Nicolas Santos

Nicolas Santos (born January 5, 1988) is a tennis player from Brazil. He was the number 2 ranked junior player in the world in 2006.

Nicolas Santos

Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 Lucelia, Brazil
Height	6 ft 0 in (183cm)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Elson Longo
Prize money	$91,891
Singles
Career record	0–0 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 457 (29 April 2013)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 12 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 349 (31 January 2011)
Last updated on: May 21, 2021.

Santos has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 457, achieved on 29 April 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World number 349, achieved on 31 January 2011.

Career

Santos won his first ITF Pro Circuit singles titles in Brasília in April 2011, beating Eládio Ribeiro Neto in the final in three sets. He earned his second career singles title in August 2012, beating Thiago Monteiro in the final, 6–2, 6–2, in São José do Rio Preto.

Santos has reached eight career singles finals, with a record of 3 wins and 5 losses all coming on the ITF Futures Circuit. Additionally, he has reached 34 doubles finals with a record of 12 wins and 22 losses, also all occurring at the ITF Futures level.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (3–5)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2008	Brazil F20, Recife	Futures	Clay	Tiago Lopes	6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2009	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Federico Delbonis	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2011	Brazil F10, Brasília	Futures	Clay	Eladio Ribeiro Neto	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–3	Jun 2011	Brazil F16, Marilia	Futures	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Aug 2012	Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	José Pereira	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Win	2–4	Aug 2012	Brazil F21, San Jose	Futures	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–4	Dec 2016	Colombia F9, Villavicencio	Futures	Clay	Daniel Elahi Galán	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–5	Aug 2017	Argentina F4, Rosario	Futures	Clay	Hernán Casanova	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 34 (12–22)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (12–22)

Finals by surface Hard (3–5) Clay (9–17) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2007	Brazil F14, Sorocaba	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli Raony Carvalho	6–2, 0–6, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Sep 2007	Brazil F15, Recife	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Adolfo Gomez-Pinter Cesar Ferrer-Victoria	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2008	Brazil F8, Cuiabá	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Rafael Camilo Rodrigo Guidolin	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 2008	USA F19, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Daniel Garza	Conor Pollock Austin Krajicek	1–6, 7–6(8–6), [6–10]
Loss	1–4	Oct 2008	Brazil F22, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Diego Matos Joaquin Monteferrario	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	1–5	Oct 2008	Brazil F25, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Andre Vidaller	Diego Matos Rafael Camilo	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Feb 2009	Guatemala F1, Guatemala City	Futures	Hard	Rafael Camilo	Holger Fischer Lars Pörschke	6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss	1–7	Feb 2009	Costa Rica F1, San José	Futures	Hard	Rafael Camilo	Rylan Rizza Kaes Van't Hof	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–7	May 2009	Brazil F2, Caldas Novas	Futures	Hard	Fernando Romboli	Leonardo Kirche Juan-Manuel Valverde	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–7]
Win	3–7	Apr 2010	Brazil F3, Brasília	Futures	Clay	Victor Maynard	Daniel Lopez Cassaccia Jonathan Eysseric	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–7	Aug 2010	Brazil F17, Uberlândia	Futures	Clay	Victor Maynard	Idio Escobar Danilo Ferraz	4–6, 7–5, [10–2]
Win	5–7	Oct 2010	Brazil F29, São Leopoldo	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Fabrício Neis José Pereira	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–8	Oct 2010	Brazil F30, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Juan-Pablo Villar Giorgio Portaluri	3–6, 5–7
Win	6–8	Nov 2010	Brazil F31, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Diego Matos André Miele	6–4, 6–1
Win	7–8	Nov 2010	Brazil F32, Barueri	Futures	Hard	Victor Maynard	Fernando Romboli Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli	6–3, 6–3
Loss	7–9	Dec 2010	Brazil F37, Guarulhos	Futures	Clay	Victor Maynard	Gabriel Dias Leonardo Kirche	4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss	7–10	Sep 2011	Brazil F29, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Diego Matos	José Pereira Bruno Semenzato	3–6, 5–7
Win	8–10	May 2012	Brazil F9, Goiânia	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Siggia	José Pereira Fabrício Neis	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	8–11	Jun 2012	Peru F3, Lima	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Siggia	Facundo Mena Juan Pablo Ortiz	1–6, 3–6
Loss	8–12	Sep 2012	Brazil F27, Belém	Futures	Hard	João Pedro Sorgi	Guilherme Clezar Fabrício Neis	0–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	9–12	Nov 2012	Brazil F34, Foz do Iguaçu	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Diego Matos Patricio Heras	6–4, 6–3
Win	10–12	Dec 2012	Brazil F35, Gramado	Futures	Hard	Fabrício Neis	Caio Zampieri Marcelo Demoliner	5–7, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	10–13	Dec 2012	Brazil F36, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Caio Silva Augusto Laranja	6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Loss	10–14	Aug 2013	Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Fabrício Neis	José Pereira Alexandre Tsuchiya	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss	10–15	Sep 2014	Peru F5, Lima	Futures	Clay	Augusto Laranja	Fabrício Neis Alexandre Tsuchiya	6–1, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	11–15	Oct 2016	Colombia F6, Neiva	Futures	Clay	Caio Silva	Juan Sebastián Gómez Juan Montes	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–15	Nov 2016	Colombia F8, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Oscar Jose Gutierrez	Juan Sebastián Gómez Adam El Mihdawy	6–4, 6–3
Loss	12–16	Dec 2016	Colombia F9, Villavicencio	Futures	Clay	Oscar Jose Gutierrez	Davide Pontoglio Giorgio Portaluri	7–6(14–12), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	12–17	Dec 2016	Uruguay F2, Paysandú	Futures	Clay	Oscar Jose Gutierrez	Rafael Matos Joao Menezes	0–6, 4–6
Loss	12–18	Feb 2017	Tunisia F7, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oscar Jose Gutierrez	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12–19	Mar 2017	Tunisia F8, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oscar Jose Gutierrez	Maxime Chazal Peter Torebko	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	12–20	Mar 2017	Tunisia F10, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oscar Jose Gutierrez	Oriol Roca Batalla Pol Toledo Bagué	4–6. 6–7(5–7)
Loss	12–21	Jun 2017	Argentina F2, Córdoba	Futures	Clay	André Miele	Facundo Argüello Tomás Lipovšek Puches	2–6. 2–6
Loss	12–22	Mar 2018	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Oscar Jose Gutierrez	Luis Patiño Oleg Prihodko	6–3. 3–6, [8–10]

Sources

• Nicolas Santos at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nicolas Santos at the International Tennis Federation