José Pereira (born 26 January 1991), also known as Zé Pereira, is a Brazilian professional

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player.

Biography

Early life

Born in Santana do Ipanema, Pereira moved to

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in ...

as a young child. His father, José Sr, was originally a sugarcane cutter but got work in Curitiba at a tennis academy and eventually the entire family got involved in tennis.

Teliana Pereira Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. On 19 April 2015, she became the first Brazilian in 27 years to win a title on the WTA Tour, beating Yaroslava Shvedova in Bogotá 7–6, 6–1. She ...

, José's elder sister, competed on the WTA Tour and is the most successful of his tennis playing siblings,.

Tennis career

Pereira had a world ranking as high as four on the

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and was a two-time winner of the Copa Gerdau. In 2010 he won his first

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title. He attained his career high ranking of 232 in the world in 2015 and featured in the qualifying draw for the 2016 Australian Open. Injuries have hampered his progress in recent seasons and his ranking fell significantly, but in 2022 he secured his first singles title for five years and has re-entered the world's top 400.

ATP Challenger/ITF Tour finals

Singles: 31 (12–19)

Doubles: 33 (19–14)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Jose 1991 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Sportspeople from Alagoas Sportspeople from Curitiba