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)
Result | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | Challenger | Manerbio, Italy | Clay | Federico Delbonis | 1–6, 3–6 | |
Runner-up | Challenger | Tampere, Finland | Clay | Éric Prodon | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)
Outcome | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | Challenger | Cancún, Mexico | Hard | Andre Begemann | Adil Shamasdin Greg Ouellette | 6–1, 6–7, | |
Winner | Challenger | Curitiba, Brazil | Clay | Dominik Meffert | Ramón Delgado André Sá | 3–6, 6–2, | |
Runner-up | Challenger | Carson, United States | Hard | Artem Sitak | Brian Battistone Nicholas Monroe | 7–5, 3–6, | |
Winner | Challenger | Ojai, United States | Hard | Artem Sitak | Harsh Mankad Izak van der Merwe | 4–6, 6–4, | |
Winner | Challenger | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | Igor Kunitsyn Yuri Schukin | 7–5, 7–6 | |
Winner | Challenger | Tampere, Finland | Clay | João Sousa | Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs | 7–6, 7–5 | |
Runner-up | Challenger | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | Guillermo Alcaide Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras | 2–6, 1–6 | |
Runner-up | Challenger | Blumenau, Brazil | Clay | Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras | Franco Ferreiro André Sá | 2–6, 6–3, | |
Runner-up | Challenger | Milan, Italy | Clay | Andrea Arnaboldi | Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras Simone Vagnozzi | 6–0, 3–6, | |
Runner-up | Challenger | Florianopolis, Brazil | Clay | Javier Martí | Blaž Kavčič Antonio Veić | 3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Men's Circuit
Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)
Outcome | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | Futures | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia F2 | Hard | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 4–6, 7–6, 3–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Santa Cruz, Bolivia F2 | Clay | Cristian Villagrán | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | Futures | Porto, Portugal F4 | Clay | Cristian Villagrán | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Wahlstedt, Germany F16 | Clay | Adrián García | 3–6, 6–4, 0–6 | |
Winner | Futures | Albufeira, Portugal F3 | Hard | Raemon Sluiter | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Guimarães, Portugal F4 | Hard | Jules Marie | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Casablanca, Morocco F5 | Clay | Oriol Roca Batalla | 3–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runners-up)
Outcome | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | Futures | Agadir, Morocco F3 | Clay | João Paulo Magalhães | Kane Dewhurst David McNamara | 0–6, 1–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Nonthaburi, Thailand F2 | Hard | Tiago Godinho | Hiroki Kondo Michihisa Onoda | 3–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Hanoi, Vietnam F1 | Hard | Tiago Godinho | Johan Du Randt Dirk Stegmann | 5–7, 6–7 | |
Winner | Futures | Lisbon, Portugal F8 | Clay | Harsh Mankad | Baptiste Dupuy Gregory Girault | 6–1, 6–2 | |
Winner | Futures | Lisbon, Portugal F9 | Clay | Harsh Mankad | Fábrice Betencourt Baptiste Dupuy | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Lisbon, Portugal F10 | Clay | Jorge Laranjeiro | Tiago Godinho António van Grichen | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Albufeira, Portugal F2 | Hard | Frederico Gil | Juan Ignacio Cerda Jasper Smit | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Winner | Futures | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia F1 | Hard | Jamie Delgado | Mustafa Ghouse Jhonathan Medina-Alvarez | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | Futures | La Paz, Bolivia F1 | Clay | Guillermo Carry | Michael Quintero Carlos Salamanca | 5–7, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Lagos, Portugal F3 | Hard | Frederico Gil | Richard Holstrom Christian Johansson | walkover | |
Winner | Futures | Napoli, Italy F14 | Clay | Marcelo Melo | Deniss Pavlovs Giancarlo Petrazzuolo | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Cairo, Egypt F1 | Clay | Cesar Ferrer-Victoria | Adrian Cruciat Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Minsk, Belarus F3 | Clay | Cesar Ferrer-Victoria | Michail Elgin Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy | 4–6, 0–6 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France F11 | Clay | Ivan Sergeyev | Jonathan Eysseric Adrian Mannarino | 1–6, 4–6 | |
Winner | Futures | Porto, Portugal F7 | Clay | Nuno Marques | Vladislav Bondarenko Vladyslav Klymenko | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | Futures | Espinho, Portugal F8 | Clay | Javier Martí | Vladislav Bondarenko Vladyslav Klymenko | 4–6, 6–3, | |
Runner-up | Futures | Abidjan, Ivory Coast F1 | Hard | Andre Begemann | Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Andreas Haider-Maurer | 1–6, 7–6, | |
Winner | Futures | Toulon, France F9 | Clay | Augustin Gensse | Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Winner | Futures | Bolzano, Italy F23 | Clay | Manuel Jorquera | Marius Copil Antal Van Der Duim | 6–7, 6–3, | |
Winner | Futures | Itajaí, Brazil F8 | Clay | Goran Tošić | Jonathan Eysseric Fernando Romboli | 1–6, 6–3, | |
Winner | Futures | Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal F8 | Hard | Frederico Gil | Romain Barbosa Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6–1, 3–6, | |
Winner | Futures | Porto, Portugal F9 | Clay | Frederico Gil | Romain Barbosa Frederico Ferreira Silva | 2–6, 6–3, | |
Winner | Futures | Elvas, Portugal F12 | Hard | Romain Barbosa | Jaime Pulgar-Garcia Javier Pulgar-Garcia | walkover | |
Winner | Futures | Vale do Lobo, Portugal F1 | Hard | Romain Barbosa | Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez Ivan Arenas-Gualda | 3–6, 6–3, | |
Winner | Futures | Loulé, Portugal F3 | Hard | 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.
|