José Pereira (born 26 January 1991), also known as Zé Pereira, is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 232 achieved on 14 September 2015 and a best doubles ranking of No. 260 achieved on 10 February 2014.

Early life José Pereira was born in Santana do Ipanema, Brazil. He and his family moved to a larger city, Curitiba, where his father got work at a tennis academy and eventually Pereira and his siblings became involved in the sport.

Junior Circuit years Pereira reached a combined ranking of world No. 4 on the ITF Junior Circuit and won two editions of the well-renowned junior event Copa Gerdau.

Professional career In 2010, Pereira won his first professional title. He attained his career-high singles ranking of No. 232 in September 2015 and reached the qualifying zone for the 2016 Australian Open. Injuries have hampered his progress over the years, but he still gets good results at ITF Tour events. He also reached finals at ATP Challenger tournaments in doubles.

Personal life Pereira has an elder sister, Teliana, who competed on the WTA Tour and had a successful career on women's tennis circuit.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Brasil Tennis Open, BrazilChallengerClay Gerald Melzer André Sá Franco Ferreiro3–6, 3–6Loss0–2Aberto de São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Jozef Kovalík Fernando Romboli Júlio Silva5–7, 2–6Loss0–3São Paulo Challenger, BrazilChallengerClay Alexandre Tsuchiya Fabrício Neis Caio Zampieri4–6, 6–7(3)Loss0–4São Paulo Challenger, BrazilChallengerClay Gastão Elias Máximo González Fabrício Neis1–6, 1–6

ITF Tour finals

Singles: 34 (12 titles, 22 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (12–22)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (8–19)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Brazil F3, UberlândiaFuturesClay Júlio Silva6–4, 3–6, 3–6Win1–1Brazil F2, BauruFuturesClay Alejandro Kon6–4, 6–3Win2–1Brazil F21, CuritibaFuturesHard Tiago Lopes7–6(4), 6–2Loss2–2Brazil F7, LagesFuturesClay Marcelo Demoliner5–7, 4–6Loss2–3Argentina F5, Villa del DiqueFuturesClay Renzo Olivo5–7, 7–6(7), 4–6Win3–3Brazil F20, LorenaFuturesClay Nicolas Santos6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3Loss3–4Brazil F24, ArapongasFuturesClay Thales Turini6–7(2), 6–4, 6–7(5)Loss3–5Mexico F12, Quintana RooFuturesHard Blaž Rola6–7(6), 4–6Win4–5Brazil F3, Porto VelhoFuturesHard Thales Turini6–3, 6–1Loss4–6Brazil F5, NatalFuturesClay Fernando Romboli6–7(4), 2–6Loss4–7Sep 2013Brazil F10, São José do Rio PretoFuturesClay João Pedro Sorgi3–6, 7–5, 6–7(4)Win5–7Brazil F20, Santa MariaFuturesClay Christian Lindell7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2Loss5–8Egypt F4, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Stefano Travaglia2–6, 4–6Loss5–9Chile F4, SantiagoFuturesClay Jorge Aguilar6–7(4), 4–6Loss5–10Chile F6, Villa AlemanaFuturesClay Cristóbal Saavedra6–7(7), 3–6Win6–10Turkey F2, AntalyaFuturesHard Alexey Vatutin6–4, 6–3Loss6–11Turkey F3, AntalyaFuturesHard Miliaan Niesten1–6, 6–2, 3–6Win7–11Turkey F4, AntalyaFuturesHard Riccardo Bellotti7–5, 4–6, 6–2Loss7–12Turkey F9, AntalyaFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla5–7, 6–7(2)Win8–12Netherlands F1, AlkmaarFuturesClay Jean-Marc Werner6–1, 6–2Loss8–13Colombia F6, MedellínFuturesClay Eduardo Struvay2–6, 5–7Loss8–14Colombia F7, BucaramangaFuturesClay Nicolás Barrientos6–1, 3–6, 4–6Win9–14Brazil F9, São PauloFuturesClay Ricardo Hocevar6–3, 6–1Loss9–15Netherlands F1, AlkmaarFuturesClay Pedro Sousa6–3, 5–7, 3–6Win10–15Brazil F4, Campos do JordãoFuturesClay Mateo Nicolás Martínez7–5, 7–5Win11–15Brazil F3, São PauloFuturesClay Bernardo Saraiva6–4, 6–3Loss11–16M25 Guayaquil, EcuadorWTTClay Cristian Rodríguez3–6, 6–7(3)Loss11–17M15 Recife, BrazilWTTClay (i) Gustavo Heide4–6, 2–6Win12–17M15 Frascati, ItalyWTTClay Manuel Mazza6–3, 6–0Loss12–18M25 Portoviejo, EcuadorWTTClay Matías Soto3–6, 6–7(4)Loss12–19M25 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilWTTClay Wilson Leite3–6, 2–6Loss12–20M25 Londrina, BrazilWTTHard Karuê Sell4–6, 4–6Loss12–21M15 Criciúma, BrazilWTTClay Eduardo Ribeiro4–6, 3–6Loss12–22M15 Ribeirão Preto, BrazilWTTClay Nicolas Oliveira4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 29 (19 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (19–10)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (16–8)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Brazil F5, TeresinaFuturesClay Alexandre Bonatto Luis Díaz Barriga Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela4–6, 6–3, [7–10]Loss0–2Brazil F29, São LeopoldoFuturesClay Fabrício Neis Fernando Romboli Nicolas Santos4–6, 2–6Win1–2Brazil F29, ArapongasFuturesClay Bruno Semenzato Diego Matos Nicolas Santos6–3, 7–5Loss1–3Brazil F9, GoiâniaFuturesClay Fabrício Neis Nicolas Santos Ricardo Siggia3–6, 6–7(6)Loss1–4Brazil F10, ManausFuturesClay Fabrício Neis Guilherme Clezar Andrea Collarini6–7(7), 6–3, [5–10]Loss1–5Brazil F18, PelotasFuturesClay Diego Matos Thales Turini Fabrício Neis4–6, 2–6Win2–5Aug 2012Brazil F20, LorenaFuturesClay João Pedro Sorgi Caio Silva Thales Turini3–6, 6–4, [10–8]Win3–5Brazil F21, São José do Rio PretoFuturesClay Maximiliano Estévez Fabiano de Paula Bruno Sant'Anna6–2, 6–1Loss3–6Mexico F12, Quintana RooFuturesHard Alejandro Moreno Figueroa Jonas Lütjen Yannick Hanfmann7–6(2), 6–7(3), [8–10]Win4–6Brazil F3, Porto VelhoFuturesHard Alexandre Tsuchiya Fabrício Neis Nicolas Santos7–6(5), 6–2Win5–6Brazil F4, ManausFuturesClay Victor Maynard Rafael Rondino6–1, 6–1Loss5–7Aug 2013Brazil F6, Campos do JordãoFuturesHard Alexandre Tsuchiya João Pedro Sorgi André Miele4–6, 4–6Win6–7Brazil F9, BelémFuturesHard Alexandre Tsuchiya Fernando Romboli Rafael Camilo7–6(5), 7–6(9)Win7–7Brazil F10, São José do Rio PretoFuturesClay Alexandre Tsuchiya Eduardo Dischinger Bruno Sant'Anna6–1, 7–6(1)Loss7–8Brazil F19, Porto AlegreFuturesClay Alexandre Tsuchiya Fabrício Neis Rafael Camilo4–6, 6–7(4)Win8–8Brazil F20, Santa MariaFuturesClay Alexandre Tsuchiya Guillermo Durán Christian Lindell7–5, 6–3Win9–8Egypt F1, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Tak Khunn Wang Alberto Brizzi Gianluca Naso6–3, 1–6, [10–1]Win10–8Egypt F1, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Tak Khunn Wang Stefano Travaglia Lorenzo Frigerio1–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win11–8Egypt F1, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Stefano Travaglia Miljan Zekić Arsenije Zlatanović2–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win12–8Chile F4, SantiagoFuturesClay Fabrício Neis Cristóbal Saavedra Ricardo Urzúa Rivera6–1, 6–1Win13–8Chile F5, CoquimboFuturesClay Fabrício Neis Víctor Núñez Hans Podlipnik Castillo5–7, 6–2, [13–11]Win14–8Brazil F8, Campos do JordãoFuturesHard Alexandre Tsuchiya Pedro Bernardi Pedro Sakamoto6–3, 6–2Win15–8Netherlands F4, AmstelveenFuturesClay David Pel Miliaan Niesten Boy Westerhof6–4, 3–6, [10–3]Win16–8Austria F4, St. PoeltenFuturesClay Daniel Dutra da Silva Matthias Haim Philipp Schroll6–3, 6–3Win17–8Germany F9, EssenFuturesClay Daniel Dutra da Silva Elmar Ejupovic Christian Hirschmueller6–2, 6–2Loss17–9Argentina F6, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Daniel Dutra da Silva Maximiliano Estévez Facundo Argüello5–7, 1–6Loss17–10Brazil F6, CuritibaFuturesClay Felipe Meligeni Alves Bernardo Azevedo Pereira Eduardo Ribeiro6–4, 2–6, [9–11]Win18–10M15 São Paulo, BrazilWTTClay Igor Marcondes Bastián Malla Michel Vernier7–65, 4–6, [11–9]Win19–10M15 Naples, USWTTClay Pedro Boscardin Dias Colin Markes Kiranpal Pannu0–6, 6–2, [14–12]

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