Orlando Moraes Luz (born 8 February 1998 in

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) is a Brazilian

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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.

Juniors

Luz along with

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won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating

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and

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''6–4, 3–6, 8–6'' in the final. At the

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held in

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China, Luz (seeded 2nd) won the silver medal in singles, falling to

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of Poland ''4–6, 5–7'' in the final. Additionally, he and compatriot

teamed up to win the gold medal in doubles, defeating the Russian pairing of

and

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''7–5, 3–6, 0–3' in the final also seeded second. He and

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lost to Yishai Oliel of Israel and

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of the Czech Republic in the final of the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles tournament, 6–3, 6–4.

Professional career

Luz made his ATP singles debut on 6 March 2017, when he was given a wildcard to the first round of the

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. He was defeated by

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2–6, 5–7. At the

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, Luz alongside

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made history defeating the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open champions, and ATP doubles World No. 1,

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and Robert Farah 6–1, 4–6, 0–8

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 21 (8–13)

Doubles: 48 (35–13)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Olympic medal matches

Singles

Doubles

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luz, Orlando 1998 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul Tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Youth Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Pan American Games competitors for Brazil