Francisco Cabral (tennis)

Francisco Cabral (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku kɐˈβɾal]; born 8 January 1997) is a Portuguese tennis player.

Francisco Cabral
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997
Porto, Portugal
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$364,986
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 862 (5 March 2018)
Doubles
Career record44–42
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 45 (12 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 54 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open3R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022, 2023)
US Open2R (2022, 2023)
Last updated on: 18 March 2024.

Cabral has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 862 achieved on 5 March 2018 and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 45 achieved on 12 September 2022.[1]

Francisco Cabral has focused his professional tennis career on doubles. Across his career he has won two ATP 250 doubles titles, one partnering with Nuno Borges and another pairing with Tomislav Brkić. He has also won nine ATP Challenger doubles titles with Nuno Borges, including a record of six in the year of 2021,[2] as well as one with Szymon Walków and another with Nicolás Barrientos.

Career

2021-2022: Record Six Challenger titles in a year, First ATP historic title, Top 50 in doubles

Since 2021 Francisco Cabral has focused his professional career on doubles and in that year he won a record of six doubles titles partnering with Nuno Borges.[3]

In May 2022, he reached the top 100 in doubles after a semifinal [4][5] and first ATP 250 final showing at the 2022 Estoril Open with Borges as a wildcard pair, where they defeated the top seeded pair Jamie Murray and Michael Venus en route. They became the first Portuguese pair to reach and win the final at their home tournament and all this on their ATP doubles debut.[6][7][8][9]

In July 2022, Francisco Cabral won his second ATP 250 title at the 2022 Swiss Open in Gstaad this time pairing with Tomislav Brkić.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2022 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Nuno Borges Máximo González
André Göransson		 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Tomislav Brkić Robin Haase
Philipp Oswald		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Apr 2023 Banja Luka Open, Bosnia and Herzegovina 250 Series Clay Aleksandr Nedovyesov Jamie Murray
Michael Venus		 5–7, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 2023 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Rafael Matos Gonzalo Escobar
Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2023 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Rafael Matos Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul		 6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

ATP Challenger Tour titles

Doubles (11)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 11 April 2021 Challenger Oeiras, Portugal Clay Nuno Borges Pavel Kotov
Tseng Chun-hsin		 6–1, 6–2
Win 25 September 2021 Challenger Braga, Portugal Clay Nuno Borges Jesper de Jong
Bart Stevens		 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Win 6 November 2021 Challenger Tenerife, Spain Hard Nuno Borges Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Purav Raja		 6–3, 6-4
Win 27 November 2021 Challenger Manama, Bahrain Hard Nuno Borges Maximilian Neuchrist
Michail Pervolarakis		 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win 11 December 2021 Challenger Maia, Portugal Clay Nuno Borges Andrej Martin
Gonçalo Oliveira		 6-3, 6-4
Win 18 December 2021 Challenger Maia, Portugal Clay (i) Nuno Borges Piotr Matuszewski
David Pichler		 6-4, 7-5
Win 2 April 2022 Challenger Oeiras, Portugal Clay Nuno Borges Sanjar Fayziev
Markos Kalovelonis		 6–3, 6–0
Win 9 April 2022 Challenger Oeiras, Portugal Clay Nuno Borges Zdeněk Kolář
Adam Pavlásek		 6–4, 6–0
Win 23 April 2022 Challenger Prague, Czech Republic Clay Szymon Walków Tristan Lamasine
Lucas Pouille		 6–2, 7–6(14–12)
Win 7 May 2022 Challenger Prague, Czech Republic Clay Nuno Borges Andrew Paulson
Adam Pavlásek		 6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Win 29 April 2023 Challenger Rome, Italy Clay Nicolás Barrientos Andrey Golubev
Denys Molchanov		 6–3, 6–1

References
  1. "Francisco Cabral | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. "Borges to Face Tseng in Maia Open Final". 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. "Borges to Face Tseng in Maia Open Final". 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. "Home Favourites Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral Continue Dream Run in Estoril | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. "Francisco Cabral e Nuno Borges estão nas meias finais do Millennium Estoril Open". 29 April 2022.
  6. @EstorilOpen (30 April 2022). "HISTORY IN ESTORIL!Francisco Cabral and Nuno Borges are the first ever Portuguese doubles pair to reach the final…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. "Portugueses Nuno Borges e Francisco Cabral fazem história no Estoril Open".
  8. "Maximo Gonzalez/Andre Goransson Reach Estoril Final on Team Debut | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  9. "Estoril Open | Results | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
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