Leonardo Tavares


Leonardo Tavares is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He has regularly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour throughout his career. In August 2010, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of no. 186.
Earlier in his career, Tavares played in the ITF Men's Circuit. However, a breakthrough year in 2009 led him to his first Challenger final in August. He became a mainstay at that level, capturing several doubles titles and breaking into the top 100 doubles ranking. Tavares reached a career high no. 95 ranking in September 2010. He played regularly for the Portugal Davis Cup team between 2002 and 2011.
Tavares is currently inactive, having played his last tournament in May 2016.

Career finals

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runners-up)

ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-upChallengerManerbio, ItalyClay Federico Delbonis1–6, 3–6
Runner-upChallengerTampere, FinlandClay Éric Prodon4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinnerChallengerCancún, MexicoHard Andre Begemann Adil Shamasdin
Greg Ouellette
6–1, 6–7,
WinnerChallengerCuritiba, BrazilClay Dominik Meffert Ramón Delgado
André Sá
3–6, 6–2,
Runner-upChallengerCarson, United StatesHard Artem Sitak Brian Battistone
Nicholas Monroe
7–5, 3–6,
WinnerChallengerOjai, United StatesHard Artem Sitak Harsh Mankad
Izak van der Merwe
4–6, 6–4,
WinnerChallengerBraunschweig, GermanyClay Simone Vagnozzi Igor Kunitsyn
Yuri Schukin
7–5, 7–6
WinnerChallengerTampere, FinlandClay João Sousa Andis Juška
Deniss Pavlovs
7–6, 7–5
Runner-upChallengerCasablanca, MoroccoClay Simone Vagnozzi Guillermo Alcaide
Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
2–6, 1–6
Runner-upChallengerBlumenau, BrazilClay Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras Franco Ferreiro
André Sá
2–6, 6–3,
Runner-upChallengerMilan, ItalyClay Andrea Arnaboldi Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
Simone Vagnozzi
6–0, 3–6,
Runner-upChallengerFlorianopolis, BrazilClay Javier Martí Blaž Kavčič
Antonio Veić
3–6, 3–6

ITF Men's Circuit

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-upFuturesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia F2Hard Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-upFuturesSanta Cruz, Bolivia F2Clay Cristian Villagrán3–6, 3–6
WinnerFuturesPorto, Portugal F4Clay Cristian Villagrán4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-upFuturesWahlstedt, Germany F16Clay Adrián García3–6, 6–4, 0–6
WinnerFuturesAlbufeira, Portugal F3Hard Raemon Sluiter6–3, 6–4
Runner-upFuturesGuimarães, Portugal F4Hard Jules Marie4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-upFuturesCasablanca, Morocco F5Clay Oriol Roca Batalla3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runners-up)

OutcomeDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-upFuturesAgadir, Morocco F3Clay João Paulo Magalhães Kane Dewhurst
David McNamara
0–6, 1–6
Runner-upFuturesNonthaburi, Thailand F2Hard Tiago Godinho Hiroki Kondo
Michihisa Onoda
3–6, 2–6
Runner-upFuturesHanoi, Vietnam F1Hard Tiago Godinho Johan Du Randt
Dirk Stegmann
5–7, 6–7
WinnerFuturesLisbon, Portugal F8Clay Harsh Mankad Baptiste Dupuy
Gregory Girault
6–1, 6–2
WinnerFuturesLisbon, Portugal F9Clay Harsh Mankad Fábrice Betencourt
Baptiste Dupuy
6–4, 6–3
Runner-upFuturesLisbon, Portugal F10Clay Jorge Laranjeiro Tiago Godinho
António van Grichen
4–6, 4–6
Runner-upFuturesAlbufeira, Portugal F2Hard Frederico Gil Juan Ignacio Cerda
Jasper Smit
4–6, 4–6
WinnerFuturesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia F1Hard Jamie Delgado Mustafa Ghouse
Jhonathan Medina-Alvarez
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-upFuturesLa Paz, Bolivia F1Clay Guillermo Carry Michael Quintero
Carlos Salamanca
5–7, 4–6
Runner-upFuturesLagos, Portugal F3Hard Frederico Gil Richard Holstrom
Christian Johansson
walkover
WinnerFuturesNapoli, Italy F14Clay Marcelo Melo Deniss Pavlovs
Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
6–3, 6–2
Runner-upFuturesCairo, Egypt F1Clay Cesar Ferrer-Victoria Adrian Cruciat
Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd
4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-upFuturesMinsk, Belarus F3Clay Cesar Ferrer-Victoria Michail Elgin
Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy
4–6, 0–6
Runner-upFuturesSaint-Gervais-les-Bains, France F11Clay Ivan Sergeyev Jonathan Eysseric
Adrian Mannarino
1–6, 4–6
WinnerFuturesPorto, Portugal F7Clay Nuno Marques Vladislav Bondarenko
Vladyslav Klymenko
6–4, 6–3
Runner-upFuturesEspinho, Portugal F8Clay Javier Martí Vladislav Bondarenko
Vladyslav Klymenko
4–6, 6–3,
Runner-upFuturesAbidjan, Ivory Coast F1Hard Andre Begemann Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Andreas Haider-Maurer
1–6, 7–6,
WinnerFuturesToulon, France F9Clay Augustin Gensse Julien Jeanpierre
Nicolas Renavand
6–2, 6–2
WinnerFuturesBolzano, Italy F23Clay Manuel Jorquera Marius Copil
Antal Van Der Duim
6–7, 6–3,
WinnerFuturesItajaí, Brazil F8Clay Goran Tošić Jonathan Eysseric
Fernando Romboli
1–6, 6–3,
WinnerFuturesOliveira de Azeméis, Portugal F8Hard Frederico Gil Romain Barbosa
Frederico Ferreira Silva
6–1, 3–6,
WinnerFuturesPorto, Portugal F9Clay Frederico Gil Romain Barbosa
Frederico Ferreira Silva
2–6, 6–3,
WinnerFuturesElvas, Portugal F12Hard Romain Barbosa Jaime Pulgar-Garcia
Javier Pulgar-Garcia
walkover
WinnerFuturesVale do Lobo, Portugal F1Hard Romain Barbosa Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez
Ivan Arenas-Gualda
3–6, 6–3,
WinnerFuturesLoulé, Portugal F3Hard Romain Barbosa João Domingues
David Vega Hernandez
6–1, 4–6,

Performance timelines

''Current through 2016 ATP World Tour.

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

Doubles

Head-to-head vs. Top 20 players

This section contains Tavares' win-loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.

Career earnings

National participation

Davis Cup (15 wins, 16 losses)

Tavares debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2002 and has played 31 matches in 20 ties. His singles record is 5–9 and his doubles record is 10–7.

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