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Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional
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player, who competes on the
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. In October 2016, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 57 to become the third highest-ranked Portuguese player, after
João Sousa João Pedro Coelho Marinho de Sousa (born 30 March 1989), known as João Sousa (), is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 28 on 16 May 2016 a ...
(No. 28) and Nuno Borges (No. 30). He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the
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singles rankings.


Early and personal life

Gastão Elias was born on 24 November 1990 in
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, Portugal. At age four, he started playing tennis with his father. In 2001, he participated in the national under-12 singles competition, falling to future
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partner
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in the semifinals. Elias idolized James Blake and
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while growing up. He is a supporter of
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and
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Career


Professional career

2016 proved to be a breakthrough year for Elias. After winning an
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tournament in Turin by defeating
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in three sets and earning position in the top 100, being ranked no. 94, Elias continued capitalizing on his Challenger Tour success as he won his sixth Challenger title in Mestre, Italy by defeating
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in straight sets. In July 2016, Elias made his first splash on
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tournament level in Båstad, Sweden after defeating
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, and pulling an upset against compatriot
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on his way to his first ATP World Tour semifinal. However, in the semifinals, Elias lost to
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. Later in July 2016, Elias participated in another ATP World Tour tournament in Umag, Croatia. Elias defeated
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in the round of 32 and then pulled one of the biggest upsets of the tournament by defeating top seeded
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in a close encounter. That win marked Elias' first win over a top-20 player. Elias then defeated
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and reached his second consecutive ATP World Tour semifinal, where he lost to
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in straight sets.


Playing style

Gastão Elias is offensive baseliner who puts focus on hitting hard and accurate groundstrokes to push his opponents and hitting winners, however also making comparable to winners amount of unforced errors. His serve and forehand shot are dangerous weapons, which are the main instruments in winning points, but return game is one of the weaknesses, which can be exploited by the best players whose game heavily based on strong serve and volley tactic. While feeling most comfortable at the baseline Elias makes occasional runs to the net, though these runs can't be classified as the key aspect of his game. Although his favourite surface is hard, most of his success has come on clay.


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals


Singles: 35 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)


Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)


Performance timelines


Singles

''Current through the
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(outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.


Doubles


Wins over top 10 players


Singles

Elias has a 1–1 win–loss career record against ATP top 10-ranked players.


Head-to-head against top 20 players

This section contains Elias's win–loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.


Career earnings

:* As of 10 April 2017


National participation


Davis Cup (13 wins, 17 losses)

Elias debuted for the
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in
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and has played 30 matches in 16 ties. His singles record is 6–8 and his doubles record is 7–9 (13–17 overall). * indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by
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, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.


References


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elias, Gastao 1990 births Living people People from Caldas da Rainha Portuguese male tennis players Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Portugal 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Sportspeople from Lisbon District