Thiago Monteiro (tennis)

Thiago Monteiro
Full nameThiago Moura Monteiro
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1994-05-31) 31 May 1994 (age 30)
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed-backhand)
CoachRuben Ramirez-Hidalgo, Pablo Fuentes[1]
Prize moneyUS $3,756,345
Singles
Career record92–128
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 61 (17 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 76 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2017)
US Open2R (2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021, 2024)
Doubles
Career record12–31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 144 (31 January 2022)
Current rankingNo. 538 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2021)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open2R (2021, 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2024)
Team competitions
Davis CupPO (2016, 2017)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Singles
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Thiago Moura Monteiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [tʃiˈaɡu mõˈtejɾu]; born 31 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.

Monteiro has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 61 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 144, achieved on 31 January 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Brazilian tennis player.[2]

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Monteiro peaked in the rankings at No. 2 on 2 February 2012, with his biggest junior singles title being the Grade A, Copa Gerdau in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2011.

In his first ATP match, as a wildcard ranked world No. 338 in the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro in February 2016, Monteiro upset No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round.[3] In the second round, Monteiro lost to eventual champion Pablo Cuevas. In his next tournament, the ATP 250 São Paulo, Monteiro won two matches (against former World No. 9 Nicolás Almagro, and Daniel Muñoz de la Nava), losing again to eventual champion Cuevas in the quarterfinals.[4][5]

On May 8, 2016, Monteiro won his first ATP Challenger title in Aix-en-Provence, France. He defeated Carlos Berlocq in the final.[6]

  1. ^ "TenisBrasil – Monteiro encerra a parceria com técnico argentino". Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  2. ^ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Convidado, brasileiro Thiago Monteiro surpreende Tsonga no Aberto do Rio". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). February 17, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  4. ^ "Monteiro Keeps Soaring up the Ranks | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. ^ "Activity of the Thiago Monteiro on the ATP site". ATP. 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Thiago Monteiro vira sobre argentino e é campeão em challenger francês". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). May 8, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.