Lucas Engel

Lucas Engel

Full name	Lucas Feltes Engel
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1981-12-01) 1 December 1981 (age 44)
Prize money	$75,987
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 297 (7 May 2007)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 207 (27 Feb 2006)

Lucas Feltes Engel (born 1 December 1981) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.^[1]

A native of Novo Hamburgo, Engel competed in ATP Challenger and ITF Futures events, reaching a career high singles ranking of 297 in the world. He won six Futures singles titles and was a semi-finalist at the 2006 Joinville Challenger, with wins over Ricardo Mello and André Sá. In doubles, Engel was ranked as high as 207 and won the 2007 Florianópolis Challenger, along with 10 Futures tournaments.

In 2020 it was revealed that Engel was undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.^[2][3]

Engel's younger brother, Thomás, was a promising junior tennis player who in 2001, at the age of 16, was killed in a police shooting.^[4] He was being searched by police at the time and was on his back when he was fired upon. A police lieutenant was convicted of murder.^[5]

ITF Futures titles

Singles: (6)

Legend
ITF Futures (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	Jun 2003	Mexico F10, Acapulco	Futures	Clay	Paul Capdeville	7–6^(1), 7–6^(5)
2.	Aug 2005	Brazil F7, Canela	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	7–6^(7), 4–6, 6–4
3.	Sep 2005	Brazil F11, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
4.	May 2006	Brazil F1, Recife	Futures	Clay	Alexandre Simoni	6–4, 6–1
5.	Aug 2006	Brazil F9, Itajaí	Futures	Clay	Franco Ferreiro	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
6.	Nov 2006	Brazil F20, Criciúma	Futures	Clay	Franco Ferreiro	7–5, 6–2

Doubles: (11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1)
ITF Futures (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Apr 2004	Mexico F4, Ciudad Obregón	Futures	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Juan Ignacio Cerda Jasper Smit	7–6^(4), 6–4
2.	May 2004	Colombia F2, Pereira	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	Júlio Silva Rogério Dutra Silva	6–4, 6–3
3.	Oct 2004	Colombia F3, Medellín	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	Jorge Aguilar Guillermo Hormazábal	7–6^(2), 6–3
4.	Oct 2004	Brazil F10, Campo Grande	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	Júlio Silva Rogério Dutra Silva	6–0, 6–1
5.	Apr 2005	Colombia F3, Cali	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	Pablo González Michael Quintero	6–4, 6–4
6.	May 2005	Brazil F4, Piracicaba	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	Marcelo Melo Alexandre Simoni	6–3, 6–7^(3), 7–6^(3)
7.	May 2005	Brazil F5, Florianópolis	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	Rafael Farias Rodrigo Guidolin	6–4, 6–4
8.	Aug 2005	Brazil F7, Canela	Futures	Clay	André Ghem	Alexandre Bonatto Henrique Pinto-Silva	7–5, 6–1
1.	Feb 2007	Florianópolis 1 Challenger, Florianópolis	Challenger	Clay	Márcio Carlsson	Brian Dabul Máximo González	6–4, 2–6, [14–12]
9.	Sep 2007	Brazil F12, Criciúma	Futures	Clay	Franco Ferreiro	Henrique Pinto-Silva Gabriel Pitta	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
10.	Nov 2007	Brazil F22, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Mattia Livraghi	Eric Gomes Tiago Lopes	7–6^(4), 2–6, [10–7]

References

1. "Lucas Engel é favorito em torneio de Goiás". www.nsctotal.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 May 2007.
2. Heck, André (29 May 2020). "Lucas Engel quer match point contra o linfoma". DCA (in Brazilian Portuguese).
3. Henemann, Gustavo (13 July 2020). "Lucas Engel encerra quimioterapia e recebe alta do hospital". JG (in Brazilian Portuguese).
4. Heck, André (1 October 2020). "Irmãos Lucas e Thomás Engel têm torneios em suas homenagens neste mês". NH (in Brazilian Portuguese).
5. "Tenente é condenado pela morte de Thomás Engel". www.clicrbs.com.br (in Portuguese). 8 April 2005.

External links

• Lucas Engel at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lucas Engel at the International Tennis Federation