Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi

Bonzi at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Anduze, France
Born	(1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 (age 25) Nîmes, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$944,757
Singles
Career record	5–11 (31.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 60 (1 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 63 (22 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2021)
French Open	2R (2017, 2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	Q2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	11–9 (55.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 132 (8 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 137 (22 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	3R (2020)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	QF (2019)
Last updated on: 22 November 2021.

Benjamin Bonzi (French pronunciation: ​[bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ bɔ̃zi]; born 9 June 1996) is a French tennis player. Bonzi has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 60 achieved on 1 November 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 132 achieved on 8 November 2021.

Junior career[]

Bonzi won the 2014 French Open boys' doubles title with partner Quentin Halys after defeating Lucas Miedler and Akira Santillan in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

Professional career[]

2017: Grand Slam debut and first win at the French Open[]

A wildcard entry for the 2017 French Open, he won the match over Daniil Medvedev after his retirement in the first round before losing to 19th seed Albert Ramos Vinolas in the second round.^[1]

2018: Wimbledon debut[]

He qualified for the 2018 Wimbledon Championships defeating Britain's James Ward in the final qualifying round but lost to Lukáš Lacko in the first round.

2019: Mixed Doubles Grand Slam quarterfinal and first ATP doubles final[]

He reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open in mixed doubles as a wildcard partnering compatriot Amandine Hesse where they lost to eventual champions Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan.

He made his first final in doubles as a wildcard partnering compatriot Antoine Hoang at the 2019 Open Sud de France where they lost to top seeded pair Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Ivan Dodig.

2020: French Open doubles third round[]

Bonzi qualified for the 2020 French Open beating Ivo Karlovic amongst others in qualifying.^[2] In the first round Bonzi defeated Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori before losing in a second round clash against teenage Italian Jannik Sinner.^[3] In doubles as a wildcard he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career partnering Antoine Hoang where they were defeated by 8th seeded German duo and eventual champions from Germany, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies.

2021: Historic six Challenger titles record, First Wimbledon singles win, Top 60 debut[]

Bonzi started the year winning his first and second Challengers of his career in Potchefstroom and Ostrava. In July, Bonzi qualified for the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and reached the second round for the first time after defeating fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti in the first round before he lost to 32nd seed Marin Čilić.

He made his top 100 debut after winning the Segovia Challenger over Tim van Rijthoven, jumping 16 spots at a new career high of No. 95 of the World on 2 August 2021.^[4][5] He was the top seed in the qualifications at the 2021 US Open but lost to American Aleksandar Kovacevic in the second round.^[6] That same month, he followed his defeat by winning his fourth challenger title in Saint-Tropez. He then won two more back-to-back challengers in France in Cassis and Rennes, his fifth and sixth of 2021, making it three titles on home soil in three weeks with just three combined sets lost. He was the first player to go back-to-back-to-back on the circuit since Mikhail Youzhny in 2016. He joined Facundo Bagnis (2016), Juan Ignacio Chela (2001) and Younes El Aynaoui (1998) as the only players to lift six singles trophies in one season in ATP Challenger history.^[7] As a result he reached a new career-high of World No. 61 on 20 September 2021. He subsequently reached the top 60 on 1 November 2021.

ATP career finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–0) Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2019	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Antoine Hoang	Ivan Dodig Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 27 (17–10)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (11–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2015	Portugal F10, Castelo Branco	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	1–1	Aug 2015	Turkey F33, İzmir	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	7–6(7–2), 7–5
Loss	1–2	Apr 2016	Qatar F2, Doha	Futures	Hard	Alexander Bublik	6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9)
Loss	1–3	Sep 2016	Tunisia F22, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Jules Okala	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Oct 2016	Tunisia F25, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Mariano Kestelboim	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	2–4	Oct 2016	Tunisia F26, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Laurynas Grigelis	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Oct 2016	Tunisia F27, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Javier Martí	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–4	Nov 2016	Egypt F31, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Dennis Novak	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	5–4	Feb 2017	Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Patrik Nema	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	5–5	Apr 2017	Greece F5, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Petr Michnev	2–6, 5–7
Win	6–5	May 2017	Tunisia F17, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Juan Ignacio Galarza	6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–1
Win	7–5	May 2017	France F22, Nevers	Futures	Hard	Marek Jaloviec	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	7–6	Mar 2018	Drummondville, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Denis Kudla	0–6, 5–7
Win	8–6	Jun 2019	M25+H Toulouse, France	Futures	Clay	Hugo Gaston	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–7	Aug 2019	M25 Schlieren, Switzerland	Futures	Clay	Daniel Masur	4–6, 2–6
Win	9–7	Sep 2019	M25 Madrid, Spain	Futures	Clay	Alejandro González	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	9–8	Oct 2019	M25+H Rodez, France	Futures	Hard	Hugo Gaston	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	10–8	Feb 2020	M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Fanselow	6–4, 6–1
Loss	10–9	Feb 2020	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	James Duckworth	4–6, 4–6
Win	11–9	Mar 2020	M25 Potchefstroom, South Africa	Futures	Hard	Tobias Simon	7–6(14–12), 6–4
Loss	11–10	Jan 2021	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard (i)	Arthur Rinderknech	6-4, 6-7(1-7), 6-7(3-7)
Win	12–10	Feb 2021	Potchefstroom, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Liam Broady	7-5, 6-4
Win	13–10	May 2021	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Renzo Olivo	6-4, 6-4
Win	14–10	Jul 2021	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Tim van Rijthoven	7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–4.
Win	15–10	Aug 2021	Saint-Tropez, France	Challenger	Hard	Christopher O'Connell	6–7(10–12), 6–1, 0–0 ret.
Win	16–10	Sep 2021	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	Lucas Pouille	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	17–10	Sep 2021	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mats Moraing	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)

Doubles (3–3)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0)
ITF Futures (3–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2014	Heraklion, Greece F9	Futures	Hard	Quentin Halys	Mauricio Astorga Alberto Rojas-Maldonado	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–1	May 2015	Antalya, Turkey F18	Futures	Hard	Fabien Reboul	Lucas Miedler Maximilian Neuchrist	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 2015	Castelo Branco, Portugal F9	Futures	Clay	Grégoire Jacq	Javier Pulgar-García Borja Rodríguez Manzano	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	2–2	Jul 2015	Castelo Branco, Portugal F10	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq	7–6(10–8), 6–7(7–9), [10–7]
Loss	2–3	Aug 2015	Castelo Branco, Portugal F11	Futures	Clay	Romain Barbosa	Gonçalo Falcao Gonçalo Pereira	3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Win	3–3	Aug 2015	Sakarya, Turkey F32	Futures	Hard	Grégoire Jacq	Yannai Barkai Alon Elia	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Aug 2015	İzmir, Turkey F33	Futures	Clay	Grégoire Jacq	Jordi Vives Federico Zeballos	6–7(0–7), 7–6(8–6) [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Boys' Doubles[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2014	French Open	Clay	Quentin Halys	Lucas Miedler Akira Santillan	6–3, 6–3

Record against top-10 players[]

Bonzi's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Years	MP	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 2 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev	2017	1	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (5–7, 6–4, 6–1, 3–1r) at 2017 French Open
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Cilic	2021	1	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(5-7)) at 2021 Wimbledon Championships
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin	2021	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–4, 4–6, 5–7) at 2021 Montpellier
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov	2021	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)) at 2021 Lyon
Number 9 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	2020	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2020 French Open
Number 10 ranked players
Lucas Pouille	2021	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(8–6), 6–2) at 2021 Montpellier
Total	2017-21	6	2–4	33%	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 9 October 2021.

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Benjamin Bonzi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Benjamin Bonzi at the International Tennis Federation