Moerani Bouzige

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Moerani Bouzige
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25)
Gold Coast, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Prize money$56,403
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 410 (6 January 2025)
Current rankingNo. 410 (6 January 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 979 (9 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 983 (23 December 2024)
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Moerani Bouzige (born 13 July 1999) is an Australian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 410 achieved on 6 January 2025. [1]

Contents

Personal life

Bouzige's mother is from Tahiti, whilst his father is from France. [2]

Career

2017-2021: Career beginnings, First ITF title

Bouzige made his debut on the ITF tour in September 2017 at the Australia F4. He won his first ITF title in October 2021 and second the following month.[ citation needed ]

2022: ATP debut in doubles

Bouzige made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Sydney International after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Matthew Romios. [3]

2025: First Challenger final, top 500

Ranked No. 517 at the Nouméa Challenger in New Caledonia, Bouzige made it to his first final at this level by upsetting Márton Fucsovics, for his first win against a top 100 player, [4] [5] and former top-50 player Constant Lestienne on his way there. [6] He lost to Shintaro Mochizuki in the final. [7] [8] As a result he reached the top 500 at world No. 410, moving more than 100 positions up in the ATP singles rankings on 6 January 2025. [9] [10]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jan 2025 Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Mochizuki 1–6, 3–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Monaco.svg Valentin Vacherot 6–4, 7–5
Loss1–1Oct 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri 2–6, 4–6
Win2–1Nov 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of France.svg Mathys Erhard7–5, 6–4
Win3–1Dec 2024M15 Tauranga, New ZealandWTTHard Flag of Japan.svg Jay Dylan Hara Friend7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2024M15 Bali, IndonesiaWTTHard Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Imai Flag of the Netherlands.svg Thijmen Loof
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tibo Colson 		4–6, 3–6

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References

  1. ↑ "Moerani Bouzige | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ↑ "Rising Gold Coast tennis star earns wildcard entry for junior Australian Open". www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au.
  3. ↑ "Jordan Thompson off to a winning start at Sydney Tennis Classic". Tennis Australia.
  4. ↑ @ATPChallenger (2 January 2025). "First career semifinal awaits 💥 Moerani Bouzige stuns No. 2 seed Fucsovics 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the last four in Noumea #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ @EdgeAIapp (2 January 2025). "Huge upset at the Noumea Challenger tournament! Moerani Bouzige defeats No.2 seed Marton Fucsovics (100) 6-3, 6-3. Biggest win of his career and first top 100 win. Advances to a Challenger semifinal for the first time" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ @ATPChallenger (3 January 2025). "Moerani Bouzige powers forward 😤✅ The Australian fights back to defeat Lestienne 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the final in Noumea. #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ @ATPChallenger (4 January 2025). "Shintaro Mochizuki shines in Noumea 💫 The 21-year-old scores a 6-1, 6-3 win over Bouzige to win a second career title!#ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ "Fonseca, Sinner are only Next Gen ATP Finals champions to win ensuing event". ATPTour. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "MB Rankings History".
  10. ↑ "RANKING MOVERS: DE MINAUR EARNS TOP-EIGHT SEED FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2025". 6 January 2025.


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