Gastão Elias

Gastão Elias

Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States Lourinhã, Portugal São Paulo, Brazil
Born	(1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Jaime Oncins Fabian Blengino (personal) Pedro Cordeiro (national team)
Prize money	$779,326
Singles
Career record	21–36 (36.84% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	57 (24 October 2016)
Current ranking	81 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2015, 2016)
French Open	1R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2016)
US Open	1R (2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	12–21 (36.36% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	151 (15 August 2016)
Current ranking	196 (24 October 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Last updated on: 24 October 2016.

Gastão José Ministro Elias (Portuguese pronunciation: [gɐʃˈtɐ̃w eˈliɐʃ]; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes in the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking.^[1] In October 2016, he reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57, overcoming the career best of former player Rui Machado (No. 59) to become the second best-ranked Portuguese player ever, after João Sousa (No. 28).^[2]

Early and personal life

Gastão Elias was born on 24 november 1990 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. At age four started playing tennis with his father. In 2001 he participated in the national under-12 singles competition, falling to future Davis Cup partner João Sousa in the semifinals. Elias idolized James Blake and Roger Federer while growing up. He is supporter of Sporting Clube de Portugal, Real Madrid C.F. and Liverpool F.C.^[3]

Career

Professional Career

2016 proved to be a breakthrough year for Gastão Elias. After winning ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Turin by defeating Enrique López-Pérez in three sets (3–6, 6–4, 6–2) and earning him position in Top 100 ATP ranking being ranked as 94th, Elias continued capitalizing on his Challenger Tour success as he won his sixth challenger title in Mestre, Italy by defeating Horacio Zeballos in straight sets (7–6, 6–2). In July 2016 Elias made his first splash on ATP World Tour tournament level in Bastad, Sweden after defeating Christian Lindell, Taro Daniel and pulling out upset against fellow compatriot João Sousa (6-2, 6-2) on his way to first ATP World Tour semifinal. However in semifinal Elias lost to Fernando Verdasco (3-6, 1-6). Later in July 2016 Elias participated in another ATP World Tour tournament in Umag, Croatia. Elias defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (6-1, 6-2) in round of 32 and then pulled one of the biggest upsets of the tournament by defeating first seeded Pablo Cuevas in a close encounter (3-6, 6-3, 7-6). That win marked Gastão Elias first win over Top 20 player of the tour. After that Elias defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (6-4, 6-4) and reached his second consecutive ATP World Tour semifinal where he lost to Fabio Fognini in straight sets (3-6, 3-6).

Playing Style

Gastão Elias is offensive baseliner who puts focus on hitting hard and accurate groundstrokes to push his opponents and hitting winners, however also making comparable to winners amount of unforced errors. His serve and forehand shot are dangerous weapons, which are the main instruments in winning points, but return game is one of the weaknesses, which can be exploited by the best players whose game heavily based on strong serve and volley tactic. While feeling most comfortable at the baseline Elias makes occasional runs to the net, though these runs can`t be classified as the key aspect of his game. Although his favourite surface is hard, most of his success came on clay.

Career finals

ATP Challenger Tour

Singles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002011-09-18-000018 September 2011	Challenger	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Clay	Júlio Silva (BRA)	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	000000002011-11-13-000013 November 2011	Challenger	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Carlos Berlocq (ARG)	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	3.	000000002012-01-08-00008 January 2012	Challenger	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Thiago Alves (BRA)	6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up	4.	000000002012-06-10-000010 June 2012	Challenger	Caltanissetta, Italy	Clay	Tommy Robredo (ESP)	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	000000002012-10-21-000021 October 2012	Challenger	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Boris Pašanski (SRB)	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	000000002012-10-28-000028 October 2012	Challenger	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Simon Greul (GER)	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Winner	2.	000000002013-04-21-000021 April 2013	Challenger	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Rogério Dutra da Silva (BRA)	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	6.	000000002014-04-27-000027 April 2014	Challenger	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Máximo González (ARG)	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	000000002014-06-15-000015 June 2014	Challenger	Blois, France	Clay	Máximo González (ARG)	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	000000002015-02-01-00001 February 2015	Challenger	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)	3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Winner	3.	000000002015-11-01-00001 November 2015	Challenger	Lima, Peru	Clay	Andrej Martin (SVK)	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	4.	000000002015-11-08-00008 November 2015	Challenger	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Diego Schwartzman (ARG)	6–0, 6–4
Winner	5.	000000002016-04-24-000024 April 2016	Challenger	Turin, Italy	Clay	Enrique López-Pérez (ESP)	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	000000002016-05-22-000022 May 2016	Challenger	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Horacio Zeballos (ARG)	7–6(7–0), 6–2

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002011-11-05-00005 November 2011	Challenger	São Leopoldo, Brazil	Clay	Frederico Gil (POR)	Franco Ferreiro (BRA)  Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (ESP)	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	2.	000000002013-04-20-000020 April 2013	Challenger	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Guilherme Clezar (BRA)	Pavol Červenák (SVK)  Matteo Viola (ITA)	2–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Winner	1.	000000002015-10-04-00004 October 2015	Challenger	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)	Christian Garin (CHI)  Juan Carlos Sáez (CHI)	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	000000002015-11-08-00008 November 2015	Challenger	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Clay	Fabricio Neis (BRA)	Guillermo Durán (ARG)  Andrés Molteni (ARG)	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	000000002015-11-21-000021 November 2015	Challenger	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)	Andrej Martin (SVK)  Hans Podlipnik (CHI)	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	2.	000000002016-01-24-000024 January 2016	Challenger	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	André Ghem (BRA)	Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela (MEX)	6–4, 7–6(7–2)

ITF Men's Circuit

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002007-03-05-00005 March 2007	Futures	Cartagena, Spain F7	Clay	Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (ESP)	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	000000002007-10-29-000029 October 2007	Futures	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico F11	Hard	Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP)	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	000000002008-01-21-000021 January 2008	Futures	Boca Raton, United States F3	Hard	Alberto Francis (USA)	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	000000002010-11-14-000014 November 2010	Futures	Barueri, Brazil F32	Hard	Daniel Dutra da Silva (BRA)	7–6(7–0), 6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Winner	3.	000000002011-01-01-00001 January 2011	Futures	São Paulo, Brazil F1	Hard	André Ghem (BRA)	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	000000002011-02-12-000012 February 2011	Futures	Cartagena, Colombia F2	Hard	Malek Jaziri (TUN)	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	000000002011-03-13-000013 March 2011	Futures	McAllen, United States F7	Hard	Wayne Odesnik (USA)	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002006-11-06-00006 November 2006	Futures	Ponta Delgada, Portugal F6	Hard	Pedro Sousa (POR)	Tuomas Ketola (FIN)  Juho Paukku (FIN)	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 4–6

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002005-08-13-000013 August 2005	Grade 4	Taça Diogo Nápoles, Portugal	Clay	Wael Kilani (TUN)	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	000000002005-08-21-000021 August 2005	Grade 3	Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, Portugal	Hard	Niels Desein (BEL)	6–0, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	2.	000000002006-05-27-000027 May 2006	Grade 2	La Vie Sport Junior Cup Villach, Austria	Clay	Tim Goransson (SWE)	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	2.	000000002006-06-24-000024 June 2006	Grade 2	7th Gerry Weber Junior Open, Germany	Grass	Daniel Dutra da Silva (BRA)	0–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	000000002007-06-02-00002 June 2007	Grade 1	43rd Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgium	Clay	Germain Gigounon (BEL)	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	3.	000000002007-12-02-00002 December 2007	Grade 1	Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, United States	Hard	Alexander Domijan (USA)	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002005-04-01-00001 April 2005	Grade 4	IBM ITF Junior Circuit, Trinidad and Tobago	Hard	João Sousa (POR)	Gian Hodgson (ARU)  Dominic Pagon (JAM)	walkover
Winner	1.	000000002005-04-08-00008 April 2005	Grade 4	Tournoi International Junior de St-François, Guadeloupe	Hard	João Sousa (POR)	Ričardas Berankis (LIT) Corey Huggins (EAC)	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	000000002005-08-05-00005 August 2005	Grade 4	11th Internacional Junior de Leiria, Portugal	Clay	João Sousa (POR)	Gonçalo Falcão (POR)  Artem Kuznetsov (RUS)	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	000000002005-12-30-000030 December 2005	Grade 4	Heiveld Indoor Junior Championships, Belgium	Hard	Harry Skinner (GBR)	Michiel Antheunis (BEL)  Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	000000002006-04-08-00008 April 2006	Grade 1	USTA International Spring Championships, United States	Hard	César Ramírez (MEX)	Clint Bowles (USA)  David Simon (AUT)	6–2, 6–0

Performance timelines

Current through 2016 Croatia Open Umag.

Singles

¹Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.

Doubles

Head-to-head against top 20 players

This section contains Elias's win-loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.

Opponent	Highest rank	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match	Ref
Stan Wawrinka (SUI)	3	1	0	1	0%	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at the 2013 Portugal Open	[4]
Kei Nishikori (JPN)	4	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 7–5, 2–6) at the 2014 Delray Beach Open	[5]
Tommy Robredo (ESP)	5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 0–6) at the 2013 ATP Buenos Aires	[6]
Gael Monfils (FRA)	7	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–6(7–4), 6–1) at the 2016 Stockholm Open	[7]
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)	12	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at the 2016 Estoril Open	[8]
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)	13	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 6–7(2–7), 2–6) at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships	[9]
Dominic Thiem (AUT)	13	2	0	2	0%	Lost (6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(6–8)) at the 2016 Davis Cup	[10]
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)	16	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 1–6) at the 2014 International German Open	[11]
Benoît Paire (FRA)	18	1	0	1	0%	Lost (7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6) at the 2015 French Open	[12]
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)	20	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at the 2006 Estoril Open	[13]
Pablo Cuevas (URU)	20	1	1	0	100%	Won (3–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)) at the 2016 Croatia Open Umag	[14]
Total		12	2	10	16.67%	Statistics correct as of 20 October 2016

Career earnings

* As of 1 August 2016

National participation

Davis Cup (8 wins, 16 losses)

Elias debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2007 and has played 24 matches in 13 ties. His singles record is 3–8 and his doubles record is 5–8 (8–16 overall).

• indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber result	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 9–11 February 2007; Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Carpet(i) surface
Defeat	1	III	Doubles (with Frederico Gil)	Georgia	Lado Chikladze / Irakli Labadze	6–7(6–7), 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 3–6
Victory	2	V	Singles (dead rubber)		George Khrikadze	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
0–5; 21–23 September 2007; Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	3	II	Singles	Netherlands	Robin Haase	1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6
Defeat	4	III	Doubles (with Frederico Gil)		Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
4–1; 11–13 April 2008; Clube de Tenis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay surface
Victory	5	III	Doubles (with Leonardo Tavares)	Tunisia	Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
Defeat	6	IV	Singles (dead rubber)		Walid Jallali	5–7, 2–6
0–5; 19–21 September 2008; Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard (i) surface
Defeat	7	I	Singles	Ukraine	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4–6, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Defeat	8	III	Doubles (with Leonardo Tavares)		Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky	3–6, 2–6, 4–6
2–3; 6–8 April 2012; Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel; Group I Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard surface
Defeat	9	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)	Israel	Andy Ram / Jonathan Erlich	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
1–3; 14–16 September 2012; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	10	I	Singles	Slovakia	Martin Kližan	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Defeat	11	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek	5–7, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
5–0; 5–7 April 2013; Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory	12	I	Singles	Lithuania	Lukas Mugevičius	6–0, 6–1, 6–2
Victory	13	III	Doubles (with Rui Machado)		Lukas Mugevičius / Mantas Bugailiskis	6–3, 6–0, 6–2
3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chișinău, Moldova; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	14	I	Singles	Moldova	Radu Albot	3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Victory	15	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Andrei Ciumac / Roman Borvanov	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	16	II	Singles	Slovenia	Blaž Kavčič	6–7(14–16), 1–6, 4–6
Defeat	17	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja	3–6, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	18	I	Singles	Russia	Andrey Kuznetsov	6–7(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Defeat	19	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Rublev	3–6, 4–6, 4–6
4–1; 17–19 July 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory	20	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)	Finland	Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–4
3–2; 18–20 September 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Semifinal; Clay surface
Victory	21	I	Singles	Belarus	Uladzimir Ignatik	6–3, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Victory	22	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Sergey Betov / Max Mirnyi	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
1–4; 4–6 March 2016; Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	23	II	Singles	Austria	Dominic Thiem	6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(6–8)
Defeat	24	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)		Alexander Peya / Dominic Thiem	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 3–6, 4–6

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2016
1.	Gaël Monfils	No. 8	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	2R	7–6(7–4), 6–1

References

External links

• Gastão Elias at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gastão Elias at the International Tennis Federation
• Gastão Elias at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Portuguese male singles tennis players as of 14 November 2016
1. João Sousa (43 1) 2. Gastão Elias (83 3) 3. Pedro Sousa (189 3) 4. Frederico Ferreira Silva (326 20) 5. João Domingues (369 9)
6. Fred Gil (473 10) 7. André Gaspar Murta (513 3) 8. Gonçalo Oliveira (550 2) 9. João Monteiro (683 7) 10. Rui Machado (892 2)

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Portuguese male doubles tennis players as of 14 November 2016
1. João Sousa (131 1) 2. Gastão Elias (243 22) 3. Fred Gil (294 21) 4. Gonçalo Oliveira (296 13) 5. Frederico Ferreira Silva (383 3)
6. Nuno Deus (404 3) 7. João Domingues (430 24) 8. Felipe Cunha e Silva (471 2) 9. Pedro Sousa (560 ) 10. Gonçalo Falcão (590 5)