H2H data updated: 2026-10-20 00:00 UTC

Joao Sousa vs Jurgen Melzer H2H: 3-1

Joao Sousa holds a 3–1 lead over Jurgen Melzer in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Joao Sousa leads 2–1 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Joao Sousa won the 2015 Geneva Open second round 6-4 6-4.

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Joao Sousa
POR Age 37 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
3 – 1
4 main-draw meetings
Jurgen Melzer
AUT Age 45 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Joao Sousa #50 6-4 6-4 Jurgen Melzer #104 Match data May 22, 2015* R16 Geneva Open ATP 250 Clay
Jurgen Melzer #59 7-6(6) 4-6 6-4 Joao Sousa #42 Match data May 22, 2014* R16 Dusseldorf ATP 250 Clay
Joao Sousa #77 6-4 3-6 6-4 Jurgen Melzer #26 Match data Sep 28, 2013* SF Kuala Lumpur ATP 250 Hard
Joao Sousa #93 6-4 6-3 Jurgen Melzer #49 Match data Feb 27, 2013* R32 Mexican Open ATP 500 Clay

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
Jurgen Melzer #1,552 #8 3,055 2,017 331 307 51.9% 0 0 0 1 4 5

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 Jurgen Melzer
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 1999 1–1 50.0% #491 1,518 0 0
19 2008 1–1 50.0% #592 1,550 0 0 2000 0–3 0.0% #358 1,547 0 0
20 — — — — — — — 2001 1–1 50.0% #168 1,550 0 0
21 — — — — — — — 2002 10–9 52.6% #91 1,660 0 0
22 2011 1–1 50.0% #192 1,507 0 0 2003 11–18 37.9% #79 1,583 0 0
23 2012 3–4 42.9% #101 1,587 0 0 2004 27–23 54.0% #39 1,759 0 0
24 2013 14–13 51.9% #49 1,797 0 1 2005 24–25 49.0% #52 1,702 0 0
25 2014 23–34 40.4% #54 1,738 0 1 2006 33–25 56.9% #41 1,774 0 1
26 2015 34–30 53.1% #33 1,904 0 2 2007 21–24 46.7% #60 1,696 0 1
27 2016 25–33 43.1% #43 1,805 0 2 2008 29–24 54.7% #34 1,800 0 1
28 2017 22–30 42.3% #57 1,735 0 2 2009 35–26 57.4% #28 1,927 0 2
29 2018 25–26 49.0% #44 1,782 0 3 2010 49–25 66.2% #11 1,985 0 3
30 2019 25–28 47.2% #60 1,757 0 3 2011 20–21 48.8% #33 1,797 0 3
31 2020 0–9 0.0% #90 1,607 0 3 2012 18–23 43.9% #29 1,755 0 4
32 2021 1–13 7.1% #140 1,534 0 3 2013 25–23 52.1% #27 1,826 0 5
33 2022 13–20 39.4% #82 1,565 0 4 2014 14–20 41.2% #113 1,757 0 5
34 2023 3–7 30.0% #249 1,510 0 4 2015 9–11 45.0% #155 1,750 0 5
35 2024 0–1 0.0% #726 1,503 0 4 2016 3–3 50.0% #306 1,769 0 5
36 — — — — — — — 2017 0–1 0.0% #186 1,731 0 5
37 — — — — — — — 2018 1–1 50.0% #288 1,708 0 5

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 Jurgen Melzer
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 %
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2008 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2000 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 3 2 5 60.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
22 2011 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 2 7 9 22.2% 4 8 12 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
23 2012 — — — — 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — — 2004 12 12 24 50.0% 9 6 15 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
24 2013 12 9 21 57.1% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2005 10 14 24 41.7% 10 8 18 55.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
25 2014 12 18 30 40.0% 7 13 20 35.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2006 9 11 20 45.0% 20 9 29 69.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2015 18 17 35 51.4% 14 9 23 60.9% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2007 14 14 28 50.0% 7 8 15 46.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2016 12 20 32 37.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2008 17 15 32 53.1% 8 6 14 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
28 2017 10 14 24 41.7% 12 13 25 48.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2009 19 15 34 55.9% 12 9 21 57.1% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
29 2018 15 17 32 46.9% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2010 28 15 43 65.1% 17 8 25 68.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
30 2019 11 12 23 47.8% 10 12 22 45.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2011 10 13 23 43.5% 8 7 15 53.3% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
31 2020 0 6 6 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2012 14 16 30 46.7% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
32 2021 1 3 4 25.0% 0 8 8 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2013 19 13 32 59.4% 2 8 10 20.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
33 2022 6 9 15 40.0% 7 8 15 46.7% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2014 3 9 12 25.0% 8 8 16 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
34 2023 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — — 2015 4 6 10 40.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
35 2024 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2016 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 97 127 224 43.3% 79 98 177 44.6% 14 25 39 35.9% — — — — — 168 168 336 50.0% 120 101 221 54.3% 38 33 71 53.5% 5 5 10 50.0%

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 625/638 of Jurgen Melzer'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 Jurgen Melzer
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%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1999 2/2 5.0 8.5 40.6% 59.2% 42.2% 56.1% 65.6% 49.1% 37.0%
19 2008 2/2 3.5 1.5 58.6% 67.3% 65.4% 70.8% 31.3% 66.6% 39.5% 2000 3/3 6.3 3.0 55.6% 64.6% 51.8% 38.5% 30.3% 59.7% 34.1%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2001 1/2 5.0 3.0 59.4% 75.4% 41.0% 60.0% 18.2% 61.5% 38.6%
21 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2002 18/19 4.9 3.1 58.9% 72.7% 48.0% 53.1% 40.9% 62.5% 36.7%
22 2011 2/2 3.0 1.0 60.3% 61.5% 41.4% 29.8% 58.3% 53.5% 34.6% 2003 29/29 6.7 4.7 56.8% 67.4% 44.1% 58.3% 41.9% 57.1% 34.6%
23 2012 7/7 2.1 3.1 59.5% 66.3% 47.7% 45.8% 29.7% 59.0% 40.6% 2004 49/50 5.2 3.3 58.1% 72.6% 49.1% 63.9% 46.6% 62.8% 38.1%
24 2013 27/27 2.9 2.3 61.8% 68.0% 46.5% 57.4% 38.5% 59.6% 36.1% 2005 49/49 4.4 2.7 59.8% 68.4% 49.9% 58.8% 50.0% 60.8% 36.7%
25 2014 56/57 2.7 2.1 60.3% 67.6% 48.1% 61.1% 37.5% 59.5% 35.1% 2006 57/58 5.7 3.2 60.9% 69.3% 52.3% 62.2% 44.8% 62.5% 39.3%
26 2015 64/64 3.0 2.1 59.2% 70.2% 51.9% 61.3% 42.7% 62.8% 37.0% 2007 44/45 4.7 2.8 63.0% 67.4% 49.9% 58.3% 45.1% 61.2% 36.4%
27 2016 56/58 3.4 2.2 63.4% 69.2% 47.7% 50.2% 42.9% 61.2% 36.5% 2008 49/53 6.6 2.5 61.7% 71.5% 54.4% 57.6% 37.8% 65.0% 35.3%
28 2017 52/52 4.5 2.8 58.5% 72.3% 49.8% 56.2% 38.4% 62.7% 36.5% 2009 61/61 6.8 2.3 59.4% 73.4% 52.3% 58.8% 41.0% 64.9% 37.0%
29 2018 51/51 4.2 2.4 60.3% 72.2% 49.4% 49.3% 35.8% 63.1% 37.5% 2010 72/74 6.3 2.4 61.1% 72.2% 54.7% 59.9% 45.7% 65.3% 37.3%
30 2019 53/53 5.1 1.8 61.7% 70.5% 49.4% 55.1% 38.5% 62.3% 34.5% 2011 41/41 5.0 2.4 62.8% 68.9% 50.9% 51.6% 40.0% 62.1% 38.3%
31 2020 9/9 4.3 2.9 57.1% 63.3% 48.5% 51.5% 35.3% 56.6% 31.7% 2012 40/41 5.0 3.3 61.9% 69.0% 52.4% 52.4% 48.1% 62.4% 34.8%
32 2021 13/14 2.7 2.2 59.1% 63.1% 44.6% 47.1% 31.2% 54.6% 33.4% 2013 48/48 4.5 2.8 65.4% 67.2% 49.9% 56.8% 33.7% 61.1% 35.8%
33 2022 33/33 3.6 2.4 62.3% 67.9% 49.2% 54.1% 34.8% 60.9% 37.2% 2014 34/34 4.1 2.6 65.4% 67.2% 50.5% 54.5% 36.3% 61.2% 37.0%
34 2023 10/10 2.1 2.0 59.4% 62.8% 43.7% 49.1% 35.6% 55.3% 31.3% 2015 20/20 3.3 4.0 61.0% 67.3% 49.3% 60.5% 41.5% 60.4% 36.2%
35 2024 1/1 2.0 2.0 56.3% 64.4% 51.4% 50.0% 25.0% 58.8% 34.7% 2016 6/6 2.7 2.5 67.4% 66.9% 44.8% 60.6% 51.9% 59.3% 40.5%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 1/1 4.0 1.0 74.8% 56.6% 53.6% 22.2% 75.0% 55.9% 31.1%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 1/2 3.0 2.0 79.3% 72.5% 55.6% 100.0% 25.0% 69.0% 27.6%
Career — 436/440 3.6 2.2 60.6% 69.3% 48.9% 55.0% 38.5% 61.2% 36.1% — 625/638 5.4 2.9 61.2% 69.8% 51.0% 58.0% 42.8% 62.4% 36.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. 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 Jurgen Melzer
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
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999 1518 108.7 -0.28 +0.62 0.727 43.2% — — — 40.0% -1.60 1–0 1–0 — -0.03
19 2008 1551 109.7 -0.19 -0.49 1.182 54.2% — — — 50.0% +0.75 — 0–1 — +0.24 2000 1548 113.7 -1.47 -0.74 0.846 47.2% — — — 22.2% -1.22 0–1 0–2 — -0.26
20 2009 1550 98.4 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1551 105.3 +1.50 -1.19 1.001 49.0% — — — 40.0% +0.20 1–0 0–3 (0%) — -0.04
21 2010 1543 103.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1660 130.8 +0.42 -0.51 0.980 49.6% -48 -49 — 50.0% -0.07 2–2 (50%) 1–4 (20%) 98.0 +0.12
22 2011 1507 100.3 -2.74 +2.42 0.742 44.6% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.20 2003 1583 111.1 -3.51 -2.06 0.807 46.5% -20 -56 +87 39.0% -0.66 8–3 (73%) 7–6 (54%) 104.3 +0.49
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 2004 1760 142.0 +0.13 +1.60 1.023 50.6% -26 -102 -105 52.7% +0.22 8–8 (50%) 10–12 (45%) 100.0 -0.06
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%) 107.8 +0.54 2005 1702 137.8 -0.93 +0.15 0.938 49.4% -35 +36 -24 50.0% -0.11 10–12 (45%) 8–9 (47%) 96.3 -0.88
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%) 104.6 -0.16 2006 1774 133.3 +0.02 +1.44 1.047 51.0% -104 +59 -110 52.9% +0.07 11–13 (46%) 13–9 (59%) 100.1 -0.50
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%) 105.2 -0.31 2007 1696 137.3 -1.21 +0.32 0.940 48.9% -11 +74 — 48.1% -0.22 9–7 (56%) 7–11 (39%) 95.6 +0.10
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%) 95.1 +1.35 2008 1800 138.7 +1.21 -0.83 1.009 50.0% -22 -35 -116 52.4% +0.11 13–8 (62%) 13–15 (46%) 104.7 +0.86
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%) 90.3 +2.40 2009 1927 151.7 +1.63 +0.96 1.054 50.8% -29 -86 -117 55.1% +0.14 8–8 (50%) 14–8 (64%) 105.0 -1.10
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%) 101.9 +1.17 2010 1986 158.2 +2.39 +1.03 1.076 51.1% -20 -6 -97 59.0% +0.57 15–7 (68%) 19–21 (48%) 104.8 +1.32
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%) 101.4 -0.09 2011 1797 152.8 -0.17 +0.99 1.011 50.3% +17 +143 +139 52.0% +0.28 4–6 (40%) 6–7 (46%) 95.7 +1.81
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 2012 1755 145.9 -0.78 -0.89 0.925 48.7% +20 +103 +111 44.8% -0.47 9–7 (56%) 13–7 (65%) 102.7 +1.18
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%) 98.3 +0.37 2013 1827 141.2 -1.23 -0.76 0.919 48.3% +22 -130 +72 47.5% -0.28 10–6 (63%) 8–10 (44%) 101.5 +2.36
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%) 99.0 +0.40 2014 1757 141.1 -1.73 +1.12 0.955 49.1% +3 -5 +127 41.2% -0.46 6–7 (46%) 7–10 (41%) 98.0 -1.34
34 2023 1510 117.4 -3.91 -3.09 0.700 43.9% — +62 — 32.0% -1.80 2–2 (50%) 2–1 (67%) 102.3 -0.20 2015 1750 127.3 -2.36 -0.42 0.914 48.8% +47 -54 — 44.7% -0.40 1–1 5–8 (38%) — -0.22
35 2024 1504 100.9 +0.27 +1.28 0.840 47.1% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.10 2016 1770 130.7 -0.27 +1.24 0.995 50.5% +16 -37 — 60.0% +0.13 0–3 (0%) 1–1 — -0.56
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1732 123.5 +3.00 +7.41 0.704 43.9% — — — 25.0% -1.75 — — — -0.44
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1708 119.9 -1.35 +6.34 0.890 49.7% — — — 100.0% +1.50 — 1–0 — -0.15
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1689 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 2017 147.6 -0.10 +0.36 0.981 49.7% -14 -4 -12 50.4% -0.03 116–99 (54%) 134–143 (48%) 100.2 +0.42

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.