Bruno Kuzuhara

Bruno Kuzuhara
Full name	Bruno Kuzuhara
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Coconut Creek, Florida, United States
Born	1 April 2004 (age 17); São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed, double handed backhand
Prize money	$1,510
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1123 (22 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 1129 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2022)
French Open Junior	3R (2021)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2021)
US Open Junior	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1036 (28 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 1036 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2022)
US Open Junior	SF (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2021)
	Last updated on: 5 March 2022.

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 and early 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]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	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 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2018	III Copa Mangulina, Dominican Republic	Category G5^[a]	Clay	Alexander Zederbauer Lapentti	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Nov 2018	Goombay Splash Bowl, The Bahamas	Category G5^[b]	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)[]

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)