Luiz Mattar

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)

Legend Grand 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 surface Hard (2–4) Clay (3–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (5–4) Indoors (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[1987 Guarujá Open|Template:Dts]]	Guarujá, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	1–1	[[ATP São Paulo|Template:Dts]]	São Paulo, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Yzaga	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	1–2	[[1987 Sul America Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Itaparica, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	[[1988 Guarujá Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Guarujá, Brazil	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–2	[[1989 Guarujá Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Guarujá, Brazil	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Brown	7–6, 6–4
Win	4–2	[[1989 Banespa Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Martín Jaite	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	4–3	[[Guarujá Open|Template:Dts]]	Guarujá, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Martín Jaite	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	[[1990 Banespa Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Andrew Sznajder	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–3	[[ATP São Paulo|Template:Dts]]	São Paulo, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6–4	[[1994 Nuveen Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Scottsdale, USA	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–4	[[1994 America's Red Clay Tennis Championships – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Coral Springs, USA	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jamie Morgan	6–4, 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)

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pedro Rebolledo	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Mario Tabares	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Luis-Enrique Herrera	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Zaragoza, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tomas Carbonell	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mikael Pernfors	6–7, 4–6
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Recife, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	7–6, 5–7, 7–5
Win	5–3	Template:Dts	São Luís, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Maurice Ruah	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–4	Template:Dts	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 8 (3–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–5) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dacio Campos	Template:Flagicon Charles Beckman Template:Flagicon Shelby Cannon	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Cassio Motta	Template:Flagicon Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Template:Flagicon Mario Tabares	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Fernando Roese	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins Template:Flagicon Andrew Sznajder	5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	Template:Flagicon Juan-Ignacio Garat Template:Flagicon Marcelo Saliola	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Recife, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	Template:Flagicon Sebastien Lareau Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	São Luís, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	Template:Flagicon Maurice Ruah Template:Flagicon Mario Tabares	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Natal, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	Template:Flagicon Stephen Noteboom Template:Flagicon Jack Waite	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Template:Dts	São Luís, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	Template:Flagicon Otavio Della Template:Flagicon Marcelo Saliola	7–6, 3–6, 6–7

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	3R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	6–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q3	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 7	5–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–3	4–4	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–1	0 / 23	14–23	Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Olympic Games	Not Held			1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	2–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 5	0–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	2R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–4	1–3	0–3	3–3	2–5	0–0	3–7	0–2	0–1	0 / 28	11–28	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 8	6–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q3	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	3–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–0	0 / 18	9–18	Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Olympic Games	Not Held			2R	Not Held			1R	NH		0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	QF	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	1R	A	Q2	A	0 / 3	1–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	QF	A	A	2R	1R	A	QF	A	0 / 4	5–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	A	2R	A	0 / 6	5–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	5–4	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–5	0–0	3–3	0–1	0 / 18	13–18	Template:Tennis win percentage

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