# Gastão Elias

Gastão José Ministro Elias (Portuguese pronunciation:; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. 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 (No. 28) and Nuno Borges (No. 30). He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings.

## Early and personal life

Gastão Elias was born on 24 November 1990 in Caldas da Rainha, 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 Davis Cup partner João Sousa in the semifinals. Elias idolized James Blake and Roger Federer while growing up. He is a supporter of Sporting Clube de Portugal, Real Madrid C.F. and Liverpool F.C.

## Career
### Professional career

2016 proved to be a breakthrough year for Elias. After winning an ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Turin by defeating Enrique López Pérez 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 Horacio Zeballos in straight sets. In July 2016, Elias made his first splash on ATP World Tour tournament level in Båstad, Sweden after defeating Christian Lindell, Taro Daniel, and pulling an upset against compatriot João Sousa on his way to his first ATP World Tour semifinal. However, in the semifinals, Elias lost to Fernando Verdasco. Later in July 2016, Elias participated in another ATP World Tour tournament in Umag, Croatia. Elias defeated Guillermo García López in the round of 32 and then pulled one of the biggest upsets of the tournament by defeating top seeded Pablo Cuevas in a close encounter. That win marked Elias' first win over a top-20 player. Elias then defeated Pablo Carreño Busta and reached his second consecutive ATP World Tour semifinal, where he lost to Fabio Fognini 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)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (10–13)
* ITF Futures/WTT (6–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–6)
* Clay (10–13)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2007 | Spain F7, Cartagena | Futures | Hard | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2007 | Mexico F11, Ciudad Obregón | Futures | Hard | Pablo Martín Adalia | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 2008 | USA F3, Boca Raton | Futures | Hard | Alberto Francis | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2010 | Brazil F32, Barueri | Futures | Hard | Daniel Dutra da Silva | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 3–2 | Jan 2011 | Brazil F1, São Paulo | Futures | Hard | André Ghem | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–2 | Feb 2011 | Colombia F2, Cartagena | Futures | Hard | Malek Jaziri | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Mar 2011 | USA F7, McAllen | Futures | Hard | Wayne Odesnik | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2011 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Júlio Silva | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Oct 2011 | Brazil F33, São Paulo | Futures | Clay | Júlio Silva | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2011 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | 1–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jan 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Thiago Alves | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–4 | Jun 2012 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Tommy Robredo | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | Oct 2012 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Boris Pašanski | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Oct 2012 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Simon Greul | 6–2, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–5 | Apr 2013 | Santos, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Rogério Dutra da Silva | 4–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Apr 2014 | Santos, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Máximo González | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Jun 2014 | Blois, France | Challenger | Clay | Máximo González | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–8 | Feb 2015 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 3–6, 6–1, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–8 | Nov 2015 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Andrej Martin | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 4–8 | Nov 2015 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Diego Schwartzman | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–8 | Apr 2016 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Enrique López Pérez | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–8 | May 2016 | Mestre, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–9 | Apr 2017 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Aljaž Bedene | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–9 | Oct 2017 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Renzo Olivo | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–10 | Nov 2017 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Sep 2020 | M15 Sintra, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Nuno Borges | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Oct 2020 | M25 Porto, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Nuno Borges | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–5 | Feb 2021 | M25 Villena, Spain | WTT | Hard | Holger Rune | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–6 | Feb 2021 | M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Evan Furness | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–11 | Apr 2021 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Zdeněk Kolář | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 8–11 | May 2021 | Oeiras IV, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Holger Rune | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–11 | Mar 2022 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Nino Serdarušić | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Win | 10–11 | Apr 2022 | Oeiras II, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Alessandro Giannessi | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 10–12 | Apr 2023 | Girona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Ivan Gakhov | 7–5, 4–6, 0–0 ret. |
| Loss | 10–13 | Jan 2024 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Hard (i) | Maks Kaśnikowski | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–4, 3–6 |

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

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (2–4)
* ITF Futures/WTT (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (2–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2011 | São Leopoldo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Frederico Gil | Franco Ferreiro Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 3–6, [9–11] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2013 | Santos, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Guilherme Clezar | Pavol Červenák Matteo Viola | 2–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2015 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Frederico Ferreira Silva | Cristian Garín Juan Carlos Sáez | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2015 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Fabrício Neis | Guillermo Durán Andrés Molteni | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Nov 2015 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Demoliner | Andrej Martin Hans Podlipnik | 4–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | Jan 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | André Ghem | Jonathan Eysseric Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | A | 1R | A | NH | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | NH | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | NH | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Madrid$^1$ | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| National representation |||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Davis Cup | A | Z1 | Z2 | A | A | A | Z1 | Z2 | Z1 | Z2 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | QR | A | WG1 | | 0 / 10 | 7–11 | 39% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–7 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 13 | 4–23 | 15% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 10–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0 / 21 | 25–29 | 46% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Carpet win–loss | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | 0 / 0 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Outdoor win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 11–11 | 5–11 | 2–8 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 33 | 25–44 | 37% |
| Indoor win–loss | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0 / 4 | 6–12 | 33% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–8 | 1–2 | 13–14 | 7–11 | 2–8 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0 / 36 | 31–56 | 36% |
| Win (%) | 0% | 50% | 0% | N/A | N/A | 0% | 0% | 43% | 27% | 33% | 48% | 39% | 25% | – | – | 0% | | 35.63% | 35.63% | 35.63% |
| Year-end ranking | 936 | 638 | 578 | 770 | 603 | 172 | 144 | 175 | 132 | 133 | 81 | 115 | 263 | 373 | 410 | 217 | 212 | $1,325,422 | $1,325,422 | $1,325,422 |
$^1$Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| French Open | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Wimbledon | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| US Open | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | 1R | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| National representation ||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Davis Cup | A | Z1 | Z2 | A | A | A | Z1 | Z2 | Z1 | Z2 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | 0 / 8 | 9–12 | 43% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||||
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0 / 3 | 3–12 | 20% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 14 | 14–17 | 45% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| Carpet win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued | 0 / 0 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Outdoor win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 14–20 | 41% |
| Indoor win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0 / 2 | 3–10 | 23% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0 / 17 | 17–30 | 36% |
| Win (%) | N/A | 0% | 33% | N/A | N/A | 0% | 0% | 67% | 40% | 75% | 36% | 25% | 40% | 100% | 36.17% | 36.17% | 36.17% |
| Year-end ranking | 1257 | 659 | 713 | 1168 | 1384 | 506 | 469 | 543 | 280 | 212 | 292 | 273 | 335 | 1184 | $79,741 | $79,741 | $79,741 |

## Wins over top 10 players

| Type | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Total |
| Singles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Doubles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Singles

Elias has a 1–1 win–loss career record against ATP top 10-ranked players.
| # | Opponent | Ranking | Tournament | Surface | Round | Score | Elias ranking |
| 2016 ||||||||
| 1. | Gaël Monfils | 7 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | Hard | 2R | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1 | 61 |

## 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.
| Opponent | Highest rank | Matches | Won | Lost | Win % | Last match | Ref |
| Stan Wawrinka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at the 2013 Portugal Open | |
| Kei Nishikori | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (1–6, 7–5, 2–6) at the 2014 Delray Beach Open | |
| Tommy Robredo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (3–6, 0–6) at the 2013 ATP Buenos Aires | |
| Gaël Monfils | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | Won (7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1) at the 2016 Stockholm Open | |
| Dominic Thiem | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% | Lost (7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 3–6, 5–7) at the 2017 Sydney International | |
| Fernando Verdasco | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (3–6, 1–6) at the 2016 Swedish Open | |
| Paul-Henri Mathieu | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (3–6, 4–6) at the 2016 Estoril Open | |
| Viktor Troicki | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (1–6, 2–6) at the 2016 St. Petersburg Open | |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (1–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 2–6) at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Fabio Fognini | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (3–6, 3–6) at the 2016 Croatia Open | |
| Nick Kyrgios | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (1–6, 2–6, 2–6) at the 2017 Australian Open | |
| Jack Sock | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at the 2016 Stockholm Open | |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (5–7, 1–6) at the 2014 International German Open | |
| Benoît Paire | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6) at the 2015 French Open | |
| Pablo Carreño Busta | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | Won (6–4, 6–4) at the 2016 Croatia Open | |
| Pablo Cuevas | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | Won (3–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$) at the 2016 Croatia Open | |
| Dmitry Tursunov | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | Lost (2–6, 1–6) at the 2006 Estoril Open | |
| Total | Total | 20 | 3 | 17 | 15.00% | Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017 | Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017 |

## Career earnings

| Year | Major titles | ATP titles | Total titles | Earnings |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $7,379 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $7,882 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $13,799 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $4,758 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $5,085 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $47,148 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $71,148 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $97,085 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $144,557 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $112,164 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $269,720 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * $109,560 |
| Career * | 0 | 0 | 0 | $890,286 |
    * As of 10 April 2017

## National participation
### Davis Cup (13 wins, 17 losses)

Elias debuted for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2007 and has played 30 matches in 16 ties. His singles record is 6–8 and his doubles record is 7–9 (13–17 overall).
* Group membership
* World Group (0–0)
* WG Play-off (0–0)
* Group I (6–13)
* Group II (7–4)
* Group III (0–0)
* Group IV (0–0)
* Matches by surface
* Hard (1–14)
* Clay (11–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–1)
* Matches by Type
* Singles (6–8)
* Doubles (7–9)
* Matches by Setting
* Indoors (5–15)
* Outdoors (8–2)
* Matches by Venue
* Portugal (11–4)
* Away (2–13)
* indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
| Rubber result | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
| 2–3; 9–11 February 2007; Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia; Group I Europe/Africa first round; carpet(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with Frederico Gil) | Georgia | Lado Chikladze / Irakli Labadze | 6–7$^{(6–7)}$, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Victory | V | Singles (dead rubber) | Georgia | George Khrikadze | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| 0–5; 21–23 September 2007; Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off; hard(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | II | Singles | Netherlands | Robin Haase | 1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with Frederico Gil) | Netherlands | Jesse Huta Galung / Peter Wessels | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| 4–1; 11–13 April 2008; Clube de Tenis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa first round; clay surface ||||||
| Victory | III | Doubles (with Leonardo Tavares) | Tunisia | Walid Jallali / Malek Jaziri | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Defeat | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Tunisia | Walid Jallali | 5–7, 2–6 |
| 0–5; 19–21 September 2008; Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; Group II Europe/Africa semifinal; hard (i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | I | Singles | Ukraine | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with Leonardo Tavares) | Ukraine | Sergey Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky | 3–6, 2–6, 4–6 |
| 2–3; 6–8 April 2012; Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel; Group I Europe/Africa quarterfinal; hard surface ||||||
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Israel | Andy Ram / Jonathan Erlich | 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
| 1–3; 14–16 September 2012; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off; hard(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | I | Singles | Slovakia | Martin Kližan | 6–3, 2–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Slovakia | Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek | 5–7, 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| 5–0; 5–7 April 2013; Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa quarterfinal; clay surface ||||||
| Victory | I | Singles | Lithuania | Lukas Mugevičius | 6–0, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Victory | III | Doubles (with Rui Machado) | Lithuania | Lukas Mugevičius / Mantas Bugailiskis | 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chișinău, Moldova; Group II Europe/Africa semifinal; hard(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | I | Singles | Moldova | Radu Albot | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Victory | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Moldova | Andrei Ciumac / Roman Borvanov | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Teniski klub Triglav Kranj, Kranj, Slovenia; Group I Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | II | Singles | Slovenia | Blaž Kavčič | 6–7$^{(14–16)}$, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Slovenia | Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja | 3–6, 5–7, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| 1–4; 12–14 September 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Group I Europe/Africa relegation play-off; hard(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | I | Singles | Russia | Andrey Kuznetsov | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Russia | Konstantin Kravchuk / Andrey Rublev | 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| 4–1; 17–19 July 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa quarterfinal; clay surface ||||||
| Victory | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Finland | Henri Kontinen / Jarkko Nieminen | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 3–2; 18–20 September 2015; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa semifinal; clay surface ||||||
| Victory | I | Singles | Belarus | Uladzimir Ignatik | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–5 |
| Victory | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Belarus | Sergey Betov / Max Mirnyi | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3 |
| 1–4; 4–6 March 2016; Pavilhão Vitória Sport Clube, Guimarães, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; hard(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | II | Singles | Austria | Dominic Thiem | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Austria | Alexander Peya / Dominic Thiem | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 1–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
| 5–0; 16–18 September 2016; Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa second round playoffs; clay surface ||||||
| Victory | II | Singles | Slovenia | Grega Žemlja | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–4 |
| Victory | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Slovenia | Tom Kočevar-Dešman / Grega Žemlja | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 5–0; 3–5 February 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa first round; clay(i) surface ||||||
| Victory | II | Singles | Israel | Dudi Sela | 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Victory | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Israel | Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela | 7–5, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 4–1; 7–9 April 2017; Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal; Group I Europe/Africa second round; clay(i) surface ||||||
| Victory | I | Singles | Ukraine | Artem Smirnov | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with João Sousa) | Ukraine | Denys Molchanov / Artem Smirnov | 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 4–6 |