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 (age 26)
Carazinho, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJosé Luis López
Prize money$266,305
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 272 (16 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 363 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open JuniorSF (2014)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2014)
US Open Junior2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record2–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 90 (27 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 134 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open JuniorF (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorW (2014)
US Open JuniorQF (2014)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing Singles
Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Juniors edit

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 Poland4–6, 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 Rubl ev 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 edit

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]

At the 2020 Rio Open, Luz alongside Rafael Matos defeated the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World No. 1, Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah 6–1, 4–6, [10–8].[3]

ATP Tour career finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 runner up) edit

Legend (doubles)
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 (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2024 Chile Open, Chile 250 series Clay   Matías Soto   Tomás Barrios Vera
  Alejandro Tabilo
2–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 22 (9–13) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (9–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (9–13)
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 Cachin 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 Gutiérrez 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 Jul 2021 M25 Wrocław, Poland World Tennis Tour Clay   Hernán Casanova 1–6, 3–6
Loss 8–10 Aug 2021 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Holger Rune 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 8–11 Jun 2022 M25 Skopje, North Macedonia World Tennis Tour Clay   Laurent Lokoli 2–6, 1–6
Loss 8–12 Jun 2022 M15 Skopje, North Macedonia World Tennis Tour Clay   Stefan Palosi 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 8–13 Dec 2022 M25 Vacaria, Brazil World Tennis Tour Clay (i)   Román Andrés Burruchaga 6–0, 4–6, 0–6
Win 9–13 Apr 2023 M15 Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil World Tennis Tour Clay   Franco Roncadelli 2–6, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 52 (36–16) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–10)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (24–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (32–13)
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 Portimão, 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 Gutiérrez 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
  Gonçalo Oliveira
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [9–11]
Win 21–9 Feb 2021 Concepción, 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)
Loss 23–10 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Gabriel Roveri Sidney   Ignacio Monzon
  Fermin Tenti
4–6, 3–6
Win 24–10 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 25–10 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Ignacio Carou   Daniele Capecchi
  Andrea Basso
7–5, 1–6, [10–7]
Win 26–10 Jun 2021 Forli, Italy Challenger Clay   Sergio Galdós   Pedro Cachin
  Camilo Ugo Carabelli
7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 27–10 Jul 2021 M25 Wrocław, Poland World Tennis Tour Clay   Oscar Jose Gutierrez   Marco Bortolotti
  Cristian Rodríguez
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [11–9]
Win 28–10 Jul 2021 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay   Felipe Meligeni Alves   Hernán Casanova
  Roberto Ortega Olmedo
6–3, 6–4
Loss 28–11 Jul 2021 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay   Felipe Meligeni Alves   Pedro Cachin
  Facundo Mena
5–7, 3–6
Win 29–11 Jul 2021 Trieste, Italy Challenger Clay   Felipe Meligeni Alves   Antoine Hoang
  Albano Olivetti
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–5]
Win 30-11 Aug 2021 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay   Rafael Matos   Sergio Galdós
  Renzo Olivo
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 31-11 Sep 2021 Kiev, Ukraine Challenger Clay   Aleksandr Nedovyesov   Denys Molchanov
  Sergiy Stakhovsky
6–4, 6-4
Win 32-11 Dec 2021 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Challenger Hard   Rafael Matos   James Cerretani
  Fernando Romboli
6–3, 7-6(7–2)
Loss 32–12 May 2022 Salvador, Brazil Challenger Clay   Felipe Meligeni Alves   Diego Hidalgo
  Cristian Rodríguez
5-7, 1-6
Win 33–12 Jul 2022 M25 Den Haag, Netherlands World Tennis Tour Clay   Marcelo Zormann   James Frawley
  Akira Santillan
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [11–9]
Loss 33–13 Aug 2022 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Camilo Ugo Carabelli   Ignacio Carou
  Facundo Mena
2-6, 2-6
Win 34–13 Oct 2022 M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil World Tennis Tour Clay   Marcelo Zormann   Wilson Leite
  José Pereira
6–4, 6–2
Win 35–13 Nov 2022 M25 Lajeado, Brazil World Tennis Tour Clay   Marcelo Zormann   João Victor Couto Loureiro
  Gustavo Heide
6–3, 6–2
Win 36–13 Jan 2023 Piracicaba, Brazil Challenger Clay   Marcelo Zormann   Andrea Collarini
  Renzo Olivo
walkover
Loss 36–14 Jun 2023 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay   Oleg Prihodko   Guido Andreozzi
  Cristian Rodríguez
3–6, 4–6
Loss 36–15 Jun 2023 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay   Oleg Prihodko   Juan Sebastián Gómez
  Andrés Urrea
3–6, 6–7(10–12)
Loss 36–16 Aug 2023 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay   Román Andrés Burruchaga   Fernando Romboli
  Marcelo Zormann
7–6(15–13), 4–6, [5–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1-1) edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 2014 Wimbledon Grass   Marcelo Zormann   Stefan Kozlov
  Andrey Rublev
6–4, 3–6, 8–6
Loss 2016 French Open Clay   Chung Yun-seong   Yshai Oliel
  Patrik Rikl
3–6, 4–6

Olympic medal matches edit

Singles edit

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

Doubles edit

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 edit

  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).

External links edit