Bruno Soares

2008

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 made a great campaign. Playing without a permanent partner, he reached the semifinals of Roland Garros and the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open. In addition, he won his first ATP doubles title in Nottingham, a grass tournament before Wimbledon.^[3]

Helped by the winnings of the French Open, Soares decided to finish 2008 marrying architect Bruna Alvim.^[4] The couple welcomed their first son, Noah, in 2015.^[5]

2009

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 quarter-finals 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.^[3]

2010

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 U.S. Open, the final of the ATP 250 Metz, and the semifinals of the ATP 500 Tokyo and the ATP 250 Stockholm.^[3]

2011

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.^[3]

2012

In 2012, Soares partnered with Eric Butorac and went to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and won his 6th 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 a new partnership with Alexander Peya. In the first tournament of the new partnership, they were runners-up of the ATP 250 Bastad.^[3]

Participating at London 2012 with Marcelo Melo, Soares reached the quarterfinals after defeating the duo Berdych/Stepanek by 24–22 in the last set.^[6][7]

At the U.S. Open in 2012, along with Peya, Soares reached the quarterfinals of the Men's doubles. In that tournament, partnered with Ekaterina Makarova, Soares won the biggest title of his career by becoming champion of Mixed doubles. In the first round they defeated the seeded number 2 couple Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond. In the second phase they defeated Bob Bryan and Kim Clijsters.^[8] Since the Gustavo Kuerten triple crown at Roland Garros 2001, a Brazilian had not won a Grand Slam professional title.^[9] Soares/Makarova won $150,000 as a prize for the title.^[10]

After the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open, Soares took an impressive winning streak, winning the doubles match of the Davis Cup in Brazil against Russia and won four titles in five consecutive tournaments played. He 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. Partnered with Melo he won the ATP 250 Stockholm, and the ATP 500 Valencia playing with Peya. In the Masters 1000 Paris, Soares and Peya were quarterfinalists.^[3]

2013

Soares at the French Open 2013

Bruno Soares and Alexander Peya

2013 was the best year in the Soares' career. In January, he won the ATP 250 Auckland,^[11] alongside Scottish Colin Fleming. In February, partnered with Melo he defeated Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan at the Davis Cup in the United States. In the same month, he and Peya won the ATP 250 Brasil—Soares' third win in that tournament—^[12] and reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Memphis and Acapulco.^[3]

In March, Soares reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Indian Wells. In April, he won the ATP 500 Barcelona. In May, for the second time in his career, he was runner-up of a Masters 1000 in Madrid, losing only to the world leaders the Bryan brothers. At this point, Soares approached the top 10 doubles, staying at 11th place.^[3][13] In Roland Garros, Soares and Peya reached the semifinals of the tournament. With that, Soares entered the top 10, ranking 6th for doubles. Soares equaled Carlos Kirmayr's number 6 in the world in 1983 as the second-best doubles tennis player in Brazil's history.^[14]

In preparation for Wimbledon, Soares was runner-up in the ATP 250 Queens and champion of the ATP 250 Eastbourne, reaching its 200th victory.^[15] At Wimbledon, Soares was knocked out in the third round of the men's doubles. In mixed doubles, Soares reached the final of the tournament for the first time, partnered with the American Lisa Raymond.^[16] He was runner-up at the ATP 500 Hamburg in July. In August, Soares and Peya won a Masters 1000 title for the first time at the Masters 1000 Canada. With that, Soares arrived at the best doubles ranking of his career, number 4 in the world, equaling Cássio Motta as the best Brazilian doubles player of all time.^[3]

At the U.S. Open, Soares "retired" James Blake in the first round of the men's doubles. In mixed doubles, Soares reached the semifinals partnered with Anabel Medina Garrigues. In men's doubles—for the first time in his career—Soares reached a Grand Slam final. However, Peya suffered a muscle strain near the end of the semifinals game against Melo and Dodig. In the U.S.Open final, Soares could not play well because of the problem, and in the second set, Peya almost abandoned the game. Soares and Peya eventually lost the final by 2 sets to 0.^[17] With these results, Soares qualified in anticipation for the ATP Finals for the first time in his career.

On October 7, 2013, Soares became the No. 3 doubles player in the world; his best position of his career and the best position in the history of Brazilian tennis—surpassing Cassio Motta, who was No. 4 doubles in 1983.^[18] At the end of October, Soares and Peya became two-time champions of the ATP 500 Valencia, defeating the Bryan Brothers in the final.^[19]

2014

In 2014, the Soares/Peya partnership was beginning not to work as before. During the year, they had as prominent campaigns only the title of the Masters 1000 in Canada and one runner-up finish at the Masters 1000 Indian Wells, as well as a title in the ATP 250 in London. Soares finished the year as No. 10 in the world.^[3]

2015

In 2015, the partnership did not work well. Just as in 2014, they obtained only two quarter-finals in Grand Slams, and the result in the Masters 1000 has worsened, with the pair getting only two semifinals in Miami and Canada. Soares finished the year as No. 22 in the world. In October 2015 Soares announced the ending of his partnership with Alexander Peya, and a new partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray in the 2016 season.^[3][20]

2016

The Soares and Murray partnership had an astonishing start. They reached the semi-finals of the Doha ATP Tour 250, the first tournament of the season. On January 16, Soares and Murray won the second tournament of the season, the Sydney ATP Tour 250.^[21] On January 30, the duo won the Australian Open. It was Soares' first Grand Slam title in men's doubles. Murray/Soares defeated the team of the Czech Radek Štěpánek and the Canadian Daniel Nestor in three sets in the men's doubles final. Soares partnered with Elena Vesnina in the mixed doubles and reached the final, where they overcame Horia Tecău and Coco Vandeweghe in three sets. Soares became the first Brazilian man to win two titles in the same Grand Slam.^[22][23]

Soares and Murray would combine to also win the US Open men's doubles title in 2016. Soares ended 2016 at No.1 in the ATP doubles race alongside Murray.^[24]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	US Open	Hard	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	1–6, 3–6
Win	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Jamie Murray	Daniel Nestor Radek Štěpánek	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	2016	US Open	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López	6–2, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2012	US Open	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Květa Peschke Marcin Matkowski	6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10]
Loss	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	7–5, 2–6, 6–8
Win	2014	US Open	Hard	Sania Mirza	Abigail Spears Santiago González	6–1, 2–6, [11–9]
Win	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Coco Vandeweghe Horia Tecău	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2011	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2013	Madrid Open	Clay	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 3–6
Win	2013	Canadian Open	Hard	Alexander Peya	Andy Murray Colin Fleming	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	2013	Paris Masters	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2014	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 3–6
Win	2014	Canadian Open	Hard	Alexander Peya	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2016	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Jamie Murray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss	2016	Canadian Open	Hard	Jamie Murray	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2017	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win	2018	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Jamie Murray	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	2018	Shanghai Masters	Hard	Jamie Murray	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 58 (29 titles, 28 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2008	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	1–1	Aug 2008	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Marc Gicquel Robert Lindstedt	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2009	New Haven Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	2–2	Oct 2009	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	2–3	Jan 2010	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Marcus Daniell Horia Tecău	5–7, 4–6
Win	3–3	May 2010	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	3–4	Aug 2010	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Johan Brunström Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]
Loss	3–5	Sep 2010	Open de Moselle, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Marcelo Melo	Dustin Brown Rogier Wassen	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–5	Feb 2011	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	5–5	Feb 2011	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Pablo Andújar Daniel Gimeno Traver	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	5–6	Feb 2011	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5–7	Apr 2011	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–8	Oct 2011	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Marcelo Melo	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 3–6
Win	6–8	Feb 2012	Brasil Open, Brazil (2)	250 Series	Clay (i)	Eric Butorac	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	6–9	Jul 2012	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	7–9	Sep 2012	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	8–9	Oct 2012	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	9–9	Oct 2012	Stockholm Open, Sweden (2)	250 Series	Hard (i)	Marcelo Melo	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–6]
Win	10–9	Oct 2012	Valencia Open, Spain	500 Series	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–9	Jan 2013	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Colin Fleming	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
Win	12–9	Feb 2013	Brasil Open, Brazil (3)	250 Series	Clay (i)	Alexander Peya	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Win	13–9	Apr 2013	Barcelona Open, Spain	500 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	Robert Lindstedt Daniel Nestor	5–7, 7–6(9–7), [10–4]
Loss	13–10	May 2013	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 3–6
Loss	13–11	Jun 2013	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Win	14–11	Jun 2013	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Alexander Peya	Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	14–12	Jul 2013	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Win	15–12	Aug 2013	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Alexander Peya	Colin Fleming Andy Murray	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	15–13	Sep 2013	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	1–6, 3–6
Win	16–13	Oct 2013	Valencia Open, Spain (2)	500 Series	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [13–11]
Loss	16–14	Nov 2013	Paris Masters, France	Masters 1000	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 3–6
Loss	16–15	Jan 2014	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Alexander Peya	Tomáš Berdych Jan Hájek	2–6, 4–6
Loss	16–16	Jan 2014	Auckland Open, New Zealand (2)	250 Series	Hard	Alexander Peya	Julian Knowle Marcelo Melo	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	16–17	Mar 2014	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 3–6
Win	17–17	Jun 2014	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Alexander Peya	Jamie Murray John Peers	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–4]
Loss	17–18	Jun 2014	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Alexander Peya	Treat Huey Dominic Inglot	5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	17–19	Jul 2014	German Open, Germany (2)	500 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	Marin Draganja Florin Mergea	4–6, 5–7
Win	18–19	Aug 2014	Canadian Open, Canada (2)	Masters 1000	Hard	Alexander Peya	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–3
Win	19–19	May 2015	Bavarian International Tennis Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Alexander Peya	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	19–20	Jun 2015	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Alexander Peya	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	20–20	Nov 2015	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	500 Series	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Jamie Murray John Peers	7–5, 7–5
Win	21–20	Jan 2016	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Jamie Murray	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	22–20	Jan 2016	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Jamie Murray	Daniel Nestor Radek Štěpánek	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	22–21	Apr 2016	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco (2)	Masters 1000	Clay	Jamie Murray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss	22–22	Jul 2016	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Jamie Murray	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	4–6, 4–6
Win	23–22	Sep 2016	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López	6–2, 6–3
Loss	23–23	Jan 2017	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Jamie Murray	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	3–6, 5–7
Win	24–23	Mar 2017	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Jamie Murray	John Isner Feliciano López	6–3, 6–3
Win	25–23	Jun 2017	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Jamie Murray	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–5]
Win	26–23	Jun 2017	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom (2)	500 Series	Grass	Jamie Murray	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–2, 6–3
Loss	26–24	Aug 2017	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	26–25	Oct 2017	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Jamie Murray	Ben McLachlan Yasutaka Uchiyama	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	26–26	Jan 2018	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Jamie Murray	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	27–26	Mar 2018	Mexican Open, Mexico (2)	500 Series	Hard	Jamie Murray	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss	27–27	Jun 2018	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	500 Series	Grass	Jamie Murray	Henri Kontinen John Peers	4–6, 3–6
Win	28–27	Aug 2018	Washington Open, United States	500 Series	Hard	Jamie Murray	Mike Bryan Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	29–27	Aug 2018	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Jamie Murray	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	29–28	Oct 2018	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Jamie Murray	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	4–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles performance timeline