Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (; born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 24, 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-high of No. 242 in doubles in August 2016.
In 2012, Silva became the first Portuguese player to win a Grand Slam title with the win at the US Open junior doubles tournament, teaming with Brit Kyle Edmund. In 2013, he would repeat the feat at the French Open junior doubles with Edmund. He reached a junior high world no. 6 in January 2012.
Silva began his junior career in 2009. In May 2010, he won his first singles and doubles titles in a Grade 4 tournament at Istanbul, Turkey. Silva made his debut at Junior Grand Slams at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the 3rd round. Silva was also the runner-up in the 2012 European Junior Championship (U18 division).
In 2010, Silva made his ITF Men's Circuit debut at the age of 14, at the Albufeira F3 doubles competition, and reached the final. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after qualifying for the main draw.
In November 2022, he reached two back-to-back finals in Japan at the Hyogo Noah Challenger in Kobe and in Yokkaichi losing to Yosuke Watanuki in both and moved more than 85 positions up into the top 225 at world No. 204 on 28 November 2022.
In September 2025, it was announced that Silva had accepted a one month suspension after failing an in-competition doping test. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said the offence took place in February 2025 and it had accepted his explanation that the banned substance involved, trimetazidine, had entered his system as the result of contamination from the use of a prescribed medicine.
Current through the 2022 Australian Open.
This section contains Silva's winâÂÂloss record against players who have been ranked 20th or higher in the world rankings during their careers.
Silva has played for the Portugal Davis Cup team since 2014 and has played 6 matches in 5 ties. His singles record is 3âÂÂ2 and his doubles record is 1âÂÂ0 (4âÂÂ2 overall).