Thomaz Bellucci
Bellucci at the 2016 Ecuador Open Quito Final
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| Country (sports) |
 Brazil
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| Residence | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Born |
30 December 1987 Tietê, Brazil |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2005 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $4,788,819 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 188–197 (48.83% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 21 (26 July 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 71 (6 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| French Open | 4R (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2010) |
| US Open | 3R (2015) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 54–74 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 70 (15 July 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 203 (6 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2013) |
| French Open | 1R (2015, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2015) |
| US Open | 3R (2016) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | SF (2011) |
| Last updated on: 24 October 2016. | |
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (Tietê, 30 December 1987) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010.
Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in 2008 to break into the top 100 rankings of the ATP World Tour as a 20-year-old. He has won 4 ATP World Tour titles (the 2009 and 2012 Swiss Open, the 2010 Movistar Open and the 2015 Geneva Open) and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Madrid Masters.
Thomaz's playing style is using the heavy topspin of his big forehand to control points. He lacks outright power to produce a lot of aces, but he has excellent spin on his serve, allowing him to force his opponents off of the court which leads to him taking the offensive at the beginning of the point. His two-handed backhand is much more compact than his forehand, and is flatter, which allows him to take balls earlier on his backhand wing and drive the ball for winners. His preferred court is clay, but shows the adaptive potential to get much better at faster courts as well.
Bellucci reached as high as No. 15 in the junior combined world rankings, two weeks after his 17th birthday, in January 2005.
Bellucci began 2007 ranked No. 582, but began a rapid ascent in June to finish the year at No. 202.
The 20-year-old Bellucci continued his rapid rise early in 2008. The first week of the year, ranked No. 202, he made it to the quarterfinals of a Challenger in São Paulo.
Bellucci had little success in his next few tournaments, but in February he got back on track, beating No. 145 Pablo Andújar while qualifying into an ATP stop in Buenos Aires and then recording his first-ever ATP match win, over No. 83 Werner Eschauer, before bowing out in the next round to No. 25 Juan Ignacio Chela. The following week, he beat No. 130 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and No. 140 Eduardo Schwank en route to his first-ever Challenger title, in Santiago, Chile, to improve his ranking to No. 145. The next week, he beat No. 162 Dick Norman before losing in a Challenger second round match.
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