# Hélder Lopes (tennis)

Hélder Lopes (born 7 August 1977) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player who competed in the ITF Men's Circuit. He achieved his highest singles ranking of 455 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in August 2003. Though he played almost his entire career in the minor circuits, Lopes did play singles and doubles events at the Estoril Open between 2000 and 2003. He also entered five Davis Cup ties in 2002 and 2003.

## Career finals
### ITF Men's Circuit
#### Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

* Category
* Futures (0–2)
* Satellites (1–1)
* Surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (1–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Setting
* Outdoors (1–3)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1 – 28 October 2001 | Satellites | Espinho, Portugal 3 | Hard | Dominique Coene | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 4–6 |
| Winner | 15 July – 11 August 2002 | Satellites | Miramar, Portugal 2 | Clay | Raul Morant-Rivas | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Runner-up | 9 February 2003 | Futures | Espinho, Portugal F1 | Hard | Mike Scheidweiler | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 22 June 2003 | Futures | Lisbon, Portugal F9 | Clay | Nicolás Almagro | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |

#### Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Futures (0–1)
* Satellites (4–3)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (4–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoors (4–4)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 22 November – 21 December 1997 | Satellites | Portimão, Portugal 5 | Clay | Nuno Marques | Benoit Carelli Meride Zahirovic | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 14 February – 12 March 2000 | Satellites | Chetumal, Mexico | Hard | António van Grichen | Rafael de Mesa Luis Uribe | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2 – 28 July 2001 | Satellites | Espinho, Portugal 2 | Clay | Bernardo Mota | Jean-Michel Pequery Gregory Zavialoff | 6–4, 2–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Winner | 22 October – 25 November 2001 | Satellites | Albufeira, Portugal 4 | Clay | Bernardo Mota | Pedro Pereira Rogier Wassen | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 29 April – 26 May 2002 | Satellites | Espinho, Portugal 1 | Clay | Leonardo Azzaro | Iverson Barros Lucas Engel | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 29 April – 26 May 2002 | Satellites | Espinho, Portugal 1 | Clay | Leonardo Azzaro | Bernardo Mota Francisco Neves | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 15 July – 11 August 2002 | Satellites | Miramar, Portugal 2 | Clay | André Lopes | Guillermo Carry Alejandro Poberaj | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 10 – 16 March 2003 | Futures | Faro, Portugal F5 | Hard | Bernardo Mota | Guillermo García López Santiago Ventura | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 4–6 |

## Head-to-head vs. Top 20 players

This section contains Lopes' 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 |
| Jarkko Nieminen | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | Lost (6–4, 1–6, 1–6) at the 2003 Estoril Open | |
| Max Mirnyi | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at the 2002 Davis Cup | |
| Total | Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017 | Statistics correct as of 10 April 2017 |

## National participation
### Davis Cup (2 wins, 4 losses)

Lopes played 6 matches in 5 ties for the Portugal Davis Cup team in 2002 and 2003. His singles record was 2–3 and his doubles record was 0–1 (2–4 overall).
* Group membership
* World Group (0–0)
* WG Play-off (0–0)
* Group I (1–3)
* Group II (1–1)
* Group III (0–0)
* Group IV (0–0)
* Matches by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–2)
* Matches by Type
* Singles (2–3)
* Doubles (0–1)
* Matches by Setting
* Indoors (1–3)
* Outdoors (1–1)
* Matches by Venue
* Portugal (1–0)
* Away (1–4)
* 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 |
| 0–5; 8–10 February 2002; Harare, Zimbabwe; Group I Europe/Africa First Round; Hard(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Zimbabwe | Wayne Black | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| 1–4; 12–14 July 2002; Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Playoff First Round; Carpet(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | II | Singles | Belarus | Max Mirnyi | 3–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Victory | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Belarus | Alexander Skrypko | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1–4; 20–22 September 2002; Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy; Group I Europe/Africa Relegation Play-off Second Round; Carpet(i) surface ||||||
| Defeat | III | Doubles (with Bernardo Mota) | Italy | Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 3–6, 4–6 |
| 4–1; 4–6 April 2003; Complexo Municipal de Ténis, Maia, Portugal; Group II Europe/Africa First Round; Clay surface ||||||
| Victory | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Monaco | Guillaume Couillard | 7–5, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| 0–5; 11–13 July 2003; Westridge Park, Durban, South Africa; Group II Europe/Africa Quarterfinal; Hard surface ||||||
| Defeat | I | Singles | South Africa | Rik de Voest | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6, 4–6 |