Nicola Kuhn (; ; born 20 March 2000) is an Austrian-born German inactive tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 174, achieved on 7 October 2019 and a doubles ranking of No. 287 achieved on 28 January 2019.
Personal life Kuhn has a German father and a Russian mother.
From April 2016 to October 2021, he represented Spain.
Professional career 2017: Juniors Grand Slam champion, ATP debut
Kuhn won the 2017 French Open – Boys' doubles title and reached the singles final of the same tournament.
Kuhn won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a qualifier at the Sparkassen Open in Braunschweig.
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. 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. 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.
He also received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2022 Hamburg European Open.
Singles performance timeline
Current through the 2023 ATP Tour. Tournament2017201820192020202120222023SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ2Q1AQ1A0 / 00–0French OpenAAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAAANHA1RA0 / 10–1US OpenAAQ2AAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–10–00 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami OpenQ12R1RNHAAA0 / 21–2Madrid OpenQ2AQ1NHAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–01–10–10–00–00–00–00 / 21–2Career statisticsTournaments11203209Overall win–loss0–11–11–20–01–30–20–03–9Year-end ranking242245214252242503709
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Braunschweig, GermanyClay Viktor Galović2–6, 7–5, 4–2 ret.Loss1–1Budapest, HungaryHard (i) Vasek Pospisil6–7(3–7), 6–3, 3–6Loss1–2Canberra, AustraliaHard Jordan Thompson1–6, 7–5, 4–6Win2–2Segovia, SpainHard Pavel Kotov6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Budapest, HungaryHard Félix Auger-Aliassime Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja2–6, 6–2, [11–9]
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF Futures/WTT (6–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Zamardi, HungaryClay Attila Balázs6–4, 6–0Win2–0M15 Metzingen, GermanyClay Daniel Pátý6–4, 6–1Win3–0M15 Allershausen, GermanyClay Adrian Oetzbach4–6, 7–5, 6–1Win4–0M25 Reus, SpainClay Anton Matusevich5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–3Loss4–1M25 Valldoreix, SpainClay Martin Kližan6–3, 0–6, 3–6Win5–1M25 La Nucia, SpainClay Edas Butvilas7–6(7–3), 6–1Win6–1M25 Córdoba, SpainClay Pedro Vives Marcos7–6(7–3), 6–3
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaHard David Pérez Sanz Christoph Negritu Aziz Ouakaa4–6, 7–6(7–5), [4–10]Loss0–2M15 Monastir, TunisiaHard David Pérez Sanz Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Mili Poljičak1–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss2017French OpenClay Alexei Popyrin6–7(5–7), 3–6
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2017French OpenClay Zsombor Piros Vasil Kirkov Danny Thomas6–4, 6–4
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