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Bruno Kuzuhara

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Bruno Kuzuhara
Kuzuhara at the 2023 DC Open
Full nameBruno Kuzuhara
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceCoconut Creek, Florida, United States
Born (2004-04-01) 1 April 2004 (age 20)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2022
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$114,419
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 394 (22 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 400 (5 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 643 (25 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1197 (5 August 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open1R (2021)
Last updated on: 5 August 2024.

Bruno Kuzuhara (born 1 April 2004) is an American professional tennis player.[1] He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 394 achieved on 22 July 2024. He won the 2022 Australian Open Juniors singles and doubles events.

Personal life

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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

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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]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2024 Fairfield Challenger, USA Challenger Hard Romania Gabi Adrian Boitan United States Ryan Seggerman
United States Patrik Trhac
2–6, 6–3, [5–10]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Italy Luca Tomasetto 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Montenegro Rrezart Cungu 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2023 M15 Punta del Este, Uruguay WTT Clay Ecuador Álvaro Guillén Meza 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–2 Nov 2023 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic WTT Hard Argentina Facundo Mena 7–5, 7–5
Win 3–2 Nov 2023 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic WTT Hard Argentina Facundo Mena 6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2021 M15 Edwardsville, USA WTT Hard United States Christian Langmo United States Nathan Ponwith
United States Reese Stalder
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2021 M15 Naples, USA WTT Clay Jordan Abedallah Shelbayh Denmark Johannes Ingildsen
Portugal Duarte Vale
6–4, 6–1
Win 2–1 May 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay United States Victor Lilov Poland Maks Kaśnikowski
Switzerland Jérôme Kym
walkover
Loss 2–2 Jun 2022 M25 Montauban, France WTT Clay Spain Iñaki Cabrera Bello France Ugo Blanchet
France Arthur Reymond
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard China Sun Fajing Australia James Frawley
Germany Christoph Negritu
4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 3–3 Feb 2023 M15 Weston, USA WTT Clay United States Vasil Kirkov Czech Republic Jiří Jeníček
Czech Republic Daniel Pátý
6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard Czech Republic Jakub Menšík 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard Hong Kong Coleman Wong United States Alex Michelsen
Paraguay Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
6–3, 7–6(7–3)

ITF Junior Circuit

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Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Category JA (1–1)
Category J1 (1–3)
Category J2 (0–0)
Category J3 (0–0)
Category J4 (0–1)
Category J5 (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Category Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2018 III Copa Mangulina, Dominican Republic Category G5[a] Clay Ecuador Alexander Zederbauer Lapentti 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Nov 2018 Goombay Splash Bowl, The Bahamas Category G5[b] Hard The Bahamas Jacobi Bain 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–0 Jul 2019 J5 Curitiba, Brazil Category J5 Clay Brazil Joaquim de Almeida 6–0, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Nov 2019 J4 Boca Raton, United States Category J4 Hard United States Jack Anthrop 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Loss 3–2 Feb 2020 J1 Lambaré, Paraguay Category J1 Clay Italy Luciano Darderi 6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss 3–3 Feb 2021 J1 Salinas, Ecuador Category J1 Hard China Shang Juncheng 2–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win 4–3 Feb 2021 J1 Lambaré, Paraguay Category J1 Clay Brazil Pedro Boscardin Dias 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–4 Feb 2021 J1 Porto Alegre, Brazil Category J1 Clay Sweden Leo Borg 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Dec 2021 JA Plantation, United States Category JA Clay Paraguay Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 2–6, 3–6
Win 5–5 Jan 2022 Australian Open, Australia Category JA Hard Czech Republic Jakub Menšík 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–5

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Category JA (1–0)
Category J1 (0–2)
Category J2 (0–1)
Category J3 (0–0)
Category J4 (0–1)
Category J5 (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Category Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 J4 Plantation, United States Category J4 Clay United States Jake Krug United States Jameson Corsillo
United States Hunter Heck
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–2 May 2019 J5 Curitiba, Brazil Category J5 Clay Brazil João Pedro de Favari Engel Brazil João Victor Couto Loureiro
Brazil Gustavo Madureira
2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2019 J2 Montréal, Canada Category J2 Hard United States Victor Lilov Canada Joshua Lapadat
Canada Ilya Tiraspolsky
2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Feb 2021 J1 Salinas, Ecuador Category J1 Hard United States Victor Lilov United States Alexander Bernard
United States Dali Blanch
4–6, 7–6(11–9), [2–10]
Loss 0–5 Jan 2022 J1 Traralgon, Australia Category J1 Hard Hong Kong Coleman Wong Lithuania Edas Butvilas
Croatia Mili Poljičak
7–5, 2–6, [4–10]
Win 1–5 Jan 2022 Australian Open, Australia Category JA Hard Hong Kong Coleman Wong United States Alex Michelsen
Paraguay Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Notes

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  1. ^ Categorically equal to "J5"
  2. ^ Categorically equal to "J5"

References

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  1. ^ "Bruno Kuzuhara Player Profile". www.usopen.org.
  2. ^ "Roland Garros 2021: Bruno Kuzuhara returns to juniors as No. 2 seed after pro debut". www.usta.com.
  3. ^ "Mixed Doubles: Dabrowski, Stefani set friendship aside". www.usopen.org.
  4. ^ "Junior wrap: Top seeds deliver in the finals cauldron".
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