Rafael Matos

Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 26 achieved on 6 February 2023. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 440 achieved on 21 May 2018. He won the mixed doubles at the 2023 Australian Open with compatriot Luisa Stefani, becoming the first Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam.

Rafael Matos
Matos at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Full nameRafael Fabris de Matos
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidencePorto Alegre, Brazil
Born (1996-01-06) 6 January 1996
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFranco Ferreiro
Prize money$755,004
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 440 (21 May 2018)
Doubles
Career record87–62 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 26 (6 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 40 (17 June 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French OpenQF (2022)
Wimbledon3R (2022)
US Open2R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2023)
French OpenQF (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022, 2023)
US Open1R (2022)
Last updated on: 17 June 2024.

Career

2019–20: ATP debut

Matos made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partnering Igor Marcondes.[1]

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].[2]

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.

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with compatriot Thiago Monteiro where they reached the second round.

In February 2022, Matos 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.[3]

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.[4]

Throughout 2023, Matos' best results in doubles were: a third round at Roland Garros[5] and runner-up at the ATP 250 in Bastad and Chengdu with Francisco Cabral,[6][7] a semifinal at the ATP 250 in Córdoba with Vega Hernández,[8][9] and quarterfinals at the ATP 500 in Acapulco, Barcelona and Halle.

2024: First ATP 500 title

In 2024, Matos began a partnership with Nicolás Barrientos which started to produce good results. At the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, they reached the semifinals, and 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.[10][11][12]

Performance timeline

Current through the 2024 Italian Open.

Tournament202120222023 2024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3
French Open A QF 3R 2R 0 / 3 6–3
Wimbledon 2R 3R 2R 0 / 3 4–3
US Open A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Win–loss 1–1 5–4 4–4 2–2 0 / 11 12–11
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Miami Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Monte-Carlo Masters A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Madrid Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Shanghai Masters NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Paris Masters A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 0 / 8 3–8
Career statistics
202120222023 Career
Titles 1 5 0 6
Finals 2 7 2 11
Year-end ranking 67 27 59

Significant finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard Luisa Stefani Sania Mirza
Rohan Bopanna		 7–6(7–2), 6–2

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (1–1)
ATP 250 (7–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (2–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (7–5)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 Córdoba Open, Argentina ATP 250 Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Romain Arneodo
Benoît Paire		 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–1 May 2021 Belgrade Open, Serbia ATP 250 Clay André Göransson Jonathan Erlich
Andrei Vasilevski		 4–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Feb 2022 Chile Open, Chile ATP 250 Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves André Göransson
Nathaniel Lammons		 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–1 Apr 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco ATP 250 Clay David Vega Hernández Andrea Vavassori
Jan Zieliński		 6–1, 7–5
Loss 3–2 May 2022 Bavarian Championships, Germany ATP 250 Clay David Vega Hernández Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies		 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 4–2 Jun 2022 Mallorca Championships, Spain ATP 250 Grass David Vega Hernández Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar		 7–67–5, 6–76–8, [10–1]
Win 5–2 Jul 2022 Swedish Open, Sweden ATP 250 Clay David Vega Hernández Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini		 6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Win 6–2 Oct 2022 Sofia Open, Bulgaria ATP 250 Hard (i) David Vega Hernández Fabian Fallert
Oscar Otte		 3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss 6–3 Oct 2022 Japan Open, Japan ATP 500 Hard David Vega Hernández Mackenzie McDonald
Marcelo Melo		 4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 6–4 Jul 2023 Swedish Open, Sweden ATP 250 Clay Francisco Cabral Gonzalo Escobar
Aleksandr Nedovyesov		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 6–5 Sep 2023 Chengdu Open, China ATP 250 Hard Francisco Cabral Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul		 6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 7–5 Feb 2024 Rio Open, Brazil ATP 500 Clay Nicolás Barrientos Alexander Erler
Lucas Miedler		 6–4, 6–3
Win 8–5 Jun 2024 Stuttgart Open, Germany ATP 250 Grass Marcelo Melo Robert Galloway
Julian Cash		 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/WTT (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 Brazil F15, Foz do Iguaçu Futures Clay Fabrício Neis 3–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 May 2017 Spain F14, Vic Futures Clay Pedro Cachin 4–6, 6–0, 1–0r
Loss 1–2 Aug 2017 Spain F25, Vigo Futures Clay Marc Giner 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win 2–2 Nov 2017 Brazil F2, Santos Futures Clay Wilson Leite 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 3–2 May 2018 Brazil F2, São Paulo Futures Clay Gonzalo Villanueva 6–1, 6–3
Win 4–2 May 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia WTT Clay Orlando Luz 7–5, 7–5
Loss 4–3 May 2019 M15 Valldoreix, Spain WTT Clay Orlando Luz 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Jun 2019 M15 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil WTT Clay Juan Pablo Ficovich 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Oct 2019 M15 São Paulo, Brazil WTT Clay Bastian Malla 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 20 (11–8)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (11–8)
ITF Futures/WTT (30 titles)
Finals by surface
Hard (1-1)
Clay (10-7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2019 Campinas, Brasil Challenger Clay Orlando Luz Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Fernando Romboli		 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win 2–0 Jan 2020 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay Orlando Luz Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
Thiago Agustín Tirante		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Mar 2020 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Orlando Luz Karol Drzewiecki
Gonçalo Oliveira		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [9–11]
Win 3–1 Sep 2020 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay João Menezes Treat Huey
Nathaniel Lammons		 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–1 Feb 2021 Concepción, Chile Challenger Clay Orlando Luz Sergio Galdós
Diego Hidalgo		 7–5, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Mar 2021 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Luis David Martinez
Gonçalo Oliveira		 5–7, 1–6
Win 5-2 Apr 2021 Tallahassee, USA Challenger Clay Orlando Luz Sekou Bangoura
Donald Young		 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 5–3 May 2021 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves André Göransson
Nathaniel Lammons		 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 6-3 Aug 2021 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Orlando Luz Sergio Galdós
Renzo Olivo		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 6-4 Aug 2021 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay João Menezes Zdeněk Kolář
Luis David Martínez		 6–1, 3–6, [3–10]
Win 7-4 Aug 2021 Como, Italy Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Luis David Martínez
Andrea Vavassori		 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 7–5 Sep 2021 Tulln an der Donau, Austria Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Dustin Brown
Andrea Vavassori		 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 8-5 Nov 2021 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Ignacio Carou
Luciano Darderi		 6–4, 6–4
Win 9-5 Nov 2021 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Gilbert Klier Júnior
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 9–6 Nov 2021 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Nicolás Barrientos
Alejandro Gómez		 w/o
Loss 9–7 Dec 2021 Florianópolis, Brazil Challenger Clay Martín Cuevas Nicolás Barrientos
Alejandro Gómez		 3–6, 3–6
Win 10-7 Dec 2021 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Challenger Hard Orlando Luz James Cerretani
Fernando Romboli		 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 10-8 Apr 2022 Madrid, Spain Challenger Clay David Vega Hernández Adam Pavlásek
Igor Zelenay		 3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 11-8 May 2022 Bordeaux, France Challenger Clay David Vega Hernández Hugo Nys
Jan Zieliński		 6-4, 6-0

National representation

Davis Cup

Matos was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon in doubles.[13] Matos alongside Marcelo Demoliner made his debut in Davis Cup against Benjamin Hassan and Habib Hady and won in three sets at the third rubber of that tie. Later, the Brazilian team confirmed the 4–0 tie and advanced into the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round.[14] Currently, Matos sports a 3–0 record in Davis Cup matches. He has played only doubles matches thus far.

All Davis Cup Matches: 3–0 (Doubles: 3–0)
2020 Davis Cup World Group I
Round Date Opponent Final match score Location Surface Match Partner Opponents Rubber Score
WGI September 18–19, 2021  Lebanon 4–0 Jounieh Clay III Marcelo Demoliner Benjamin Hassan /
Habib Hady
 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2022 Davis Cup World Group I
WGI September 16–17, 2022  Portugal 1–3 Viana do Castelo Hard(i) III Felipe Meligeni Alves Nuno Borges /
Francisco Cabral		 6–3, 0–6, 6–3
2023 Davis Cup World Group I
Play-offs February 3–4, 2023  China 4–0 Florianópolis Clay III Felipe Meligeni Alves Cui Jie /
Zhang Ze		 6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss2014US OpenHard João Menezes Omar Jasika
Naoki Nakagawa		3–6, 6–7(6–8)

References
  1. "Após polêmica, Brasil Open justifica convite para uruguaio Cuevas: "Opção contundente"". Globoesporte. 24 February 2019.
  2. "Orlandinho e Matos eliminam favoritos Cabal e Farah – Rio Open". rioopen.com (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. "Home Favourites Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral Continue Dream Run in Estoril". ATP Tour.
  4. Stefani e Matos fazem história com título na Austrália
  5. Marcelo Melo e Rafael Matos perdem nas duplas e são eliminados em Roland-Garros
  6. Rafael Matos é vice-campeão no ATP de Bastad
  7. Rafael Matos e Cabral são vice-campeões no ATP de Chengdu
  8. "Matos/Vega Hernandez Save MP In Cordoba QF Win".
  9. Rafael Matos se despede na semi do ATP de Córdoba
  10. Brasileiros param na semifinal do ATP 250 de Buenos Aires
  11. Matos é finalista na dupla e tenta título inédito para o Brasil no Rio
  12. https://twitter.com/atptour/status/1761852230838137277
  13. "TenisBrasil – Nova geração defende Brasil contra Líbano na Davis".
  14. "Brasil vence o Líbano e avança aos playoffs da Copa Davis – Gazeta Esportiva". 19 September 2021.
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