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Bruno Soares
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceBelo Horizonte, Brazil
Born (1982-02-27) February 27, 1982 (age 42)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$1,148,848
Singles
Career record1–0 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 221 (March 22, 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open–
French Open–
Wimbledon–
US Open–
Doubles
Career record95–80 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 14 (May 04, 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2012)
French OpenSF (2008)
WimbledonQF (2009)
US OpenQF (2008, 2012)
Last updated on: April 18, 2011.

Bruno Soares (born February 27, 1982, in Belo Horizonte) is a professional tennis player from Brazil.

Soares's highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour is World No. 221, which he reached in March 2004. Primarily a doubles specialist, his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 14, reached on May 4, 2009. He and partner Dušan Vemić reached the semi-finals of the 2008 French Open, losing to eventual champions Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna. In the 2012 US Open he won the mixed doubles title with his partner Ekaterina Makarova[1]. He was the third brazilian tennis player to achieve this, after Maria Bueno and Thomaz Koch.

Major Finals

Grand Slam

Mixed doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2012 US Open Hard Russia Ekaterina Makarova Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Poland Marcin Matkowski 		6-7(8-10), 6-1, [12-10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 15 (6–9)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–7)
Finals by Surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. June 16, 2008 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett South Africa Jeff Coetzee
United Kingdom Jamie Murray 		6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 1. August 10, 2008 Washington, United States Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett France Marc Gicquel
Sweden Robert Lindstedt 		6–7(6–8), 3–6
Runner-up 2. August 29, 2009 New Haven, United States Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer 		4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 2. October 25, 2009 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Paul Hanley 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 3. January 11, 2010 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Brazil Marcelo Melo New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Romania Horia Tecău 		5–7, 4–6
Winner 3. May 22, 2010 Nice, France Clay Brazil Marcelo Melo India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 		1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up 4. August 1, 2010 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Brazil Marcelo Melo Sweden Johan Brunström
Finland Jarkko Nieminen 		3–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]
Runner-up 5. September 26, 2010 Metz, France Hard Brazil Marcelo Melo Jamaica Dustin Brown
Netherlands Rogier Wassen 		3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. February 5, 2011 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Marcelo Melo Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 5. February 12, 2011 Costa do Sauípe, Brazil Clay Brazil Marcelo Melo Spain Pablo Andújar
Spain Daniel Gimeno-Traver 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up 6. February 26, 2011 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Brazil Marcelo Melo Romania Victor Hănescu
Romania Horia Tecău 		1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 7. April 17, 2011 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. October 23, 2011 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Brazil Marcelo Melo India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 		1–6, 3–6
Winner 6. February 19, 2012 São Paulo, Brazil Clay United States Eric Butorac Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Brazil André Sá 		3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up 9. July 15, 2012 Båstad, Sweden Clay Austria Alexander Peya Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău 		3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Career SR Career W-L
Grand Slams
Australian Open A A A A 3R 1R 1R QF 0 / 4 5–4
French Open A A A SF QF QF 2R 0 / 4 11–4
Wimbledon A A A 1R QF 2R 2R 0 / 4 5–4
US Open A A A QF 2R 3R 2R QF 0 / 5 10–5
Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 7–3 9–4 6–4 3–4 6–2 0 / 17 31–17
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4
Miami A A A A QF 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 2–4
Monte Carlo A A A A 2R QF F 0 / 3 4–3
Rome A A A A SF 2R A 0 / 2 2–2
Madrid (Stuttgart) A A A A SF 1R 2R 0 / 3 3–3
Canada A A A A 2R A 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Cincinnati A A A A 2R A 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Shanghai Not Held 2R A QF 0 / 2 2–2
Paris A A A QF 2R A QF 0 / 3 4–3
Hamburg A A A A NM1 0 / 0 0–0
Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 7–9 0–5 11–8 0–2 0 / 25 19–25
Year End Ranking 241 1637 192 23 22 35 19

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