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Francisco Cabral (tennis)

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Francisco Cabral
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)
Porto, Portugal
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$415,282
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 862 (5 March 2018)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record44–42
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 45 (12 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 84 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open3R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022, 2023, 2024)
US Open3R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2024)
Last updated on: 28 August 2024.

Francisco Cabral (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku kɐˈβɾal]; born 8 January 1997) is a Portuguese tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 45 achieved on 12 September 2022.[1]

Cabral has won two ATP doubles titles, one partnering with Nuno Borges and another pairing with Tomislav Brkić. He has also won nine ATP Challenger doubles titles with Nuno Borges, including a record of six in the year of 2021,[2] as well as one with Szymon Walków and another with Nicolás Barrientos.

Career

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2021-2024: Record Six Challenger titles in a year, ATP historic title, Top 50, Olympics debut

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Since 2021 Francisco Cabral has focused his professional career on doubles and in that year he won a record of six doubles titles partnering with Nuno Borges.[3]

In May 2022, he reached the top 100 in doubles after a semifinal [4][5] and first ATP 250 final showing at the 2022 Estoril Open with Borges as a wildcard pair, where they defeated the top seeded pair Jamie Murray and Michael Venus en route. They became the first Portuguese pair to reach and win the final at their home tournament and all this on their ATP doubles debut.[6][7][8][9]

In July 2022, Francisco Cabral won his second ATP 250 title at the 2022 Swiss Open in Gstaad this time pairing with Tomislav Brkić.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2022 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Portugal Nuno Borges Argentina Máximo González
Sweden André Göransson
6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Netherlands Robin Haase
Austria Philipp Oswald
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Apr 2023 Banja Luka Open, Bosnia and Herzegovina 250 Series Clay Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov United Kingdom Jamie Murray
New Zealand Michael Venus
5–7, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 2023 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Brazil Rafael Matos Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov
2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2023 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Brazil Rafael Matos France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

ATP Challenger Tour titles

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Doubles (11)

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Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 11 April 2021 Challenger Oeiras, Portugal Clay Portugal Nuno Borges Russia Pavel Kotov
Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin
6–1, 6–2
Win 25 September 2021 Challenger Braga, Portugal Clay Portugal Nuno Borges Netherlands Jesper de Jong
Netherlands Bart Stevens
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Win 6 November 2021 Challenger Tenerife, Spain Hard Portugal Nuno Borges India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
India Purav Raja
6–3, 6-4
Win 27 November 2021 Challenger Manama, Bahrain Hard Portugal Nuno Borges Austria Maximilian Neuchrist
Greece Michail Pervolarakis
7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win 11 December 2021 Challenger Maia, Portugal Clay Portugal Nuno Borges Slovakia Andrej Martin
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira
6-3, 6-4
Win 18 December 2021 Challenger Maia, Portugal Clay (i) Portugal Nuno Borges Poland Piotr Matuszewski
Austria David Pichler
6-4, 7-5
Win 2 April 2022 Challenger Oeiras, Portugal Clay Portugal Nuno Borges Uzbekistan Sanjar Fayziev
Greece Markos Kalovelonis
6–3, 6–0
Win 9 April 2022 Challenger Oeiras, Portugal Clay Portugal Nuno Borges Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek
6–4, 6–0
Win 23 April 2022 Challenger Prague, Czech Republic Clay Poland Szymon Walków France Tristan Lamasine
France Lucas Pouille
6–2, 7–6(14–12)
Win 7 May 2022 Challenger Prague, Czech Republic Clay Portugal Nuno Borges Czech Republic Andrew Paulson
Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Win 29 April 2023 Challenger Rome, Italy Clay Colombia Nicolás Barrientos Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
Ukraine Denys Molchanov
6–3, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ "Francisco Cabral | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ "Borges to Face Tseng in Maia Open Final". 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Borges to Face Tseng in Maia Open Final". 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Home Favourites Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral Continue Dream Run in Estoril | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. ^ "Francisco Cabral e Nuno Borges estão nas meias finais do Millennium Estoril Open". 29 April 2022.
  6. ^ @EstorilOpen (30 April 2022). "HISTORY IN ESTORIL!Francisco Cabral and Nuno Borges are the first ever Portuguese doubles pair to reach the final…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Portugueses Nuno Borges e Francisco Cabral fazem história no Estoril Open".
  8. ^ "Maximo Gonzalez/Andre Goransson Reach Estoril Final on Team Debut | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  9. ^ "Estoril Open | Results | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
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