title: João Soares (tennis)
text: # João Soares (tennis)
  
  João Soares (born April 25, 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
  
  Soares found most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of no. 49 in 1980.
  
  ## Career finals
  
  ### Doubles (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
  
  | Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Loss | 1. | 1979 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Marcos Hocevar | Tomáš Šmíd Sherwood Stewart | 1–6, 5–7 |
  | Loss | 2. | 1980 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Carlos Kirmayr | Belus Prajoux Ricardo Ycaza | 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 |
  | Win | 1. | 1981 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Marcos Hocevar | Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol | 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 |
  | Win | 2. | 1982 | Itaparica, Brazil | Carpet | Givaldo Barbosa | Thomaz Koch José Schmidt | 7–6, 2–1, ret. |
  | Win | 3. | 1983 | Bahia, Brazil | Hard | Givaldo Barbosa | Ricardo Cano Thomaz Koch | |
  | Loss | 3. | 1984 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Givaldo Barbosa | Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
  | Loss | 4. | 1985 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | Andy Kohlberg | Ivan Lendl Tomáš Šmíd | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
  