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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
Marcelo Zormann Marcelo Zormann da Silva (born 10 June 1996 in Lins, São Paulo) is a Brazilian tennis player. Zormann along with Orlando Luz won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev Andrey Andreyevich Ru ...
won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating
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and
Andrey Rublev Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (AT ...
''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
Marcelo Zormann Marcelo Zormann da Silva (born 10 June 1996 in Lins, São Paulo) is a Brazilian tennis player. Zormann along with Orlando Luz won the 2014 Wimbledon boys' doubles title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Andrey Rublev Andrey Andreyevich Ru ...
teamed up to win the gold medal in doubles, defeating the Russian pairing of
Andrey Rublev Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (AT ...
and
Karen Khachanov Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters 1000 ti ...
''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
2020 Rio Open The 2020 Rio Open presented by Claro was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Rio Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro ...
, Luz alongside
Rafael Matos Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Matos has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 440 achieved on 21 ...
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