Luiz Mattar

Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Luiz Mattar

Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	São Paulo, Brazil
Born	August 18, 1963 São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,484,394
Singles
Career record	191–178
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 29 (May 1, 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1993)
French Open	3R (1986)
Wimbledon	2R (1991)
US Open	3R (1990, 1991)
Doubles
Career record	104–111
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 55 (January 7, 1991)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (1992)

He played on the professional tour from 1985–1995, 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 lead 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 lead 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.[1]

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.[2]

Mattar is the son of textile businessman Fuad Mattar and is of Lebanese descent.[3] After retiring from tennis he became an entrepreneur and is the founder of TIVIT, one of Brazil's largest information technology service providers.[1]

Career finals

Singles (7 wins, 4 losses)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (7)

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

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1987	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Cássio Motta	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Nov 1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Yzaga	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1987	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	Jan 1988	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–2	Feb 1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Jimmy Brown	7–6, 6–4
Win	4–2	Apr 1989	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet	Martín Jaite	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Feb 1990	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Martín Jaite	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Apr 1990	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet	Andrew Sznajder	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–3	Nov 1992	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Oncins	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Feb 1994	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–4	May 1994	Coral Springs, USA	Clay	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	Cássio Motta	Martin Hipp Tore Meinecke	7–6, 6–1
Win	2–0	Sep 1987	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Ricardo Acioly	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Feb 1990	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Cássio Motta	Javier Frana Gustavo Luza	6–7, 6–7
Loss	2–2	Jun 1990	Florence, Italy	Clay	Diego Pérez	Sergi Bruguera Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 1990	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Mark Koevermans	Shelby Cannon Alfonso Mora	7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win	3–3	Dec 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Nicolás Pereira	John Letts Jaime Oncins	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Apr 1991	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Gustavo Luza Cássio Motta	0–6, 5–7
Loss	3–5	May 1991	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–7
Loss	3–6	Apr 1992	Tampa, USA	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Win	4–6	Jun 1992	Florence, Italy	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	Royce Deppe Brent Haygarth	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win	5–6	Oct 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 6–4

References

1. "From an Olympic athlete to a R $ 2.5 billion business owner: the story of Luiz Mattar". revistapegn.globo.com.
2. "Os dez maiores tenistas brasileiros da Era Aberta". Esporte Final.
3. "A dream at 81". istoedinheiro.com.br. 2006.

External links

• Luiz Mattar at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Luiz Mattar at the International Tennis Federation
• Luiz Mattar at the Davis Cup