Fred Gil

João Frederico Limpo Franco Gil (born 24 March 1985), known as Fred Gil (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɨðɨˈɾiku ˈfɾɛð ˈʒil]), is a former Portuguese professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 62 in the world on 25 April 2011. In 2026 Fred Gil has been active in the World Tennis Masters Tour ranking No. 1 at the ITF Masters 40+. Gil made some Portuguese tennis major breakthroughs during his career. At the 2010 Estoril Open, he was the first Portuguese to reach an ATP Tour final, and in April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of 62 – the highest ever for a Portuguese player until he was surpassed by Rui Machado in September that same year. Gil was the first Portuguese man to reach the third round in a Grand Slam singles event (2012 Australian Open) and the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 event (2011 Monte-Carlo Masters). He was the first Portuguese to hit one million dollars in career prize money. In 2009, Gil became the second Portuguese player to reach the singles top 100 (after Nuno Marques), and in October 2010, he and Rui Machado were the first Portuguese duo to rank inside the top 100 simultaneously. Gil was coached by João Cunha e Silva, until he fired him during a tournament after an anger rage.