Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

He played on the professional tour from 1985 to 1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles (in 1989) and World No. 55 in doubles (in 1991). His career prize money totalled $1,493,136.

With seven ATP singles titles in tournaments of the Association of Professional Tennis Players, he is the second Brazilian tennis player, after Gustavo Kuerten, with more ATP titles in his career. He also led the Brazilian Davis Cup team to their best result in history back in 1992 defeating Germany and Italy and reaching the semi-final of the World Group in the 1992 Davis Cup. This feat has only been matched by Gustavo Kuerten who led the Brazilian team again to the semi-final in 2000.

He started his professional career only at the age of 22, unlike most tennis players who started their careers at 18 or earlier, after dropping out in his last year of engineering at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo.

He was trained by Paulo Cleto from the beginning to the end of his career. He even said that he couldn't see himself training with another coach. He is considered by several sports analysts, tennis critics and former tennis players as one of the ten greatest Brazilian tennis players of the Open Era.

Mattar is the son of textile businessman Fuad Mattar and is of Lebanese descent. After retiring from tennis he became an entrepreneur and is the founder of TIVIT, one of Brazil's largest information technology service providers.

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (7 wins, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (7–4)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (3–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (5–4)Indoors (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Guarujá, BrazilGrand PrixHard Cássio Motta6–3, 5–7, 6–2Loss1–1São Paulo, BrazilGrand PrixHard Jaime Yzaga2–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss1–2Itaparica, BrazilGrand PrixHard Andre Agassi6–7, 2–6Win2–2Guarujá, BrazilGrand PrixClay Eliot Teltscher6–3, 6–3Win3–2Guarujá, BrazilGrand PrixClay Jimmy Brown7–6, 6–4Win4–2Rio de Janeiro, BrazilGrand PrixCarpet Martín Jaite6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss4–3Guarujá, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Martín Jaite6–3, 4–6, 3–6Win5–3Rio de Janeiro, BrazilWorld SeriesCarpet Andrew Sznajder6–4, 6–4Win6–3São Paulo, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Jaime Oncins6–1, 6–4Loss6–4Scottsdale, USAWorld SeriesHard Andre Agassi4–6, 3–6Win7–4Coral Springs, USAWorld SeriesClay Jamie Morgan6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles (5 wins, 6 losses) Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (4) Titles by surface Hard (2) Grass (0) Clay (3) Carpet (0)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jan 1987 Guarujá, Brazil Hard Cássio Motta Martin Hipp Tore Meinecke 7–6, 6–1Win 2–0 Sep 1987 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Ricardo Acioly Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 2–1 Feb 1990 Guarujá, Brazil Hard Cássio Motta Javier Frana Gustavo Luza 6–7, 6–7Loss 2–2 Jun 1990 Florence, Italy Clay Diego Pérez Sergi Bruguera Horacio de la Peña 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss 2–3 Oct 1990 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet Mark Koevermans Shelby Cannon Alfonso Mora 7–6, 3–6, 6–7Win 3–3 Dec 1990 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Nicolás Pereira John Letts Jaime Oncins 4–6, 7–6, 6–2Loss 3–4 Apr 1991 Madrid, Spain Clay Jaime Oncins Gustavo Luza Cássio Motta 0–6, 5–7Loss 3–5 May 1991 Bologna, Italy Clay Jaime Oncins Luke Jensen Laurie Warder 4–6, 6–7Loss 3–6 Apr 1992 Tampa, USA Clay Andrei Olhovskiy Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann 6–7, 7–6, 4–6Win 4–6 Jun 1992 Florence, Italy Clay Marcelo Filippini Royce Deppe Brent Haygarth 6–4, 6–7, 6–4Win 5–6 Oct 1994 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Marcelo Filippini Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 7–6, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (5–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–0)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Pedro Rebolledo3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Brasília, BrazilChallengerCarpet Mario Tabares3–6, 2–6Win1–2Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerHard Francisco Roig6–4, 6–3Win2–2Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerClay Luis-Enrique Herrera6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win3–2Zaragoza, SpainChallengerHard Tomas Carbonell7–5, 3–6, 6–2Loss3–3Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Mikael Pernfors6–7, 4–6Win4–3Recife, BrazilChallengerHard Jaime Oncins7–6, 5–7, 7–5Win5–3São Luís, BrazilChallengerHard Maurice Ruah6–4, 6–4Loss5–4Campinas, BrazilChallengerClay Fernando Meligeni4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 8 (3–5) LegendATP Challenger (3–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerHard Dacio Campos Charles Beckman Shelby Cannon3–6, 2–6Win1–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Cassio Motta Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Mario Tabares7–5, 6–2Loss1–2Brasília, BrazilChallengerCarpet Fernando Roese Jaime Oncins Andrew Sznajder5–7, 6–3, 6–7Win2–2São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Jaime Oncins Juan-Ignacio Garat Marcelo Saliola6–4, 6–4Loss2–3Recife, BrazilChallengerHard Jaime Oncins Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor7–5, 4–6, 6–7Win3–3São Luís, BrazilChallengerHard Jaime Oncins Maurice Ruah Mario Tabares6–3, 7–5Loss3–4Natal, BrazilChallengerClay Jaime Oncins Stephen Noteboom Jack Waite6–4, 0–6, 3–6Loss3–5São Luís, BrazilChallengerHard Jaime Oncins Otavio Della Marcelo Saliola7–6, 3–6, 6–7

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament19851986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA2RA2RA1R0 / 32–3French OpenA3R2R2R2R2R1R1R1R1RA0 / 96–9WimbledonQ3A1RAA1R2R1RAAA0 / 41–4US OpenA1RA1R1R3R3R1R2RAA0 / 75–7Win–loss0–02–21–21–21–23–34–40–32–30–10–10 / 2314–23National RepresentationOlympic GamesNot Held1RNot Held1RNot Held0 / 20–2ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAA1R1RA2RA2RAA0 / 42–4MiamiAA2R2R1RA1RA1R1R1R0 / 72–7Monte CarloAA1R1RA1R1RA1RAA0 / 50–5HamburgAA1RAA3R2RA1RAA0 / 43–4RomeAA2RA1R2R1RA2RAA0 / 53–5CanadaAAAAAAAA1R1RA0 / 20–2CincinnatiAAAAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–02–41–30–33–32–50–03–70–20–10 / 2811–28

Doubles Tournament1985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1French OpenA3R1R1R1R3R1R1R3RA0 / 86–8WimbledonQ3A1RAA1R1RAAA0 / 30–3US OpenA2RA1R1R2R2R1RAA0 / 63–6Win–loss0–03–20–20–20–23–31–30–22–20–00 / 189–18National RepresentationOlympic GamesNot Held2RNot Held1RNH0 / 21–2ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAQFAAA1RAAA0 / 22–2MiamiAAAAAA1RA1R1R0 / 30–3Monte CarloAA2RAA1R1RAQ2A0 / 31–3HamburgAAQFAA2R1RAQFA0 / 45–4RomeA1R1RAQF2R2RA2RA0 / 65–6CanadaAAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAAAAAAQ2A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–15–40–02–12–31–50–03–30–10 / 1813–18

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