Thiago Monteiro

Player

Popular As Thiago Monteiro (tennis)

Birthday May 31, 1994

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Age 29 years old

Nationality Brazil

Height 1.83m

#55409 Most Popular

1940

He won his third and final title at the 40th edition of the Banana Bowl, this time in the u16 category, and also made his debut on the ATP Singles Rankings, with his participation in a Future in his birthplace, in Fortaleza.

1994

Thiago Moura Monteiro (born 31 May 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.

Monteiro has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 61 achieved on 17 October 2022.

He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 144, achieved on 31 January 2022.

He is currently the No. 2 Brazilian tennis player.

Thiago Moura Monteiro was born on May 31, 1994, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

Thiago has three sisters (Letícia, Jéssica, and Flávia) and an older brother, Fáber Monteiro, who works as a real estate broker.

His mother, Fátima Monteiro, has been retired since he was a child.

Monteiro is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

Thiago's first introduction to tennis happened when he first saw his brother watching Gustavo Kuerten on TV, being eight years old.

Monteiro trained football at an academy near where his brother used to play tennis.

He played it for the first time when his football class was cancelled, and his brother called him to "hit the ball".

2004

Thiago soon started training and disputing local tournaments: in early 2004, he won his first tournament, being only nine years old.

In 2004, being ten years old, Thiago won the Paraíba Tour Tournament.

2005

In 2005, Monteiro won the Fortaleza Cup by beating Evandro Alencar in straight sets on the final.

2006

In 2006, he captured the first of three titles at the Banana Bowl, in the category u12.

2008

Thiago would leave his hometown, Fortaleza, in late 2008 to enter the Larri Passos Academy in Balneário Camboriú to improve his game.

Thiago says that he would probably be a football player if he had not made that change.

Now, as a professional player, Thiago uses his spare time to enjoy movies and spend it with friends and family.

He attends college online.

He dated fellow Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia for several years.

Thiago Monteiro had a successful junior career, winning many tournaments.

2008 was a very successful year for Monteiro, both in singles and in doubles.

He won the South-America Tournament of Nations, the Torneio Brasileirão, the Guanabara Open de Tênis (4th and 5th stage), all singles tournaments; and the 1st and 2nd stage of Torneio Nacional Rota-do-Sol (both in singles and doubles).

Monteiro also conquered his second Banana Bowl title, category u14.

Later that year, Thiago was awarded with Troféu Jornalista Flávio Ponte, at the category Personalidade Esportiva do Ano (Sports Personality of the Year).

To focus on his tennis career, Thiago moved from his hometown in Fortaleza, to Balneário Camboriú, in Santa Catarina.

2009

This change led Thiago to conquer multiple titles in 2009: Copa Claro (3rd stage) and Credicard MasterCard Junior Cup (2nd and 3rd stage), in singles tournaments, and the doubles titles at XIV Goodyear Junior Cup and the Eddie Herr Tennis Championship.

Monteiro was also runner-up at the G1 tournament, Orange Bowl, playing in the singles draw.

This same year, he won his first points on the ATP rankings by playing two Futures' events in the doubles category.

2010

Starting in 2010, Thiago was number one in both CBT and COSAT ranking.

2011

In 2011, Thiago started the year winning the Grade A Copa Gerdau in Porto Alegre, one of the most important tournaments on the ITF Junior Circuit.

2012

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Monteiro peaked in the rankings at No. 2 on 2 February 2012, with his biggest junior singles title being the Grade A, Copa Gerdau in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2011.

Monteiro peaked in the ITF Junior Circuit rankings at No. 2 on 2 February 2012.

He ended his junior career with a 77–31 win record on singles and 47–32 on doubles.

2016

In his first ATP match, as a wildcard ranked world No. 338 in the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro in February 2016, Monteiro upset No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round.

In the second round, Monteiro lost to eventual champion Pablo Cuevas.

In his next tournament, the ATP 250 São Paulo, Monteiro won two matches (against former World No. 9 Nicolás Almagro, and Daniel Muñoz de la Nava), losing again to eventual champion Cuevas in the quarterfinals.

On May 8, 2016, Monteiro won his first ATP Challenger title in Aix-en-Provence, France.

He defeated Carlos Berlocq in the final.