João Souza

João Olavo Soares de Souza (born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 69, on April 6, 2015, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 70, on January 7, 2013. Souza is coached by former Brazilian player Ricardo Acioly. João Souza is also known as "Feijão" (Portuguese for Bean).

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 number 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(4–7), 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–5, 13–15.

In 2016 he won the 2016 International Tennis Tournament of Cortina on the ATP Challenger Tour, beating Laslo Đere in the final in straight sets.

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 February 2015	Ecuador Open Quito, Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Victor Estrella Burgos	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	5–7, 6–7(3–7)

Singles: 22 (14–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002006-10-30-000030 October 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Winner	1.	000000002007-05-07-00007 May 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	André Miele	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	000000002007-11-26-000026 November 2007	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	000000002007-12-03-00003 December 2007	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay	Juán-Pablo Villar	6–4, 2–0 RET
Winner	4.	000000002008-01-28-000028 January 2008	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	000000002008-11-17-000017 November 2008	Bauru, Brazil	Clay	Gastón Giussani	7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	2.	000000002009-11-02-00002 November 2009	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	6.	000000002010-04-12-000012 April 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Alejandro Falla	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	7.	000000002010-09-26-000026 September 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Reda El Amrani	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	3.	000000002010-10-10-000010 October 2010	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	000000002011-04-24-000024 April 2011	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Diego Junqueira	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	000000002011-05-16-000016 May 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Diego Junqueira	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	000000002012-09-16-000016 September 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Thiago Alves	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	000000002012-10-07-00007 October 2012	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Guillaume Rufin	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	11.	000000002013-10-13-000013 October 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Alejandro González	7–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	000000002014-01-05-00005 January 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Alejandro González	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	000000002014-09-07-00007 September 2014	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Austin Krajicek	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	000000002014-09-28-000028 September 2014	Pereira, Colombia	Clay	Víctor Estrella Burgos	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	7.	000000002014-10-10-000010 October 2014	San Juan, Argentina	Clay	Diego Schwartzman	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	8.	000000002016-04-03-00003 April 2016	León, Mexico	Hard	Michael Berrer	3–6, 2–6
Winner	13.	000000002016-08-07-00007 August 2016	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Clay	Laslo Đere	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	14.	000000002016-08-14-000014 August 2016	Fano, Italy	Clay	Nicolás Kicker	6–4, 6–7(12–14), 6–2

Doubles: 22 (11–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002006-06-19-000019 June 2006	Sorocaba, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Marcelo Melo	Alexandre Bonatto Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	000000002006-10-16-000016 October 2006	Londrina, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Leonardo Kirche Caio Zampieri	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	3.	000000002006-10-30-000030 October 2006	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	György Balázs Kornél Bardóczky	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1.	000000002006-11-20-000020 November 2006	Criciúma, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Carlos Avellán Tiago Lopes	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	000000002006-11-27-000027 November 2006	Uruguaiana, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Tiago Lopes Caio Zampieri	7–6(7–5) 6–2
Runner-up	4.	000000002007-04-23-000023 April 2007	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	000000002007-05-07-00007 May 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	000000002007-05-14-000014 May 2007	Caldas Novas, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Renato Silveira Caio Zampieri	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Winner	3.	000000002007-05-21-000021 May 2007	Chapecó, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Thomaz Bellucci Caio Burjaili	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	000000002007-10-29-000029 October 2007	Itu, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Raony Carvalho Rodrigo Grilli	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	5.	000000002007-12-03-00003 December 2007	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay (Red)	André Pinheiro	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	walkover
Winner	6.	000000002008-01-21-000021 January 2008	Manizales, Colombia	Clay (Red)	André Miele	Matteo Marrai Walter Trusendi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	000000002008-09-29-000029 September 2008	Aracaju, Brazil	Clay (Red)	Thiago Alves	Juan-Martín Aranguren Franco Ferreiro	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	000000002009-04-13-000013 April 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Víctor Estrella	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	000000002009-04-27-000027 April 2009	Pereira, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Víctor Estrella	Juan Sebastián Cabal Alejandro Falla	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	000000002009-09-14-000014 September 2009	Cali, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Ricardo Hocevar	Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	000000002012-09-15-000015 September 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay (Red)	Marcelo Demoliner	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	8.	000000002012-09-23-000023 September 2012	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Marcel Felder Máximo González	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	000000002012-10-07-00007 October 2012	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Juan Sebastián Cabal Carlos Salamanca	6–7(7–9), 6–7(4–7)
Winner	9.	000000002012-10-20-000020 October 2012	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Frederico Gil Pedro Sousa	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	000000002012-10-27-000027 October 2012	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Simon Greul Alessandro Motti	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	11.	000000002013-03-09-00009 March 2013	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Federico Delbonis Diego Junqueira	7–5, 6–1

Current till 2016 US Open.