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American tennis player
Bruno Kuzuhara Full name Bruno Kuzuhara Country (sports) United States Residence Coconut Creek, Florida , United StatesBorn (2004-04-01 ) 1 April 2004 (age 20) São Paulo , BrazilHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2022 Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand) Prize money $103,879 Career record 0–0 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 482 (27 November 2023) Current ranking No. 482 (27 November 2023) Australian Open Q1 (2023 ) US Open Q2 (2022 ) Career record 0–0 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 643 (25 July 2022) Current ranking No. 1212 (27 November 2023) US Open 1R (2021 ) Last updated on: 27 November 2023.
Bruno Kuzuhara (born 1 April 2004) is a Brazilian-born American tennis player.[ 1] He has a career-high ranking of No. 482 achieved on 27 November 2023. He won the 2022 Australian Open Juniors singles and doubles events.
Personal life
Born in Brazil , both his parents have Japanese heritage . They moved to the U.S. when he was a baby. He now lives in Coconut Creek, Florida . He has trained under Brian Baker at the national campus in Florida.[ 2]
Career
He was given his ATP tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 US Open in the mixed doubles alongside Elvina Kalieva .[ 3]
As the top seed, he won the 2022 Australian Open in Boys singles defeating Czech Jakub Menšík . He also won the doubles event partnering Hong Kong player Coleman Wong . At 17 years old he became the fourth player from the US in the Open Era to claim the junior singles title, following in the footsteps of Andy Roddick , Donald Young and Sebastian Korda . He was also the first player since Czech Jiří Veselý in 2011 to sweep the singles and doubles events.[ 4]
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend (singles)
ITF WTT (3–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Oct 2022
M15 Antalya, Turkey
WTT
Clay
Luca Tomasetto
4–6, 1–6
Loss
0–2
Oct 2022
M15 Antalya, Turkey
WTT
Clay
Rrezart Cungu
6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win
1–2
Sep 2023
M15 Punta del Este, Uruguay
WTT
Clay
Álvaro Guillén Meza
6–7(3–7) , 6–1, 6–3
Win
2–2
Nov 2023
M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
WTT
Hard
Facundo Mena
7–5, 7–5
Win
3–2
Nov 2023
M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
WTT
Hard
Facundo Mena
6–1, 6–0
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend (doubles)
ITF WTT (3–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2021
M15 Edwardsville, USA
WTT
Hard
Christian Langmo
Nathan Ponwith Reese Stalder
4–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
Oct 2021
M15 Naples, USA
WTT
Clay
Abedallah Shelbayh
Johannes Ingildsen Duarte Vale
6–4, 6–1
Win
2–1
May 2022
M15 Antalya, Turkey
WTT
Clay
Victor Lilov
Maks Kaśnikowski Jérôme Kym
Walkover
Loss
2–2
Jun 2022
M25 Montauban, France
WTT
Clay
Iñaki Cabrera Bello
Ugo Blanchet Arthur Reymond
3–6, 3–6
Loss
2–3
Oct 2022
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Sun Fajing
James Frawley Christoph Negritu
4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win
3–3
Feb 2023
M15 Weston, USA
WTT
Clay
Vasil Kirkov
Jiří Jeníček Daniel Pátý
6–2, 6–3
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors finals
Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Category
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Oct 2018
III Copa Mangulina, Dominican Republic
Category G5 [ a]
Clay
Alexander Zederbauer Lapentti
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win
2–0
Nov 2018
Goombay Splash Bowl, The Bahamas
Category G5 [ b]
Hard
Jacobi Bain
6–3, 6–3
Win
3–0
Jul 2019
J5 Curitiba, Brazil
Category J5/G5
Clay
Joaquim De Almeida
6–0, 5–7, 6–2
Loss
3–1
Nov 2019
J4 Boca Raton, United States
Category J4/G4
Hard
Jack Anthrop
4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 1–6
Loss
3–2
Feb 2020
J1 Lambaré, Paraguay
Category J1/G1
Clay
Luciano Darderi
6–7(2–7) , 1–6
Loss
3–3
Feb 2021
J1 Salinas, Ecuador
Category J1/G1
Hard
Shang Juncheng
2–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win
4–3
Feb 2021
J1 Lambaré, Paraguay
Category J1/G1
Clay
Pedro Boscardin Dias
6–4, 6–2
Loss
4–4
Feb 2021
J1 Porto Alegre, Brazil
Category J1/G1
Clay
Leo Borg
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss
4–5
Dec 2021
JA Plantation, United States
Category JA/GA
Clay
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
2–6, 3–6
Win
5–5
Jan 2022
Australian Open , Australia
Category JGS/GA
Hard
Jakub Menšík
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(6–8) , 7–5
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Category
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
May 2019
J4 Plantation, United States
Category J4/G4
Clay
Jake Krug
Jameson Corsillo Hunter Heck
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
0–2
May 2019
J5 Curitiba, Brazil
Category J5/G5
Clay
João Pedro de Favari Engel
Joao Victor Couto Loureiro Gustavo Madureira
2–6, 4–6
Loss
0–3
Sep 2019
J2 Montréal, Canada
Category J2/G2
Hard
Victor Lilov
Joshua Lapadat Ilya Tiraspolsky
2–6, 3–6
Loss
0–4
Feb 2021
J1 Salinas, Ecuador
Category J1/G1
Hard
Victor Lilov
Alexander Bernard Dali Blanch
4–6, 7–6(11–9) , [2–10]
Loss
0–5
Jan 2022
J1 Traralgon, Australia
Category J1/G1
Hard
Coleman Wong
Edas Butvilas Mili Poljičak
7–5, 2–6, [4–10]
Win
1–5
Jan 2022
Australian Open , Australia
Category JGS/GA
Hard
Coleman Wong
Alex Michelsen Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Notes
^ Categorically equal to "J5"
^ Categorically equal to "J5"
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