H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Joao Sousa vs Ernests Gulbis H2H: 0-3

Ernests Gulbis holds a 3–0 lead over Joao Sousa in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Ernests Gulbis leads 2–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Ernests Gulbis won the 2016 Roland Garros second round 6-2 7-5 6-3.

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Joao Sousa
POR Age 37 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
0 – 3
3 main draw meetings
Ernests Gulbis
LAT Age 38 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Ernests Gulbis #80 6-2 7-5 6-3 Joao Sousa #29 Match data May 26, 2016* R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Ernests Gulbis #12 6-3 6-4 Joao Sousa #40 Match data Aug 6, 2014* R64 Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
Ernests Gulbis #22 6-3 6-3 Joao Sousa #45 Match data Mar 9, 2014* R64 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 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
Ernests Gulbis #893 #10 2,725 2,140 221 233 48.7% 0 0 0 0 6 6

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 Ernests Gulbis
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 2006 3–1 75.0% #141 1,556 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 2007 6–14 30.0% #61 1,638 0 0
19 2008 1–1 50.0% #592 1,550 0 0 2008 22–21 51.2% #53 1,810 0 0
20 — — — — — — — 2009 17–26 39.5% #90 1,723 0 0
21 — — — — — — — 2010 29–20 59.2% #24 1,851 0 1
22 2011 1–1 50.0% #192 1,507 0 0 2011 18–22 45.0% #61 1,776 0 2
23 2012 3–4 42.9% #101 1,587 0 0 2012 12–17 41.4% #136 1,726 0 2
24 2013 14–13 51.9% #49 1,797 0 1 2013 32–18 64.0% #24 1,940 0 4
25 2014 23–34 40.4% #54 1,738 0 1 2014 41–21 66.1% #13 1,918 0 6
26 2015 34–30 53.1% #33 1,904 0 2 2015 11–24 31.4% #81 1,765 0 6
27 2016 25–33 43.1% #43 1,805 0 2 2016 7–14 33.3% #151 1,785 0 6
28 2017 22–30 42.3% #57 1,735 0 2 2017 6–8 42.9% #199 1,718 0 6
29 2018 25–26 49.0% #44 1,782 0 3 2018 9–6 60.0% #95 1,814 0 6
30 2019 25–28 47.2% #60 1,757 0 3 2019 6–17 26.1% #226 1,534 0 6
31 2020 0–9 0.0% #90 1,607 0 3 2020 2–2 50.0% #181 1,563 0 6
32 2021 1–13 7.1% #140 1,534 0 3 2021 0–2 0.0% #191 1,509 0 6
33 2022 13–20 39.4% #82 1,565 0 4 — — — — — — —
34 2023 3–7 30.0% #249 1,510 0 4 — — — — — — —
35 2024 0–1 0.0% #726 1,503 0 4 — — — — — — —

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 Ernests Gulbis
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 %
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 1 4 75.0%
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 3 4 7 42.9% 1 6 7 14.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
19 2008 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2008 13 14 27 48.1% 6 5 11 54.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 14 18 32 43.8% 2 6 8 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 18 15 33 54.5% 11 5 16 68.8% — — — — — — — —
22 2011 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2011 15 16 31 48.4% 3 4 7 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
23 2012 — — — — 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — — 2012 6 9 15 40.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
24 2013 12 9 21 57.1% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2013 21 9 30 70.0% 8 7 15 53.3% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
25 2014 12 18 30 40.0% 7 13 20 35.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2014 23 14 37 62.2% 17 5 22 77.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
26 2015 18 17 35 51.4% 14 9 23 60.9% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2015 7 14 21 33.3% 3 8 11 27.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
27 2016 12 20 32 37.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2016 2 7 9 22.2% 5 5 10 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
28 2017 10 14 24 41.7% 12 13 25 48.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2017 1 4 5 20.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
29 2018 15 17 32 46.9% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2018 5 4 9 55.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
30 2019 11 12 23 47.8% 10 12 22 45.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2019 5 8 13 38.5% 1 6 7 14.3% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
31 2020 0 6 6 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2020 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2021 1 3 4 25.0% 0 8 8 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2021 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
33 2022 6 9 15 40.0% 7 8 15 46.7% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2023 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2024 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 97 127 224 43.3% 79 98 177 44.6% 14 25 39 35.9% — — — — — 135 139 274 49.3% 66 68 134 49.3% 15 24 39 38.5% 5 2 7 71.4%

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 453/454 of Ernests Gulbis'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 Ernests Gulbis
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%
17 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 4/4 8.0 2.0 63.8% 74.9% 44.3% 73.7% 42.7% 63.8% 35.2%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 20/20 8.3 3.9 63.1% 74.8% 47.6% 71.0% 39.1% 64.7% 33.9%
19 2008 2/2 3.5 1.5 58.6% 67.3% 65.4% 70.8% 31.3% 66.6% 39.5% 2008 42/43 9.8 4.2 60.0% 74.6% 50.2% 64.8% 39.0% 64.8% 36.8%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 43/43 9.2 3.8 62.9% 71.8% 47.3% 56.4% 41.8% 62.9% 34.7%
21 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 49/49 8.9 3.2 63.0% 76.3% 50.9% 62.7% 34.2% 67.0% 37.1%
22 2011 2/2 3.0 1.0 60.3% 61.5% 41.4% 29.8% 58.3% 53.5% 34.6% 2011 40/40 9.3 4.3 60.8% 73.9% 47.5% 57.1% 36.9% 63.6% 34.7%
23 2012 7/7 2.1 3.1 59.5% 66.3% 47.7% 45.8% 29.7% 59.0% 40.6% 2012 29/29 11.3 5.0 58.4% 75.6% 47.7% 54.4% 37.2% 63.9% 33.9%
24 2013 27/27 2.9 2.3 61.8% 68.0% 46.5% 57.4% 38.5% 59.6% 36.1% 2013 50/50 7.8 3.6 61.1% 77.2% 51.0% 64.8% 45.0% 66.9% 39.9%
25 2014 56/57 2.7 2.1 60.3% 67.6% 48.1% 61.1% 37.5% 59.5% 35.1% 2014 62/62 10.5 3.7 60.3% 78.5% 51.2% 62.0% 41.9% 67.6% 36.8%
26 2015 64/64 3.0 2.1 59.2% 70.2% 51.9% 61.3% 42.7% 62.8% 37.0% 2015 35/35 9.7 5.7 58.2% 74.7% 45.5% 63.1% 39.4% 62.2% 33.4%
27 2016 56/58 3.4 2.2 63.4% 69.2% 47.7% 50.2% 42.9% 61.2% 36.5% 2016 21/21 9.5 5.0 56.4% 73.3% 48.0% 61.3% 31.9% 62.0% 33.5%
28 2017 52/52 4.5 2.8 58.5% 72.3% 49.8% 56.2% 38.4% 62.7% 36.5% 2017 14/14 10.4 5.6 54.7% 76.8% 46.1% 61.5% 31.7% 63.1% 34.8%
29 2018 51/51 4.2 2.4 60.3% 72.2% 49.4% 49.3% 35.8% 63.1% 37.5% 2018 15/15 9.7 5.9 57.1% 76.3% 49.2% 62.0% 43.5% 64.6% 34.4%
30 2019 53/53 5.1 1.8 61.7% 70.5% 49.4% 55.1% 38.5% 62.3% 34.5% 2019 23/23 7.6 4.6 55.4% 73.3% 46.3% 51.5% 39.8% 61.2% 33.2%
31 2020 9/9 4.3 2.9 57.1% 63.3% 48.5% 51.5% 35.3% 56.6% 31.7% 2020 4/4 12.3 4.5 59.9% 74.9% 60.2% 74.7% 24.4% 68.9% 30.8%
32 2021 13/14 2.7 2.2 59.1% 63.1% 44.6% 47.1% 31.2% 54.6% 33.4% 2021 2/2 4.0 5.0 53.7% 73.7% 41.0% 27.8% — 59.2% 13.4%
33 2022 33/33 3.6 2.4 62.3% 67.9% 49.2% 54.1% 34.8% 60.9% 37.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2023 10/10 2.1 2.0 59.4% 62.8% 43.7% 49.1% 35.6% 55.3% 31.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2024 1/1 2.0 2.0 56.3% 64.4% 51.4% 50.0% 25.0% 58.8% 34.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 436/440 3.6 2.2 60.6% 69.3% 48.9% 55.0% 38.5% 61.2% 36.1% — 453/454 9.4 4.2 60.1% 75.4% 48.9% 61.2% 38.9% 64.7% 35.6%

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 Ernests Gulbis
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
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1557 106.4 +0.61 -1.74 0.972 49.0% +9 — — 54.5% +0.09 3–0 (100%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.44
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 1638 127.1 +1.64 -1.59 0.958 49.8% +27 -146 -146 41.5% -0.21 0–3 (0%) 3–7 (30%) — -0.98
19 2008 1551 109.7 -0.19 -0.49 1.182 54.2% — — — 50.0% +0.75 — 0–1 — +0.24 2008 1810 149.1 +2.28 +0.51 1.045 50.8% -39 -165 -225 51.3% +0.16 8–9 (47%) 8–11 (42%) — -2.63
20 2009 1550 98.4 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1723 144.0 -0.05 -0.80 0.937 49.0% +7 -100 -119 42.6% -0.38 5–9 (36%) 8–10 (44%) — -2.12
21 2010 1543 103.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1851 159.8 +3.64 +1.63 1.123 51.4% -51 -37 — 58.1% +0.42 6–7 (46%) 12–9 (57%) — -0.88
22 2011 1507 100.3 -2.74 +2.42 0.742 44.6% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.20 2011 1776 145.2 +0.75 -1.54 0.951 49.0% +9 -28 — 42.3% -0.40 8–4 (67%) 4–13 (24%) — -0.23
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 2012 1726 133.5 +0.26 -1.91 0.941 48.9% +5 -29 -123 46.3% -0.29 5–8 (38%) 9–6 (60%) — -0.91
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 2013 1941 162.6 +3.27 +3.69 1.205 53.4% -4 -117 -220 60.3% +0.87 11–10 (52%) 13–10 (57%) — -3.49
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 2014 1918 165.6 +3.67 +1.09 1.137 52.1% -25 +186 -209 60.8% +0.75 13–3 (81%) 19–12 (61%) — -0.35
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 2015 1766 142.0 -1.53 -1.16 0.884 48.0% +13 +125 -70 38.8% -0.65 5–8 (38%) 6–7 (46%) — +2.08
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 2016 1786 137.9 -1.04 -1.59 0.883 47.8% -66 +115 — 36.5% -0.62 2–3 (40%) 2–6 (25%) — -0.62
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 2017 1718 129.7 +0.08 -0.70 0.945 48.9% -62 +100 +21 43.6% -0.38 2–2 (50%) 2–4 (33%) — -0.03
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 2018 1815 134.1 -0.05 -0.20 0.973 49.9% -54 — +57 52.1% +0.04 5–1 (83%) 3–4 (43%) — +0.38
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 2019 1535 124.6 -2.30 -2.09 0.855 47.1% +93 +104 +202 32.7% -1.18 1–4 (20%) 5–7 (42%) — +0.02
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 2020 1563 122.8 -0.48 +0.51 0.992 50.6% +114 — — 53.8% +0.31 0–1 2–2 (50%) — -0.23
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 2021 1510 94.9 -2.66 -2.22 0.328 40.2% — — — 0.0% -2.75 — — — +0.24
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 2022 1483 103.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2024 1504 100.9 +0.27 +1.28 0.840 47.1% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.10 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 2141 151.4 +1.33 +0.06 1.009 50.1% -8 +11 -95 49.0% +0.01 74–72 (51%) 98–109 (47%) 99.7 -2.05

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.