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33 Facts About Bruno Soares

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In mixed doubles, Bruno Soares won the 2012 US Open partnering Ekaterina Makarova, the 2014 US Open with Sania Mirza, and the 2016 Australian Open with Elena Vesnina.

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Bruno Soares finished runner-up at the 2013 US Open and 2020 French Open in men's doubles, and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles.

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Bruno Soares was the fourth Brazilian to win a major title in any discipline, following Maria Bueno, Thomaz Koch and Gustavo Kuerten.

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Bruno Soares reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No 2 in October 2016, and has won 35 titles on the ATP Tour, including four at Masters 1000 level.

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Bruno Soares was part of the ATP Doubles Team of the year in both 2016 and 2020.

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Bruno Soares has represented Brazil in the Davis Cup since 2005, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

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In early 2008, Bruno Soares won the Sao Paulo Challenger for the second time, rising in the doubles rankings and gaining the opportunity to compete in the main tournament circuit, the ATP tours.

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In 2009, Bruno Soares partnered with Kevin Ullyett from Zimbabwe, a high level doubles player who had won 32 titles and remained ranked among the top 10 for several years.

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In 2010, Melo and Bruno Soares reached the final of the ATP 250 Auckland at the beginning of the year.

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Bruno Soares competed in the semifinals of the ATPs 250s in Nice and Eastbourne.

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Bruno Soares partnered with Eric Butorac and went to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and won his sixth ATP doubles title in the ATP 250 Brazil.

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At the US Open along with Peya, Bruno Soares reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles.

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In that tournament, partnering with Ekaterina Makarova, Bruno Soares won the biggest title of his career thus far by becoming mixed-doubles champion.

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Bruno Soares won the ATP 250 Kuala Lumpur and the ATP 500 Tokyo, both playing with Peya; they played the Masters 1000 Shanghai but lost in the second round.

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At this point, Bruno Soares approached the top 10 doubles, staying at 11th place.

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Bruno Soares equaled Carlos Kirmayr's No 6 in the world in 1983 as the second-best doubles tennis player in Brazil's history.

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In preparation for Wimbledon, Bruno Soares was runner-up in the ATP 250 Queens and champion of the ATP 250 Eastbourne, reaching its 200th victory.

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At Wimbledon, Bruno Soares was knocked out in the third round of the men's doubles.

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In mixed doubles, Bruno Soares reached the final of the tournament for the first time, partnered with the American Lisa Raymond.

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At the US Open, Bruno Soares "retired" James Blake in the first round of the men's doubles.

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In mixed doubles, Bruno Soares reached the semifinals partnered with Anabel Medina Garrigues.

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In October, Bruno Soares announced the ending of his partnership with Alexander Peya, and a new partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray in the 2016 season.

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Bruno Soares partnered with Elena Vesnina in the mixed doubles and reached the final, where they overcame Horia Tecau and CoCo Vandeweghe in three sets.

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Bruno Soares became the first Brazilian man to win two titles in the same Grand Slam.

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Bruno Soares ended the season at No 1 in the ATP doubles race alongside Murray.

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Bruno Soares obtains as his biggest title the Masters 1000 of Cincinnati.

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Bruno Soares was runner-up in the Shanghai Masters 1000, and a semifinalist in Rome and got quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open.

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Bruno Soares became twice champion of the ATP 500 in Acapulco, won the ATP 500 in Washington, and was runner-up in the ATP 500 in Queens.

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Bruno Soares announced 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Davis Cup winner, Croatian Mate Pavic, as his new partner.

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Bruno Soares won the Sydney ATP 250 with Murray, and the ATP 250 Stuttgart playing with John Peers.

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Bruno Soares ended the year outside the top 10, which had not happened since 2015, as No 21 in the world.

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At the US Open, Bruno Soares, partnering with Jamie Murray, reached the final for the fourth time in his career, defeating Filip Polasek and John Peers in the semifinals.

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Bruno Soares played his last match at the 2022 US Open with Jamie Murray.