Bruno Kuzuhara (born 1 April 2004) is a Brazilian-born American tennis player.[1] 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]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
Legend |
ATP Challenger (0–0) |
ITF Futures (0–2) |
|
Finals by surface |
Hard (0–0) |
Clay (0–2) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
|
Result |
W–L |
Date |
Tournament |
Tier |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
Loss |
0–1 |
Oct 2022 |
M15 Antalya, Turkey |
World Tennis Tour |
Clay |
Luca Tomasetto |
4–6, 1–6 |
Loss |
0–2 |
Oct 2022 |
M15 Antalya, Turkey |
World Tennis Tour |
Clay |
Rrezart Cungu |
6–4, 3–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 6 (3–3)
Legend (doubles) |
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
ITF Futures Tour (3–3) |
|
Titles 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 |
World Tennis Tour |
Hard |
Christian Langmo |
Nathan Ponwith
Reese Stalder |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win |
1–1 |
Oct 2021 |
M15 Naples, USA |
World Tennis Tour |
Clay |
Abedallah Shelbayh |
Johannes Ingildsen
Duarte Vale |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win |
2–1 |
May 2022 |
M15 Antalya, Turkey |
World Tennis Tour |
Clay |
Victor Lilov |
Maks Kaśnikowski
Jérôme Kym |
Walkover |
Loss |
2–2 |
Jun 2022 |
M25 Montauban, France |
World Tennis Tour |
Clay |
Iñaki Cabrera Bello |
Ugo Blanchet
Arthur Reymond |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss |
2–3 |
Oct 2022 |
M15 Monastir, Tunisia |
World Tennis Tour |
Hard |
Sun Fajing |
James Frawley
Christoph Negritu |
4–6, 6–1, [6–10] |
Win |
3–3 |
Feb 2023 |
M15 Weston, USA |
World Tennis Tour |
Clay |
Vasil Kirkov |
Jiří Jeníček
Daniel Pátý |
6–2, 6–3 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors
Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)
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 runners-up)
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
- ↑ Categorically equal to "J5"
- ↑ Categorically equal to "J5"
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