Bruno Kuzuhara
Full name | Bruno Kuzuhara |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Residence | Coconut Creek, Florida, United States |
Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 1 April 2004
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2022 |
Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
Prize money | $114,419 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 394 (22 July 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 400 (5 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2023) |
US Open | Q2 (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 643 (25 July 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 1197 (5 August 2024) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2024 | Fairfield Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | Gabi Adrian Boitan | Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac |
2–6, 6–3, [5–10] |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 title)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | Jakub Menšík | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–5 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | Coleman Wong | Alex Michelsen Adolfo Daniel Vallejo |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
ITF Junior Circuit
[edit]Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)
[edit]Legend |
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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 |
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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 | Clay | Joaquim de Almeida | 6–0, 5–7, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–1 | Nov 2019 | J4 Boca Raton, United States | Category J4 | Hard | Jack Anthrop | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | Feb 2020 | J1 Lambaré, Paraguay | Category J1 | Clay | Luciano Darderi | 6–7(2–7), 1–6 |
Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2021 | J1 Salinas, Ecuador | Category J1 | Hard | Shang Juncheng | 2–6, 6–1, 2–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Feb 2021 | J1 Lambaré, Paraguay | Category J1 | Clay | Pedro Boscardin Dias | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2021 | J1 Porto Alegre, Brazil | Category J1 | Clay | Leo Borg | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–5 | Dec 2021 | JA Plantation, United States | Category JA | Clay | Adolfo Daniel Vallejo | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–5 | Jan 2022 | Australian Open, Australia | Category JA | Hard | Jakub Menšík | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–5 |
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
[edit]Legend |
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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 |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2019 | J4 Plantation, United States | Category J4 | Clay | Jake Krug | Jameson Corsillo Hunter Heck |
4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2019 | J5 Curitiba, Brazil | Category J5 | Clay | João Pedro de Favari Engel | João Victor Couto Loureiro Gustavo Madureira |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2019 | J2 Montréal, Canada | Category J2 | Hard | Victor Lilov | Joshua Lapadat Ilya Tiraspolsky |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Feb 2021 | J1 Salinas, Ecuador | Category J1 | 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 | Hard | Coleman Wong | Edas Butvilas Mili Poljičak |
7–5, 2–6, [4–10] |
Win | 1–5 | Jan 2022 | Australian Open, Australia | Category JA | Hard | Coleman Wong | Alex Michelsen Adolfo Daniel Vallejo |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Bruno Kuzuhara at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Bruno Kuzuhara at the International Tennis Federation
- 2004 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- American tennis players of Japanese descent
- Brazilian emigrants to the United States
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
- Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American tennis biography stubs