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João Menezes

{{short description|Brazilian tennis player (born 1996)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = João Menezes

| image = Menezes WMQ22 (7) (52191151878).jpg

| caption = Menezes at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships

| country = {{BRA}}

| fullname = João Magalhães Hueb de Menezes

| residence = Uberaba, Brazil

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|12|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Uberaba, Brazil

| height = {{convert|abbr=on|1.85|m}}

| turnedpro =

| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

| coach = Patricio Arnold

| careerprizemoney = $350,992

| singlesrecord = 0–3

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 172 (17 February 2020)

| currentsinglesranking = No. 1435 (16 September 2024)

| AustralianOpenresult = Q2 (2021)

| FrenchOpenresult = Q3 (2021)

| Wimbledonresult = Q2 (2022)

| USOpenresult = Q3 (2019)

| Othertournaments = yes

| Olympicsresult = 1R (2021)

| doublesrecord = 0–0

| doublestitles = 0

| highestdoublesranking = No. 242 (13 September 2021)

| currentdoublesranking =

|FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult =

|WimbledonDoublesresult =

|WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult =

|USOpenDoublesresult =

|USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = F (2014)

| updated = 20 September 2024

| medaltemplates-expand = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{medalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Men's singles}}

}}

João Magalhães Hueb de Menezes (born 17 December 1996) is a Brazilian inactive professional tennis player.

He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 172 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 242 achieved on 13 September 2021.

Menezes won the gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, defeating Chilean Tomás Barrios in the final.

He has won one ATP Challenger singles title at the 2019 Samarkand Challenger as well as a total of 12 ITF Futures titles (5 singles and 7 doubles).{{cite web |title=Joao Menezes Tennis Player Profile {{!}} ITF |url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100182377 |website=www.itftennis.com |language=en |access-date=2019-05-19 |archive-date=2018-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428081546/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100182377 |url-status=dead }}

Career

In June 2021, he qualified to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|last=Brasil|first=Bolavip|title=Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio|url=https://br.bolavip.com/cotidiano/Jogos-Olimpicos--Brasil-ja-tem-275-atletas-classificados-para-os-Jogos-Olimpicos-de-Toquio-20210625-0058.html|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Bolavip Brasil|language=pt-BR|archive-date=2021-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627031248/https://br.bolavip.com/cotidiano/Jogos-Olimpicos--Brasil-ja-tem-275-atletas-classificados-para-os-Jogos-Olimpicos-de-Toquio-20210625-0058.html|url-status=dead}}

Performance timelines

{{Performance key}}

=Singles=

Current through the 2022 French Open.

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!Tournament!!2019!!2020!!2021

!2022

!SR!!W–L

colspan="7" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|Q1

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|French Open

|A

|Q2

|Q3

|Q1

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|Q1

|Q2

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|US Open

|Q3

|A

|Q2

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 0

!0–0

colspan="7" align="left" |ATP World Tour Masters 1000
align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|A

| style="color:#767676" |NH

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Miami Open

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|Q1

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Monte-Carlo Masters

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Madrid Open

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Italian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Canadian Open

|A

|style=color:#767676|NH

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Cincinnati Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Shanghai Masters

|A

| colspan="2" style="color:#767676" |NH

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

align=left|Paris Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 0

|0–0

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0–0

!0 / 0

!0–0

colspan="7" align="left" |National representation
align=left|Davis Cup

| bgcolor="ecf2ff" |Z1

|A

|A

|

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Summer Olympics

| style=color:#767676 colspan="2" |Not Held

| bgcolor="afeeee" |1R

|style=color:#767676|NH

|0 / 1

|0–1

colspan="7" align="left" |Career statistics
!2019

!2020

!2021

!2022

!colspan=2|Career

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Tournaments

|1

|0

|2

|0

!colspan=2|3

style=text-align:left|Titles / Finals

!0 / 0

!0 / 0

!0 / 0

!0 / 0

!colspan=2|0 / 0

style=text-align:left|Overall win–loss

!0–1

!0–0

!0–2

!0–0

!colspan=2|0–3

bgcolor=efefef

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|189

|194

|250

|955

!colspan=2|{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=3|integer=yes}}

Davis Cup

{| class="wikitable" style=""

!Legend

style="background:#eee;"

|Group membership

style="background:#ffc;"

|World Group (0–0)

style="background:#cfc;"

|Group I (0–1)

style="background:#fcf;"

|Group II (0)

style="background:#9cf;"

|Group III (0)

style="background:#fc9;"

|Group IV (0)

|}

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!Rubber outcome

!Rubber

!Match type (partner if any)

!Opponent nation

!Opponent player(s)

!Score

colspan="6" |{{increase}}3–1; 13–14 September 2019; Sociedade Recreativa Mampituba, Criciúma, Brazil; Group I Americas; Clay surface
style="background:#cfc;"

| bgcolor="ffa07a" |Defeat

|I

|Singles

|{{flagicon|BAR}} Barbados

|Darian King

|6–3, 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=e5d1cb
bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures (5–3)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by surface

Hard (2–2)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Feb 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F8, Plantation

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Patricio Heras

|4–6, 2–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|May 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Colombia F1, Pereira

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ECU}} Emilio Gómez

|5–7, 2–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–2

|{{dts|Nov 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Brazil F7, Santa Maria

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Orlando Luz

|6–2, 7–6(7–5)

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–2

|{{dts|Oct 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Ecuador F2, Quito

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BOL}} Federico Zeballos

|6–3, 3–6, 7–5

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–2

|{{dts|Sep 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Spain F28, Oviedo

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Eduard Esteve Lobato

|6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|4–2

|{{dts|Apr 2018}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Nigeria F1, Abuja

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Markus Eriksson

|6–2, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–3

|{{dts|Apr 2018}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Nigeria F2, Abuja

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Maximilian Neuchrist

|3–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|5–3

|{{dts|May 2018}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Nigeria F3, Abuja

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|IND}} Arjun Kadhe

|6–3, 6–1

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|6–3

|2019 Samarkand Challenger – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Samarkand, Uzbekistan

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Corentin Moutet

|7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7)

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|6–4

|2019 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Singles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Binghamton, USA

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yūichi Sugita

|6–7(2–7), 6–1, 2–6

=Doubles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)=

valign=top

|

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=e5d1cb
bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures (7–1)

|

class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Finals by surface

Hard (2–0)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

|}

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Sep 2013}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Brazil F8, Caxias do Sul

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Evaldo Neto

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabrício Neis
{{flagicon|BRA}} João Pedro Sorgi

|3–6, 6–3, [6–10]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|Mar 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F9, Sunrise

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Sant'Anna
{{flagicon|BRA}} Thales Turini

|7–5, 2–6, [10–5]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2–1

|{{dts|May 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Colombia F1, Pereira

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} João Walendowsky

|{{flagicon|COL}} Felipe Escobar
{{flagicon|COL}} Juan Sebastián Gómez

|6–3, 5–7, [11–9]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|3–1

|{{dts|Oct 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Colombia F4, Valledupar

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos

|{{flagicon|COL}} José Daniel Bendeck
{{flagicon|ARG}} Gregorio Cordonnier

|6–3, 3–6, [10–5]

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|4–1

|{{dts|Oct 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Ecuador F1, Quito

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Franco Descotte
{{flagicon|USA}} Raleigh Smith

|6–1, 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|5–1

|{{dts|Dec 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Uruguay F2, Paysandú

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Oscar José Gutierrez
{{flagicon|BRA}} Nicolas Santos

|6–0, 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|6–1

|{{dts|Sep 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Spain F28, Oviedo

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Agamenone

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Viktor Durasovic
{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Semmler

|7–5, 6–3

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|7–1

|{{dts|Oct 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Egypt F31, Sharm El Sheikh

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Jordà Sanchis

|{{flagicon|EGY}} Youssef Hossam
{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Massara

|6–3, 4–6, [10–8]

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|8–1

|2020 Iași Open – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Iași, Romania

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos

|{{flagicon|PHI}} Treat Huey
{{flagicon|USA}} Nathaniel Lammons

|6–2, 6–2

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|8–2

|2021 San Marino Open – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin;"|San Marino, San Marino

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Zdeněk Kolář
{{flagicon|VEN}} Luis David Martínez

|6–1, 3–6, [3–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

=Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

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!style="width:40px;"|Result

!style="width:30px;"|Year

!style="width:140px;"|Tournament

!style="width:50px;"|Surface

!style="width:145px;"|Partner

!style="width:145px;"|Opponents

!style="width:110px;" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ccccff;"

|bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|2014

|US Open

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Matos

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Omar Jasika
{{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Nakagawa

|3–6, 6–7(6–8)

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{ATP}}
  • {{ITF}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Menezes, Joao}}

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Brazilian male tennis players

Category:Sportspeople from Uberaba

Category:Tennis players from Minas Gerais

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil

Category:Pan American Games medalists in tennis

Category:Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Olympic tennis players for Brazil

Category:Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen

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