Nelson Aerts

Nelson Aerts

Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1963-04-25) 25 April 1963 Cachoeira Do Sul, Brazil
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$233,278
Singles
Career record	12–24
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 109 (16 June 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1985)
French Open	2R (1986)
Wimbledon	1R (1986)
US Open	Q1 (1992, 1996)
Doubles
Career record	45–69
Career titles	0 11 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 80 (16 April 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1985)
French Open	3R (1986)
Wimbledon	1R (1990, 1991, 1998)
US Open	3R (1985, 1987, 1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1990)
Wimbledon	1R (1990)
US Open	1R (1990)
Last updated on: 15 April 2022.

Nelson Aerts (born 25 April 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Aerts was born in Cachoeira Do Sul, and found most of his tennis success while playing doubles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 80 in 1990.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1985	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Grass	Tomm Warneke	Mark Edmondson Dave Randall	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1990	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	World Series	Carpet	Fernando Roese	Brian Garrow Sven Salumaa	5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 1998	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	André Sá	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	1–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 25 (12–13)

Legend ATP Challenger (11–13) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (6–7) Clay (6–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1989	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alexandre Hocevar	Marcelo Hennemann Edvaldo Oliveira	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1989	Itu, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Alexandre Hocevar	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jul 1989	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Roese	Stefan Dallwitz Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 7–6
Win	2–2	Aug 1989	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Roese	Dácio Campos Mario Tabares	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–2	Apr 1990	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Roese	Simone Colombo César Kist	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–3	Jul 1990	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Roese	Jose Daher Jaime Oncins	6–7, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Aug 1990	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Carpet	Ricardo Acioly	Fernando Roese Luiz Mattar	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	3–5	Nov 1990	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Danilo Marcelino	Richard Lubner Francisco Montana	4–6, 6–7
Loss	3–6	Apr 1991	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Danilo Marcelino	Mark Keil Dave Randall	6–1, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	3–7	May 1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Roese	Ricardo Acioly Mauro Menezes	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	4–7	Jul 1991	Gramado, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Roese	Bertrand Madsen Gerardo Martinez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–8	Jul 1991	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Danilo Marcelino	Yahiya Doumbia Jean-Philippe Fleurian	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–8	Jul 1991	Fortaleza, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Danilo Marcelino	Oliver Fernandez Gerardo Martinez	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–9	Jul 1992	Gramado, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Fernando Roese	Richard Matuszewski John Sullivan	6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Win	6–9	Jul 1992	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alexandre Hocevar	João Cunha-Silva César Kist	6–1, 6–7, 6–2
Loss	6–10	Apr 1994	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Danilo Marcelino	Otávio Della Marcelo Saliola	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–10	Aug 1994	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Danilo Marcelino	Otávio Della Marcelo Saliola	7–5, 6–3
Loss	7–11	Aug 1994	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Danilo Marcelino	Bill Barber Ivan Baron	0–6, 5–7
Loss	7–12	Feb 1997	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Daniel Orsanic Martín Rodríguez	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7–13	Aug 1997	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	8–13	Aug 1997	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Michael Sell Myles Wakefield	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	9–13	Sep 1997	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	André Sá	Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	10–13	Sep 1997	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Bernardo Martínez	Márcio Carlsson Francisco Costa	6–0, 6–0
Win	11–13	Nov 1997	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	André Sá	Bobby Kokavec Marco Osorio	7–6, 6–3
Win	12–13	Aug 1998	Brazil F2, Campos do Jordão	Futures	Hard	Cristiano Testa	Ricardo Schlachter Thomas Shimada	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	1R	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	1–3	25%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Rome	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Win–loss	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	3–3	50%

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 3	0–3	0%
US Open	3R	2R	3R	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 5	8–5	62%
Win–loss	2–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0 / 12	10–12	45%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	1R	1R	A	A	QF	3R	1R	Q1	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hanburg	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Rome	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	2–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 9	7–9	44%

External links

• Nelson Aerts at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nelson Aerts at World Tennis