Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi at the 2021 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Anduze, France
Born	(1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 (age 27) Nîmes, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Lionel Zimbler
Prize money	US $2,638,789
Singles
Career record	41–59 (41.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (6 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 168 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2023)
French Open	2R (2017, 2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2021, 2022)
US Open	3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	21–20 (51.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 121 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 191 (8 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2023)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	QF (2019)
Last updated on: 20 March 2024.

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. 121 achieved on 19 September 2022.^[1]

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: First Mixed doubles Major quarterfinal & 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 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 45

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 his 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 at world No. 47 in the ATP singles rankings on 27 June 2022. He reached the second round at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships for a second consecutive year and reached the top 45 in the rankings.

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 five sets. He lost in the second round to Nick Kyrgios.

2023: First two ATP finals & Major singles third round & doubles quarterfinal, back to top 100

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]

At the 2023 Australian Open he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, defeating 14th seed Pablo Carreño Busta in five sets, coming from 2-0 sets down,^[15] before losing to 22nd seed Alex de Minaur in straight sets. At the same tournament he reached the quarterfinals in doubles with partner Arthur Rinderknech also for the first time at a Major, where they lost to eventual runners-up Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński.

In February, at the 2023 Open 13 Provence he reached the semifinals again for a second year in a row at this tournament defeating two seeds, fifth seed Maxime Cressy and third seed Alex de Minaur, getting his revenge for the Australian Open loss in January.^[16] He reached his second final of the season and of his career defeating compatriot Arthur Fils.^[17] He lost to top seed Hubert Hurkacz in the final in straight sets.^[18]

He skipped the Masters American "Sunshine double" and clay tournaments with the exception of 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters. He also skipped the 2023 French Open. As a result, he dropped out of the top 100 after losing in the first round at Wimbledon.

Bonzi received a wildcard for the US Open main draw where he defeated fellow countryman Quentin Halys to reach the second round for the second consecutive year.^[19] He then managed to defeat 28th seed Christopher Eubanks to reach the second Major third round of his career.^[20][21]

In September, Bonzi reached the final of the 2023 Open de Rennes, his first Challenger final in more than a year,^[22] losing to Maxime Cressy in the final.^[23] He returned to the top 100 as a result to world No. 93 on 18 September 2023.

2024: 100 positions ranking drop

He dropped out of the top 150 to world No. 172 on 26 February 2024, more then a 100 positions from his best career-high ranking a year earlier.

Ranked No. 182, he entered the main draw at the 2024 Țiriac Open as a lucky loser after the late withdrawal of wildcard Richard Gasquet.

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2024 AO.

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

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
Loss	0–2	Feb 2023	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Hubert Hurkacz	3–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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 and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 31 (19-12)

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
Loss	19–11	Sep 2023	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Maxime Cressy	3–6, 0–2 Ret.
Loss	19–12	Oct 2023	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pedro Martinez	6–7(6–8), 6–7(1–7)

Doubles: 41 (26–15)

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 Gillé 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]
Loss	1–0	Apr 2024	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Théo Arribagé	Zdeněk Kolář Tseng Chun-hsin	6-1, 3-6, [7-10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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	2022–2023	3	0–3	0%	–	0–1	0–2	Lost (1–4 ret.) at 2023 Monte Carlo
Number 4 ranked players
Holger Rune	2022	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–4 ret.) at 2022 Metz
Number 5 ranked players
Andrey Rublev	2022	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–4, 3–6) at 2022 Marseille
Number 6 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	2020–2023	3	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2023 Rotterdam
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin	2021–2022	3	0–3	0%	0–3	–	–	Lost (3–6, 7–5, 3–6) at 2022 Davis Cup
Number 8 ranked players
John Isner	2022	2	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (6–7(11–13), 6–3, 6–7(4–7)) at 2022 Cincinnati
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
Hubert Hurkacz	2023	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2023 Marseille
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta	2023	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1, 7–6(10–4)) at 2023 Australian Open
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
Frances Tiafoe	2022	2	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (7–6(8–6), 5–7, 3–6) at 2022 Montréal
Total	2017–2023	24	5–19	21%	2–11 (15%)	2–4 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	* Statistics correct as of 22 June 2023[update].

Notes

References

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