 2026 Canadian Open and at the 2026 Cincinnati Open, with compatriot Orlando Luz.
He also reached a singles ranking of No. 440 on 21 May 2018.
Matos represents Brazil at the Davis Cup.
Career
2019–20: ATP debut Matos made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partnering Igor Marcondes.
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].
2021–22: Major debut & first win & quarterfinal, Six titles & top 30 debut 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.
Matos made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with compatriot Thiago Monteiro where they reached the second round.
In February 2022, he 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.
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 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.
Throughout 2023, Matos' best results in doubles were: a third round at Roland Garros and runner-up at the ATP 250 in Bastad and Chengdu with Francisco Cabral, a semifinal at the ATP 250 in Córdoba with Vega Hernández, and quarterfinals at the ATP 500 in Acapulco, Barcelona and Halle.
At the 2023 Wimbledon, Matos competed in the mixed doubles draw, resuming the partnership with Luisa Stefani. In their opening match against Andrea Vavassori and Liudmila Samsonova, they were defeated 2–1 in sets.
2024: First ATP 500 title At the beginning of the season, Matos started a new partnership with Colombian player Nicolás Barrientos, which had already been announced at the end of 2023. In their first competition, the Brisbane International, the duo advanced to the second round (round of 16), where they faced the No. 2 seeds, Dutch player Jean-Julien Rojer and British player Lloyd Glasspool, being eliminated in straight sets.
In the partnership’s second tournament, the Adelaide International, Matos and Barrientos defeated the No. 8 seeds, French duo Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Nicolas Mahut, in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where they faced the No. 2 seeds, Indian player Rohan Bopanna and Australian player Matthew Ebden. In this match, they were defeated 2–1 in sets and eliminated from the tournament.
After that, Rafael headed straight to Melbourne to compete in the Australian Open, again partnering with Barrientos. Upon arriving in Melbourne, Matos received news that the Australian Open organizers had granted a wild card to Luisa Stefani and him, giving them the opportunity to defend their mixed doubles title won in 2023, even though Matos’s ranking was not high enough to compete alongside Stefani.
In the mixed doubles draw, Stefani and Matos faced British players Joe Salisbury—who partnered with Stefani at the 2023 US Open—and Heather Watson in the first round but were defeated in straight sets, ending their participation in the 2024 Australian Open without successfully defending their mixed doubles title.
Matos partnership with Nicolás Barrientos started to produce good results. At the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, they reached the semifinals. 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. By doing so, Matos became the first Brazilian in the tournament’s ten-year history to win a trophy, in either singles or doubles.
In July, Matos won his ninth ATP title with Orlando Luz at the 2024 Swedish Open.
2025: Rio title defense with Melo
Matos partnered with Marcelo Melo throughout the year. In February, they were runners-up at the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires.Marcelo Melo e Rafael Matos vão à final do ATP 250 de Buenos Aires
Matos won his tenth title overall and second at his home tournament, the 2025 Rio Open, where he was the defending champion, with compatriot Marcelo Melo. Matos became the fourth man to win multiple Rio doubles titles and the first to successfully defend the title.
Matos reached the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 playing with Joran Vliegen.Rafael Matos para nas quartas de final em Monte Carlo At Wimbledon, he reached the quarterfinals with Melo.Matos e Melo quebram escrita com a vaga às quartas de Wimbledon They were also champions of the Winston-Salem ATP 250.Marcelo Melo chora ao dedicar título do ATP 250 de Winston-Salem ao pai
2026: Successive Masters 1000 titles, top 20
In early 2026, he reunited in a partnership with Orlando Luz and they reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, won the ATP 250 tournaments in Buenos Aires and in Santiago, finished as runners-up at the ATP 250 events in Houston and in Estoril, and were semifinalists at the ATP 500 in Munich.
In August, Matos and Luz won their first Masters 1000-level title at the Canadian Open, defeating third seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the final. Subsequently, they won another Masters 1000 title—this time in Cincinnati—with Matos climbing from the world's top 40 in the doubles rankings to the top 20 on 24 August 2026.
Performance timeline
Doubles Current through the 2026 Canadian Open.
Tournament2021202220232024 2025 SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1R2R1R0 / 41–4French OpenAQF3R2R1R0 / 46–4Wimbledon2R3R2R3RQF0 / 59–5US OpenA1R2R2R2R0 / 43–4Win–loss1–15–44–45–44–40 / 1719–17ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAA1RAA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAA2RA1R0 / 21–2Monte-Carlo MastersAA1RAQF0 / 21–2Madrid OpenAA1RA1R0 / 20–2Italian OpenAAA2R1R0 / 21–2Canadian OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersA1RAAA0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersNH1R1R1R0 / 30–3Paris MastersA2RAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–21–51–21–50 / 143–14Career statistics20212022202320242025CareerTitles1503211Finals2724318Year-end ranking6727593642
Grand Slam tournaments finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2023Australian OpenHard Luisa Stefani Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna7–6(7–2), 6–2
Other significant finals
ATP Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: (2 titles) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2026Canadian OpenHard Orlando Luz Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić5−7, 6−4, [10−6]Win2026Cincinnati OpenHard Orlando Luz Constantin Frantzen Robin Haase6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (–)ATP 1000 (2–0)ATP 500 (2–2)ATP 250 (11–7)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (9–6)Grass (2–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (14–9)Indoor (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Córdoba Open, ArgentinaATP 250Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Romain Arneodo Benoît Paire6–4, 6–1Loss1–1Belgrade Open, SerbiaATP 250Clay Andre Goransson Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski4–6, 1–6Win2–1Chile Open, ChileATP 250Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Andre Goransson Nathaniel Lammons7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)Win3–1Grand Prix Hassan II, MoroccoATP 250Clay David Vega Hernández Andrea Vavassori Jan Zieliński6–1, 7–5Loss3–2Bavarian Championships, GermanyATP 250Clay David Vega Hernández Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies6–4, 4–6, [7–10]Win4–2Mallorca Championships, SpainATP 250Grass David Vega Hernández Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–1]Win5–2Swedish Open, SwedenATP 250Clay David Vega Hernández Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini6–4, 3–6, [13–11]Win6–2Sofia Open, BulgariaATP 250Hard (i) David Vega Hernández Fabian Fallert Oscar Otte3–6, 7–5, [10–8]Loss6–3Japan Open, JapanATP 500Hard David Vega Hernández Mackenzie McDonald Marcelo Melo4–6, 6–3, [4–10]Loss6–4Swedish Open, SwedenATP 250Clay Francisco Cabral Gonzalo Escobar Aleksandr Nedovyesov2–6, 2–6Loss6–5Sep 2023Chengdu Open, ChinaATP 250Hard Francisco Cabral Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul 6–4, 5–7, [7–10]Win7–5Rio Open, BrazilATP 500Clay Nicolás Barrientos Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler6–4, 6–3Win8–5Stuttgart Open, GermanyATP 250Grass Marcelo Melo Robert Galloway Julian Cash3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win9–5Swedish Open, Sweden (2)ATP 250Clay Orlando Luz Manuel Guinard Grégoire Jacq7–5, 6–4Loss9–6Washington Open, USATP 500Hard Marcelo Melo Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow5–7, 3–6Loss9–7Argentina Open, ArgentinaATP 250Clay Marcelo Melo Guido Andreozzi Théo Arribagé5–7, 6–4, [7–10]Win10–7Rio Open, Brazil (2)ATP 500Clay Marcelo Melo Jaume Munar Pedro Martínez6–2, 7–5Win11–7Winston-Salem Open, USATP 250Hard Marcelo Melo Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler4–6, 6–4, [10–8]Win12–7Argentina Open, ArgentinaATP 250Clay Orlando Luz Andrea Collarini Nicolás Kicker7–5, 6–3Win13–7Chile Open, Chile (2)ATP 250Clay Orlando Luz Ariel Behar Matthew Romios6–4, 6–3Loss13–8U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, USATP 250Clay Orlando Luz Andrés Andrade Ben Shelton6–4, 3–6, [6–10]Loss13–9Estoril Open, PortugalATP 250Clay Orlando Luz Titouan Droguet Kyrian Jacquet6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), [9–11]Win14–9Canadian Open, CanadaATP 1000Hard Orlando Luz Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić5−7, 6−4, [10−6]Win15–9Cincinnati Open, USATP 1000Hard Orlando Luz Constantin Frantzen Robin Haase6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (–)ITF Futures/WTT (4–5)Finals by surfaceHard (–)Clay (4–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Brazil F15, Foz do IguaçuFuturesClay Fabrício Neis3–6, 5–7Win1–1Spain F14, VicFuturesClay Pedro Cachín4–6, 6–0, 1–0 ret.Loss1–2Spain F25, VigoFuturesClay Marc Giner2–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)Win2–2Brazil F2, SantosFuturesClay Wilson Leite6–2, 3–6, 6–3Win3–2Brazil F2, São PauloFuturesClay Gonzalo Villanueva6–1, 6–3Win4–2M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWTTClay Orlando Luz7–5, 7–5Loss4–3M15 Valldoreix, SpainWTTClay Orlando Luz3–6, 4–6Loss4–4M15 São José do Rio Preto, BrazilWTTClay Juan Pablo Ficovich4–6, 2–6Loss4–5M15 São Paulo, BrazilWTTClay Bastián Malla3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 22 (12–10) LegendATP Challenger (12–10)ITF Futures/WTT (25+)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (11–7)