Country (sports) Portugal Role Tennis Player Coach Jaime Oncins Name Gastao Elias Turned pro 2006 | Career titles 0 Weight 75 kg Prize money $511,004 Height 1.80 m Lose date May 25, 2014 | |
Residence Bradenton, Florida, USALourinha, PortugalSao Paulo, Brasil Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Similar People Facundo Arguello, Facundo Bagnis, Joao Sousa, Diego Schwartzman, Horacio Zeballos | ||
Tennis player gastao elias the gillette future champion 2007
Gastão José Ministro Elias ([gɐʃˈtɐ̃w eˈliɐʃ]; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes in the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking. In October 2016, he reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57, overcoming the career best of former player Rui Machado (No. 59) to become the second best-ranked Portuguese player ever, after João Sousa (No. 28).
Contents
- Tennis player gastao elias the gillette future champion 2007
- Gastao elias training at img nick bollettieri tennis academy part two
- Early and personal life
- Professional career
- Playing style
- Performance timelines
- Singles
- Head to head against top 20 players
- Career earnings
- Davis Cup 8 wins 16 losses
- References
Gastao elias training at img nick bollettieri tennis academy part two
Early and personal life
Gastão Elias was born on 24 November 1990 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. At age four started playing tennis with his father. In 2001 he participated in the national under-12 singles competition, falling to future Davis Cup partner João Sousa in the semifinals. Elias idolized James Blake and Roger Federer while growing up. He is supporter of Sporting Clube de Portugal, Real Madrid C.F. and Liverpool F.C.
Professional career
2016 proved to be a breakthrough year for Gastão Elias. After winning ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Turin by defeating Enrique López-Pérez in three sets (3–6, 6–4, 6–2) and earning him position in Top 100 ATP ranking being ranked as 94th, Elias continued capitalizing on his Challenger Tour success as he won his sixth challenger title in Mestre, Italy by defeating Horacio Zeballos in straight sets (7–6, 6–2). In July 2016 Elias made his first splash on ATP World Tour tournament level in Bastad, Sweden after defeating Christian Lindell, Taro Daniel and pulling out upset against fellow compatriot João Sousa (6-2, 6-2) on his way to first ATP World Tour semifinal. However in semifinal Elias lost to Fernando Verdasco (3-6, 1-6). Later in July 2016 Elias participated in another ATP World Tour tournament in Umag, Croatia. Elias defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (6-1, 6-2) in round of 32 and then pulled one of the biggest upsets of the tournament by defeating first seeded Pablo Cuevas in a close encounter (3-6, 6-3, 7-6). That win marked Gastão Elias first win over Top 20 player of the tour. After that Elias defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (6-4, 6-4) and reached his second consecutive ATP World Tour semifinal where he lost to Fabio Fognini in straight sets (3-6, 3-6).
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 came on clay.
Performance timelines
Current through 2017 Australian Open.
Singles
1Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
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 1 August 2016Davis Cup (8 wins, 16 losses)
Elias debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2007 and has played 24 matches in 13 ties. His singles record is 3–8 and his doubles record is 5–8 (8–16 overall).
