José Pereira (tennis)

José Pereira
Full name	José Pereira Jr
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	26 January 1991; Santana do Ipanema, Brazil
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 237,005
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 232 (14 September 2015)
Current ranking	No. 719 (8 December 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 260 (10 February 2014)
Current ranking	No. 547 (8 December 2025)
	Last updated on: 8 December 2025.

José Pereira (born 26 January 1991), also known as Zé Pereira, is a Brazilian professional tennis player.^[1] 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. ^[2]

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.^[3] 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 a 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)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2011	Brasil Tennis Open, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gerald Melzer	André Sá Franco Ferreiro	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2012	Aberto de São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Jozef Kovalík	Fernando Romboli Júlio Silva	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Apr 2016	São Paulo Challenger, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Caio Zampieri	4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	0–4	Oct 2017	São Paulo Challenger, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	Máximo González Fabrício Neis	1–6, 1–6

ITF Tour finals

Singles: 34 (12 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (12–22)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (8–19)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2009	Brazil F3, Uberlândia	Futures	Clay	Júlio Silva	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2010	Brazil F2, Bauru	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Kon	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jul 2011	Brazil F21, Curitiba	Futures	Hard	Tiago Lopes	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Feb 2012	Brazil F7, Lages	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Apr 2012	Argentina F5, Villa del Dique	Futures	Clay	Renzo Olivo	5–7, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 4–6
Win	3–3	Aug 2012	Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Santos	6–3, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Sep 2012	Brazil F24, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Thales Turini	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	3–5	Jun 2013	Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Blaž Rola	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 4–6
Win	4–5	Aug 2013	Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Thales Turini	6–3, 6–1
Loss	4–6	Aug 2013	Brazil F5, Natal	Futures	Clay	Fernando Romboli	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 2–6
Loss	4–7	Sep 2013	Brazil F10, São José do Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	3–6, 7–5, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	5–7	Dec 2013	Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Loss	5–8	Feb 2014	Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–9	Oct 2014	Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Loss	5–10	Oct 2014	Chile F6, Villa Alemana	Futures	Clay	Cristóbal Saavedra	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 3–6
Win	6–10	Jan 2015	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–11	Jan 2015	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Miliaan Niesten	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	7–11	Jan 2015	Turkey F4, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Bellotti	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	7–12	Mar 2015	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	5–7, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	8–12	Jun 2015	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Jean-Marc Werner	6–1, 6–2
Loss	8–13	Aug 2015	Colombia F6, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Struvay	2–6, 5–7
Loss	8–14	Aug 2015	Colombia F7, Bucaramanga	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	9–14	Nov 2015	Brazil F9, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Hocevar	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–15	Jun 2016	Netherlands F1, Alkmaar	Futures	Clay	Pedro Sousa	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win	10–15	Jul 2016	Brazil F4, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Clay	Mateo Nicolás Martínez	7–5, 7–5
Win	11–15	Nov 2017	Brazil F3, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Bernardo Saraiva	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–16	Aug 2021	M25 Guayaquil, Ecuador	WTT	Clay	Cristian Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	11–17	Sep 2021	M15 Recife, Brazil	WTT	Clay (i)	Gustavo Heide	4–6, 2–6
Win	12–17	Jun 2022	M15 Frascati, Italy	WTT	Clay	Manuel Mazza	6–3, 6–0
Loss	12–18	Aug 2022	M25 Portoviejo, Ecuador	WTT	Clay	Matías Soto	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	12–19	Oct 2022	M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Wilson Leite	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12–20	Aug 2024	M25 Londrina, Brazil	WTT	Hard	Karuê Sell	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–21	Nov 2025	M15 Criciúma, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Eduardo Ribeiro	4–6, 3–6
Loss	12–22	Nov 2025	M15 Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Nicolas Oliveira	4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 29 (19 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (19–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (16–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2010	Brazil F5, Teresina	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Bonatto	Luis Díaz Barriga Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2010	Brazil F29, São Leopoldo	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Fernando Romboli Nicolas Santos	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2011	Brazil F29, Arapongas	Futures	Clay	Bruno Semenzato	Diego Matos Nicolas Santos	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–3	May 2012	Brazil F9, Goiânia	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Nicolas Santos Ricardo Siggia	3–6, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	1–4	May 2012	Brazil F10, Manaus	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Guilherme Clezar Andrea Collarini	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	1–5	Jul 2012	Brazil F18, Pelotas	Futures	Clay	Diego Matos	Thales Turini Fabrício Neis	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–5	Aug 2012	Brazil F20, Lorena	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Caio Silva Thales Turini	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	3–5	Aug 2012	Brazil F21, São José do Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estévez	Fabiano de Paula Bruno Sant'Anna	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–6	Jun 2013	Mexico F12, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Moreno Figueroa	Jonas Lütjen Yannick Hanfmann	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾, [8–10]
Win	4–6	Aug 2013	Brazil F3, Porto Velho	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Nicolas Santos	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Win	5–6	Aug 2013	Brazil F4, Manaus	Futures	Clay	José Hernández-Fernández	Victor Maynard Rafael Rondino	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5–7	Aug 2013	Brazil F6, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	João Pedro Sorgi André Miele	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Sep 2013	Brazil F9, Belém	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fernando Romboli Rafael Camilo	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 7–6⁽⁹⁾
Win	7–7	Oct 2013	Brazil F10, São José do Rio Preto	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Eduardo Dischinger Bruno Sant'Anna	6–1, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	7–8	Dec 2013	Brazil F19, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Fabrício Neis Rafael Camilo	4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	8–8	Dec 2013	Brazil F20, Santa Maria	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Guillermo Durán Christian Lindell	7–5, 6–3
Win	9–8	Jan 2014	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Alberto Brizzi Gianluca Naso	6–3, 1–6, [10–1]
Win	10–8	Jan 2014	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Tak Khunn Wang	Stefano Travaglia Lorenzo Frigerio	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	11–8	Feb 2014	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	Miljan Zekić Arsenije Zlatanović	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	12–8	Oct 2014	Chile F4, Santiago	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Cristóbal Saavedra Ricardo Urzúa Rivera	6–1, 6–1
Win	13–8	Oct 2014	Chile F5, Coquimbo	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Víctor Núñez Hans Podlipnik Castillo	5–7, 6–2, [13–11]
Win	14–8	Nov 2015	Brazil F8, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Tsuchiya	Pedro Bernardi Pedro Sakamoto	6–3, 6–2
Win	15–8	Jul 2016	Netherlands F4, Amstelveen	Futures	Clay	David Pel	Miliaan Niesten Boy Westerhof	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	16–8	Jul 2017	Austria F4, St. Poelten	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Matthias Haim Philipp Schroll	6–3, 6–3
Win	17–8	Aug 2017	Germany F9, Essen	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Elmar Ejupovic Christian Hirschmueller	6–2, 6–2
Loss	17–9	Sep 2017	Argentina F6, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Maximiliano Estévez Facundo Argüello	5–7, 1–6
Loss	17–10	Oct 2018	Brazil F6, Curitiba	Futures	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Bernardo Azevedo Pereira Eduardo Ribeiro	6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Win	18–10	Oct 2019	M15 São Paulo, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Igor Marcondes	Bastián Malla Michel Vernier	7–6⁵, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	19–10	Feb 2022	M15 Naples, US	WTT	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	Colin Markes Kiranpal Pannu	0–6, 6–2, [14–12]

References

^ "Um Zé para o tênis do Brasil". Revista TÊNIS (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 April 2008.
^ "Sparring de Nadal no Rio Open e irmão de Teliana, Zé Pereira é destaque em torneio em Belém (PA)". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 August 2015.
^ "Novo tenista alagoano conquista o torneio Future de Bauru". Aqui Acontece (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 April 2010.

External links

José Pereira at the Association of Tennis Professionals
José Pereira at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "Um Zé para o tênis do Brasil". Revista TÊNIS (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 April 2008.

[2] "Sparring de Nadal no Rio Open e irmão de Teliana, Zé Pereira é destaque em torneio em Belém (PA)". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 August 2015.

[3] "Novo tenista alagoano conquista o torneio Future de Bauru". Aqui Acontece (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 April 2010.

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