Tiago Fernandes (tennis)
Country (sports) | Brazil |
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Residence | Florianópolis, Brazil |
Born | Maceió, Brazil | January 29, 1993
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 47,095 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 371 (1 August 2011) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2011) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–2 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 483 (16 July 2012) |
Last updated on: 30 October 2021. |
Tiago Fernandes (born January 29, 1993) is a former Brazilian tennis player. He achieved the No. 1 ranking on the ITF Junior Circuit.[1] Fernandes was coached by Larri Passos, the former coach of Brazilian former world #1 and three-time French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten.
Fernandes won the Boys' Singles division of the 2010 Australian Open, defeating Sean Berman of Australia in the final, 7–5, 6–3.[2]
Tennis career
Junior ranks
2009
In 2009, he competed in his first Grand Slam in the Boys' Singles division of the 2009 French Open. He first competed against Cedrick Commin, winning 7–5, 6–1, in the second round he lost Richard Becker 6–3, 7–5, 6–3. In 2009 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the third round losing to Devin Britton, 7–5, 6–4. At the 2009 US Open, he reached the Quarterfinals, where he lost to Bernard Tomic 6–1, 6–4, from Australia.
2010
At the Junior Australian Open, he became the first Brazilian to win a Junior Grand Slam, defeating Sean Berman 7–5, 6–3 in the final. During the tournament he played against many other higher seeded players like Gianni Mina, in the semifinals where he won 4–6, 7–6, 6–2.
Fernandes was fifth seed at the Junior French Open, reaching the quarterfinals where he lost to eventual champion, Agustín Velotti, 7–6(0), 6–1.
As the No. 3 seed at the Junior Wimbledon Championships, Fernandes defeated local wildcard Tom Farquharson in the first round and American qualifier Dane Webb in the second round. He lost to eventual finalist, Australian qualifier Benjamin Mitchell in the third round, 5–7, 4–6.
Fernandes represented Brazil at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in the tennis competition. He defeated Peter Heller 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 in the first round and Jozef Kovalik 7–6(3), 6–1 in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals, where he lost to Victor Baluda, 2–6, 6–7(5). He and his doubles partner Renzo Olivo defeated Heller and his partner Kevin Krawietz, 6–3, 7–5 to advance to the doubles quarterfinals, where they lost to Diego Galeano and Ricardo Rodriguez.
Fernandes entered the
Senior career
2010
After winning his junior Australian Open title, Fernandes elected to play senior tournaments. He lost in the first round of qualifying at the
He played several
To prepare for the junior Wimbledon Championships, Fernandes played at the
Fernandes entered qualifying for the Beijing International Challenger, defeating Jia Li and Hsin-Han Lee to reach the main draw, where he won his first challenger match, defeating Kaden Hensel. Despite losing 4–6, 4–6 to Andrey Kumantsov in the round of 16, Tiago earned 13 points toward his ATP ranking, moving him up 117 spots to a career high ranking of 645.
He received a wild card to play the Samarkand Challenger, drawing top seed Blaž Kavčič in the first round.
Fernandes plays most of his ITF Futures events in his home country of Brazil. He matched his best ever Futures result at the Brazil F28, reaching the semifinals and losing a tight match against the top seed Andre Miele, 7–6(5), 5–7, 5–7.
He received a wild card in to the main draw in the 2010 Copa Petrobras São Paulo challenger, coming back from a set and a break deficit to defeat fellow Brazilian Augusto Meirelles to win 3–6, 7–5, 6–0, saving three match points.[3] He lost to Nicolas Devilder in the following round.
2011
As the winner of the junior slam the previous year, Fernandes received a wild card into the 2011 Australian Open qualifying draw, suffering a leg injury in his 2–6, 0–6 loss to Evgeny Korolev. After a nearly two-month recovery period that caused him to miss out on the 2011 Brasil Open, he qualified for the main draw at both the 2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships and the 2011 ATP Challenger Guangzhou challengers, reaching the round of 16 at both, which gave him a career high ranking of 509.
Fernandes received a wild card into the main draw at the
2014
In August, Fernandes announced his retirement to focus on his college work.[4]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles:13 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2010 | Australian Open | Hard | Sean Berman | 7–5, 6–3 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2011 | Recife, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Tatsuma Ito | walkover |
Win | 1–1 | May 2013 | Turkey F17, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Jules Marie | 7–5, 6–3 |
Doubles: 6 (1–5)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2009 | Brazil F13, Juiz de Fora | Futures | Clay | Andre Baran | Mauricio Doria-Medina Gaston-Arturo Grimolizzi |
4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2009 | Brazil F15, Rio Claro | Futures | Clay | Bruno Semenzato | Marc Auradou Leonardo Kirche |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2010 | Brazil F28, Fernandópolis | Futures | Clay | Bruno Semenzato | Fabricio Neis
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walkover |
Loss | 0–4 | Mar 2013 | Turkey F9, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Eduardo Dischinger | Peng Gao Wan Gao |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–5 | Sep 2013 | Greece F12, Athens | Futures | Hard | Sam Barry | Kevin Griekspoor Scott Griekspoor |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [5–10] |
Win | 1–5 | Feb 2014 | Argentina F3, Villa Allende | Futures | Clay | Bruno Sant'Anna | Valentin Florez Patricio Heras |
7–5, 6–1 |