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João Sousa career statistics

Nominator(s): SOAD KoRn (talk) 00:17, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated this list for the first time back in November 2015, but unfortunately it failed as it didn't receive enough support to be promoted. I believe this time it will be different - the list has matured and meets the criteria for FL status. João Sousa himself has become a regular face in the ATP World Tour and is widely regarded the greatest Portuguese tennis player of all time. I kindly thank you for taking the time to review this list. SOAD KoRn (talk) 00:17, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support Quite a nice job, SOAD KoRn LavaBaron (talk) 23:22, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, LavaBaron. SOAD KoRn (talk) 18:28, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Source review – All links are in working order and the references all appear to be reliable, as they come from tennis organizations, Portuguese newpapers, and a Portuguese TV station. Formatting looks good throughout. As part of spot-checks, I found the following:

Resolved comments from Giants2008 (Talk) 01:07, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

*The link for reference 2 from the ITF coughed up error message text a couple of times, but I got it to work. It verifies most of his junior career finals data (and the fact it's cited to), but not all of it. The dates for his finals aren't specifically given; this becomes an issue for his doubles finals, since they were often played on the next-to-last day of a given tournament. I dug through one of the tournament links on the ITF site but couldn't find specific dates of matches. If you can't find them, I suggest making the final dates into tournament date ranges, since they are included in the ITF source.

Reference 8 doesn't say anything about the 2015 Australian Open being his joint best major finish; it just says that he reached the third round. If I had checked ref 7, I bet it would be similar. For this and similar facts, we need a reference listing all of his major results. The ITF Pro Circuit Activity link in the general sources would do the job nicely.
I'm looking at the ITF pro career link from above, and it says that he reached the third round at this year's Australian Open, which is listed in the body. It looks like the lead needs an update.
Also checked references 22, 33, and 47. The references for the head-to-head matchups do not verify the opponents' peak rankings, only showing where the players are currently ranked. We need something showing opponents' highest rankings; perhaps their profile pages will have them listed. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:36, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you. I have always found very strange that ITF would not present proper dates for the doubles finals, and I find your solution the best one to overcome the issue. I corrected all the dates accordingly. Reference 7 and 8 were replaced by a single reference listing all his major results. Regarding the opponents' peak rankings, once again you are absolutely right. I added each player's profile page in the references. SOAD KoRn (talk) 18:28, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"Sousa started playing in the ATP Challenger Tour in 2008" This should be on instead of in
Same with the world Tour in the following sentence
"and won his first top-tier ATP singles title in September 2013, at the Malaysian Open." make this a separate sentence
"He has participated in all four Grand Slams, having three third-round appearances at the US Open (2013) and Australian Open (2015 and 2016) as his best performances." -> He has participated n all four Grand Slams, his best performances were three third-round appearances at the US Open (2013) and Australian Open (2015 and 2016).
"In 2014, Sousa was the first Portuguese..." Portuguese player
"...exclusively at the ATP World Tour in a single season" -> exclusively on

NapHit (talk) 12:20, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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