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Bruno Kuzuhara (born April 1, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 394 achieved on July 22, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 643 achieved on July 25, 2022. He won the
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Juniors singles and doubles events.


Personal life

Born in
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, both his parents have Japanese heritage. They moved to the U.S. when he was a baby. He now lives in
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. He has trained under Brian Baker at the national campus in Florida.


Career

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. As the top seed, he won the
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in Boys singles defeating Czech
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. At 17 years old he became the fourth player from the US in the
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to claim the junior singles title, following in the footsteps of
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in 2011 to sweep the singles and doubles events.


ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals


Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)


Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)


Junior Grand Slam finals


Singles: 1 (1 title)


Doubles: 1 (1 title)


ITF Junior Circuit


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


Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuzuhara, Bruno 2004 births Living people American male tennis players American tennis players of Japanese descent Brazilian emigrants to the United States Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions 21st-century American sportsmen