Nicola Kuhn

Nicola Kuhn
	Kuhn at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Germany (2014–16, 2021–); Spain (2016–2021)
Residence	Torrevieja, Spain
Born	20 March 2000 (age 24); Innsbruck, Austria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Dirk Hordorff
Prize money	$447,574
Singles
Career record	3–9 (in ATP Tour events)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 174 (7 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 352 (10 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2019)
French Open	Q1 (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	Q2 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 287 (28 January 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1181 (10 June 2024)
	Last updated on: 12 June 2024.

Nicola Kuhn (Spanish: [kun]; German: [kuːn]; born 20 March 2000) is an Austrian-born German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 174, achieved on 7 October 2019 and a doubles ranking of World No. 287 achieved on 28 January 2019.

Personal life

Kuhn has a German father and a Russian mother.^[1]

From April 2016 to October 2021, he represented Spain.^[2]^[3]

Junior career

Kuhn won the 2017 French Open – Boys' doubles title and reached the singles final of the same tournament.

Professional career

2017: ATP debut

Kuhn won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a qualifier at the Sparkassen Open in Braunschweig.^[4]

He made his ATP main draw debut at the Shenzhen Open as a wildcard.

2018: Maiden ATP win

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 Félix Auger-Aliassime to win the same tournament's doubles title.^[5] 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.^[6] In the second round he lost in straight sets to 15th seed Fabio Fognini.

2021-2022: Grand Slam debut

He received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2021 Hamburg European Open.

He qualified for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships making his Grand Slam debut.^[7]^[8]

He also received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2022 Hamburg European Open.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2023 ATP Tour.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	NH	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open	Q1	2R	1R	NH	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Madrid Open	Q2	A	Q1	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	1–2
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	9
Overall win–loss	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	3–9
Year-end ranking	242	245	214	252	242	503	709

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2017	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Viktor Galović	2–6, 7–5, 4–2 ret.
Loss	1–1	Feb 2018	Budapest, Hungary	Hard (i)	Vasek Pospisil	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2018	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Jordan Thompson	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	2–2	Aug 2019	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Pavel Kotov	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2018	Budapest, Hungary	Hard	Félix Auger-Aliassime	Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja	2–6, 6–2, [11–9]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (6–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2017	Zamardi, Hungary	Clay	Attila Balázs	6–4, 6–0
Win	2–0	Jul 2023	M15 Metzingen, Germany	Clay	Daniel Pátý	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–0	Aug 2023	M15 Allershausen, Germany	Clay	Adrian Oetzbach	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	4–0	Apr 2024	M25 Reus, Spain	Clay	Anton Matusevich	5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Loss	4–1	May 2024	M25 Valldoreix, Spain	Clay	Martin Kližan	6–3, 0–6, 3–6
Win	5–1	Jun 2024	M25 La Nucia, Spain	Clay	Edas Butvilas	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Win	6–1	Jun 2024	M25 Córdoba, Spain	Clay	Pedro Vives Marcos	7–6^(7–3), 6–3

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	Christoph Negritu Aziz Ouakaa	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Jan 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Mili Poljičak	1–6, 6–0, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2017	French Open	Clay	Alexei Popyrin	6–7^(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	French Open	Clay	Zsombor Piros	Vasil Kirkov Danny Thomas	6–4, 6–4

References

^ Gee, Donna (27 October 2015). "A NEW BAWL GAME: Tennis sensation Nicola Kuhn is 15, blond, superfit – and simply the best".
^ "Nicola Kuhn y la australiana Seone Mendez se adjudican el "Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero" júnior en Villena" (in Spanish). 11 April 2016.
^ Diego, Jiménez Rubio (18 October 2021). "Nicola Kuhn competirá bajo la bandera de Alemania a partir de ahora" (in Spanish).
^ "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.
^ "Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers | ATP Tour | Tennis".
^ "Joy of first time qualifier". 23 June 2022.

External links

Nicola Kuhn at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Nicola Kuhn at the International Tennis Federation

[1] Gee, Donna (27 October 2015). "A NEW BAWL GAME: Tennis sensation Nicola Kuhn is 15, blond, superfit – and simply the best".

[2] "Nicola Kuhn y la australiana Seone Mendez se adjudican el "Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero" júnior en Villena" (in Spanish). 11 April 2016.

[3] Diego, Jiménez Rubio (18 October 2021). "Nicola Kuhn competirá bajo la bandera de Alemania a partir de ahora" (in Spanish).

[4] "Challenger #NextGenATP First-Time Winner: Nicola Kuhn". ATP World Tour. 17 July 2017.

[5] Meiseles, Josh. "Pospisil Goes Back-To-Back With Budapest Title". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[6] "Kuhn Announces Arrival in Style". ATP World Tour. 23 March 2018.

[7] "Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[8] "Joy of first time qualifier". 23 June 2022.

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