Hélder Lopes (tennis)

Hélder Lopes
Country (sports)	Portugal
Born	7 August 1977 (age 47); Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$18,783
Singles
Career record	2–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	455 (4 August 2003)
Doubles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	373 (4 November 2002)
	Last updated on: N/A.

Hélder Lopes (born 7 August 1977) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player who competed in the ITF Men's Circuit. He achieved his highest singles ranking of 455 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in August 2003.^[1] Though he played almost his entire career in the minor circuits, Lopes did play singles and doubles events at the Estoril Open between 2000 and 2003. He also entered five Davis Cup ties in 2002 and 2003.^[2]^[3]

Career finals

ITF Men's Circuit

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Category
Futures (0–2)
Satellites (1–1)

Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1 – 28 October 2001	Satellites	Espinho, Portugal 3	Hard	Dominique Coene	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Winner	15 July – 11 August 2002	Satellites	Miramar, Portugal 2	Clay	Raul Morant-Rivas	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	9 February 2003	Futures	Espinho, Portugal F1	Hard	Mike Scheidweiler	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Runner-up	22 June 2003	Futures	Lisbon, Portugal F9	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	4–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Futures (0–1)
Satellites (4–3)

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

Titles by setting
Outdoors (4–4)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	22 November – 21 December 1997	Satellites	Portimão, Portugal 5	Clay	Nuno Marques	Benoit Carelli Meride Zahirovic	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	14 February – 12 March 2000	Satellites	Chetumal, Mexico	Hard	António van Grichen	Rafael de Mesa Luis Uribe	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2 – 28 July 2001	Satellites	Espinho, Portugal 2	Clay	Bernardo Mota	Jean-Michel Pequery Gregory Zavialoff	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	22 October – 25 November 2001	Satellites	Albufeira, Portugal 4	Clay	Bernardo Mota	Pedro Pereira Rogier Wassen	6–2, 6–3
Winner	29 April – 26 May 2002	Satellites	Espinho, Portugal 1	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	Iverson Barros Lucas Engel	6–3, 6–2
Winner	29 April – 26 May 2002	Satellites	Espinho, Portugal 1	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	Bernardo Mota Francisco Neves	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
Runner-up	15 July – 11 August 2002	Satellites	Miramar, Portugal 2	Clay	André Lopes	Guillermo Carry Alejandro Poberaj	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	10 – 16 March 2003	Futures	Faro, Portugal F5	Hard	Bernardo Mota	Guillermo García López Santiago Ventura	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6), 4–6

Head-to-head vs. Top 20 players

This section contains Lopes' win-loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.

Opponent	Highest rank	Matches	Lost	Win %	Last match	Ref
Jarkko Nieminen	13	1	1	0.00%	Lost (6–4, 1–6, 1–6) at the 2003 Estoril Open	^[4]^[5]
Max Mirnyi	18	1	1	0.00%	Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at the 2002 Davis Cup	^[6]^[7]
Total		2	2	0.00%	Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017

National participation

Davis Cup (2 wins, 4 losses)

Lopes played 6 matches in 5 ties for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2002 and 2003. His singles record was 2–3 and his doubles record was 0–1 (2–4 overall).

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (1–3)
Group II (1–1)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)

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

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

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

Matches by Venue
Portugal (1–0)
Away (1–4)

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
0–5; 8–10 February 2002; Harare, Zimbabwe; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Zimbabwe	Wayne Black	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
1–4; 12–14 July 2002; Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Playoff First Round; Carpet(i) surface
Defeat	II	Singles	Belarus	Max Mirnyi	3–6, 3–6, 4–6
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Belarus	Alexander Skrypko	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1–4; 20–22 September 2002; Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off Second Round; Carpet(i) surface
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Bernardo Mota)	Italy	Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 4–6
4–1; 4–6 April 2003; Complexo Municipal de Ténis, Maia, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay surface
Victory	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Monaco	Guillaume Couillard	7–5, 6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(7–2)
0–5; 11–13 July 2003; Westridge Park, Durban, South Africa; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard surface
Defeat	I	Singles	South Africa	Rik de Voest	6–7^(3–7), 1–6, 4–6