# Luiz Mattar

Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
He played on the professional tour from 1985 to 1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles (in 1989) and World No. 55 in doubles (in 1991). His career prize money totalled $1,493,136.
With seven ATP singles titles in tournaments of the Association of Professional Tennis Players, he is the second Brazilian tennis player, after Gustavo Kuerten, with more ATP titles in his career. He also led the Brazilian Davis Cup team to their best result in history back in 1992 defeating Germany and Italy and reaching the semi-final of the World Group in the 1992 Davis Cup. This feat has only been matched by Gustavo Kuerten who led the Brazilian team again to the semi-final in 2000.
He started his professional career only at the age of 22, unlike most tennis players who started their careers at 18 or earlier, after dropping out in his last year of engineering at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo.
He was trained by Paulo Cleto from the beginning to the end of his career. He even said that he couldn't see himself training with another coach. He is considered by several sports analysts, tennis critics and former tennis players as one of the ten greatest Brazilian tennis players of the Open Era.
Mattar is the son of textile businessman Fuad Mattar and is of Lebanese descent. After retiring from tennis he became an entrepreneur and is the founder of TIVIT, one of Brazil's largest information technology service providers.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 11 (7 wins, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (7–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–4)
* Clay (3–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (2–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (5–4)
* Indoors (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 1987 | Guarujá, Brazil | Grand Prix | Hard | Cássio Motta | 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 1987 | São Paulo, Brazil | Grand Prix | Hard | Jaime Yzaga | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1987 | Itaparica, Brazil | Grand Prix | Hard | Andre Agassi | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 1988 | Guarujá, Brazil | Grand Prix | Clay | Eliot Teltscher | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 1989 | Guarujá, Brazil | Grand Prix | Clay | Jimmy Brown | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 1989 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Grand Prix | Carpet | Martín Jaite | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Feb 1990 | Guarujá, Brazil | World Series | Hard | Martín Jaite | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Apr 1990 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | World Series | Carpet | Andrew Sznajder | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–3 | Nov 1992 | São Paulo, Brazil | World Series | Hard | Jaime Oncins | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Feb 1994 | Scottsdale, USA | World Series | Hard | Andre Agassi | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–4 | May 1994 | Coral Springs, USA | World Series | Clay | Jamie Morgan | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |

### Doubles (5 wins, 6 losses)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0)
* ATP Masters Series (0)
* ATP Tour (4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (2)
* Grass (0)
* Clay (3)
* Carpet (0)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 1987 | Guarujá, Brazil | Hard | Cássio Motta | Martin Hipp Tore Meinecke | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 1987 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Ricardo Acioly | Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Feb 1990 | Guarujá, Brazil | Hard | Cássio Motta | Javier Frana Gustavo Luza | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jun 1990 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Diego Pérez | Sergi Bruguera Horacio de la Peña | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Oct 1990 | São Paulo, Brazil | Carpet | Mark Koevermans | Shelby Cannon Alfonso Mora | 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 3–3 | Dec 1990 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Nicolás Pereira | John Letts Jaime Oncins | 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Apr 1991 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Jaime Oncins | Gustavo Luza Cássio Motta | 0–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–5 | May 1991 | Bologna, Italy | Clay | Jaime Oncins | Luke Jensen Laurie Warder | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Apr 1992 | Tampa, USA | Clay | Andrei Olhovskiy | Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann | 6–7, 7–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | Jun 1992 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Marcelo Filippini | Royce Deppe Brent Haygarth | 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–6 | Oct 1994 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | Marcelo Filippini | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | 7–6, 6–4 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 9 (5–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (5–4)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–0)
* Clay (1–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1989 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Rebolledo | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1989 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Carpet | Mario Tabares | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Nov 1989 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Francisco Roig | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov 1990 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Luis-Enrique Herrera | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Mar 1992 | Zaragoza, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Tomas Carbonell | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Apr 1992 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Mikael Pernfors | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | Oct 1992 | Recife, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Jaime Oncins | 7–6, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Win | 5–3 | Nov 1992 | São Luís, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Maurice Ruah | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jul 1993 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Fernando Meligeni | 4–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 8 (3–5)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–5)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (2–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1989 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Dacio Campos | Charles Beckman Shelby Cannon | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Dec 1989 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Cassio Motta | Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Mario Tabares | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Aug 1990 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Carpet | Fernando Roese | Jaime Oncins Andrew Sznajder | 5–7, 6–3, 6–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 1991 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Jaime Oncins | Juan-Ignacio Garat Marcelo Saliola | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Oct 1992 | Recife, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Jaime Oncins | Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor | 7–5, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 3–3 | Nov 1992 | São Luís, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Jaime Oncins | Maurice Ruah Mario Tabares | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 1993 | Natal, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Jaime Oncins | Stephen Noteboom Jack Waite | 6–4, 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Nov 1993 | São Luís, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Jaime Oncins | Otavio Della Marcelo Saliola | 7–6, 3–6, 6–7 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam Tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| French Open | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | 40% |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| US Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 23 | 14–23 | 38% |
| National Representation |||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Miami | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | 1R | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Rome | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–7 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 28 | 11–28 | 28% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam Tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 0 / 8 | 6–8 | 43% |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| US Open | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 18 | 9–18 | 33% |
| National Representation ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | NH | NH | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | QF | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Hamburg | A | A | QF | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | QF | A | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 56% |
| Rome | A | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 18 | 13–18 | 42% |