Bruno Kuzuhara

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Bruno Kuzuhara
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Kuzuhara at the 2023 DC Open
Full nameBruno Kuzuhara
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Coconut Creek, Florida, United States
Born (2004-04-01) 1 April 2004 (age 19)
São Paulo, Brazil
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2022
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$103,879
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 482 (27 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 482 (27 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2023)
US Open Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 643 (25 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1212 (27 November 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
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.

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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]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2022M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Luca Tomasetto4–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Oct 2022M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Montenegro.svg Rrezart Cungu 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win1–2Sep 2023M15 Punta del Este, UruguayWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ecuador.svg Álvaro Guillén Meza 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–3
Win2–2Nov 2023M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Mena 7–5, 7–5
Win3–2Nov 2023M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Mena6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2021M15 Edwardsville, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Christian Langmo Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Ponwith
Flag of the United States.svg Reese Stalder 		4–6, 4–6
Win1–1Oct 2021M15 Naples, USAWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Jordan.svg Abedallah Shelbayh Flag of Denmark.svg Johannes Ingildsen
Flag of Portugal.svg Duarte Vale 		6–4, 6–1
Win2–1May 2022M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United States.svg Victor Lilov Flag of Poland.svg Maks Kaśnikowski
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jérôme Kym 		Walkover
Loss2–2Jun 2022M25 Montauban, FranceWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Iñaki Cabrera Bello Flag of France.svg Ugo Blanchet
Flag of France.svg Arthur Reymond 		3–6, 3–6
Loss2–3Oct 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Fajing Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Frawley
Flag of Germany.svg Christoph Negritu		4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win3–3Feb 2023M15 Weston, USAWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United States.svg Vasil Kirkov Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Jeníček
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Pátý		6–2, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Menšík 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Coleman Wong Flag of the United States.svg Alex Michelsen
Flag of Paraguay.svg Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)

ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentCategorySurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2018III Copa Mangulina, Dominican Republic Category G5 [lower-alpha 1] Clay Flag of Ecuador.svg Alexander Zederbauer Lapentti6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win2–0Nov 2018Goombay Splash Bowl, The Bahamas Category G5 [lower-alpha 2] Hard Flag of the Bahamas.svg Jacobi Bain6–3, 6–3
Win3–0Jul 2019J5 Curitiba, Brazil Category J5 Clay Flag of Brazil.svg Joaquim De Almeida6–0, 5–7, 6–2
Loss3–1Nov 2019J4 Boca Raton, United States Category J4 Hard Flag of the United States.svg Jack Anthrop4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Loss3–2Feb 2020J1 Lambaré, Paraguay Category J1 Clay Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Darderi 6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss3–3Feb 2021J1 Salinas, Ecuador Category J1 Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shang Juncheng 2–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win4–3Feb 2021J1 Lambaré, Paraguay Category J1 Clay Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Boscardin Dias 6–4, 6–2
Loss4–4Feb 2021J1 Porto Alegre, Brazil Category J1 Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Leo Borg 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss4–5Dec 2021JA Plantation, United States Category JA Clay Flag of Paraguay.svg Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 2–6, 3–6
Win5–5 Jan 2022 Australian Open, Australia Category JA Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Menšík 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–5

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentCategorySurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2019J4 Plantation, United States Category J4 Clay Flag of the United States.svg Jake Krug Flag of the United States.svg Jameson Corsillo
Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Heck		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss0–2May 2019J5 Curitiba, Brazil Category J5 Clay Flag of Brazil.svg João Pedro de Favari Engel Flag of Brazil.svg Joao Victor Couto Loureiro
Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Madureira		2–6, 4–6
Loss0–3Sep 2019J2 Montréal, Canada Category J2 Hard Flag of the United States.svg Victor Lilov Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joshua Lapadat
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ilya Tiraspolsky		2–6, 3–6
Loss0–4Feb 2021J1 Salinas, Ecuador Category J1 Hard Flag of the United States.svg Victor Lilov Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Bernard
Flag of the United States.svg Dali Blanch		4–6, 7–6(11–9), [2–10]
Loss0–5Jan 2022J1 Traralgon, Australia Category J1 Hard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Coleman Wong Flag of Lithuania.svg Edas Butvilas
Flag of Croatia.svg Mili Poljičak 		7–5, 2–6, [4–10]
Win1–5 Jan 2022 Australian Open, Australia Category JA Hard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Coleman Wong Flag of the United States.svg Alex Michelsen
Flag of Paraguay.svg Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Notes

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

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References

  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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