Player profile
Frederico Ferreira Silva: junior Grand Slam champion turned Portuguese professional
Frederico Ferreira Silva, widely known as Kiko, started tennis with his uncle at six and committed to a professional path at fourteen. His most important junior achievements came in doubles with Kyle Edmund: they won the 2012 US Open and 2013 Roland Garros boys' titles. Silva later built his senior ranking through ITF and Challenger events, reaching a career-high No. 168. A left-hander with a two-handed backhand, he made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2021 Australian Open, where Nick Kyrgios was his first-round opponent.
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