João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 69 on 6 April 2015, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 70, on 7 January 2013. Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean). He received a lifetime ban for match-fixing in 2020.
Career
In 2011, he qualified to the US Open, but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Robby Ginepri 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6.
In the 2014 season, Souza beat world No. 45, Robin Haase in round of 32 of the ATP 250 São Paulo. Later he reached semifinals at the Marburg, Scheveningen and Poznan Challengers. At the Medellin Challenger, he beat Facundo Bagnis in semifinals and lost to Austin Krajicek in the final. He reached semifinals at the Quito Challenger.
In 2015, he played in the longest singles match in Davis Cup history, losing to Leonardo Mayer in 6 hours and 42 minutes, 6–7(4), 6–7(5), 7–5, 7–5, 13–15.
In 2016, he won the 2016 International Tennis Tournament of Cortina on the ATP Challenger Tour, beating Laslo Djere in the final in straight sets.
In January 2020, the Tennis Integrity Unit announced that Souza had been issued a lifetime ban after conviction on match-fixing charges.LIFETIME BAN AND $200,000 FINE FOR JOAO OLAVO SOARES DE SOUZA AFTER CONVICTION ON MATCH-FIXING CHARGES TIU 25 Jan. 2020
ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Ecuador OpenClay Víctor Estrella Burgos Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko5–7, 6–7(3)
Futures & Challenger finals Singles: 22 (14–8) LegendChallengers (9–7)Futures (5–1) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up1.São Paulo, BrazilClay Juán-Pablo Villar6–7(5), 6–7(6)Winner1.São Paulo, BrazilClay André Miele6–3, 6–2Winner2.Santos, BrazilClay Juán-Pablo Villar6–1, 6–2Winner3.Fortaleza, BrazilClay Juán-Pablo Villar6–4, 2–0 ret.Winner4.Bucaramanga, ColombiaClay Juan Sebastián Cabal4–6, 6–2, 6–2Winner5.Bauru, BrazilClay Gastón Giussani7–6(7), 7–6(3)Runner-up2.Medellín, ColombiaClay Juan Ignacio Chela4–6, 6–4, 4–6Winner6.Bogotá, ColombiaClay Alejandro Falla4–6, 6–4, 6–1Winner7.Bogotá, ColombiaClay Reda El Amrani6–4, 7–6(5)Runner-up3.Quito, EcuadorClay Giovanni Lapentti6–2, 3–6, 4–6Winner8.Santos, BrazilClay Diego Junqueira6–4, 6–2Runner-up4.Zagreb, CroatiaClay Diego Junqueira3–6, 4–6Winner9.Cali, ColombiaClay Thiago Alves6–2, 6–4Winner10.Quito, EcuadorClay Guillaume Rufin6–2, 7–6(4)Winner11.São Paulo, BrazilClay Alejandro González7–6, 6–3Winner12.São Paulo, BrazilHard Alejandro González6–4, 6–4Runner-up5.Medellín, ColombiaClay Austin Krajicek5–7, 3–6Runner-up6.Pereira, ColombiaClay Víctor Estrella Burgos6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(6)Runner-up7.San Juan, ArgentinaClay Diego Schwartzman6–7(5), 3–6Runner-up8.León, MexicoHard Michael Berrer3–6, 2–6Winner13.Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyClay Laslo Djere6–4, 7–6(4)Winner14.Fano, ItalyClay Nicolás Kicker 6–4, 6–7(12), 6–2
Doubles: 22 (11–11) LegendChallengers (5–6)Futures (6–5) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up1.Sorocaba, BrazilClay Marcelo Melo Alexandre Bonatto Franco Ferreiro6–4, 5–7, 6–3Runner-up2.Londrina, BrazilClay André Miele Leonardo Kirche Caio Zampieri3–6, 6–2, 7–6(1)Runner-up3.São Paulo, BrazilClay André Miele György Balázs Kornél Bardóczky6–4, 6–2Winner1.Criciúma, BrazilClay André Miele Carlos Avellán Tiago Lopes6–4, 6–4Winner2.Uruguaiana, BrazilClay André Miele Tiago Lopes Caio Zampieri7–6(5), 6–2Runner-up4.Florianópolis, BrazilClay André Miele Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos6–4, 6–4Runner-up5.São Paulo, BrazilClay André Miele Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta6–4, 6–4Runner-up6.Caldas Novas, BrazilClay André Miele Renato Silveira Caio Zampieri6–4, 6–7, 6–1Winner3.Chapecó, BrazilClay André Miele Thomaz Bellucci Caio Burjaili2–6, 6–2, 6–2Winner4.Itu, BrazilClay André Miele Raony Carvalho Rodrigo Grilli2–6, 6–4, [10–7]Winner5.Fortaleza, BrazilClay André Pinheiro Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pittaw/oWinner6.Manizales, ColombiaClay André Miele Matteo Marrai Walter Trusendi6–4, 6–4Runner-up7.Aracaju, BrazilClay Thiago Alves Juan-Martín Aranguren Franco Ferreiro6–4, 6–4Runner-up8.Mexico CityHard Víctor Estrella Burgos Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana6–3, 6–3Winner7.Pereira, ColombiaClay Víctor Estrella Burgos Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla6–4, 6–4Runner-up9.Cali, ColombiaClay Ricardo Hocevar Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos4–6, 6–3, [10–5]Runner-up10.Cali, ColombiaClay Marcelo Demoliner Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 3–6, 6–7(4)Winner8.Campinas, BrazilClay Marcelo Demoliner Marcel Felder Máximo González6–1, 7–5Runner-up11.Quito, EcuadorClay Marcelo Demoliner Juan Sebastián Cabal Carlos Salamanca6–7(7), 6–7(4)Winner9.Rio de Janeiro, BrazilClay Marcelo Demoliner Frederico Gil Pedro Sousa6–2, 6–4Winner10.Porto Alegre, BrazilClay Marcelo Demoliner Simon Greul Alessandro Motti6–3, 3–6, [10–7]Winner11.Santiago, ChileClay Marcelo Demoliner Federico Delbonis Diego Junqueira7–5, 6–1
Singles performance timeline
Current till 2016 US Open. Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ11RAA1RA0–2French OpenQ2Q1Q2Q21RQ2Q11RQ10–2WimbledonQ1Q1Q1AAAQ11RA0–1US OpenQ1Q1Q11RQ1Q2Q11RQ20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–20–00–00–40–00–7
References
External links
See also Match fixing in tennis Tennis Integrity Unit