José Pereira

José Pereira (born 26 January 1991), also known as Zé Pereira, is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 232 achieved on 14 September 2015 and a best doubles ranking of No. 260 achieved on 10 February 2014.

Early life José Pereira was born in Santana do Ipanema, Brazil. He and his family moved to a larger city, Curitiba, where his father got work at a tennis academy and eventually Pereira and his siblings became involved in the sport.

Junior Circuit years Pereira reached a combined ranking of world No. 4 on the ITF Junior Circuit and won two editions of the well-renowned junior event Copa Gerdau.

Professional career In 2010, Pereira won his first professional title. He attained his career-high singles ranking of No. 232 in September 2015 and reached the qualifying zone for the 2016 Australian Open. Injuries have hampered his progress over the years, but he still gets good results at ITF Tour events. He also reached finals at ATP Challenger tournaments in doubles.

Personal life Pereira has an elder sister, Teliana, who competed on the WTA Tour and had a successful career on women's tennis circuit.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–3)

ITF Tour finals

Singles: 34 (12 titles, 22 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (12–22)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (8–19)

Doubles: 29 (19 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (19–10)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (16–8)