# Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida

Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida (born 1 April 2001) is a Brazilian tennis player.
Pucinelli de Almeida has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 190 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 251 achieved on 9 May 2022.
Pucinelli de Almeida won the 2019 French Open – Boys' doubles title.

## Career

Pucinelli de Almeida made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Chile Open after receiving entry from the qualifying draw.

## National representation
### Davis Cup

Puccinelli was first nominated to play for Brazil in Davis Cup in September 2021 against Lebanon. Pucinelli made his debut in Davis Cup against Roey Tabet and won in straight sets which allowed the Brazilian team to confirm the 4–0 tie and advance into the 2022 Davis Cup qualifying round. Currently, Puccinelli sports a 1–0 record in Davis Cup matches. He has played only singles matches thus far.
All Davis Cup Matches: 1–0 (Singles: 1–0) :
| 2020 Davis Cup World Group I |||||||||
| Round | Date | Opponent | Final match score | Location | Surface | Match | Opponent | Rubber Score |
| WGI | September 18–19, 2021 | Lebanon | 2–0 | Jounieh | Clay | Singles 4 | Roey Tabet | 6–0, 6–1 |

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2022 | Braga, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2023 | Coquimbo, Chile | Challenger | Clay | João Lucas Reis da Silva | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–4 |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF WTT (4–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (4–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Miljan Zekić | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Miljan Zekić | 1–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2021 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | WTT | Clay | Simon Anthony Ivanov | 7–5, 1–0 ret. |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2021 | M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina | WTT | Clay | Francesco Forti | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | May 2021 | M15 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | WTT | Clay | Hernán Casanova | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Oct 2024 | M25 Lajeado, Brazil | WTT | Clay | Daniel Dutra da Silva | 6–2, 7–5 |

### Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF Futures/WTT (3–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (2–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2018 | Lithuania F1, Vilnius | Futures | Clay | João Lucas Reis da Silva | Marc Dijkhuizen Bart Stevens | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2019 | M15 Balatonalmadi, Hungary | WTT | Clay | João Lucas Reis da Silva | Lenny Hampel Neil Oberleitner | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2019 | M15 Champaign, USA | WTT | Hard | Alex Blumenberg | Zachary Svajda Kareem Al Allaf | 5–7, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 2020 | M15 Quinta do Lago, Portugal | WTT | Hard | João Lucas Reis da Silva | Jonathan Binding Yann Wojcik | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | João Lucas Reis da Silva | Matias Zukas Raúl Brancaccio | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2021 | M15 Villa María, Argentina | WTT | Clay | João Lucas Reis da Silva | Mateo Nicolás Martínez Gonzalo Villanueva | 3–6, 3–6 |

## Junior Grand Slam Finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2019 | French Open | Clay | Thiago Agustín Tirante | Flavio Cobolli Dominic Stricker | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 |