Frederico Ferreira Silva

Frederico Silva
	Ferreira Silva at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Frederico Ferreira Silva
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Foz do Arelho, Portugal
Born	18 March 1995 (age 29); Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Pedro Felner
Prize money	$617,787
Singles
Career record	5–8 (38.5% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 16 ITF Tour
Highest ranking	No. 168 (24 May 2021)
Current ranking	No. 188 (26 June 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	Q3 (2020, 2023)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2021, 2023)
US Open	Q1 (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	2–6 (25.0% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 1 Challenger, 11 ITF Tour
Highest ranking	No. 242 (29 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 669 (26 June 2022)
	Last updated on: 29 June 2023.

Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɨðɨˈɾiku fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ ˈkiku ˈsilvɐ]; born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. On May 24, 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-high of No. 242 in doubles in August 2016. In 2012, Silva became the first Portuguese player to win a Grand Slam title with the win at the US Open junior doubles tournament, teaming with Brit Kyle Edmund.^[1] In 2013, he would repeat the feat at the French Open junior doubles with Edmund.^[2] He reached a junior high world no. 6 in January 2012.

Juniors

Silva began his junior career in 2009. In May 2010, he won his first singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 tournament at Istanbul, Turkey. Silva made his debut at Junior Grand Slams at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the 3rd round.^[3] Silva was also the runner-up in the 2012 European Junior Championship (U18 division).^[4]

Professional career

2010

In 2010, Silva made his ITF Men's Circuit debut at the age of 14, at the Albufeira F3 doubles competition, and reached the final.

2021: Major debut and career-high ranking in top 200

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after qualifying for the main draw.

2022: Two Challenger finals

In November he reached two back-to-back finals in Japan at the Hyogo Noah Challenger in Kobe and in Yokkaichi losing to Yosuke Watanuki in both and moved more than 85 positions up into the top 225 at world No. 204 on 28 November 2022.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	2012	US Open	Hard	Kyle Edmund	Nick Kyrgios Jordan Thompson	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	2013	French Open	Clay	Kyle Edmund	Cristian Garín Nicolás Jarry	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2013	US Open	Hard	Quentin Halys	Kamil Majchrzak Martin Redlicki	3–6, 4–6

Career finals

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 35 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Category
Challenger (0-4)
ITF Futures (16-15)

Titles by surface
Hard (11–13)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (16-18)
Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	May 2013	Portugal F6, Monfortinho	Futures	Carpet	Ivan Arenas-Gualda	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	1-1	Dec 2013	Spain F41, Puerto del Carmen	Futures	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1-2	Mar 2014	Turkey F9, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Wilson Leite	5–7, 2–6
Win	2-2	May 2014	Portugal F5, Pombal	Futures	Hard	João Domingues	6–0, 6–3
Loss	2-3	Jun 2014	Belgium F2, Binche	Futures	Hard	Alexander Ward	6–2, 3–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	2-4	Aug 2014	Spain F21, Béjar	Futures	Clay	Brydan Klein	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2-5	Aug 2014	Romania F13, Brașov	Futures	Clay	Nikola Ćaćić	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	2-6	Oct 2014	Portugal F9, Porto	Futures	Clay	Frederico Gil	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 0–6
Win	3-6	Oct 2014	Portugal F10, Ponta Delgada	Futures	Hard	Sam Barry	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3-7	Oct 2014	Portugal F11, Ponta Delgada	Futures	Hard	Rui Machado	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3-8	Dec 2014	Turkey F43, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Roman Safiullin	1–6, 2–1 ret.
Win	4-8	May 2015	Portugal F7, Idanha-a-Nova	Futures	Hard	João Domingues	6–4, 6–2
Win	5-8	Nov 2015	Egypt F37, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marko Tepavac	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5-9	Nov 2015	Egypt F38, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marko Tepavac	6–7^(5–7), 1–6
Win	6-9	Nov 2015	Egypt F39, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marko Tepavac	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6-10	Feb 2016	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Hong Seong-chan	5–7, 4–6
Win	7-10	Mar 2016	Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	Rui Machado	1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	8-10	Dec 2016	Turkey F48, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Lorenzo Frigerio	6–2, 6–3
Win	9-10	May 2017	Ukraine F1, Cherkassy	Futures	Clay	Artem Smirnov	6-1, 6-2
Win	10-10	Jun 2017	Tunisia F22, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Fabiano de Paula	6-4, 6-4
Loss	10-11	Jul 2017	Portugal F10, Torres Vedras	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	3-6, 2-6
Loss	10-12	Jul 2017	Portugal F11, Povoa De Varzim	Futures	Hard	Alex de Minaur	1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	10-13	Sep 2017	Tunisia F27, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Filippo Baldi	0-6, 4-6
Win	11-13	Feb 2018	Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo	Futures	Hard	Tiago Cação	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 7–5
Win	12-13	Mar 2018	Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	David Vega Hernández	5–7, 6–1, 3–1 ret.
Loss	12-14	Apr 2018	Portugal F6, Lisbon	Futures	Hard	Lloyd Harris	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(3–7)
Win	13-14	Apr 2018	Portugal F8, Cascais	Futures	Clay	Tiago Cação	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	14-14	Jun 2018	Tunisia F23, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(7–9), 7–5
Win	15-14	Aug 2018	Portugal F14, Sintra	Futures	Hard	Tiago Cação	6-3, 6-1
Loss	15-15	Aug 2018	Portugal F15, Sintra	Futures	Hard	Youssef Hossam	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 5–7
Win	16-15	Oct 2019	M25 Tavira, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Alexandre Müller	6-2, 6-1
Loss	16-16	Nov 2020	São Paulo, Brasil	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	2–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	16-17	Nov 2022	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yosuke Watanuki	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 4–6
Loss	16-18	Nov 2022	Yokkaichi, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Yosuke Watanuki	2–6, 2–6
Loss	16-19	Jun 2023	Troisdorf, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Ivan Gakhov	2–6, 7–5, 3–6

Doubles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Category
Challenger (1-0)
ITF Futures (11-10)

Titles by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (9–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (12-10)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	May 2010	Portugal F3, Albufeira	Futures	Hard	Diogo Soares	Diego Matos André Miele	1–6, 4–6
Win	1-1	Aug 2013	Spain F26, Vigo	Futures	Clay	David Pérez Sanz	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez Jean-Marc Werner	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2-1	Oct 2013	Portugal F10, Guimarães	Futures	Hard	João Domingues	Gonçalo Falcão Gonçalo Pereira	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, [10–8]
Win	3-1	Nov 2013	Egypt F32, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Yan Sabanin Andrei Șoltoianu	6–3, 6–3
Win	4-1	Nov 2013	Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Maxim Kravtsov Ivan Nedelko	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win	5-1	Feb 2014	Portugal F3, Faro	Futures	Hard	Frederico Gil	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez Jaime Pulgar-Garcia	6–1, 6–4
Win	6-1	Mar 2014	Turkey F7, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Peter Heller Maxi Pongratz	2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	6-2	Mar 2014	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral	2–6, 2–6
Loss	6-3	May 2014	Portugal F4, Monfortinho	Futures	Carpet	Romain Barbosa	Jordan Kerr Fabrice Martin	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), [4–10]
Loss	6-4	May 2014	Portugal F6, Caldas da Rainha	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Gonçalo Falcão Gonçalo Pereira	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	7-4	Jun 2014	Belgium F2, Binche	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Oscar Otte Peter Torebko	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	7-5	Oct 2014	Portugal F8, Oliveira de Azeméis	Futures	Hard	Romain Barbosa	Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares	1–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	7-6	Oct 2014	Portugal F9, Porto	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares	6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	7-7	Oct 2014	Portugal F10, Ponta Delgada	Futures	Hard	Romain Barbosa	Gonçalo Falcão Frederico Gil	4–6, 2–6
Loss	7-8	Dec 2014	Turkey F43, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Romain Barbosa	Mārtiņš Podžus Jānis Podžus	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	8-8	May 2015	Portugal F4, Caldas da Rainha	Futures	Clay	Frederico Gil	João Domingues David Vega Hernández	6–3, 6–2
Win	9-8	Sep 2015	Belgium F13, Arlon	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Vincent Jaensch-Mueller Pedro Munafo	6–2, 6–1
Win	10-8	Oct 2015	Porto Alegre, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	Cristian Garín Juan Carlos Sáez	6–2, 6–4
Win	11-8	Oct 2015	Egypt F36, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Clay	André Gaspar Murta	Luke Bambridge Richard Gabb	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Loss	11-9	Feb 2016	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Vadim Alekseenko	Lukáš Klein Alex Molčan	6–7^(7–9), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	12-9	Mar 2016	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero Gonzalez	Michael Geerts Jonas Merckx	3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss	12-10	Mar 2016	Egypt F10, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Tom Schonenberg	Tomas Papik Matej Vocel	6–3, 4–6, [4–10]

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend
Category Grade A (0–1)
Category Grade 1 (0–0)
Category Grade 2 (0–1)
Category Grade 3 (1–1)
Category Grade 4 (1–2)
Category Grade 5 (0–0)
Category Grade B (0–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Titles by setting
Outdoors (2–6)
Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	15 May 2010	Grade 4	Enka ITF Junior, Turkey	Hard	Enzo Py	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	23 May 2010	Grade 4	Nazmi Bari Cup ITF Junior, Turkey	Hard	Aleksandre Metreveli	5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	7 August 2010	Grade 4	16th Internacional Junior de Leiria, Portugal	Clay	Enzo Couacaud	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	22 August 2010	Grade 3	Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, Portugal	Carpet	Robert Carter	3–6, 4–6
Winner	21 August 2011	Grade 3	Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, Portugal	Carpet	Konstantin Gerlakh	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1 January 2012	Grade A	Abierto Juvenil Mexicano, Mexico	Clay	Stefano Napolitano	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	22 April 2012	Grade 2	X Internacional Junior Pilar de la Horadada, Spain	Hard	Stefano Napolitano	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	29 July 2012	Grade B1	2012 European Junior Championships,Switzerland	Clay	Kimmer Coppejans	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

Legend
Category Grade A (4–1)
Category Grade 1 (1–2)
Category Grade 2 (0–2)
Category Grade 3 (2–0)
Category Grade 4 (2–0)
Category Grade 5 (0–0)
Category Grade B (0–0)

Titles by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)

Titles by setting
Outdoors (9–5)
Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	14 May 2010	Grade 4	Enka ITF Junior, Turkey	Hard	Diogo Rocha	Julien Delaplane Florian Lakat	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6 August 2010	Grade 4	16th Internacional Junior de Leiria, Portugal	Clay	Vasco Mensurado	João Domingues João Monteiro	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	22 January 2011	Grade 1	Copa Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	David Biosca Girvent	Hugo Dellien Diego Hidalgo	3–6, 7–6^(11–9), [5–10]
Winner	20 August 2011	Grade 3	Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, Portugal	Carpet	Artur Completo	Carlos Benito Hergueta Adam Sanjurjo Hermida	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
Winner	15 September 2011	Grade 3	U18 Canadian World Ranking Event, Canada	Hard	Wayne Montgomery	Hugo Di Feo Brayden Schnur	6–2, 6–2
Winner	31 December 2011	Grade A	Abierto Juvenil Mexicano, Mexico	Clay	Connor Farren	Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano	4–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Runner-up	13 April 2012	Grade 2	VI ITF Junior Benicarló, Spain	Clay	Jeroen Vanneste	Eduard Esteve Lobato Pol Toledo Bagué	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up	21 April 2012	Grade 2	X Internacional Junior Pilar de la Horadada, Spain	Hard	Stefano Napolitano	Eduard Esteve Lobato Pol Toledo Bagué	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Runner-up	28 June 2012	Grade 1	AEGON Junior International Roehampton, Great Britain	Grass	Evgeny Karlovskiy	Luke Saville Jordan Thompson	1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Winner	8 September 2012	Grade A	US Open Junior Tennis Championships, United States	Hard	Kyle Edmund	Nick Kyrgios Jordan Thompson	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	28 December 2012	Grade A	Abierto Juvenil Mexicano, Mexico (2)	Clay	Nikola Milojević	Franko Miocic Guillermo Nunez	7–5, 6–3
Winner	7 June 2013	Grade A	Roland Garros Junior French Championships, France	Clay	Kyle Edmund	Cristian Garín Nicolás Jarry	6–3, 6–3
Winner	27 June 2013	Grade 1	AEGON Junior International Roehampton, Great Britain	Grass	Nicolás Jarry	Pedro Cachin Guillermo Nunez	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(1–7), [10–5]
Runner-up	8 September 2013	Grade A	US Open Junior Tennis Championships, United States	Hard	Quentin Halys	Kamil Majchrzak Martin Redlicki	3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	NH	Q3	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	–
Tournaments	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	6
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Overall win–loss	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 6	5–8	38%
Year-end ranking	603	297	298	316	355	324	202	183	240	244	$503,275

Doubles

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Absent										0 / 0	0–0	N/A
French Open	Absent										0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Wimbledon	Absent										0 / 0	0–0	N/A
US Open	Absent										0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	N/A
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held				A		0 / 0	0–0	N/A
Davis Cup	A	Z1	Z2	A	Z1	A	A	A	A		0 / 3	1–0	100%
Career statistics
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Year-end ranking	578	409	390	387	599	–	–	825	493	813	$30,723

Head-to-head vs. Top 20 players

This section contains Silva'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
Nicolás Almagro	9	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Estoril Open	^[5]
Total		1	0	1	0.00%	Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017

Career earnings

Year	Earnings	Ref
2013	$9,619	^[6]^[7]
2014	$19,183	^[8]^[9]
2015	$29,445	^[10]^[11]
2016	$39,595	^[12]^[13]
2017	* $3,022	^[14]^[15]
Career *	$102,733	^[16]

* As of 10 April 2017.

National participation

Davis Cup (4 wins, 2 losses)

Silva has played for the Portugal Davis Cup team since 2014 and has played 6 matches in 5 ties. His singles record is 3–2 and his doubles record is 1–0 (4–2 overall).

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (2–1)
Group II (2–1)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Matches by Type
Singles (3–2)
Doubles (1–0)

Matches by Setting
Indoors (3–2)
Outdoors (1–0)

Matches by Venue
Portugal (3–1)
Away (1–1)

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	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa first round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Slovenia	Mike Urbanija	4–6, 4–3, ret
1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Russia	Andrey Rublev	4–6, 4–6
4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Centro Desportivo do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa first round; Hard(i) surface
Victory	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)	Morocco	Lamine Ouahab / Younès Rachidi	7–6^(8–6), 6–0, 6–1
Defeat	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Morocco	Lamine Ouahab	6–7^(5–7), 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	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Finland	Micke Kontinen	3–6, 6–1, 6–0
5–0; 3–5 February 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; Clay(i) surface
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Israel	Daniel Cukierman	6–2, 6–0