Gonzalo Oliveira (born 17 February 1995 as Gonçalo Oliveira) is a
Portuguese-born
tennis
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player who currently represents
Venezuela
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and plays on the
ATP Challenger Tour
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.
He has a career high
ATP singles ranking of world No. 194 achieved on 25 December 2017. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 77 achieved on 24 August 2020. He is currently the No. 1 Venezuelan player.
Career
On 18 March 2019, Olivera reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings at world No. 99, the seventh Portuguese player to accomplish the feat.
In November 2024, he captured his maiden ATP Challenger Tour singles title at the inaugural edition of the
2024 Brazzaville Challenger, becoming the first player representing Venezuela to win a Challenger title in 24 years, since
Jimy Szymanski in Tulsa in 2000. A month later, he reached his second Challenger singles final at the
2024 Manzanillo Open, where he lost to
Mats Rosenkranz.
Oliveira was provisionally suspended from professional tennis by the
International Tennis Integrity Agency
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The ITIA assumed re ...
(ITIA) on 17 January 2025. He tested positive for
Metamfetamine, a non-specified prohibited substance.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 30 (18 titles, 12 runner-ups)
Doubles: 73 (35 titles, 38 runner-ups)
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1995 births
Living people
Portuguese male tennis players
Venezuelan male tennis players
Sportspeople from Porto
21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
Doping cases in tennis