Rafael Matos

Matos in 2023
Full name	Rafael Fabris de Matos
Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Born	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (age 29) Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Franco Ferreiro
Prize money	US $1,209,453
Singles
Career record	0–0
Highest ranking	No. 440 (21 May 2018)
Doubles
Career record	128–96
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 26 (6 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 51 (18 August 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	QF (2022)
Wimbledon	QF (2025)
US Open	2R (2023,2024,2025)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (2023)
French Open	QF (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2022,2023,2024)
US Open	1R (2022,2024)
Last updated on: 18 August 2025.

Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professionaltennis player who specializes in doubles.He has a career-highATP doubles ranking of No. 26, achieved on 6 February 2023. On 21 May 2018, he reached a singles ranking of No. 440. He won the mixed doubles at the2023 Australian Open with compatriotLuisa Stefani, becoming the first Brazilian pair to win a Grand Slam.

Matos made his ATP main draw debut at the2019 Brasil Open in the doubles draw partneringIgor Marcondes.^[1]

At the2020 Rio Open, Matos alongsideOrlando Luz defeated the2019 Wimbledon and2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World No. 1,Juan Sebastián Cabal andRobert Farah 6–1, 4–6, [10–8].^[2]

In February 2021, Matos won his firstATP Tour doubles title alongsideFelipe Meligeni Alves at theATP 250 Córdoba Open defeatingRomain Arneodo andBenoît Paire. He reached the top 100 in doubles on 3 May 2021 at World No. 99.

Matos made his Grand Slam debut at the2021 Wimbledon Championships with compatriotThiago Monteiro where they reached the second round.

In February 2022, he won his secondATP 250 doubles title at the2022 Chile Open alongside Meligeni Alves.

In April 2022, Matos won his third ATP 250 doubles title at the2022 Grand Prix Hassan II alongside SpaniardDavid Vega Hernández. At the2022 BMW Open, he reached his second final with Vega Hernández and fifth overall.^[3]

At the2022 French Open on his debut at this Major, the pair reached the third round with a win overŁukasz Kubot andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin but not before defeating 13th seeded pair ofSantiago González andAndrés Molteni. They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair ofMarcelo Arévalo andJean-Julien Rojer. As a result, he made his debut in the top 50 in the rankings at world No. 43 on 6 June 2022.

Matos reached the top 30 on 31 October 2022 following a fifth title for the season at the2022 Sofia Open and a final showing at the ATP 5002022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with Vega Hernández. He ended 2022 with six ATP career titles, and having reached world No. 27 in the doubles rankings on 14 November 2022.

Playing in mixed doubles of the2023 Australian Open with fellow BrazilianLuisa Stefani, they won the first Grand Slam title for Brazil, an unprecedented feat both as a 100% Brazilian duo and individually.^[4]

Throughout 2023, Matos' best results in doubles were: a third round atRoland Garros^[5] and runner-up at the ATP 250 in Bastad and Chengdu withFrancisco Cabral,^[6][7] a semifinal at the ATP 250 in Córdoba with Vega Hernández,^[8][9] and quarterfinals at the ATP 500 in Acapulco, Barcelona and Halle.

At the2023 Wimbledon, Matos competed in the mixed doubles draw, resuming the partnership withLuisa Stefani. In their opening match againstAndrea Vavassori andLiudmila Samsonova, they were defeated 2–1 in sets.^[10][11]

At the beginning of the season, Matos started a new partnership with Colombian playerNicolás Barrientos, which had already been announced at the end of 2023. In their first competition, theBrisbane International, the duo advanced to the second round (round of 16),^[12] where they faced the No. 2 seeds, Dutch playerJean-Julien Rojer and British playerLloyd Glasspool, being eliminated in straight sets.^[13]

In the partnership’s second tournament, theAdelaide International, Matos and Barrientos defeated the No. 8 seeds, French duoEdouard Roger-Vasselin andNicolas Mahut, in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals,^[14] where they faced the No. 2 seeds, Indian playerRohan Bopanna and Australian playerMatthew Ebden. In this match, they were defeated 2–1 in sets and eliminated from the tournament.^[15][16]

After that, Rafael headed straight toMelbourne to compete in theAustralian Open, again partnering with Barrientos.^[17] Upon arriving in Melbourne, Matos received news that theAustralian Open organizers had granted awild card toLuisa Stefani and him, giving them the opportunity to defend their mixed doubles title won in 2023, even though Matos’s ranking was not high enough to compete alongside Stefani.^[18]

In the mixed doubles draw, Stefani and Matos faced British playersJoe Salisbury—who partnered with Stefani at the2023 US Open—andHeather Watson in the first round but were defeated in straight sets, ending their participation in the2024 Australian Open without successfully defending their mixed doubles title.^[19]

Matos partnership withNicolás Barrientos started to produce good results. At the ATP 250 inBuenos Aires, they reached the semifinals. In the following ATP 500 tournament inRio de Janeiro, they won their biggest title, defeating strong pairs such as Krawietz/Putz, Bolelli/Vavassori and Erler/Miedler in the final.^[20][21][22]By doing so, Matos became the first Brazilian in the tournament’s ten-year history to win a trophy, in either singles or doubles.^[23]

In July, Matos won his ninth ATP title withOrlando Luz at the2024 Swedish Open.^[24]

Matos began his 2025 season competing in theUnited Cup, representing Brazil. In the tournament's first tie, Brazil faced China. Matos andCarolina Meligeni Alves teamed up for the mixed doubles match, but they were defeated, contributing to a clean sweep by the Chinese team in that tie.^[25][26]Matos and the Brazilians could not defeat China in the United Cup. This kept Brazil in difficult contention for the tournament.^[27]The defeats from Meligeni/Matos in mixed doubles and earlier from their teammatesBeatriz Haddad Maia andThiago Monteiro in singles matches complicated Brazil's chances of advancing further in the United Cup.^[28]The Brazilian team's struggles continued in the United Cup, as Carolina Meligeni and Rafael Matos were defeated once again in the mixed doubles match during their final tie, this time against Germany. Despite their efforts, the Brazilian team was unable to secure a single victory in the tournament, finishing their campaign without advancing past the group stage.^[29][30]

Matos won his tenth title overall and second at his home tournament, the2025 Rio Open, where he was the defending champion, with compatriotMarcelo Melo. Matos became the fourth man to win multiple Rio doubles titles and the first to successfully defend the title.^[31]

Current through the2024 Italian Open.

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2023	Australian Open	Hard	Luisa Stefani	Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna	7–6(7–2), 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2021	Córdoba Open, Argentina	ATP 250	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Romain Arneodo Benoît Paire	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–1	May 2021	Belgrade Open, Serbia	ATP 250	Clay	Andre Goransson	Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski	4–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Feb 2022	Chile Open, Chile	ATP 250	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Andre Goransson Nathaniel Lammons	7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–1	Apr 2022	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	ATP 250	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Andrea Vavassori Jan Zieliński	6–1, 7–5
Loss	3–2	May 2022	Bavarian Championships, Germany	ATP 250	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	4–2	Jun 2022	Mallorca Championships, Spain	ATP 250	Grass	David Vega Hernández	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar	7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–1]
Win	5–2	Jul 2022	Swedish Open, Sweden	ATP 250	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Win	6–2	Oct 2022	Sofia Open, Bulgaria	ATP 250	Hard (i)	David Vega Hernández	Fabian Fallert Oscar Otte	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	6–3	Oct 2022	Japan Open, Japan	ATP 500	Hard	David Vega Hernández	Mackenzie McDonald Marcelo Melo	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	6–4	Jul 2023	Swedish Open, Sweden	ATP 250	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Gonzalo Escobar Aleksandr Nedovyesov	2–6, 2–6
Loss	6–5	Sep 2023	Chengdu Open, China	ATP 250	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	7–5	Feb 2024	Rio Open, Brazil	ATP 500	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–5	Jun 2024	Stuttgart Open, Germany	ATP 250	Grass	Marcelo Melo	Robert Galloway Julian Cash	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	9–5	Jul 2024	Swedish Open, Sweden(2)	ATP 250	Clay	Orlando Luz	Manuel Guinard Grégoire Jacq	7–5, 6–4
Loss	9–6	Aug 2024	Washington Open, US	ATP 500	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow	5–7, 3–6
Loss	9–7	Feb 2025	Argentina Open, Argentina	ATP 250	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Guido Andreozzi Théo Arribagé	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	10–7	Feb 2025	Rio Open, Brazil(2)	ATP 500	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Jaume Munar Pedro Martínez	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–7	Aug 2025	Winston-Salem Open, US	ATP 250	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2014	Brazil F15, Foz do Iguaçu	Futures	Clay	Fabrício Neis	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	May 2017	Spain F14, Vic	Futures	Clay	Pedro Cachín	4–6, 6–0, 1–0 ret.
Loss	1–2	Aug 2017	Spain F25, Vigo	Futures	Clay	Marc Giner	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Win	2–2	Nov 2017	Brazil F2, Santos	Futures	Clay	Wilson Leite	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	3–2	May 2018	Brazil F2, São Paulo	Futures	Clay	Gonzalo Villanueva	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–2	May 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Orlando Luz	7–5, 7–5
Loss	4–3	May 2019	M15 Valldoreix, Spain	WTT	Clay	Orlando Luz	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Jun 2019	M15 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Juan Pablo Ficovich	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Oct 2019	M15 São Paulo, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Bastián Malla	3–6, 2–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2019	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Orlando Luz	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Fernando Romboli	6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win	2–0	Jan 2020	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Orlando Luz	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo Thiago Agustín Tirante	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Mar 2020	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Orlando Luz	Karol Drzewiecki Gonçalo Oliveira	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [9–11]
Win	3–1	Sep 2020	Iași, Romania	Challenger	Clay	João Menezes	Treat Huey Nathaniel Lammons	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–1	Feb 2021	Concepción, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Orlando Luz	Sergio Galdós Diego Hidalgo	7–5, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Mar 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Luis David Martínez Gonçalo Oliveira	5–7, 1–6
Win	5–2	Apr 2021	Tallahassee, US	Challenger	Clay (green)	Orlando Luz	Sekou Bangoura Donald Young	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss	5–3	May 2021	Biella V, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Andre Goransson Nathaniel Lammons	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	6–3	Aug 2021	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Orlando Luz	Sergio Galdós Renzo Olivo	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	6–4	Aug 2021	City of San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	João Menezes	Luis David Martínez Zdeněk Kolář	6–1, 3–6, [3–10]
Win	7–4	Aug 2021	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Luis David Martínez Andrea Vavassori	6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	7–5	Sep 2021	Tulln an der Donau, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Dustin Brown Andrea Vavassori	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win	8–5	Nov 2021	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Ignacio Carou Luciano Darderi	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–5	Nov 2021	Campinas, Brazil(2)	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Gilbert Klier Jr. Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–6	Nov 2021	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Nicolás Barrientos Alejandro Gómez	walkover
Loss	9–7	Dec 2021	Florianópolis, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Martín Cuevas	Nicolás Barrientos Alejandro Gómez	3–6, 3–6
Win	10–7	Dec 2021	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Orlando Luz	James Cerretani Fernando Romboli	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	10–8	Apr 2022	Madrid, Spain	Challenger	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Adam Pavlásek Igor Zelenay	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	11–8	May 2022	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński	6–4, 6–0
Loss	11–9	Nov 2023	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Marcelo Demoliner	Nicolás Barrientos Andre Goransson	6–7(3–7), 6–4, [9–11]
Loss	11–10	Aug 2025	Cancún, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Manuel Guinard	Santiago González Jean-Julien Rojer	6–7(2–7), 5–7

Matos was first nominated to play forBrazil inDavis Cup in September 2021 againstLebanon in doubles.^[32] Matos alongsideMarcelo Demoliner made his debut in Davis Cup againstBenjamin Hassan and Habib Hady and won in three sets at the third rubber of that tie. Later, the Brazilian team confirmed the 4–0 tie and advanced into the2022 Davis Cup qualifying round.^[33] Currently, Matos sports a 3–0 record in Davis Cup matches. He has played only doubles matches thus far.

All Davis Cup Matches: 3–0 (Doubles: 3–0)
2020 Davis Cup World Group I
Round	Date	Opponent	Final match score	Location	Surface	Match	Partner	Opponents	Rubber Score
WGI	September 18–19, 2021	Lebanon	4–0	Jounieh	Clay	III	Marcelo Demoliner	Benjamin Hassan / Habib Hady	6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2022 Davis Cup World Group I
WGI	September 16–17, 2022	Portugal	1–3	Viana do Castelo	Hard(i)	III	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Nuno Borges / Francisco Cabral	6–3, 0–6, 6–3
2023 Davis Cup World Group I
Play-offs	February 3–4, 2023	China	4–0	Florianópolis	Clay	III	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Cui Jie / Zhang Ze	6–2, 6–3

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	US Open	Hard	João Menezes	Omar Jasika Naoki Nakagawa	3–6, 6–7(6–8)

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