Born in 1996 in Portimão he started playing football on Escolinhas do Portimonense when he was 6 and tennis when he was 8. When he was 10 he decided to continue playing tennis and became Regional Champion and Vice Champion in individual and pairs competitions U-12 and U-18. In the year 2010 he was a regional Champion in individual and pairs competitions and National Vice Champion having played for the National Team U-14 in the Summer Cup in Spain. The year afterwards he won his first ATP point in a professional tournament in Montechoro playing pairs.

Testimony: “Altough I study and play tennis in the university circuit in the United States, my heart is always in the city of Portimão that watched me being born and grow and as sports person. I proudly support the candidature of Portimão for European City of Sports 2019. Portimão is now a city with the facilities that allow young people to practise many sports.”