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