Portuguese tennis player
Frederico Ferreira "Kiko " Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɨðɨˈɾiku fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ ˈkiku ˈsilvɐ] ; born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour . On May 24, 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-high of No. 242 in doubles in August 2016. In 2012, Silva became the first Portuguese player to win a Grand Slam title with the win at the US Open junior doubles tournament , teaming with Brit Kyle Edmund .[ 1] In 2013, he would repeat the feat at the French Open junior doubles with Edmund.[ 2] He reached a junior high world no. 6 in January 2012.
Silva began his junior career in 2009. In May 2010, he won his first singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 tournament at Istanbul, Turkey. Silva made his debut at Junior Grand Slams at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships , reaching the 3rd round.[ 3] Silva was also the runner-up in the 2012 European Junior Championship (U18 division).[ 4]
Professional career [ edit ] In 2010, Silva made his ITF Men's Circuit debut at the age of 14, at the Albufeira F3 doubles competition, and reached the final.
2021: Major debut and career-high ranking in top 200 [ edit ] He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after qualifying for the main draw.
2022: Two Challenger finals [ edit ] In November he reached two back-to-back finals in Japan at the Hyogo Noah Challenger in Kobe and in Yokkaichi losing to Yosuke Watanuki in both and moved more than 85 positions up into the top 225 at world No. 204 on 28 November 2022.
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals[ edit ] Singles: 35 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)[ edit ] Category Challenger (0-4) ITF Futures (16-15)
Titles by setting Outdoor (16-18) Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1-0 May 2013 Portugal F6, Monfortinho Futures Carpet Ivan Arenas-Gualda 6–4, 7–6(7–5) Loss 1-1 Dec 2013 Spain F41, Puerto del Carmen Futures Hard Alexey Vatutin 4–6, 4–6 Loss 1-2 Mar 2014 Turkey F9, Antalya Futures Hard Wilson Leite 5–7, 2–6 Win 2-2 May 2014 Portugal F5, Pombal Futures Hard João Domingues 6–0, 6–3 Loss 2-3 Jun 2014 Belgium F2, Binche Futures Hard Alexander Ward 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(7–9) Loss 2-4 Aug 2014 Spain F21, Béjar Futures Clay Brydan Klein 3–6, 3–6 Loss 2-5 Aug 2014 Romania F13, Brașov Futures Clay Nikola Ćaćić 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 Loss 2-6 Oct 2014 Portugal F9, Porto Futures Clay Frederico Gil 7–6(7–5) , 3–6, 0–6 Win 3-6 Oct 2014 Portugal F10, Ponta Delgada Futures Hard Sam Barry 6–4, 6–3 Loss 3-7 Oct 2014 Portugal F11, Ponta Delgada Futures Hard Rui Machado 2–6, 3–6 Loss 3-8 Dec 2014 Turkey F43, Antalya Futures Hard Roman Safiullin 1–6, 2–1 ret. Win 4-8 May 2015 Portugal F7, Idanha-a-Nova Futures Hard João Domingues 6–4, 6–2 Win 5-8 Nov 2015 Egypt F37, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Marko Tepavac 7–5, 6–3 Loss 5-9 Nov 2015 Egypt F38, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Marko Tepavac 6–7(5–7) , 1–6 Win 6-9 Nov 2015 Egypt F39, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Marko Tepavac 6–1, 6–2 Loss 6-10 Feb 2016 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard Hong Seong-chan 5–7, 4–6 Win 7-10 Mar 2016 Portugal F3, Loulé Futures Hard Rui Machado 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 Win 8-10 Dec 2016 Turkey F48, Antalya Futures Hard Lorenzo Frigerio 6–2, 6–3 Win 9-10 May 2017 Ukraine F1, Cherkassy Futures Clay Artem Smirnov 6-1, 6-2 Win 10-10 Jun 2017 Tunisia F22, Hammamet Futures Clay Fabiano de Paula 6-4, 6-4 Loss 10-11 Jul 2017 Portugal F10, Torres Vedras Futures Hard Roberto Ortega Olmedo 3-6, 2-6 Loss 10-12 Jul 2017 Portugal F11, Povoa De Varzim Futures Hard Alex de Minaur 1–6, 6–2, 4–6 Loss 10-13 Sep 2017 Tunisia F27, Hammamet Futures Clay Filippo Baldi 0-6, 4-6 Win 11-13 Feb 2018 Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo Futures Hard Tiago Cação 6–2, 6–7(3–7) , 7–5 Win 12-13 Mar 2018 Portugal F3, Loulé Futures Hard David Vega Hernández 5–7, 6–1, 3–1 ret. Loss 12-14 Apr 2018 Portugal F6, Lisbon Futures Hard Lloyd Harris 6–7(2–7) , 6–7(3–7) Win 13-14 Apr 2018 Portugal F8, Cascais Futures Clay Tiago Cação 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 Win 14-14 Jun 2018 Tunisia F23, Hammamet Futures Clay Oriol Roca Batalla 7–6(7–5) , 6–7(7–9) , 7–5 Win 15-14 Aug 2018 Portugal F14, Sintra Futures Hard Tiago Cação 6-3, 6-1 Loss 15-15 Aug 2018 Portugal F15, Sintra Futures Hard Youssef Hossam 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 5–7 Win 16-15 Oct 2019 M25 Tavira , Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Alexandre Müller 6-2, 6-1 Loss 16-16 Nov 2020 São Paulo , Brasil Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves 2–6, 6–7(3–7) Loss 16-17 Nov 2022 Kobe , Japan Challenger Hard (i) Yosuke Watanuki 7–6(7–3) , 5–7, 4–6 Loss 16-18 Nov 2022 Yokkaichi , Japan Challenger Hard Yosuke Watanuki 2–6, 2–6 Loss 16-19 Jun 2023 Troisdorf , Germany Challenger Clay Ivan Gakhov 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Doubles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups)[ edit ] Category Challenger (1-0) ITF Futures (11-10)
Titles by setting Outdoor (12-10) Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0-1 May 2010 Portugal F3, Albufeira Futures Hard Diogo Soares Diego Matos André Miele 1–6, 4–6 Win 1-1 Aug 2013 Spain F26, Vigo Futures Clay David Pérez Sanz Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez Jean-Marc Werner 6–2, 7–6(7–3) Win 2-1 Oct 2013 Portugal F10, Guimarães Futures Hard João Domingues Gonçalo Falcão Gonçalo Pereira 7–6(7–5) , 1–6, [10–8] Win 3-1 Nov 2013 Egypt F32, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Yan Sabanin Andrei Șoltoianu 6–3, 6–3 Win 4-1 Nov 2013 Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Maxim Kravtsov Ivan Nedelko 4–6, 6–1, [10–5] Win 5-1 Feb 2014 Portugal F3, Faro Futures Hard Frederico Gil Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez Jaime Pulgar-Garcia 6–1, 6–4 Win 6-1 Mar 2014 Turkey F7, Antalya Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Peter Heller Maxi Pongratz 2–6, 6–4, [10–6] Loss 6-2 Mar 2014 Turkey F8, Antalya Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral 2–6, 2–6 Loss 6-3 May 2014 Portugal F4, Monfortinho Futures Carpet Romain Barbosa Jordan Kerr Fabrice Martin 2–6, 7–6(7–3) , [4–10] Loss 6-4 May 2014 Portugal F6, Caldas da Rainha Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Gonçalo Falcão Gonçalo Pereira 6–4, 3–6, [5–10] Win 7-4 Jun 2014 Belgium F2, Binche Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Oscar Otte Peter Torebko 6–2, 7–6(7–4) Loss 7-5 Oct 2014 Portugal F8, Oliveira de Azeméis Futures Hard Romain Barbosa Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares 1–6, 6–3, [4–10] Loss 7-6 Oct 2014 Portugal F9, Porto Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares 6–2, 3–6, [6–10] Loss 7-7 Oct 2014 Portugal F10, Ponta Delgada Futures Hard Romain Barbosa Gonçalo Falcão Frederico Gil 4–6, 2–6 Loss 7-8 Dec 2014 Turkey F43, Antalya Futures Hard Romain Barbosa Mārtiņš Podžus Jānis Podžus 6–4, 3–6, [7–10] Win 8-8 May 2015 Portugal F4, Caldas da Rainha Futures Clay Frederico Gil João Domingues David Vega Hernández 6–3, 6–2 Win 9-8 Sep 2015 Belgium F13, Arlon Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Vincent Jaensch-Mueller Pedro Munafo 6–2, 6–1 Win 10-8 Oct 2015 Porto Alegre , Portugal Challenger Clay Gastão Elias Cristian Garín Juan Carlos Sáez 6–2, 6–4 Win 11-8 Oct 2015 Egypt F36, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay André Gaspar Murta Luke Bambridge Richard Gabb 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 Loss 11-9 Feb 2016 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard Vadim Alekseenko Lukáš Klein Alex Molčan 6–7(7–9) , 6–7(5–7) Win 12-9 Mar 2016 Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Pablo Vivero Gonzalez Michael Geerts Jonas Merckx 3–6, 6–1, [10–6] Loss 12-10 Mar 2016 Egypt F10, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Tom Schonenberg Tomas Papik Matej Vocel 6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runners-up)[ edit ] Titles by setting Outdoors (2–6) Indoors (0–0)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score Winner 15 May 2010 Grade 4 Enka ITF Junior , Turkey Hard Enzo Py 6–0, 6–4 Runner-up 23 May 2010 Grade 4 Nazmi Bari Cup ITF Junior , Turkey Hard Aleksandre Metreveli 5–7, 6–2, 4–6 Runner-up 7 August 2010 Grade 4 16th Internacional Junior de Leiria , Portugal Clay Enzo Couacaud 3–6, 4–6 Runner-up 22 August 2010 Grade 3 Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup , Portugal Carpet Robert Carter 3–6, 4–6 Winner 21 August 2011 Grade 3 Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup , Portugal Carpet Konstantin Gerlakh 6–3, 6–4 Runner-up 1 January 2012 Grade A Abierto Juvenil Mexicano , Mexico Clay Stefano Napolitano 4–6, 4–6 Runner-up 22 April 2012 Grade 2 X Internacional Junior Pilar de la Horadada , Spain Hard Stefano Napolitano 4–6, 4–6 Runner-up 29 July 2012 Grade B1 2012 European Junior Championships ,Switzerland Clay Kimmer Coppejans 2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runners-up)[ edit ] Titles by setting Outdoors (9–5) Indoors (0–0)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Winner 14 May 2010 Grade 4 Enka ITF Junior , Turkey Hard Diogo Rocha Julien Delaplane Florian Lakat 6–4, 6–3 Winner 6 August 2010 Grade 4 16th Internacional Junior de Leiria , Portugal Clay Vasco Mensurado João Domingues João Monteiro 6–2, 7–5 Runner-up 22 January 2011 Grade 1 Copa Barranquilla , Colombia Clay David Biosca Girvent Hugo Dellien Diego Hidalgo 3–6, 7–6(11–9) , [5–10] Winner 20 August 2011 Grade 3 Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup , Portugal Carpet Artur Completo Carlos Benito Hergueta Adam Sanjurjo Hermida 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , [10–7] Winner 15 September 2011 Grade 3 U18 Canadian World Ranking Event , Canada Hard Wayne Montgomery Hugo Di Feo Brayden Schnur 6–2, 6–2 Winner 31 December 2011 Grade A Abierto Juvenil Mexicano , Mexico Clay Connor Farren Matteo Donati Stefano Napolitano 4–6, 6–4, [10–4] Runner-up 13 April 2012 Grade 2 VI ITF Junior Benicarló , Spain Clay Jeroen Vanneste Eduard Esteve Lobato Pol Toledo Bagué 2–6, 6–3, [6–10] Runner-up 21 April 2012 Grade 2 X Internacional Junior Pilar de la Horadada , Spain Hard Stefano Napolitano Eduard Esteve Lobato Pol Toledo Bagué 4–6, 6–7(6–8) Runner-up 28 June 2012 Grade 1 AEGON Junior International Roehampton , Great Britain Grass Evgeny Karlovskiy Luke Saville Jordan Thompson 1–6, 6–4, [6–10] Winner 8 September 2012 Grade A US Open Junior Tennis Championships , United States Hard Kyle Edmund Nick Kyrgios Jordan Thompson 5–7, 6–4, [10–7] Winner 28 December 2012 Grade A Abierto Juvenil Mexicano , Mexico (2) Clay Nikola Milojević Franko Miocic Guillermo Nunez 7–5, 6–3 Winner 7 June 2013 Grade A Roland Garros Junior French Championships , France Clay Kyle Edmund Cristian Garín Nicolás Jarry 6–3, 6–3 Winner 27 June 2013 Grade 1 AEGON Junior International Roehampton , Great Britain Grass Nicolás Jarry Pedro Cachin Guillermo Nunez 7–6(7–3) , 6–7(1–7) , [10–5] Runner-up 8 September 2013 Grade A US Open Junior Tennis Championships , United States Hard Quentin Halys Kamil Majchrzak Martin Redlicki 3–6, 4–6
Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2022 Australian Open .
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Win % Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open A A A A A A A Q2 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 – French Open A A A A A A A Q3 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0 – Wimbledon A A A Q2 A A A NH Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0 – US Open A A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0 – Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 – Tournaments 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Overall win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 6 5–8 38% Year-end ranking 603 297 298 316 355 324 202 183 240 244
Head-to-head vs. Top 20 players [ edit ] This section contains Silva's win–loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.
Opponent Highest rank Matches Won Lost Win % Last match Ref Nicolás Almagro 9 1 0 1 0% Lost (3–6, 2–6) at the 2016 Estoril Open [ 5] Total 1 0 1 0.00% Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017
* As of 10 April 2017. National participation [ edit ] Davis Cup (4 wins, 2 losses)[ edit ] Silva has played for the Portugal Davis Cup team since 2014 and has played 6 matches in 5 ties. His singles record is 3–2 and his doubles record is 1–0 (4–2 overall).
Group membership World Group (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (2–1) Group II (2–1) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Matches by Type Singles (3–2) Doubles (1–0)
Matches by Setting Indoors (3–2) Outdoors (1–0)
Matches by Venue Portugal (3–1) Away (1–1)
Rubber result Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score 2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj , Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa first round ; Hard(i) surface Victory V Singles (dead rubber ) Slovenia Mike Urbanija 4–6, 4–3, ret 1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium , Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off ; Hard(i) surface Defeat V Singles (dead rubber ) Russia Andrey Rublev 4–6, 4–6 4–1; 6–8 March 2015; Centro Desportivo do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada , Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa first round ; Hard(i) surface Victory III Doubles (with João Sousa ) Morocco Lamine Ouahab / Younès Rachidi 7–6(8–6) , 6–0, 6–1 Defeat IV Singles (dead rubber ) Lamine Ouahab 6–7(5–7) , 4–6 4–1; 17–19 July 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo , Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal ; Clay surface Victory V Singles (dead rubber ) Finland Micke Kontinen 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 5–0; 3–5 February 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball , Lisbon , Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round ; Clay(i) surface Victory IV Singles (dead rubber ) Israel Daniel Cukierman 6–2, 6–0