Gonzalo Oliveira

Gonzalo Oliveira
Country (sports)	Portugal; Venezuela (since 2024)
Residence	Alvor, Portugal
Born	17 February 1995 (age 29); Porto, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Abilio Oliviera (father)
Prize money	US $538,768
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 194 (25 December 2017)
Current ranking	No. 242 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
French Open	Q3 (2018)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	4–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 77 (24 August 2020)
Current ranking	No. 425 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018)
	Last updated on: 20 November 2024.

Gonzalo Oliveira (born 17 February 1995) is a Portuguese-born tennis player who currently represents Venezuela and plays on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 25 December 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 77 achieved on 24 August 2020. He is currently the No. 1 Venezuelan tennis player.^[2]

Career

On 18 March 2019, Olivera reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings at world No. 99, the seventh Portuguese player to accomplish the feat.^[3]

In November 2024, he captured his maiden ATP Challenger Tour singles title at the inaugural edition of the 2024 Brazzaville Challenger, becoming the first player representing Venezuela to win a Challenger title in 24 years, since Jimy Szymanski in Tulsa in 2000.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] A month later, he reached his second Challenger singles final at the 2024 Manzanillo Open, where he lost to Mats Rosenkranz.^[8]^[9]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 29 (18 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures/WTT (17–11)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (12–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2015	Belgium F13, Arlon	Futures	Clay	Clément Geens	6–0, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 2016	Austria F1, Telfs	Futures	Clay	Yannick Hanfmann	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Aug 2016	Austria F5, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Ofner	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Nov 2016	Tunisia F33, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Carlos Taberner	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2–3	Dec 2016	Tunisia F35, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Attila Balázs	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2017	Tunisia F2, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	João Domingues	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–5	Mar 2017	Tunisia F9, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	May 2017	Romania F2, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Sumit Nagal	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win	4–5	Jun 2017	Hungary F5, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Peđa Krstin	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–5	Dec 2017	Tunisia F37, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Raúl Brancaccio	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–5	Dec 2017	Tunisia F38, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Dejan Katić	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Dec 2017	Tunisia F39, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Miljan Zekić	1–4 ret.
Win	7–6	Dec 2018	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Aslan Karatsev	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7–7	Dec 2018	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Tak Khunn Wang	3–6, 3–6
Win	8–7	Mar 2023	M25 Loulé, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Lucas Poullain	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–7	Mar 2023	M25 Portimão, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Akira Santillan	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	10–7	Apr 2023	M25 Santha Margherita di Pula, Italy	WTT	Clay	Daniel Michalski	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–7	Jun 2023	M25 Rome, Italy	WTT	Clay	Luca Potenza	6–2, 6–1
Win	12–7	Jul 2023	M15 Wrocław, Poland	WTT	Clay	Jiří Barnat	6–2, 6–4
Win	13–7	Jul 2023	M15 Sofia, Bulgaria	WTT	Clay	Marvin Möller	6–3, 6–1
Win	14–7	Jul 2023	M25 Castelo Branco, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Fabrizio Andaloro	6–2, 6–1
Win	15–7	Sep 2023	M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Alberto Barroso Campos	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15–8	Oct 2023	M15 Al Zahra, Kuwait	WTT	Hard	Petr Nesterov	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	15–9	Nov 2023	M25 Hua Hin, Thailand	WTT	Hard	Andre Ilagan	3–6 ret.
Win	16–9	Nov 2023	M25 Hua Hin, Thailand	WTT	Hard	Evgeny Donskoy	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	17–9	Aug 2024	M25 Brazzaville, Congo	WTT	Clay	Bor Artnak	6–4, 6–2
Loss	17–10	Aug 2024	M25 Brazzaville, Congo	WTT	Clay	Mathys Erhard	2–6, 5–7
Loss	17–11	Sep 2024	M25 Sapporo, Japan	WTT	Hard	Takuya Kumasaka	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–0	Oct 2024	Brazzaville, Congo	Challenger	Clay	Filip Cristian Jianu	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 73 (35 titles, 38 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (12–17)
ITF Futures/WTT (23–21)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–7)
Clay (28–31)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2013	Spain F12, Balaguer	Futures	Clay	Jesper Korsbæk Jensen	Alexander Slabinsky Ferran Ventura-Martell	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	0–2	Mar 2014	Spain F5, Reus	Futures	Clay	Iván Gómez Mantilla	Jason Kubler Pol Toledo Bagué	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2014	Italy F11, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Albert Alcaraz Ivorra	Lorenzo Frigerio Luca Vanni	1–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win	2–2	Jul 2014	Austria F3, Telfs	Futures	Clay	Patrick Ofner	Sebastian Bader Gavin van Peperzeel	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–3	Aug 2014	Slovakia F3, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Danylo Kalenichenko	Karol Beck Filipp Kekercheni	2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	2–4	Aug 2014	Austria F9, Pörtschach	Futures	Clay	Daniel Uhlig	Sebastian Bader Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	2–5	Sep 2014	Italy F31, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Marcos Giraldi Requena	Federico Maccari Gianluca Mager	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	2–6	Sep 2014	Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Mager	Omar Giacalone Pietro Rondoni	5–7, 1–6
Win	3–6	Oct 2014	Italy F34, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Daniele Capecchi	Pietro Rondoni Walter Trusendi	2–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss	3–7	Jan 2015	Spain F1, Castelldefels	Futures	Clay	Jake Eames	Sergio Martos Gornés Pol Toledo Bagué	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–8	May 2015	Italy F10, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Sidorenko	Riccardo Bonadio Pietro Rondoni	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–8	Jun 2015	Slovenia F1, Maribor	Futures	Clay	Danylo Kalenichenko	Rok Jarc Mike Urbanija	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	5–8	Jun 2015	Slovenia F2, Ljubljana	Futures	Clay	Danylo Kalenichenko	Lucas Miedler Maximilian Neuchrist	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	5–9	Jun 2015	Slovenia F2, Litija	Futures	Clay	Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán	Filip Brtnický Dominik Süč	5–7, 6–2, [5–10]
Win	6–9	Aug 2015	Netherlands F5, Oldenzaal	Futures	Clay	Pedro Bernardi	Sam Barry Niels Lootsma	6–2, 6–4
Win	7–9	Sep 2015	Belgium F14, Middelkerke	Futures	Clay	Joran Vliegen	Timon Reichelt George von Massow	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	8–9	Oct 2015	France F20, Forbach	Futures	Carpet (i)	Matthieu Roy	Constantin Belot Thibault Venturino	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	8–10	Oct 2015	France F22, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard (i)	Ronan Joncour	Sander Arends Niels Lootsma	5–7, 6–7^(8–10)
Loss	8–11	Dec 2015	DR F1, Santiago de los Caballeros	Futures	Clay	Peter Torebko	Max Schnur Raleigh Smith	6–7^(7–9), 2–6
Win	9–11	Jan 2016	Spain F1, Castelldefels	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	Samuel Bensoussan Michal Schmid	6–2, 3–6, [10–1]
Win	10–11	Feb 2016	Spain F3, Peguera	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	Pietro Rondoni Jacopo Stefanini	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	10–12	Mar 2016	Spain F6, Tarragona	Futures	Clay	Akira Santillan	Marc López Jaume Munar	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	10–13	May 2016	France F9, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Marc Fornell Mestres	Maxime Authom Andreas Beck	4–6, 3–6
Loss	10–14	Jul 2016	Italy F18, Albinea	Futures	Clay	Federico Maccari	Andrea Basso Francesco Moncagatto	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Win	11–14	Jul 2016	Austria F4, Wels	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Bader	Lenny Hampel David Pichler	7–5, 6–3
Win	12–14	Aug 2016	Switzerland F3, Collonge-Bellerive	Futures	Clay	Fabien Reboul	Antoine Bellier Hugo Nys	6–3, 7–5
Win	13–14	Aug 2016	Switzerland F4, Lausanne	Futures	Clay	Fabien Reboul	Federico Coria Louroi Martinez	7–5, 6–2
Win	14–14	Sep 2016	Switzerland F5, Sion	Futures	Clay	Fabien Reboul	Federico Coria Louroi Martinez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	14–15	Sep 2016	Spain F29, Oviedo	Futures	Clay	Marc Fornell Mestres	Eduard Esteve Lobato Jean-Marc Werner	1–6, 1–6
Loss	14–16	Oct 2016	Portugal F12, Porto	Futures	Clay	Marc Fornell Mestres	Frederico Gil Marc Giner	6–3, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss	14–17	Nov 2016	Tunisia F30, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Lukas Mugevičius	Felipe Cunha e Silva Frederico Gil	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	15–17	Nov 2016	Tunisia F33, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Attila Balázs	Sergio Martos Gornés Pol Toledo Bagué	6–4, 6–3
Win	16–17	Dec 2016	Tunisia F34, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Loïc Perret	Igor Marcondes Felipe Meligeni Alves	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	16–18	Dec 2016	Tunisia F35, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Filipp Kekercheni	Filippo Baldi Alessandro Petrone	6–1, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	17–18	Mar 2017	Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo	Futures	Hard	Erik Crepaldi	Viktor Durasovic Lucas Miedler	1–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	18–18	Apr 2017	Tunisia F12, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	Juan Ignacio Galarza Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán	6–1, 6–1
Loss	18–19	Apr 2017	Portugal F5, Cascais	Futures	Clay	Marat Deviatiarov	Clément Geens Jeroen Vanneste	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	19–19	May 2017	Tunisia F19, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Mariano Kestelboim	Cristian Carli Nicolò Turchetti	6–0, 6–1
Loss	19–20	Jun 2017	Tunisia F22, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Moez Echargui	Aziz Dougaz Skander Mansouri	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Loss	0–1	Jun 2017	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Frederico Gil	Christopher Rungkat Ruan Roelofse	6–7^(7–9), 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2017	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Tomasz Bednarek	Guido Andreozzi Jaume Munar	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, [4–10]
Win	20–20	Aug 2017	Italy F25, Cornaiano	Futures	Clay	David Pel	Gianluca Di Nicola Lorenzo Sonego	6–3, 6–2
Loss	0–3	Oct 2017	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Grzegorz Panfil	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Blaž Rola	5–7, 3–6
Win	21–20	Dec 2017	Tunisia F39, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Raúl Brancaccio	Marco Bortolotti Oriol Roca Batalla	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Win	22–20	Dec 2017	Hong Kong F4, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Shintaro Imai Kim Cheong-eui	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	0–4	Jan 2018	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Zdeněk Kolář	Marcel Granollers Gerard Granollers	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	1–4	May 2018	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Attila Balázs	Lukáš Rosol Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–0, 7–5
Win	2–4	Jun 2018	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Lorenzo Giustino	Lucas Miedler Sebastian Ofner	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	2–5	Jul 2018	Båstad, Sweden	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	Harri Heliövaara Henri Laaksonen	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Jul 2018	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Ruben Gonzales Nathaniel Lammons	3–6, 7–6^(10–8), [5–10]
Loss	2–7	Sep 2018	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Matt Reid Sergiy Stakhovsky	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–7	Nov 2018	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Akira Santillan	Li Zhe Go Soeda	2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss	22–21	Dec 2018	Qatar F4, Doha	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Alexander Igoshin Evgenii Tiurnev	6–7^(12–14), 3–6
Win	23–21	Dec 2018	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Adelchi Virgili Mubarak Shannan Zayid	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Loss	3–8	Jan 2019	Orlando, USA	Challenger	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Romain Arneodo Andrei Vasilevski	6–7^(2–7), 6–2, [13–15]
Win	4–8	Feb 2019	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Li Zhe	Enrique López Pérez Hiroki Moriya	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–9	Mar 2019	Shenzhen, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Li Zhe	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	4–10	May 2019	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Andrei Vasilevski	Jurij Rodionov Emil Ruusuvuori	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	5–10	May 2019	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Sergey Fomin Teymuraz Gabashvili	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	6–10	June 2019	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Fabrício Neis Fernando Romboli	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–11	June 2019	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Andrej Martin Hans Podlipnik	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, [8–10]
Win	7–11	July 2019	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ramkumar Ramanathan	David Vega Hernández Andrea Vavassori	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7–12	Feb 2020	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roberto Cid Subervi	Manuel Guinard Arthur Rinderknech	6–7^(4–7), 6-7^(3–7)
Loss	7–13	Aug 2020	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	André Göransson	Sander Arends David Pel	5-7, 6-7^(5–7)
Win	8–13	Oct 2020	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Cid Subervi	Harri Heliövaara Zdeněk Kolář	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–4]
Win	9–13	Mar 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Rafael Matos Felipe Meligeni Alves	7–5, 6-1
Win	10–13	Mar 2021	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	Roman Jebavý Zdeněk Kolář	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–6]
Loss	10–14	Jul 2021	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Luca Castelnuovo Manuel Guinard	6–0, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	10–15	Aug 2021	Verona, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luca Margaroli	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	5–7, 6–4, [6–10]
Win	11–15	Oct 2021	Lima II, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Galdós	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera Alejandro Tabilo	6–2, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	11–16	Dec 2021	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Andrej Martin	Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral	3–6, 4–6
Loss	11–17	Apr 2022	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Divij Sharan	Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	5–7, 3–6
Win	12–17	Sep 2022	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	Vladyslav Manafov Oleg Prihodko	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)

External links

Gonzalo Oliveira at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Gonzalo Oliveira at the International Tennis Federation

^ "Goncalo Oliveira´s story: the No. 528 who played 46 tournaments last year travelling on a camper". 29 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
^ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
^ "Gonçalo Oliveira proud to be in 'top 100' of the ATP peer ranking". 18 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
^ "Gonzalo Oliveira becomes the first player representing Venezuela to win a Challenger title in 24 years, since Jimy Szymanski in Tulsa in 2000! #ATPChallenger". 3 November 2024.
^ @ATPChallenger (3 November 2024). "A special moment for Gonzalo Oliveira 🙌 The 29-year-old takes down top seed Jianu 6-3, 6-4 in Brazzaville to capture his maiden Challenger title #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Oliveira Conquers Brazzaville Challenger Crown". 3 November 2024.
^ "ATP Challenger Brazzaville : Gonzalo Oliveira sacré en simple" (in French). 4 November 2024.
^ "Sakamoto, 18, closes Challenger season in historic fashion". ATPTour. 3 December 2024.
^ "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: First Title For Lebanon, Dzumhur Triumphs For The 6th Time This Year". 3 December 2024.

[1] "Goncalo Oliveira´s story: the No. 528 who played 46 tournaments last year travelling on a camper". 29 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

[2] "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.

[3] "Gonçalo Oliveira proud to be in 'top 100' of the ATP peer ranking". 18 March 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

[4] "Gonzalo Oliveira becomes the first player representing Venezuela to win a Challenger title in 24 years, since Jimy Szymanski in Tulsa in 2000! #ATPChallenger". 3 November 2024.

[5] @ATPChallenger (3 November 2024). "A special moment for Gonzalo Oliveira 🙌 The 29-year-old takes down top seed Jianu 6-3, 6-4 in Brazzaville to capture his maiden Challenger title #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[6] "Oliveira Conquers Brazzaville Challenger Crown". 3 November 2024.

[7] "ATP Challenger Brazzaville : Gonzalo Oliveira sacré en simple" (in French). 4 November 2024.

[8] "Sakamoto, 18, closes Challenger season in historic fashion". ATPTour. 3 December 2024.

[9] "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: First Title For Lebanon, Dzumhur Triumphs For The 6th Time This Year". 3 December 2024.

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Singles
Country (sports)	Portugal Venezuela (since 2024)
Residence	Alvor, Portugal
Born	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29) Porto, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Abilio Oliviera (father)^[1]
Prize money	US $538,768
Highest ranking	No. 194 (25 December 2017)
Current ranking	No. 242 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
French Open	Q3 (2018)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	4–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 77 (24 August 2020)
Current ranking	No. 425 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018)
Last updated on: 20 November 2024.