Frederico Ferreira Silva


Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 24, 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-high of No. 242 in doubles in August 2016.
In 2012, Silva became the first Portuguese player to win a Grand Slam title with the win at the US Open junior doubles tournament, teaming with Brit Kyle Edmund. In 2013, he would repeat the feat at the French Open junior doubles with Edmund. He reached a junior high world no. 6 in January 2012.

Juniors

Silva began his junior career in 2009. In May 2010, he won his first singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 tournament at Istanbul, Turkey. Silva made his debut at Junior Grand Slams at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the 3rd round. Silva was also the runner-up in the 2012 European Junior Championship.

Professional career

In 2010, Silva made his ITF Men's Circuit debut at the age of 14, at the Albufeira F3 doubles competition, and reached the final. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after qualifying for the main draw.
In November 2022, he reached two back-to-back finals in Japan at the Hyogo Noah Challenger in Kobe and in Yokkaichi losing to Yosuke Watanuki in both and moved more than 85 positions up into the top 225 at world No. 204 on 28 November 2022.

Anti-doping suspension

In September 2025, it was announced that Silva had accepted a one month suspension after failing an in-competition doping test. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said the offence took place in February 2025 and it had accepted his explanation that the banned substance involved, trimetazidine, had entered his system as the result of contamination from the use of a prescribed medicine.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1[2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Singles|]São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClaydts|Nov 2022

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0[2015 Aberto de Tênis do Rio Grande do Sul – Doubles|]Porto Alegre, BrazilChallengerClay

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 37 (20 titles, 17 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Portugal F6, MonfortinhoFuturesCarpetdts|Dec 2013

Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Portugal F3, AlbufeiraFuturesHard

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
WinGrade 4Enka ITF Junior, TurkeyHarddts|format=dmy|2010-05-23

Doubles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinGrade 4Enka ITF Junior, TurkeyHard

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Australian Open.''

Head-to-head vs. Top 20 players

This section contains Silva's win–loss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.

National participation

Davis Cup (4 wins, 2 losses)

Silva has played for the Portugal Davis Cup team since 2014 and has played 6 matches in 5 ties. His singles record is 3–2 and his doubles record is 1–0.