Nicola Kuhn
Nicola Kuhn (Spanish: [kun]; German: [kuːn]; born 20 March 2000) is an Austrian-born Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 174, achieved in October 2019.
Kuhn in 2019 | |
Country (sports) | Spain (2016–current) Germany (2014–2016) |
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Residence | Torrevieja, Spain |
Born | Innsbruck, Austria | 20 March 2000
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2017 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $234,842 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–4 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 174 (7 October 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 232 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2019) |
French Open | Q1 (2020) |
US Open | Q2 (2019) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 287 (28 January 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 694 (12 August 2019) |
Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
Kuhn has a German father and a Russian mother.[1] From 2014 to 2016, he had represented Germany in ITF Junior and Pro tournaments before switching allegiances to Spain.
Junior career
Kuhn won the 2017 French Open – Boys' Doubles title and reached the singles final of the same tournament.
Professional career
2017
Kuhn won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a qualifier at the Sparkassen Open in Braunschweig.[2]
He made his ATP main draw debut at the Shenzhen Open as a wildcard.
2018
Kuhn got to the finals of the Budapest Indoor Challenger Open in February 2018, but lost to ATP Tour veteran Vasek Pospisil in three sets. But he teamed up with Felix Auger-Aliassime to win the same tournament's doubles title.[3] Next month Kuhn was awarded a wildcard for the 2018 Miami Open. He defeated Darian King to win his maiden ATP main draw match. He became the youngest Spaniard since Rafael Nadal to win a match on the ATP World Tour.[4] In the second round he lost in straight sets to 15th seed Fabio Fognini.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Alexei Popyrin | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Zsombor Piros | Vasil Kirkov Danny Thomas |
6–4, 6–4 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (3–2)
ATP Challenger (2–2) |
ITF Futures (1–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2017 | Zamardi, Hungary | Clay | Attila Balázs | 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2017 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Viktor Galović | 2–6, 7–5, 4–2 ret. |
Loss | 2–1 | Feb 2018 | Budapest, Hungary | Hard (i) | Vasek Pospisil | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2018 | Canberra, Australia | Hard | Jordan Thompson | 1–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Aug 2019 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | Pavel Kotov | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
ATP Challenger (1–0) |
ITF Futures (0–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2018 | Budapest, Hungary | Hard | Félix Auger-Aliassime | Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja |
2–6, 6–2, [11–9] |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | W–L | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | 0–0 | ||
French Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0–0 | |||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | NH | 0–0 | |||
US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0–0 | |||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||
Miami Open | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | A | 1–2 | |||
Madrid Open | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | NH | 0–0 | |||
Career statistics | |||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | ||
Year-end ranking | 785 | 242 | 245 | 214 | 252 |
References
- Gee, Donna (27 October 2015). "A NEW BAWL GAME: Tennis sensation Nicola Kuhn is 15, blond, superfit - and simply the best".
- "Challenger #NextGenATP First-Time Winner: Nicola Kuhn". ATP World Tour. 17 July 2017.
- Meiseles, Josh. "Pospisil Goes Back-To-Back With Budapest Title". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- "Kuhn Announces Arrival in Style". ATP World Tour. 23 March 2018.