Thiago Hernandez Alves (; born May 22, 1982) is a retired Brazilian professional tennis player who competed mainly on the ITF Tour. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 88, achieved in July 2009.
Tennis career
In Grand Slams He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the U.S. Open in both 2006 and 2008, Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2009. In 2006, he beat No. 359 Mariano Zabaleta in the first round before losing to No. 22 Fernando Verdasco in the 2nd round.
2007 Win Over Moya At the 2007 Brasil Open, Alves, roared on by his home crowd, scored a famous victory over No. 4 seed and former French Open champion Carlos Moyà. However, he fell to Juan Mónaco in the second round
2008 Alves lost to Roger Federer in the second round of the US Open in three sets.
2009 In the first round of the Johannesburg, SA Tennis Open he lost heavily to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He also lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Jérémy Chardy.
At Wimbledon he played in the first round as a lucky loser and defeated Andrei Pavel. He faced 8th seed Gilles Simon in the second round and won the first set but went on to lose.
Career titles
Singles (7) LegendGrand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP Tour (0)Challengers (7)Titles by surfaceHard (6)Grass (0)Clay (1)Carpet (0)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.August 15, 2005Manta, EcuadorHard Lesley Joseph6–4, 6–12.October 10, 2005Quito, EcuadorClay Marcos Daniel1–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–23.July 31, 2006Belo Horizonte, BrazilHard André Sá6–3, 0–6, 6–44.August 14, 2006Manta, EcuadorHard Brian Dabul6–2, 6–25.December 31, 2007São Paulo, BrazilHard Carlos Berlocq6–4, 3–6, 7–56.January 8, 2012São Paulo, BrazilHard Gastão Elias7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)7.March 18, 2012Guadalajara, MexicoHard Paolo Lorenzi6–3, 7–6(6–4)
Doubles (3) LegendGrand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP Tour (0)Challengers (3)Titles by surfaceHard (3)Grass (0)Clay (0)Carpet (0)
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore1.January 2, 2006São Paulo, BrazilHard Flávio Saretta Lucas Engel André Ghem7–6(12–10), 6–32.March 13, 2006Salinas, EcuadorHard Júlio Silva André Ghem Alexandre Simoni7–6(7–5), 6–43.August 8, 2010Segovia, SpainHard Franco Ferreiro Brian Battistone Harsh Mankad6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Runners-up
Singles (10) LegendGrand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP Tour (0)Challengers (10)Finals by surfaceHard (8)Grass (0)Clay (2)Carpet (0)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.July 18, 2005Tarzana, USAHard Alex Bogomolov, Jr.6–3, 6–22.January 2, 2006São Paulo, BrazilHard Flávio Saretta7–6(7–2), 6–33.September 25, 2006Gramado, BrazilHard Franco Ferreiro3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–5 ret.4.August 4, 2008Segovia, SpainHard Sergiy Stakhovsky7–5, 7–6(7–4)5.September 29, 2008Aracaju, BrazilClay Paul Capdeville7–5, 6–46.July 12, 2009Pozoblanco, SpainHard Karol Beck6–4, 6–37.August 8, 2009Campos do Jordão, BrazilHard Horacio Zeballos6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–38.May 8, 2010Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard Conor Niland5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–39.August 21, 2010Salvador, BrazilHard Ricardo Mello5–7, 6–4, 6–410.September 16, 2012Cali, ColombiaClay João Souza6–2, 6–4
Doubles (7) LegendGrand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP Tour (0)Challengers (7)Finals by surfaceHard (2)Grass (0)Clay (5)Carpet (0)
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore1.April 10, 2006Florianópolis, BrazilClay Júlio Silva Máximo González Sergio Roitman6–2, 3–6, [10–5]2.March 5, 2007Salinas, EcuadorHard Franco Ferreiro Scott Lipsky David Martin7–5, 7–6(11–9)3.September 29, 2008Aracaju, BrazilClay João Souza Juan-Martín Aranguren Franco Ferreiro6–4, 6–44.November 3, 2008Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Ricardo Hocevar Sebastián Decoud Santiago Giraldo6–4, 6–45.October 4, 2009Naples, ItalyClay Augusto Laranja Guido Andreozzi Marcel Felder6–3, 6–36.May 12, 2012Rio Quente, BrazilHard Lukáš Rosol Ivan Dodig Fred Gil6–1, 6–37.September 22, 2013Campinas, BrazilClay Thiago Monteiro Guido Andreozzi Máximo González6–4, 6–4
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