Orlando Luz

Orlando Moraes Luz (born 8 February 1998 in Carazinho) is a Brazilian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 272 achieved on 16 August 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 90 achieved on 27 September 2021.

Orlando Luz
Luz in 2014
Full nameOrlando Moraes Luz
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidenceBalneário Camboriú, Brazil
Born (1998-02-08) 8 February 1998
Carazinho, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJose Luis Lopez
Prize money$184,778
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 272 (16 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 295 (20 December 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open JuniorSF (2014)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2014)
US Open Junior2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 90 (27 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 94 (20 December 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorF (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorW (2014)
US Open JuniorQF (2014)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Youth Olympic Games
2014 NanjingDoubles
2014 NanjingSingles
Last updated on: 24 October 2021.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Moraes and the second or paternal family name is Luz.

Juniors

Luz along with Marcelo Zormann won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 in the final.

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing China, Luz (seeded 2nd) won the silver medal in singles, falling to Kamil Majchrzak of Poland 4–6, 5–7 in the final. Additionally, he and compatriot Marcelo Zormann teamed up to win the gold medal in doubles, defeating the Russian pairing of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov 7–5, 3–6, [10–3] in the final also seeded second.

He and Chung Yun-seong lost to Yishai Oliel of Israel and Patrik Rikl of the Czech Republic in the final of the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles tournament, 6–3, 6–4.[1]

Professional career

Luz made his ATP singles debut on 6 March 2017, when he was given a wildcard to the first round of the Brasil Open. He was defeated by Gastão Elias 2–6, 5–7.[2]

Luz alongside Rafael Matos made history defeating the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World number 1, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah, at the 2020 Rio Open, 6–1, 4–6, [10–8].[3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8–9)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (8–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 Italy F23, Este Futures Clay Francisco Bahamonde 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2015 Brazil F7, Santa Maria Futures Clay João Menezes 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–2 Jul 2016 Czech Republic F5, Pardubice Futures Clay Peter Torebko 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–2 Dec 2016 Uruguay F1, Punta del Este Futures Clay João Pedro Sorgi 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–3 May 2017 Spain F13, Valldoreix Futures Clay Pedro Cachín 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–4 Jun 2017 Italy F16, Padova Futures Clay Andrea Collarini 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 May 2018 Egypt F17, Cairo Futures Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves 6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–5 May 2018 Spain F12, Vic Futures Clay Oriol Roca Batalla 7–6(8–6), 4–2 ret.
Win 4–5 Jul 2018 Germany F8, Kassel Futures Clay João Souza 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 4–6 Apr 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 4–7 May 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos 5–7, 5–7
Win 5–7 May 2019 M15 Valldoreix, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos 6–3, 6–4
Win 6–7 Jul 2019 M25 Troyes, France World Tennis Tour Clay Jules Okala 6–0, 7–5
Loss 6–8 Aug 2019 M25 Santander, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Oscar Jose Gutierrez 4–6, 1–6
Win 7–8 Sep 2019 M25 Seville, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol 6–2, 6–1
Win 8–8 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Giacomo Dambrosi 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 8–9 Aug 2021 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Holger Rune 6–1, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 41 (31–10)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (11–5)
ITF Futures Tour (20–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (26–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2014 Brazil F12, São Paulo Futures Clay Fernando Romboli Daniel Dutra da Silva
Pedro Sakamoto		 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Win 2–0 Oct 2015 Brazil F6, Porto Alegre Futures Clay Marcelo Zormann Ricardo Hocevar
C. Eduardo Severino		 3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 3–0 Dec 2016 Uruguay F3, Salto Futures Clay Marcelo Zormann Marcel Felder
G. Alejandro Hidalgo		 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 4–0 Jun 2017 Italy F18, Sassuolo Futures Clay Marcelo Zormann Marco Bortolotti
Walter Trusendi		 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–0 Nov 2017 Brazil F2, Santos Futures Clay Marcelo Zormann Caio Silva
Thales Turini		 6–3, 6–3
Win 6–0 May 2018 Egypt F16, Cairo Futures Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Marco Bortolotti
Nicolo Turchetti		 6–3, 6–4
Win 7–0 May 2018 Egypt F17, Cairo Futures Clay M. Abdel-Aziz T.A. Chilakalapudi
Vignesh Peranamallur		 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–0 May 2018 Spain F11, Valldoreix Futures Clay Sebastian Korda Michiel de Krom
Felipe Meligeni Alves		 3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 8–1 Jul 2018 Germany F8, Kassel Futures Clay Marcelo Zormann João Souza
David Vega Hernández		 1–6, 4–6
Win 9–1 Jul 2018 Portugal F12, Porto Futures Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Fred Gil
David Pichler		 7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 10–1 Sep 2018 Spain F26, Oviedo Futures Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Diego Matos
João Pedro Sorgi		 5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
Loss 10–2 Sep 2018 Spain F27, Seville Futures Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Wilfredo González		 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [5–10]
Loss 10–3 Feb 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Felipe Meligeni Alves Erik Crepaldi
Joseph W. Van Meter		 3–6, 3–6
Win 11–3 Mar 2019 M15 Portimao, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Rafael Matos Fred Gil
Eduardo Struvay		 6–3, 6–4
Win 12–3 Mar 2019 M15 Quinta do Lago, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Rafael Matos Alejandro Gomez
Michael Zhu		 7–6(7-2), 6–3
Win 13–3 Apr 2019 M15 Reus, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos Francisco Cabral
Luis Faria		 6–3, 4-6, [10–6]
Win 14–3 Apr 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos Erik Crepaldi
Darko Jandric		 6–4, 7–5
Win 15–3 May 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos Franco Agamenone
Franco Emanuel Egea		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 15–4 May 2019 M15 Valldoreix, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos Felipe Meligeni Alves
Jaume Pla Malfeito		 6–1, 4–6, [9–11]
Win 16–4 Jun 2019 Little Rock, USA Challenger Hard Matías Franco Descotte Treat Huey
Max Schnur		 7–5, 1–6, [12–10]
Loss 16–5 Jul 2019 M25 Troyes, Frances World Tennis Tour Clay Dan Added Joffrey De Schepper
Pierre Faivre		 6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 16–6 Aug 2019 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Felipe Meligeni Alves Sander Arends
David Pel		 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 17–6 Aug 2019 M25 Santander, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos Ivan Gakhov
Jaume Pla Malfeito		 7–5, 6–4
Win 18–6 Sep 2019 M25 Seville, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Rafael Matos Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol
Sergi Perez Conti		 6–1, 6–3
Win 19–6 Oct 2019 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Rafael Matos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Fernando Romboli		 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 19–7 Oct 2019 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Challenger Clay Luis David Martínez Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–12]
Loss 19–8 Nov 2019 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Rafael Matos Facundo Bagnis
Andrés Molteni		 4–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Win 20–8 Feb 2020 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay Rafael Matos Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
Thiago Agustín Tirante		 6–4, 6-2
Loss 20–9 Mar 2020 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Rafael Matos Karol Drzewiecki
Goncalo Oliveira		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [9–11]
Win 21–9 Feb 2021 Concepcion, Chile Challenger Clay Rafael Matos Sergio Galdós
Diego Hidalgo		 7-5, 6-4
Win 22–9 Apr 2021 Tallahassee, USA Challenger Clay Rafael Matos Sekou Bangoura
Donald Young		 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 23–9 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Gabriel Roveri Sidney Sandro Ehrat
Alexander Erler		 6–2, 7–6 (7–2)
Win 24–9 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Gabriel Roveri Sidney Daniele Capecchi
Davide Galopinni		 6–7(0–7), 7–5, [10–4]
Win 25–9 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Ignacio Caru Daniele Capecchi
Andrea Basso		 7–5, 1–6, [10–7]
Win 26–9 Jun 2021 Forli, Italy Challenger Clay Sergio Galdós Pedro Cachín
Camilo Ugo Carabelli		 7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 27–9 Jul 2021 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Hernán Casanova
Roberto Ortega Olmedo		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 27–10 Jul 2021 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Pedro Cachín
Facundo Mena		 5–7, 3–6
Win 28–10 Jul 2021 Trieste, Italy Challenger Clay Felipe Meligeni Alves Antoine Hoang
Albano Olivetti		 7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Win 29-10 Aug 2021 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Rafael Matos Sergio Galdós
Renzo Olivo		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 30-10 Sep 2021 Kiev, Ukraine Challenger Clay Aleksandr Nedovyesov Denys Molchanov
Sergiy Stakhovsky		 6–4, 6-4
Win 31-10 Dec 2021 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Challenger Hard Rafael Matos James Cerretani
Fernando Romboli		 6–3, 7-6(7–2)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 2014 Wimbledon Grass Marcelo Zormann Stefan Kozlov
Andrey Rublev		 6–4, 3–6, 8–6
Runner-up 2016 French Open Clay Chung Yun-seong Yshai Oliel
Patrik Rikl		 3–6, 4–6

Olympic medal matches

Singles
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Silver 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics Hard Kamil Majchrzak 4–6, 5–7

Doubles
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Gold 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics Hard Marcelo Zormann Karen Khachanov
Andrey Rublev		 7–5, 3–6, [10–3]

References
  1. "Oliel wins first junior tennis grand slam title".
  2. "Orlando Luz perde para Gastão Elias e cai na estreia do Brasil Open". Gazeta Press/ESPN.
  3. "Orlandinho e Matos eliminam favoritos Cabal e Farah – Rio Open". rioopen.com (in Brazilian Portuguese).


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