H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Joao Sousa vs David Ferrer H2H: 1-2

David Ferrer holds a 2–1 lead over Joao Sousa in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, David Ferrer leads 2–1 on hard courts. Most recently, David Ferrer won the 2018 ASB Classic second round 6-2 6-2.

POR Age 37 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
1 2
3 main draw meetings
ESP Age 44 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
David Ferrer #38 6-2 6-2 Joao Sousa #59 Match data Jan 11, 2018* R16 ASB Classic ATP 250 Hard
David Ferrer #19 6-2 7-6(4) Joao Sousa #34 Match data Oct 28, 2016* R16 Vienna Open ATP 500 Hard
Joao Sousa #77 6-2 7-6(6) David Ferrer #4 Match data Sep 28, 2013* QF Kuala Lumpur ATP 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Joao Sousa #954 #28 1,355 1,916 190 250 43.2% 0 0 0 0 4 4
David Ferrer #224 #3 7,220 2,263 703 371 65.5% 0 1 0 10 16 27

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Joao Sousa David Ferrer
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
19 2008 1–1 50.0% #592 1,550 0 0
20 2002 10–6 62.5% #59 1,610 0 1
21 2003 20–27 42.6% #71 1,671 0 1
22 2011 1–1 50.0% #192 1,507 0 0 2004 29–31 48.3% #49 1,654 0 1
23 2012 3–4 42.9% #101 1,587 0 0 2005 41–28 59.4% #14 1,777 0 1
24 2013 14–13 51.9% #49 1,797 0 1 2006 37–24 60.7% #14 1,816 0 2
25 2014 23–34 40.4% #54 1,738 0 1 2007 57–22 72.2% #5 2,038 0 5
26 2015 34–30 53.1% #33 1,904 0 2 2008 40–21 65.6% #12 1,837 0 7
27 2016 25–33 43.1% #43 1,805 0 2 2009 40–24 62.5% #17 1,871 0 7
28 2017 22–30 42.3% #57 1,735 0 2 2010 58–23 71.6% #7 2,035 0 9
29 2018 25–26 49.0% #44 1,782 0 3 2011 55–19 74.3% #5 2,109 0 11
30 2019 25–28 47.2% #60 1,757 0 3 2012 70–15 82.4% #5 2,228 0 18
31 2020 0–9 0.0% #90 1,607 0 3 2013 63–24 72.4% #3 2,092 0 20
32 2021 1–13 7.1% #140 1,534 0 3 2014 55–24 69.6% #10 2,060 0 21
33 2022 13–20 39.4% #82 1,565 0 4 2015 53–16 76.8% #7 2,127 0 26
34 2023 3–7 30.0% #249 1,510 0 4 2016 34–23 59.6% #21 1,961 0 26
35 2024 0–1 0.0% #726 1,503 0 4 2017 25–21 54.3% #37 1,907 0 27
36 2018 8–17 32.0% #125 1,708 0 27
37 2019 8–6 57.1% #224 1,803 0 27

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Joao Sousa David Ferrer
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
19 2008 1 1 2 50.0%
20 2002 0 1 1 0.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 0 1 1 0.0%
21 2003 6 10 16 37.5% 13 16 29 44.8% 1 1 2 50.0%
22 2011 1 1 2 50.0% 2004 3 10 13 23.1% 22 15 37 59.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
23 2012 3 4 7 42.9% 2005 16 11 27 59.3% 23 14 37 62.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
24 2013 12 9 21 57.1% 2 4 6 33.3% 2006 17 13 30 56.7% 15 7 22 68.2% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
25 2014 12 18 30 40.0% 7 13 20 35.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 2007 37 14 51 72.5% 19 7 26 73.1% 1 1 2 50.0%
26 2015 18 17 35 51.4% 14 9 23 60.9% 2 4 6 33.3% 2008 15 14 29 51.7% 18 6 24 75.0% 7 1 8 87.5%
27 2016 12 20 32 37.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 2 3 5 40.0% 2009 22 14 36 61.1% 14 8 22 63.6% 4 2 6 66.7%
28 2017 10 14 24 41.7% 12 13 25 48.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2010 26 15 41 63.4% 29 7 36 80.6% 3 1 4 75.0%
29 2018 15 17 32 46.9% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% 2011 30 12 42 71.4% 22 6 28 78.6% 3 1 4 75.0%
30 2019 11 12 23 47.8% 10 12 22 45.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2012 31 8 39 79.5% 28 5 33 84.8% 11 2 13 84.6%
31 2020 0 6 6 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2013 37 16 53 69.8% 22 6 28 78.6% 4 2 6 66.7%
32 2021 1 3 4 25.0% 0 8 8 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2014 29 15 44 65.9% 25 8 33 75.8% 1 1 2 50.0%
33 2022 6 9 15 40.0% 7 8 15 46.7% 0 3 3 0.0% 2015 34 10 44 77.3% 19 5 24 79.2% 0 1 1 0.0%
34 2023 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 2016 17 13 30 56.7% 15 7 22 68.2% 2 3 5 40.0%
35 2024 0 1 1 0.0% 2017 11 10 21 52.4% 12 8 20 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
36 2018 6 10 16 37.5% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
37 2019 4 3 7 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1%
Career 97 127 224 43.3% 79 98 177 44.6% 14 25 39 35.9% 341 199 540 63.1% 311 137 448 69.4% 44 26 70 62.9% 7 9 16 43.8%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 436/440 of Joao Sousa's and 1,056/1,074 of David Ferrer's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Joao Sousa David Ferrer
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
19 2008 2/2 3.5 1.5 58.6% 67.3% 65.4% 70.8% 31.3% 66.6% 39.5% —/—
20 —/— 2002 15/16 1.1 2.9 60.6% 66.6% 52.3% 44.8% 46.2% 60.7% 43.0%
21 —/— 2003 45/47 2.0 3.8 59.2% 63.2% 46.7% 53.8% 44.3% 56.4% 39.3%
22 2011 2/2 3.0 1.0 60.3% 61.5% 41.4% 29.8% 58.3% 53.5% 34.6% 2004 60/60 2.5 2.7 63.1% 64.2% 49.4% 56.1% 44.4% 58.3% 40.5%
23 2012 7/7 2.1 3.1 59.5% 66.3% 47.7% 45.8% 29.7% 59.0% 40.6% 2005 68/69 2.5 2.6 64.1% 65.3% 51.4% 54.6% 48.0% 60.5% 42.3%
24 2013 27/27 2.9 2.3 61.8% 68.0% 46.5% 57.4% 38.5% 59.6% 36.1% 2006 61/61 2.5 3.0 63.5% 66.0% 49.4% 52.9% 47.3% 59.9% 42.3%
25 2014 56/57 2.7 2.1 60.3% 67.6% 48.1% 61.1% 37.5% 59.5% 35.1% 2007 79/79 2.9 1.7 65.4% 69.1% 53.5% 57.6% 52.1% 63.7% 44.3%
26 2015 64/64 3.0 2.1 59.2% 70.2% 51.9% 61.3% 42.7% 62.8% 37.0% 2008 60/61 2.7 1.6 66.1% 69.0% 54.5% 55.7% 43.0% 64.2% 41.9%
27 2016 56/58 3.4 2.2 63.4% 69.2% 47.7% 50.2% 42.9% 61.2% 36.5% 2009 62/64 3.1 2.9 61.2% 70.2% 52.9% 58.9% 49.4% 63.4% 42.7%
28 2017 52/52 4.5 2.8 58.5% 72.3% 49.8% 56.2% 38.4% 62.7% 36.5% 2010 81/81 3.0 1.7 65.1% 70.7% 56.5% 63.9% 48.7% 65.7% 43.1%
29 2018 51/51 4.2 2.4 60.3% 72.2% 49.4% 49.3% 35.8% 63.1% 37.5% 2011 74/74 3.6 2.7 60.7% 72.9% 56.8% 65.7% 48.1% 66.6% 42.8%
30 2019 53/53 5.1 1.8 61.7% 70.5% 49.4% 55.1% 38.5% 62.3% 34.5% 2012 82/85 3.3 2.1 63.4% 73.9% 57.8% 65.2% 48.2% 68.0% 42.7%
31 2020 9/9 4.3 2.9 57.1% 63.3% 48.5% 51.5% 35.3% 56.6% 31.7% 2013 84/87 3.2 2.3 62.9% 70.4% 53.4% 57.1% 44.8% 64.2% 42.6%
32 2021 13/14 2.7 2.2 59.1% 63.1% 44.6% 47.1% 31.2% 54.6% 33.4% 2014 78/79 2.2 2.5 62.9% 69.9% 53.7% 61.3% 43.8% 63.8% 43.3%
33 2022 33/33 3.6 2.4 62.3% 67.9% 49.2% 54.1% 34.8% 60.9% 37.2% 2015 69/69 2.2 2.9 62.4% 70.5% 54.2% 60.3% 47.6% 64.4% 43.6%
34 2023 10/10 2.1 2.0 59.4% 62.8% 43.7% 49.1% 35.6% 55.3% 31.3% 2016 54/57 2.8 3.2 61.3% 70.5% 53.7% 63.4% 43.6% 63.8% 40.3%
35 2024 1/1 2.0 2.0 56.3% 64.4% 51.4% 50.0% 25.0% 58.8% 34.7% 2017 45/46 2.6 4.6 59.1% 70.6% 50.9% 61.7% 39.6% 62.4% 39.6%
36 —/— 2018 25/25 2.0 3.8 60.7% 66.1% 49.2% 57.7% 36.2% 59.1% 39.5%
37 —/— 2019 14/14 1.6 2.8 64.7% 67.0% 55.6% 54.9% 39.1% 62.7% 41.7%
Career 436/440 3.6 2.2 60.6% 69.3% 48.9% 55.0% 38.5% 61.2% 36.1% 1,056/1,074 2.7 2.6 62.8% 69.2% 53.3% 59.2% 46.2% 63.2% 42.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Joao Sousa David Ferrer
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
19 2008 1551 109.7 -0.19 -0.49 1.182 54.2% 50.0% +0.75 0–1 +0.24
20 2009 1550 98.4 2002 1611 129.0 -0.14 +2.61 1.094 51.9% +85 59.5% +1.03 3–2 (60%) 1–0 +0.80
21 2010 1543 103.0 2003 1672 133.1 -4.21 +1.79 0.902 48.2% -135 +48 40.5% -0.84 7–3 (70%) 5–4 (56%) -2.35
22 2011 1507 100.3 -2.74 +2.42 0.742 44.6% 0.0% -3.00 +0.20 2004 1655 133.7 -3.20 +2.62 0.972 49.4% -121 +132 -112 46.3% -0.23 13–7 (65%) 8–11 (42%) +0.43
23 2012 1587 111.9 -2.10 -0.18 0.991 49.4% +54 41.2% -0.77 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) +0.38 2005 1777 152.3 -0.65 +4.57 1.071 51.2% -27 +72 58.3% +0.68 11–12 (48%) 6–7 (46%) +1.45
24 2013 1797 138.5 -2.50 -0.67 0.896 48.2% -3 -191 47.9% -0.34 6–1 (86%) 1–2 (33%) +0.54 2006 1816 148.0 -1.48 +4.87 1.055 51.0% -62 +114 -166 57.8% +0.52 13–6 (68%) 8–9 (47%) +1.00
25 2014 1738 146.5 -2.75 -1.03 0.869 47.5% +1 -106 -36 39.7% -0.87 12–10 (55%) 14–11 (56%) -0.16 2007 2038 165.7 +0.90 +7.85 1.222 53.9% +1 -58 66.5% +1.31 12–4 (75%) 13–12 (52%) -0.11
26 2015 1904 152.2 -1.01 +1.38 0.995 49.9% -46 -72 -203 50.0% 0.00 15–9 (63%) 12–15 (44%) -0.31 2008 1838 152.2 +1.24 +4.88 1.168 52.6% -35 +228 -34 60.9% +0.75 10–6 (63%) 11–8 (58%) +2.27
27 2016 1806 151.2 -1.66 +0.21 0.941 48.8% +1 +17 -112 44.7% -0.45 9–13 (41%) 6–9 (40%) +1.35 2009 1871 159.3 +0.54 +5.75 1.169 52.8% +17 +139 -50 59.8% +0.90 14–10 (58%) 4–13 (24%) +0.88
28 2017 1736 145.9 -0.81 -0.18 0.979 49.7% +18 +58 -117 46.3% -0.23 7–14 (33%) 8–12 (40%) +2.40 2010 2036 167.1 +2.99 +6.37 1.257 54.2% -69 +114 -169 67.4% +1.08 11–10 (52%) 11–9 (55%) +0.59
29 2018 1783 147.5 -0.33 +1.07 1.015 50.0% +38 -32 -147 46.7% -0.07 14–11 (56%) 12–10 (55%) +1.17 2011 2109 173.9 +4.03 +6.13 1.283 54.5% +5 +84 -191 69.8% +1.52 12–7 (63%) 9–9 (50%) +1.39
30 2019 1758 141.2 -1.27 -1.02 0.916 48.4% +5 -7 -4 45.8% -0.41 13–10 (57%) 11–13 (46%) -0.09 2012 2229 173.7 +4.91 +6.11 1.332 55.1% -6 +114 -152 75.9% +1.67 14–1 (93%) 20–12 (63%) +1.07
31 2020 1608 110.6 -2.88 -2.72 0.729 44.1% +41 +32 8.7% -2.35 0–1 0–3 (0%) +0.04 2013 2093 174.2 +1.94 +6.08 1.191 53.3% +31 +273 -20 64.6% +1.16 20–8 (71%) 12–9 (57%) +1.12
32 2021 1534 111.8 -5.26 -2.49 0.736 44.3% +92 +15 17.1% -2.14 1–3 (25%) 3–3 (50%) +0.37 2014 2060 172.8 +1.07 +6.87 1.198 53.5% +10 +218 65.5% +1.12 15–11 (58%) 17–12 (59%) +2.77
33 2022 1565 131.7 -1.95 -0.02 0.952 48.8% +14 +70 +27 40.2% -0.41 6–6 (50%) 6–12 (33%) +0.40 2015 2127 174.9 +1.19 +7.08 1.223 53.6% +32 +170 67.6% +1.31 15–2 (88%) 12–10 (55%) +3.35
34 2023 1510 117.4 -3.91 -3.09 0.700 43.9% +62 32.0% -1.80 2–2 (50%) 2–1 (67%) -0.20 2016 1961 160.9 -0.03 +3.83 1.112 51.7% +65 +185 -21 57.1% +0.66 10–8 (56%) 8–12 (40%) +1.83
35 2024 1504 100.9 +0.27 +1.28 0.840 47.1% 0.0% -2.00 -0.10 2017 1907 153.4 -0.46 +2.91 1.054 50.7% +10 +112 -23 49.2% +0.13 12–6 (67%) 5–9 (36%) +0.54
36 2018 1708 138.6 -2.32 +3.21 0.966 49.2% +118 +153 +130 41.7% -0.43 0–6 (0%) 5–5 (50%) -0.57
37 2019 1804 151.4 -0.33 +3.86 1.116 51.9% +47 +91 60.0% +0.57 2–2 (50%) 3–2 (60%) -0.85
Career 1917 144.3 -1.66 -0.16 0.928 48.6% +4 -9 -83 43.2% -0.48 86–82 (51%) 77–93 (45%) 99.0 +1.42 2264 167.8 +0.80 +5.33 1.149 52.6% -5 +126 -81 61.4% +0.85 194–111 (64%) 158–153 (51%) 102.5 +1.46

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.