Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi (French pronunciation: ​[bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ bɔ̃zi]; born 9 June 1996) is a French professional tennis player. Bonzi has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 42 achieved on 6 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 124 achieved on 15 August 2022.[1]

Benjamin Bonzi
Benjamin Bonzi at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports) France
ResidenceAnduze, France
Born (1996-06-09) 9 June 1996
Nîmes, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $1,757,721
Singles
Career record32–42 (43.2%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 42 (6 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 42 (6 February 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open2R (2017, 2020)
Wimbledon2R (2021, 2022)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record18–17 (51.4%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 124 (15 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 125 (22 August 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2023)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenQF (2019)
Last updated on: 22 August 2022.

Junior career

Bonzi won the 2014 French Open boys' doubles title with partner Quentin Halys after defeating Lucas Miedler and Akira Santillan in the final in straight sets.

Professional career

2017: Grand Slam debut & first win at the French Open

A wildcard entry for the 2017 French Open, he won the match over Daniil Medvedev after his retirement in the first round, before losing to 19th seed Albert Ramos Vinolas in the second round.[2]

2018: Wimbledon debut

Bonzi qualified for the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, defeating Britain's James Ward in the final qualifying round, but lost to Lukáš Lacko in the first round of the main draw.

2019: Mixed Doubles Major quarterfinal, first ATP doubles final

He reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open in mixed doubles as a wildcard partnering compatriot Amandine Hesse, where they lost to eventual champions Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan.

He made his first final in doubles as a wildcard partnering compatriot Antoine Hoang at the 2019 Open Sud de France, where they lost to top seeds Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Ivan Dodig.

2020: French Open doubles third round

Bonzi qualified for the 2020 French Open, beating Ivo Karlović amongst others in qualifying.[3] In the first round, Bonzi defeated Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori, before losing in a second round clash against teenage Italian Jannik Sinner.[4] In doubles as a wildcard he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career partnering Antoine Hoang where they were defeated by 8th seeded German duo and eventual champions from Germany, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies.

2021: Historic six Challengers record, First Wimbledon win, Top 60
Bonzi at the 2021 Open de Rennes

Bonzi started the year winning his first and second Challengers in Potchefstroom and Ostrava. In July, Bonzi qualified for the Wimbledon and reached the second round for the first time, after defeating fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti in the first round. He then lost to 32nd seed Marin Čilić in the second round.

He made his top 100 debut after winning the Segovia Challenger over Tim van Rijthoven, jumping 16 spots at a new career high of No. 95 in the world on 2 August 2021.[5][6] He was the top seed in qualifying at the 2021 US Open, but lost to American Aleksandar Kovacevic in the second round.[7] That same month, he won his fourth Challenger title in Saint-Tropez. He then won two more back-to-back Challengers in France in Cassis and Rennes, his fifth and sixth of 2021, making it three titles on home soil in three weeks with just three combined sets lost. He was the first player to go back-to-back-to-back on the circuit since Mikhail Youzhny in 2016. He joined Facundo Bagnis (2016), Juan Ignacio Chela (2001) and Younes El Aynaoui (1998) as the only players to lift six singles trophies in one season in ATP Challenger history.[8] As a result, he reached a new career-high of World No. 61 on 20 September 2021. He subsequently reached the top 60 on 1 November 2021.

2022: First ATP semifinal, Masters 1000 third round, top 50 debut

On his debut at the 2022 Australian Open, he won his first match at this Grand Slam, defeating Peter Gojowczyk.

After the withdrawal of eighth seed Gianluca Mager, Bonzi became the ninth seed at the Open 13 in Marseilles, where he beat Kamil Majchrzak, defending finalist Pierre-Hugues Herbert and fourth seed Aslan Karatsev, his first career top-20 win, to reach his first career semifinal on the ATP Tour.[9] He lost to second seed Andrey Rublev in the semifinals.[10]

On his debut at the Indian Wells Masters, he reached the third round for the first time at this level, defeating 21st seed Lorenzo Sonego before losing to 10th seed Jannik Sinner.[11]

At the 2022 Mallorca Championships he reached the quarterfinals by defeating World No. 15 and third seed Denis Shapovalov in the second round.[12] He reached second career semifinal on the ATP Tour without dropping a set in his three previous matches, defeating Daniel Altmaier in the quarterfinals.[13] As a result, he reached the top 50 in the ATP singles rankings. He reached the second round at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships for a second consecutive year.

At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he defeated Kyle Edmund in the second round. Next he defeated Thiago Monteiro to reach the quarterfinals. Bonzi won his first match at the US Open on his debut, after beating compatriot Ugo Humbert in 5 sets. He lost in the second round to Nick Kyrgios.

2023: Maiden ATP final, Australian Open third round

Bonzi made his first final in Pune, beating Tseng Chun-hsin, Emil Ruusuvuori, Filip Krajinović and Botic van de Zandschulp on his way there. He lost to Tallon Griekspoor in three sets in his maiden ATP Tour final.[14]

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P 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 Pune.

Tournament 2017201820192020202120222023 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A A A A Q1 2R 3R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
French Open 2R Q1 A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon A 1R A NH 2R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open Q1 A A A Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–4 2–1 0 / 10 8–10 44%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A NH A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Miami Open A A A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A NH Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters Q1 A A 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–5 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Career statistics
2017201820192020202120222023 Career
Tournaments 1 1 0 2 7 20 1 32
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
Overall win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–7 20–22 4–1 29–34
Win % 50% 0% 0% 50% 22% 48% 80% 46.03%
Year-end ranking 187 261 359 165 64 60 $1,748,329

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2023 Maharashtra Open, India 250 Series Hard Tallon Griekspoor 6–4, 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2019 Open Sud de France, France 250 Series Hard (i) Antoine Hoang Ivan Dodig
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		 3–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals

Singles: 29 (19–10)
Legend
ATP Challenger (7–3)
ITF Futures (11–7)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2015 Portugal F10, Castelo Branco Futures Hard Pablo Vivero González 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–1 Aug 2015 Turkey F33, İzmir Futures Hard Cem İlkel 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Loss 1–2 Apr 2016 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard Alexander Bublik 6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9)
Loss 1–3 Sep 2016 Tunisia F22, Hammamet Futures Clay Jules Okala 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2016 Tunisia F25, Hammamet Futures Clay Mariano Kestelboim 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 2–4 Oct 2016 Tunisia F26, Hammamet Futures Clay Laurynas Grigelis 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Oct 2016 Tunisia F27, Hammamet Futures Clay Javier Martí 7–5, 6–3
Win 4–4 Nov 2016 Egypt F31, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Dennis Novak 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 5–4 Feb 2017 Egypt F6, Sharm el-Sheikh Futures Hard Patrik Nema 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 5–5 Apr 2017 Greece F5, Heraklion Futures Hard Petr Michnev 2–6, 5–7
Win 6–5 May 2017 Tunisia F17, Hammamet Futures Clay Juan Ignacio Galarza 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–1
Win 7–5 May 2017 France F22, Nevers Futures Hard Marek Jaloviec 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 7–6 Mar 2018 Drummondville, Canada Challenger Hard Denis Kudla 0–6, 5–7
Win 8–6 Jun 2019 M25+H Toulouse, France Futures Clay Hugo Gaston 6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–7 Aug 2019 M25 Schlieren, Switzerland Futures Clay Daniel Masur 4–6, 2–6
Win 9–7 Sep 2019 M25 Madrid, Spain Futures Clay Alejandro González 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 9–8 Oct 2019 M25+H Rodez, France Futures Hard Hugo Gaston 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 10–8 Feb 2020 M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand Futures Hard Sebastian Fanselow 6–4, 6–1
Loss 10–9 Feb 2020 Bangalore, India Challenger Hard James Duckworth 4–6, 4–6
Win 11–9 Mar 2020 M25 Potchefstroom, South Africa Futures Hard Tobias Simon 7–6(14–12), 6–4
Loss 11–10 Jan 2021 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard (i) Arthur Rinderknech 6–4, 6–7(1–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 12–10 Feb 2021 Potchefstroom, South Africa Challenger Hard Liam Broady 7–5, 6–4
Win 13–10 May 2021 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Renzo Olivo 6–4, 6–4
Win 14–10 Jul 2021 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Tim van Rijthoven 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–4.
Win 15–10 Aug 2021 Saint-Tropez, France Challenger Hard Christopher O'Connell 6–7(10–12), 6–1, 0–0 ret.
Win 16–10 Sep 2021 Cassis, France Challenger Hard Lucas Pouille 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 17–10 Sep 2021 Rennes, France Challenger Hard (i) Mats Moraing 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win 18–10 Feb 2022 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Constant Lestienne 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win 19–10 Jun 2022 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay Grégoire Barrère 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (26–14)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (24–13)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2014 Heraklion, Greece F9 Futures Hard Quentin Halys Mauricio Astorga
Alberto Rojas-Maldonado		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–1 May 2015 Antalya, Turkey F18 Futures Hard Fabien Reboul Lucas Miedler
Maximilian Neuchrist		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Jul 2015 Castelo Branco, Portugal F9 Futures Clay Grégoire Jacq Javier Pulgar-García
Borja Rodríguez Manzano		 4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win 2–2 Jul 2015 Castelo Branco, Portugal F10 Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Antoine Hoang
Grégoire Jacq		 7–6(10–8), 6–7(7–9), [10–7]
Loss 2–3 Aug 2015 Castelo Branco, Portugal F11 Futures Clay Romain Barbosa Gonçalo Falcao
Gonçalo Pereira		 3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Win 3–3 Aug 2015 Sakarya, Turkey F32 Futures Hard Grégoire Jacq Yannai Barkai
Alon Elia		 6–1, 6–2
Loss 3–4 Aug 2015 İzmir, Turkey F33 Futures Clay Grégoire Jacq Jordi Vives
Federico Zeballos		 6–7(0–7), 7–6(8–6), [7–10]
Win 4–4 Oct 2015 Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia F26 Futures Hard Fabien Reboul Lukas Mugevicius
Roberto Ortega Olmedo		 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 5–4 Oct 2015 Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia F27 Futures Hard Fabien Reboul Aziz Dougaz
Anis Ghorbel		 6–2, 6–2
Win 6–4 Oct 2015 Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia F29 Futures Hard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Anis Ghorbel
Francesco Vilardo		 6–0, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Jan 2016 Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France F1 Futures Clay (i) Grégoire Jacq Corentin Denolly
Alexandre Müller		 6–2, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss 6–6 Jan 2016 Bressuire, France F2 Futures Hard (i) Grégoire Jacq Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen		 6–7(1–7), 5–7
Win 7–6 Mar 2016 Balma, France F5 Futures Hard (i) Fabien Reboul Martin Beran
Maxime Tabatruong		 7–5, 6–3
Win 8–6 Apr 2016 Doha, Qatar F1 Futures Hard Antoine Bellier Daniel Cox
Milos Sekulic		 6–3, 6–2
Win 9–6 Apr 2016 Doha, Qatar F2 Futures Hard Antoine Bellier Anis Ghorbel
Tak Khunn Wang		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 10–6 Apr 2016 Doha, Qatar F3 Futures Hard Antoine Bellier Anis Ghorbel
Tak Khunn Wang		 6–2, 1–6, [11–9]
Win 11–6 May 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia F18 Futures Clay Anis Ghorbel Sergio Martos Gornés
Oriol Roca Batalla		 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 12–6 Jun 2016 Mont-de-Marsan, France F10 Futures Clay Grégoire Jacq Romain Arneodo
Benjamin Balleret		 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–1)
Win 13–6 Jul 2016 Gubbio, Italy F21 Futures Clay Grégoire Jacq Alessandro Colella
Cristian Carli		 6–2, 6–1
Loss 13–7 Aug 2016 Oldenzaal, Netherlands F5 Futures Clay Antoine Hoang Altuğ Çelikbilek
Niels Lootsma		 3–6, 3–6
Win 14–7 Aug 2016 Rotterdam, Netherlands F6 Futures Clay Altuğ Çelikbilek Bobbie De Goeijen
Glenn Smits		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–8 Sep 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia F22 Futures Clay Fabien Reboul Franco Agamenone
Mariano Kestelboim		 2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 15–8 Sep 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia F23 Futures Clay Fabien Reboul Franco Agamenone
Mariano Kestelboim		 2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win 16–8 Oct 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia F25 Futures Clay Bernd Kossler Eduardo Agustin Torre
Matias Zukas		 6–3, 6–3
Win 17–8 Oct 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia F26 Futures Clay Mathias Bourgue Laurynas Grigelis
David Pérez Sanz		 w/o
Loss 17–9 Oct 2016 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt F30 Futures Hard Jonathan Gray Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Vladyslav Manafov		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 17–10 Jan 2017 Hammamet, Tunisia F2 Futures Clay Johan Tatlot Jordan Ubiergo
Thibault Venturino		 5–7, 1–6
Win 18–10 Mar 2017 Heraklion, Greece F3 Futures Hard Tomas Barrios Vera Yaraslav Shyla
Dzmitry Zhyrmont		 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Win 19–10 Apr 2017 Heraklion, Greece F5 Futures Hard Rémi Boutillier Nick Chappell
Robert Galloway		 6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–6]
Loss 19–11 Apr 2017 Hammamet, Tunisia F16 Futures Clay Antoine Hoang Darko Bojanovic
Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș		 6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Win 20–11 Jul 2017 Montauban, France F13 Futures Clay Grégoire Jacq Adria Mas Mascolo
Pol Toledo Bagué		 6–1, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 21–11 Oct 2017 Nevers, France F22 Futures Hard (i) Antoine Hoang Alex Lawson
Nathaniel Lammons		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 22–11 Jun 2019 M25 Toulouse Futures Clay Grégoire Jacq Jonathan Kanar
Laurent Lokoli		 2–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss 22–12 Oct 2019 M25 Rodez, France Futures Hard (i) Grégoire Jacq Dan Added
Albano Olivetti		 5–7, 7–6(7–1), [4–10]
Loss 22–13 Nov 2019 M25 Saint Dizier, France Futures Hard (i) Corentin Denolly Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc
Harold Mayot		 4–6, 6–0, [8–10]
Win 23–13 Feb 2020 M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand Futures Hard Corentin Denolly Sebastian Fanselow
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun		 6–2, 6–4
Win 24–13 Feb 2020 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i) Antoine Hoang Simone Bolelli
Florin Mergea		 6–3, 6–2
Win 25–13 Mar 2020 M25 Potchefstroom, South Africa Futures Hard Matteo Martineau Simon Carr
Corentin Denolly		 6–4, 6–2
Win 26–13 Mar 2021 Lille, France Challenger Hard (i) Antoine Hoang Dan Added
Michael Geerts		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 26–14 Jun 2021 Nottingham, UK Challenger Grass Antoine Hoang Marc Polmans
Matt Reid		 4–6, 6–4, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' doubles
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2014 French Open Clay Quentin Halys Lucas Miedler
Akira Santillan		 6–3, 6–3

Record against top-10 players

Bonzi's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Years MP Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Daniil Medvedev 2017 1 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (5–7, 6–4, 6–1, 3–1 ret.) at 2017 French Open
Number 3 ranked players
Dominic Thiem 2022 1 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–3, 7–6(11–9)) at 2022 Estoril
Marin Čilić 2021 1 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)) at 2021 Wimbledon Championships
Stefanos Tsitsipas 2022 2 0–2 0% – – 0–2 Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Mallorca
Number 5 ranked players
Andrey Rublev 2022 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2022 Marseille
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin 2021 1 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–4, 4–6, 5–7) at 2021 Montpellier
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov 2021–2022 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 – Lost (4–6, 0–6, 5–7) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 9 ranked players
Jannik Sinner 2020 1 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2020 French Open
Number 10 ranked players
Lucas Pouille 2021 1 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (7–6(8–6), 6–2) at 2021 Montpellier
Denis Shapovalov 2022 1 1–0 100% – – 1–0 Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2022 Mallorca
Total 2017–2022 12 4–8 33% 1–3
(25%)		 2–2
(50%)		 1–3
(25%)		 * Statistics correct as of 25 June 2022.

Notes

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