# Nelson Aerts

Nelson Aerts (born 25 April 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
Aerts was born in Cachoeira Do Sul, and found most of his tennis success while playing doubles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 80 in 1990.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (0–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 1985 | Adelaide, Australia | World Series | Grass | Tomm Warneke | Mark Edmondson Dave Randall | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 1990 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | World Series | Carpet | Fernando Roese | Brian Garrow Sven Salumaa | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 1998 | San Jose, United States | World Series | Hard | André Sá | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 1–6, 5–7 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Doubles: 25 (12–13)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (11–13)
* ITF Futures (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–7)
* Clay (6–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1989 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Alexandre Hocevar | Marcelo Hennemann Edvaldo Oliveira | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 1989 | Itu, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Alexandre Hocevar | Kent Kinnear David Wheaton | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jul 1989 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Roese | Stefan Dallwitz Daniel Orsanic | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 1989 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Fernando Roese | Dácio Campos Mario Tabares | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 1990 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Roese | Simone Colombo César Kist | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 1990 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Roese | Jose Daher Jaime Oncins | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Aug 1990 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Carpet | Ricardo Acioly | Fernando Roese Luiz Mattar | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Nov 1990 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Danilo Marcelino | Richard Lubner Francisco Montana | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Apr 1991 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Danilo Marcelino | Mark Keil Dave Randall | 6–1, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | May 1991 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Roese | Ricardo Acioly Mauro Menezes | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Jul 1991 | Gramado, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Roese | Bertrand Madsen Gerardo Martinez | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Jul 1991 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Danilo Marcelino | Yahiya Doumbia Jean-Philippe Fleurian | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–8 | Jul 1991 | Fortaleza, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Danilo Marcelino | Oliver Fernandez Gerardo Martinez | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Jul 1992 | Gramado, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Roese | Richard Matuszewski John Sullivan | 6–7, 7–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–9 | Jul 1992 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Alexandre Hocevar | João Cunha-Silva César Kist | 6–1, 6–7, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–10 | Apr 1994 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Danilo Marcelino | Otávio Della Marcelo Saliola | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–10 | Aug 1994 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Danilo Marcelino | Otávio Della Marcelo Saliola | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–11 | Aug 1994 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Danilo Marcelino | Bill Barber Ivan Baron | 0–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 7–12 | Feb 1997 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Fernando Meligeni | Daniel Orsanic Martín Rodríguez | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–13 | Aug 1997 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | André Sá | Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–13 | Aug 1997 | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | André Sá | Michael Sell Myles Wakefield | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 9–13 | Sep 1997 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | André Sá | Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–13 | Sep 1997 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Bernardo Martínez | Márcio Carlsson Francisco Costa | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 11–13 | Nov 1997 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | André Sá | Bobby Kokavec Marco Osorio | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–13 | Aug 1998 | Brazil F2, Campos do Jordão | Futures | Hard | Cristiano Testa | Ricardo Schlachter Thomas Shimada | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |

## 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 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| US Open | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | 62% |
| Win–loss | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0 / 12 | 10–12 | 45% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | QF | 3R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Monte Carlo | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Hanburg | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 9 | 7–9 | 44% |