João Souza

João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 69 on 6 April 2015, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 70, on 7 January 2013. Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean). He received a lifetime ban for match-fixing in 2020.

Career

In 2011, he qualified to the US Open, but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6.

In the 2014 season, Souza beat world No. 45, Robin Haase in round of 32 of the ATP 250 São Paulo. Later he reached semifinals at the Marburg, Scheveningen and Poznan Challengers. At the Medellin Challenger, he beat Facundo Bagnis in semifinals and lost to Austin Krajicek in the final. He reached semifinals at the Quito Challenger.

In 2015, he played in the longest singles match in Davis Cup history, losing to Leonardo Mayer in 6 hours and 42 minutes, 6–7(4), 6–7(5), 7–5, 7–5, 13–15.

In 2016, he won the 2016 International Tennis Tournament of Cortina on the ATP Challenger Tour, beating Laslo Djere in the final in straight sets.

In January 2020, the Tennis Integrity Unit announced that Souza had been issued a lifetime ban after conviction on match-fixing charges.

ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Futures & Challenger finals Singles: 22 (14–8) LegendChallengers (9–7)Futures (5–1)

Doubles: 22 (11–11) LegendChallengers (5–6)Futures (6–5)

Singles performance timeline

Current till 2016 US Open.