Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (; born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 24, 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-high of No. 242 in doubles in August 2016.
In 2012, Silva became the first Portuguese player to win a Grand Slam title with the win at the US Open junior doubles tournament, teaming with Brit Kyle Edmund. In 2013, he would repeat the feat at the French Open junior doubles with Edmund. He reached a junior high world no. 6 in January 2012.
Juniors Silva began his junior career in 2009. In May 2010, he won his first singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 tournament at Istanbul, Turkey. Silva made his debut at Junior Grand Slams at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the 3rd round. Silva was also the runner-up in the 2012 European Junior Championship (U18 division).
Professional career
In 2010, Silva made his ITF Men's Circuit debut at the age of 14, at the Albufeira F3 doubles competition, and reached the final. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after qualifying for the main draw.
In November 2022, he reached two back-to-back finals in Japan at the Hyogo Noah Challenger in Kobe and in Yokkaichi losing to Yosuke Watanuki in both and moved more than 85 positions up into the top 225 at world No. 204 on 28 November 2022.
Anti-doping suspension In September 2025, it was announced that Silva had accepted a one month suspension after failing an in-competition doping test. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said the offence took place in February 2025 and it had accepted his explanation that the banned substance involved, trimetazidine, had entered his system as the result of contamination from the use of a prescribed medicine.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–4)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Felipe Meligeni Alves2–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss0–2Kobe, JapanChallengerHard (i) Yosuke Watanuki7–6(7–3), 5–7, 4–6Loss0–3Yokkaichi, JapanChallengerHard Yosuke Watanuki2–6, 2–6Loss0–4Troisdorf, GermanyChallengerClay Ivan Gakhov2–6, 7–5, 3–6Win1–4Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Federico Agustín Gómez6–4, 6–7(10–12), 6–4
Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Porto Alegre, Brazil ChallengerClay Gastão Elias Cristian Garín Juan Carlos Sáez6–2, 6–4
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 37 (20 titles, 17 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (20–17)Finals by surfaceHard (15–12)Clay (4–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore Win1–0Portugal F6, MonfortinhoFuturesCarpet Iván Arenas-Gualda6–4, 7–6(7–5)Loss1–1Spain F41, Puerto del CarmenFuturesHard Alexey Vatutin4–6, 4–6Loss1–2Turkey F9, AntalyaFuturesHard Wilson Leite5–7, 2–6Win2–2Portugal F5, PombalFuturesHard João Domingues6–0, 6–3Loss2–3Belgium F2, BincheFuturesHard Alexander Ward6–2, 3–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss2–4Spain F21, BéjarFuturesClay Brydan Klein3–6, 3–6Loss2–5Romania F13, BrașovFuturesClay Nikola Ćaćić4–6, 6–4, 5–7Loss2–6Portugal F9, PortoFuturesClay Frederico Gil7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–6Win3–6Portugal F10, Ponta DelgadaFuturesHard Sam Barry6–4, 6–3Loss3–7Portugal F11, Ponta DelgadaFuturesHard Rui Machado2–6, 3–6Loss3–8Turkey F43, AntalyaFuturesHard Roman Safiullin1–6, 2–1 ret.Win4–8Portugal F7, Idanha-a-NovaFuturesHard João Domingues6–4, 6–2Win5–8Egypt F37, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marko Tepavac7–5, 6–3Loss5–9Egypt F38, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marko Tepavac6–7(5–7), 1–6Win6–9Egypt F39, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marko Tepavac6–1, 6–2Loss6–10Turkey F6, AntalyaFuturesHard Hong Seong-chan5–7, 4–6Win7–10Portugal F3, LouléFuturesHard Rui Machado1–6, 6–3, 6–1Win8–10Turkey F48, AntalyaFuturesHard Lorenzo Frigerio6–2, 6–3Win9–10Ukraine F1, CherkassyFuturesClay Artem Smirnov6-1, 6-2Win10–10Tunisia F22, HammametFuturesClay Fabiano de Paula6-4, 6-4Loss10–11Portugal F10, Torres VedrasFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo3-6, 2-6Loss10–12Portugal F11, Póvoa de VarzimFuturesHard Alex de Minaur1–6, 6–2, 4–6Loss10–13Tunisia F27, HammametFuturesClay Filippo Baldi0-6, 4-6Win11–13Portugal F1, Vale do LoboFuturesHard Tiago Cação6–2, 6–7(3–7), 7–5Win12–13Portugal F3, LouléFuturesHard David Vega Hernández 5–7, 6–1, 3–1 ret.Loss12–14Portugal F6, LisbonFuturesHard Lloyd Harris6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)Win13–14Portugal F8, CascaisFuturesClay Tiago Cação6–2, 3–6, 6–3Win14–14Tunisia F23, HammametFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), 7–5Win15–14Portugal F14, SintraFuturesHard Tiago Cação6-3, 6-1Loss15–15Portugal F15, SintraFuturesHard Youssef Hossam6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7Win16–15M25 Tavira, PortugalWTTHard Alexandre Müller6-2, 6-1Win17–15M25 Castelo Branco, PortugalWTTHard Michael Geerts3–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss17–16M25 Satu Mare, RomaniaWTTClay Filip Cristian Jianu4–6, 3–6Win18–16M25 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Gauthier Onclin7–5, 6–4Win19–16M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWTTHard Pedro Araujo6–4, 6–2Loss19–17M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWTTHard Gauthier Onclin5–7, 1–6Win20–17M25 Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalWTTHard Sandro Kopp5–7, 6–1, 7–6(14–12)
Doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures (12–11)Finals by surfaceHard (3–6)Clay (9–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss0–1Portugal F3, AlbufeiraFuturesHard Diogo Soares Diego Matos André Miele1–6, 4–6Win1–1Spain F26, VigoFuturesClay David Pérez Sanz Juan-Samuel Araúzo-Martínez Jean-Marc Werner6–2, 7–6(7–3)Win2–1Portugal F10, GuimarãesFuturesHard João Domingues Gonçalo Falcão Gonçalo Pereira7–6(7–5), 1–6, [10–8]Win3–1Egypt F32, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Yan Sabanin Andrei Șoltoianu6–3, 6–3Win4–1Egypt F33, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Maxim Kravtsov Ivan Nedelko4–6, 6–1, [10–5]Win5–1Portugal F3, FaroFuturesHard Frederico Gil Juan-Samuel Araúzo-Martínez Jaime Pulgar-García6–1, 6–4Win6–1Turkey F7, AntalyaFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Peter Heller Maxi Pongratz2–6, 6–4, [10–6]Loss6–2Turkey F8, AntalyaFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral2–6, 2–6Loss6–3Portugal F4, MonfortinhoFuturesCarpet Romain Barbosa Jordan Kerr Fabrice Martin2–6, 7–6(7–3), [4–10]Loss6–4Portugal F6, Caldas da RainhaFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Gonçalo Falcão Gonçalo Pereira6–4, 3–6, [5–10]Win7–4Belgium F2, BincheFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Oscar Otte Peter Torebko6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss7–5Portugal F8, Oliveira de AzeméisFuturesHard Romain Barbosa Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares1–6, 6–3, [4–10]Loss7–6Portugal F9, PortoFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares6–2, 3–6, [6–10]Loss7–7Portugal F10, Ponta DelgadaFuturesHard Romain Barbosa Gonçalo Falcão Frederico Gil4–6, 2–6Loss7–8Turkey F43, AntalyaFuturesHard Romain Barbosa Mārtiņš Podžus Jānis Podžus6–4, 3–6, [7–10]Win8–8Portugal F4, Caldas da RainhaFuturesClay Frederico Gil João Domingues David Vega Hernández6–3, 6–2Win9–8Belgium F13, ArlonFuturesClay Romain Barbosa Vincent Jaensch-Mueller Pedro Munafo6–2, 6–1Win10–8Egypt F36, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay André Gaspar Murta Luke Bambridge Richard Gabb7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss10–9Turkey F6, AntalyaFuturesHard Vadim Alekseenko Lukáš Klein Alex Molčan6–7(7–9), 6–7(5–7)Win11–9Egypt F9, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Pablo Vivero González Michael Geerts Jonas Merckx3–6, 6–1, [10–6]Loss11–10Egypt F10, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Tom Schonenberg Tomáš Papik Matěj Vocel6–3, 4–6, [4–10]Loss11–11Portugal F7, CarcavelosFuturesClay David Vega Hernández Felipe Cunha e Silva Fred Gil6–4, 3–6, [7–10] Win12–11Romania F2, BacăuFuturesClay David Vega Hernández Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu7–5, 6–3
ITF Junior Circuit
Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend Category Grade A (0–1)Category Grade 1 (0–0)Category Grade 2 (0–1)Category Grade 3 (1–1)Category Grade 4 (1–2)Category Grade 5 (0–0)Category Grade B (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–6)Indoors (0–0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinGrade 4Enka ITF Junior, TurkeyHard Enzo Py6–0, 6–4LossGrade 4Nazmi Bari Cup ITF Junior, TurkeyHard Aleksandre Metreveli5–7, 6–2, 4–6LossGrade 416th Internacional Junior de Leiria, PortugalClay Enzo Couacaud3–6, 4–6LossGrade 3Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, PortugalCarpet Robert Carter3–6, 4–6WinGrade 3Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, PortugalCarpet Konstantin Gerlakh6–3, 6–4LossGrade AAbierto Juvenil Mexicano, MexicoClay Stefano Napolitano4–6, 4–6LossGrade 2X Internacional Junior Pilar de la Horadada, SpainHard Stefano Napolitano4–6, 4–6LossGrade B12012 European Junior Championships,SwitzerlandClay Kimmer Coppejans2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend Category Grade A (4–1)Category Grade 1 (1–2)Category Grade 2 (0–2)Category Grade 3 (2–0)Category Grade 4 (2–0)Category Grade 5 (0–0)Category Grade B (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (4–2)Grass (1–1)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (9–5)Indoors (0–0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinGrade 4Enka ITF Junior, TurkeyHard Diogo Rocha Julien Delaplane Florian Lakat6–4, 6–3WinGrade 416th Internacional Junior de Leiria, PortugalClay Vasco Mensurado João Monteiro João Domingues6–2, 7–5LossGrade 1Copa Barranquilla, ColombiaClay David Biosca Girvent Hugo Dellien Diego Hidalgo3–6, 7–6(11–9), [5–10]WinGrade 3Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, PortugalCarpet Artur Completo Carlos Benito Hergueta Adam Sanjurjo Hermida6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]WinGrade 3U18 Canadian World Ranking Event, CanadaHard Wayne Montgomery Hugo Di Feo Brayden Schnur6–2, 6–2WinGrade AAbierto Juvenil Mexicano, MexicoClay Connor Farren Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano4–6, 6–4, [10–4]LossGrade 2VI ITF Junior Benicarló, SpainClay Jeroen Vanneste Eduard Esteve Lobato Pol Toledo Bagué2–6, 6–3, [6–10]LossGrade 2X Internacional Junior Pilar de la Horadada, SpainHard Stefano Napolitano Eduard Esteve Lobato Pol Toledo Bagué4–6, 6–7(6–8)LossGrade 1AEGON Junior International Roehampton, Great BritainGrass Evgeny Karlovskiy Luke Saville Jordan Thompson1–6, 6–4, [6–10]WinGrade AUS Open Junior Tennis Championships, United StatesHard Kyle Edmund Nick Kyrgios Jordan Thompson5–7, 6–4, [10–7]WinGrade AAbierto Juvenil Mexicano, Mexico (2)Clay Nikola Milojević Franko Miocić Guillermo Núñez7–5, 6–3WinGrade ARoland Garros Junior French Championships, FranceClay Kyle Edmund Cristian Garín Nicolás Jarry6–3, 6–3WinGrade 1AEGON Junior International Roehampton, Great BritainGrass Nicolás Jarry Pedro Cachín Guillermo Núñez7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–5]LossGrade AUS Open Junior Tennis Championships, United StatesHard Quentin Halys Kamil Majchrzak Martin Redlicki3–6, 4–6
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2012US OpenHard Kyle Edmund Nick Kyrgios Jordan Thompson 5–7, 6–4, [10–7]Win2013French OpenClay Kyle Edmund Cristian Garín Nicolás Jarry6–3, 6–3Loss2013US OpenHard Quentin Halys Kamil Majchrzak Martin Redlicki3–6, 4–6
Performance timelines
Singles Current through the 2022 Australian Open. Tournament2013201420152016201720182019202020212022Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAQ21RQ20 / 10–1–French OpenAAAAAAAQ3 Q1 A 0 / 00–0–WimbledonAAAQ2AAANHQ3Q10 / 00–0–US OpenAAAAAAAAQ1 A0 / 00–0–Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00 / 10–1–Tournaments00111100206Titles–Finals0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0Overall win–loss0–01–11–20–12–10–10–01–00–20–00 / 65–8%Year-end ranking603297298316355324202183240244
Doubles