Bruno Soares

Bruno Fraga Soares (born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

Since Gustavo Kuerten's 3rd Roland Garros victory in 2001, a Brazilian had not won a Grand Slam title.

In singles, his highest ranking was world No. 221, achieved in March 2004.

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

In early 2008, Soares won the São 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.

In 2008, Soares had a great campaign.

Playing without a permanent partner, he reached the semifinals of Roland Garros and the quarter-finals of the US Open.

In addition, he won his first ATP doubles title in Nottingham, a grass tournament before Wimbledon.

Helped by the winnings of the French Open, Soares decided to finish 2008 marrying architect Bruna Alvim.

In 2009, 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.

They reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and Roland Garros, the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Rome and Madrid, the final of the ATP New Haven, and won his second ATP doubles title in Stockholm.

At the end of the year, with the retirement of Ullyett, Soares announced a new partnership with Marcelo Melo.

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

In May, they won the title of the ATP 250 Nice.

In Roland Garros, Soares defeated the brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan—the world's top doubles players—and reached the quarterfinals.

Subsequently, Soares and Melo reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 Hamburg, the final of the ATP 250 Gstaad, the third round of the US Open, the final of the ATP 250 Metz, and the semifinals of the ATP 500 Tokyo and the ATP 250 Stockholm.

In 2011 at the South American Clay tournaments—a series of four ATP tournaments in Latin America—Melo and Soares won two consecutive titles in the ATP 250 of Chile and Brazil, and were runners-up at the ATP 500 Acapulco.

In April, Soares was runner-up of the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo, playing alongside Juan Ignacio Chela.

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

In August, the Melo and Soares arrived at the semifinals of the ATP 500 Washington.

In October, with Soares and Melo reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 Valencia and Tokyo, and the final of the ATP 250 Stockholm.

Partnered with Nicolas Almagro he was a quarterfinalist in the Masters 1000 Shanghai.

In November, Soares and Melo were quarterfinalists in the Masters 1000 Paris.

At the end of the year, Melo and Soares ended their partnership.

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.

He also reached the third round at Roland Garros.

On July, he ended his partnership with Butorac and began playing with Alexander Peya.

In the first tournament of the new partnership, they were runners-up of the ATP 250 Bastad.

Participating at the London Olympics with Marcelo Melo, Soares reached the quarterfinals after defeating the duo Berdych/Stepanek by 24–22 in the last set.

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

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

In the first round, they defeated the seeded No. 2 couple Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond.

In the second phase, they defeated Bob Bryan and Kim Clijsters.

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

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

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

The couple welcomed their first son, Noah, in 2015.

A doubles specialist, Soares won six major titles, the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and the 2020 US Open with Mate Pavić in men's doubles.

He 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.

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