Bruno Kuzuhara

Bruno Kuzuhara
	Kuzuhara at the 2023 DC Open
Full name	Bruno Kuzuhara
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Coconut Creek, Florida, United States
Born	1 April 2004 (age 20); São Paulo, Brazil
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. 436 (27 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 436 (27 May 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. 1988 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2021)
	Last updated on: 31 May 2024.

Last updated June 03, 2024

Bruno Kuzuhara (born 1 April 2004) is an American tennis player.^[1] He has a career-high ranking of No. 436 achieved on 27 May 2024. He won the 2022 Australian Open Juniors singles and doubles events.

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]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: ITF 5 (3–2)

Legend
ITF World Tennis Tour (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	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: ITF 6 (3–3)

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	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

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors

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

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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Clay	Alexander Zederbauer Lapentti	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Nov 2018	Goombay Splash Bowl, The Bahamas	Category G5 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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)

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	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	Joao 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

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References

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

External links

Bruno Kuzuhara at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Bruno Kuzuhara at the International Tennis Federation

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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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