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Givaldo Barbosa

BRA Age 72 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1976–1989

Givaldo Barbosa represented Brazil on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 78. In TennisDB's records, Givaldo Barbosa finished with a career record of 13–45 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

78 (Jul 30, 1979)

Elo peak

1500 (3rd percentile)

Career record

13–45 (22.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$197,253

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Givaldo Barbosa's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Luiz Mattar #55	6-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 10, 1989*	R16	Guaruja	ATP 250	Hard
Jose Daher #302	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 9, 1989*	R32	Guaruja	ATP 250	Hard
Diego Perez #116	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 1988*	R16	Guaruja	ATP 250	Hard
Roberto Saad #189	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1988*	R32	Guaruja	ATP 250	Hard
Jim Grabb #304	2-6 7-6 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Givaldo Barbosa's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Henri Leconte	0	3	3	Aug 7, 1985	H2H
Huub Van Boeckel	0	2	2	Aug 15, 1985	—
Sammy Giammalva Jr	0	2	2	Jul 21, 1983	—
Jose Higueras	0	2	2	Jul 14, 1983	H2H
Damir Keretic	1	1	2	Jan 27, 1983	H2H

Career Results

Givaldo Barbosa career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1976	22	0	1	1	0.0%	360	360
1978	24	0	2	2	0.0%	249	249
1979	25	0	5	5	0.0%	90	128
1980	26	0	1	1	0.0%	356	356
1982	28	1	3	4	25.0%	99	96
1983	29	7	11	18	38.9%	110	98
1984	30	1	8	9	11.1%	186	83
1985	31	2	12	14	14.3%	84	177
1988	34	1	1	2	50.0%	213	355
1989	35	1	1	2	50.0%	356	268
Career		13	45	58	22.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Givaldo Barbosa career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1978	24	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1979	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	28	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1983	29	4	2	6	66.7%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	11	18	38.9%
1984	30	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	8	9	11.1%
1985	31	0	2	2	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	12	14	14.3%
1988	34	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1989	35	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	6	9	15	40.0%	6	24	30	20.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	13	45	58	22.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Givaldo Barbosa career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1978	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1983	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1984	30	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1985	31	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	9	11	18.2%
1988	34	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1989	35	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	8	8	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	5	7	12	41.7%	7	25	32	21.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 32/58 (55.2%) of Givaldo Barbosa's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Givaldo Barbosa advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1976	22	1496	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.07
1978	24	1480	103.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.25	—	—	—	-0.06
1979	25	1445	103.8	—	—	—	—	+40	—	—	8.3%	-2.92	0–1	1–0	—	-0.09
1980	26	1432	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	+0.25
1982	28	1415	100.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.50	0–2	2–2 (50%)	—	+0.83
1983	29	1473	116.2	—	—	—	—	+54	-5	+32	43.2%	-0.39	1–4 (20%)	5–4 (56%)	99.6	+1.03
1984	30	1424	99.1	—	—	—	—	—	+30	—	25.0%	-1.92	0–3 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	98.0	+0.31
1985	31	1355	101.1	—	—	—	—	—	+40	—	25.0%	-1.67	0–3 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	95.2	+0.99
1988	34	1372	99.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	—	—	—	+0.15
1989	35	1387	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.75	—	1–1	—	+0.19
Career		1500	106.9	—	—	—	—	+48	+21	+32	30.8%	-1.34	1–14 (7%)	13–11 (54%)	92.3	+6.09

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Givaldo Barbosa Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1979	25	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1983	29	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1984	30	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1985	31	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–8 (0%)

ATP 500

Givaldo Barbosa ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	W-L Win %
1983	29	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

Givaldo Barbosa ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	SWE	BUE	FLR	GST	AUS	MAD	QUE	STG	STU	BAH	BOL	BRI	CLE	DUT	FOR	FOR	GUA	LOS	SAN	SAO	W-L Win %
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1978	24	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1979	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	0–4 (0%)
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1982	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1983	29	—	—	—	R16	R16	R32	—	R64	—	R32	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	7–8 (47%)
1984	30	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1985	31	—	R32	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–9 (18%)
1988	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1989	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	13–36 (27%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Jul 30, 1979

First Top 100

Jul 23, 1979

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Givaldo Barbosa ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	360
1977	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	366	—	—	—	—	—
1978	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	249
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	78	82	98	—	—	128
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	356
1982	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	99	99	100	96	—
1983	29	88	91	92	99	98	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	30	186	—	—	89	95	96	126	134	128	111	91	83
1985	31	116	118	152	110	109	108	115	127	127	143	183	177
1986	32	177	183	191	273	279	279	297	280	262	261	277	313
1987	33	314	315	490	298	301	304	249	224	203	218	211	211
1988	34	217	202	215	316	324	286	330	343	354	355	349	355
1989	35	399	363	363	308	277	338	338	272	277	286	293	268
1990	36	276	304	306	399	395	408	417	948	946	961	978	979
1991	37	980	1016	1029	—	1043	1073	1090	1095	1109	1116	1115	1131
1992	38	1125	1122	1113	1115	1112	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Givaldo Barbosa's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Magnus Tideman	SWE	76	1,562	49	14	35	28.6%	1980–1989	Match log
Julio Goes	BRA	68	1,522	50	12	38	24.0%	1980–1989	Match log
Ivan Kley	BRA	81	1,516	50	14	36	28.0%	1982–1990	Match log
Gustavo Guerrero	ARG	78	1,521	26	6	20	23.1%	1971–1987	Match log
John Mccurdy	AUS	83	1,605	23	6	17	26.1%	1980–1984	Match log
Andy Andrews	USA	78	1,591	56	18	38	32.1%	1975–1985	Match log
Wolfgang Popp	GER	80	1,626	110	35	75	31.8%	1979–1988	Match log
Joao Soares	BRA	74	1,615	141	42	99	29.8%	1974–1987	Match log
Alejandro Pierola	CHI	76	1,595	64	17	47	26.6%	1973–1983	Match log
Haroon Ismail	ZIM	87	1,611	66	20	46	30.3%	1978–1983	Match log
Gianluca Rinaldini	ITA	94	1,570	36	9	27	25.0%	1978–1984	Match log
Robbie Venter	RSA	87	1,556	26	7	19	26.9%	1976–1984	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Givaldo Barbosa?: Givaldo Barbosa is 72 years old, born on January 25, 1954.
Which country does Givaldo Barbosa represent?: Givaldo Barbosa represents Brazil in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Givaldo Barbosa?: Givaldo Barbosa is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Givaldo Barbosa left-handed or right-handed?: Givaldo Barbosa plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Givaldo Barbosa won?: Givaldo Barbosa has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Givaldo Barbosa won?: TennisDB does not group any of Givaldo Barbosa's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Givaldo Barbosa's highest ATP ranking?: Givaldo Barbosa's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 78, first achieved on July 30, 1979.
What is Givaldo Barbosa's career win-loss record?: Givaldo Barbosa has a career ATP singles record of 13 wins and 45 losses (22.4%).
How much career prize money has Givaldo Barbosa earned?: Givaldo Barbosa has earned at least $197,253 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Givaldo Barbosa's career appear in TennisDB?: Givaldo Barbosa appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1976 through 1989.
On which surface does Givaldo Barbosa have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Givaldo Barbosa's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 20.0% (6–24).
Who has Givaldo Barbosa faced most often?: Givaldo Barbosa's most frequent opponent is Henri Leconte, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.