Bruno Soares

Bruno Soares

Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Born	February 27, 1982 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	U$ 3,828,751
Singles
Career record	2–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 221 (March 22, 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	Q2 (2004)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2004)
US Open	Q1 (2004)
Doubles
Career record	358–218 (62.15%)
Career titles	23
Highest ranking	No. 2 (October 17, 2016)
Current ranking	No. 3 (November 21, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2016)
French Open	SF (2008, 2013)
Wimbledon	QF (2009, 2014, 2015, 2016)
US Open	W (2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2013, 2016)
Olympic Games	QF (2012, 2016)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	3
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2016)
French Open	SF (2014)
Wimbledon	F (2013)
US Open	W (2012, 2014)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Bruno Fraga Soares (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɾunu soˈaɾis]; born February 27, 1982, in Belo Horizonte) is a professional tennis player from Brazil. His highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour is World No. 221, which he reached in March 2004. Primarily a doubles specialist, his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 2, which he achieved in October 2016. After a few efforts, including a final in the 2012 US Open and the semifinals of the 2008 and 2013 French Opens, Soares finally won his first Grand Slam title at the 2016 Australian Open, partnering Jamie Murray and then followed that up with a second men's doubles title at the 2016 US Open. He has also won three Grand Slam titles in Mixed Doubles, two at the US Open, in 2012 and 2014, and one at the Australian Open in 2016.^[1] He was the third Brazilian tennis player to achieve this, after Maria Bueno and Thomaz Koch.

International career

2008

In early 2008, Soares won the São Paulo Challenger for the second time, rising in the doubles rankings and gaining the opportunity to compete in the main tournament circuit, the ATP tours. In 2008, Soares made a great campaign. Playing without a permanent partner, he reached the semifinals of Roland Garros and the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open. In addition, he won his first ATP doubles title in Nottingham, a grass tournament before Wimbledon.^[2]

Helped by the winnings of the French Open, Soares decided to finish 2008 marrying architect Bruna Alvim.^[3] The couple welcomed their first son, Noah, in 2015.^[4]

2009

In 2009, Soares partnered with Kevin Ullyett from Zimbabwe, a high level doubles player who had won 32 titles and remained ranked among the top 10 for several years. They reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and Roland Garros, the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Rome and Madrid, the final of the ATP New Haven, and won his second ATP doubles title in Stockholm. At the end of the year, with the retirement of Ullyett, Soares announced a new partnership with Marcelo Melo.^[2]

2010

In 2010, Melo and Soares reached the final of the ATP 250 Auckland at the beginning of the year. In May, they won the title of the ATP 250 Nice. In Roland Garros, Soares defeated the brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan—the world's top doubles players—and reached the quarterfinals. Subsequently, Soares and Melo reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 Hamburg, the final of the ATP 250 Gstaad, the third round of the U.S. Open, the final of the ATP 250 Metz, and the semifinals of the ATP 500 Tokyo and the ATP 250 Stockholm.^[2]

2011

In 2011 at the South American Clay tournaments—a series of four ATP tournaments in Latin America—Melo and Soares won two consecutive titles in the ATP 250 of Chile and Brazil, and were runners-up at the ATP 500 Acapulco. In April, Soares was runner-up of the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo, playing alongside Juan Ignacio Chela. He competed in the semifinals of the ATPs 250s in Nice and Eastbourne. In August, the Melo and Soares arrived at the semifinals of the ATP 500 Washington. In October, with Soares and Melo reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 Valencia and Tokyo, and the final of the ATP 250 Stockholm. Partnered with Nicolas Almagro he was a quarterfinalist in the Masters 1000 Shanghai. In November, Soares and Melo were quarterfinalists in the Masters 1000 Paris. At the end of the year, Melo and Soares ended their partnership.^[2]

2012

In 2012, Soares partnered with Eric Butorac and went to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and won his 6th ATP doubles title in the ATP 250 Brazil. He also reached the third round at Roland Garros.

On July, he ended his partnership with Butorac and began a new partnership with Alexander Peya. In the first tournament of the new partnership, they were runners-up of the ATP 250 Bastad.^[2]

Participating at London 2012 with Marcelo Melo, Soares reached the quarterfinals after defeating the duo Berdych/Stepanek by 24–22 in the last set.^[5][6]

At the U.S. Open in 2012, along with Peya, Soares reached the quarterfinals of the Men's doubles. In that tournament, partnered with Ekaterina Makarova, Soares won the biggest title of his career by becoming champion of Mixed doubles. In the first round they defeated the seeded number 2 couple Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond. In the second phase they defeated Bob Bryan and Kim Clijsters.^[7] Since the Gustavo Kuerten triple crown at Roland Garros 2001, a Brazilian had not won a Grand Slam professional title.^[8] Soares/Makarova won $150,000 as a prize for the title.^[9]

After the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open, Soares took an impressive winning streak, winning the doubles match of the Davis Cup in Brazil against Russia and won four titles in five consecutive tournaments played. He won the ATP 250 Kuala Lumpur and the ATP 500 Tokyo, both playing with Peya; they played the Masters 1000 Shanghai but lost in the second round. Partnered with Melo he won the ATP 250 Stockholm, and the ATP 500 Valencia playing with Peya. In the Masters 1000 Paris, Soares and Peya were quarterfinalists.^[2]

2013

Soares at the French Open 2013

Bruno Soares and Alexander Peya

2013 was the best year in the Soares' career. In January, he won the ATP 250 Auckland,^[10] alongside Scottish Colin Fleming. In February, partnered with Melo he defeated Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan at the Davis Cup in the United States. In the same month, he and Peya won the ATP 250 Brasil—Soares' third win in that tournament—^[11] and reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Memphis and Acapulco.^[2]

In March, Soares reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Indian Wells. In April, he won the ATP 500 Barcelona. In May,for the second time in his career, he was runner-up of a Masters 1000 in Madrid, losing only to the world leaders the Bryan brothers. At this point, Soares approached the top 10 doubles, staying at 11th place.^[2][12] In Roland Garros, Soares and Peya reached the semifinals of the tournament. With that, Soares entered the top 10, ranking 6th for doubles. Soares equaled Carlos Kirmayr's number 6 in the world in 1983 as the second-best doubles tennis player in Brazil's history.^[13]

In preparation for Wimbledon, Soares was runner-up in the ATP 250 Queens and champion of the ATP 250 Eastbourne, reaching its 200th victory.^[14] At Wimbledon, Soares was knocked out in the third round of the men's doubles. In mixed doubles, Soares reached the final of the tournament for the first time, partnered with the American Lisa Raymond.^[15] He was runner-up at the ATP 500 Hamburg in July. In August, Soares and Peya won a Masters 1000 title for the first time at the Masters 1000 Canada. With that, Soares arrived at the best doubles ranking of his career, number 4 in the world, equaling Cássio Motta as the best Brazilian doubles player of all time.^[2]

At the U.S. Open, Soares "retired" James Blake in the first round of the men's doubles. In mixed doubles, Soares reached the semifinals partnered with Anabel Medina Garrigues. In men's doubles—for the first time in his career—Soares reached a Grand Slam final. However, Peya suffered a muscle strain near the end of the semifinals game against Melo and Dodig. In the U.S.Open final, Soares could not play well because of the problem, and in the second set, Peya almost abandoned the game. Soares and Peya eventually lost the final by 2 sets to 0.^[16] With these results, Soares qualified in anticipation for the ATP Finals for the first time in his career.

On October 7, 2013, Soares became the No. 3 doubles player in the world; his best position of his career and the best position in the history of Brazilian tennis—surpassing Cassio Motta, who was No. 4 doubles in 1983.^[17] At the end of October, Soares and Peya became two-time champions of the ATP 500 Valencia, defeating the Bryan Brothers in the final.^[18]

2014

In 2014, the Soares/Peya partnership was beginning not to work as before. During the year, they had as prominent campaigns only the title of the Masters 1000 in Canada and one runner-up finish at the Masters 1000 Indian Wells, as well as a title in the ATP 250 in London. Soares finished the year as No. 10 in the world.^[2]

2015

In 2015, the partnership did not work well. Just as in 2014, they obtained only two quarter-finals in Grand Slams, and the result in the Masters 1000 has worsened, with the pair getting only two semifinals in Miami and Canada. Soares finished the year as No. 22 in the world. In October 2015 Soares announced the ending of his partnership with Alexander Peya, and a new partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray in the 2016 season.^[2][19]

2016

The new partnership had an astonishing start. They reached the semi-final of Doha ATP Tour 250, the first tournament of the season. On January 16, Soares and Murray won the second tournament, the Sydney ATP Tour 250.^[20] On January 30, the duo won the Australian Open. It was Soares' first Grand Slam title in men's doubles. Murray/Soares defeated Czech Radek Stepanek and Canadian Daniel Nestor in three sets in the men's doubles final. Soares partnered Elena Vesnina in the mixed doubles and reached the final, where they overcame Horia Tecau and Coco Vandeweghe in three sets. Soares became the first Brazilian man to win two titles in the same Grand Slam.^[21][22]

Soares ends 2016 in ATP No.1 Doubles Race alongside Jamie Murray.^[23]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	US Open	Hard	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Jamie Murray	Daniel Nestor Radek Štěpánek	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	2016	US Open	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López	6–2, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2012	US Open	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Květa Peschke Marcin Matkowski	6–7^(8–10), 6–1, [12–10]
Runner-up	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	7–5, 2–6, 6–8
Winner	2014	US Open	Hard	Sania Mirza	Abigail Spears Santiago González	6–1, 2–6, [11–9]
Winner	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Coco Vandeweghe Horia Tecău	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2013	Madrid Open	Clay	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2013	Canadian Open	Hard	Alexander Peya	Andy Murray Colin Fleming	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	2013	Paris Masters	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2014	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2014	Canadian Open	Hard	Alexander Peya	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2016	Monte Carlo	Clay	Jamie Murray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 0–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	2016	Canadian Open	Hard	Jamie Murray	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	4–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 45 (23 titles, 22 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (2–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–6) ATP World Tour 500 Series (5–3) ATP World Tour 250 Series (14–12)

Finals by Surface Hard (13–11) Clay (7–8) Grass (3–3) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Location Outdoors (15–20) Indoors (8–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	June 16, 2008	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	Grass	Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	1.	August 10, 2008	Washington Open, United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Marc Gicquel Robert Lindstedt	6–7^(6–8), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	August 29, 2009	Connecticut Open, United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	2.	October 25, 2009	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	January 11, 2010	ATP Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Marcus Daniell Horia Tecău	5–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	May 22, 2010	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	August 1, 2010	Swiss Open, Switzerland	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Johan Brunström Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), [9–11]
Runner-up	5.	September 26, 2010	Open de Moselle, France	Hard	Marcelo Melo	Dustin Brown Rogier Wassen	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	February 5, 2011	Chile Open, Chile	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	5.	February 12, 2011	Brasil Open, Brazil	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Pablo Andújar Daniel Gimeno-Traver	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	6.	February 26, 2011	Mexican Open, Mexico	Clay	Marcelo Melo	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	April 17, 2011	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	October 23, 2011	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marcelo Melo	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	February 19, 2012	Brasil Open, Brazil	Clay (i)	Eric Butorac	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	9.	July 15, 2012	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	Alexander Peya	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	7.	September 30, 2012	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	8.	October 7, 2012	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	9.	October 21, 2012	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marcelo Melo	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, [10–6]
Winner	10.	October 28, 2012	Valencia Open, Spain	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 6–2
Winner	11.	January 12, 2013	ATP Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Colin Fleming	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	12.	February 17, 2013	Brazil Open, Brazil	Clay (i)	Alexander Peya	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	13.	April 28, 2013	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	Alexander Peya	Robert Lindstedt Daniel Nestor	5–7, 7–6^(9–7), [10–4]
Runner-up	10.	May 12, 2013	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	June 16, 2013	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	Grass	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Winner	14.	June 21, 2013	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	Grass	Alexander Peya	Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	12.	July 21, 2013	German Open Tennis Championships, Germany	Clay	Alexander Peya	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Winner	15.	August 11, 2013	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Alexander Peya	Colin Fleming Andy Murray	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	13.	September 7, 2013	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Alexander Peya	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	1–6, 3–6
Winner	16.	October 27, 2013	Valencia Open, Spain	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(1–7), [13–11]
Runner-up	14.	November 3, 2013	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	15.	January 3, 2014	Qatar Open, Qatar	Hard	Alexander Peya	Tomáš Berdych Jan Hájek	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	16.	January 11, 2014	ATP Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Alexander Peya	Julian Knowle Marcelo Melo	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	17.	March 16, 2014	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Hard	Alexander Peya	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	17.	June 15, 2014	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	Grass	Alexander Peya	Jamie Murray John Peers	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–4]
Runner-up	18.	June 21, 2014	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	Grass	Alexander Peya	Treat Huey Dominic Inglot	5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	19.	July 20, 2014	German Open Tennis Championships, Germany	Clay	Alexander Peya	Marin Draganja Florin Mergea	4–6, 5–7
Winner	18.	August 10, 2014	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Alexander Peya	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–3
Winner	19.	May 3, 2015	Bavarian International Tennis Championships, Germany	Clay	Alexander Peya	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up	20.	June 14, 2015	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Grass	Alexander Peya	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	20.	November 1, 2015	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	Jamie Murray John Peers	7–5, 7–5
Winner	21.	January 16, 2016	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	Jamie Murray	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	22.	January 30, 2016	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Jamie Murray	Daniel Nestor Radek Štěpánek	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	21.	April 17, 2016	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Clay	Jamie Murray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 0–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	22.	July 31, 2016	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Jamie Murray	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	4–6, 4–6
Winner	23.	September 10, 2016	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López	6–2, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	QF	2R	3R	2R	W	1 / 8	15–7
French Open	A	A	A	SF	QF	QF	2R	3R	SF	2R	QF	3R	0 / 9	23–9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	QF	2R	2R	2R	3R	QF	QF	QF	0 / 9	17–9
US Open	A	A	A	QF	2R	3R	2R	QF	F	QF	1R	W	1 / 9	24–8
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	7–3	9–4	6–4	3–4	9–4	12–4	9–4	7–4	17–2	2 / 35	79–33
Year-End Championships
World Tour Finals	Did Not Qualify								SF	RR	DNQ	SF	0 / 3	6–5
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	F	1R	QF	0 / 8	9–8
Miami	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	SF	1R	0 / 8	7–8
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	F	1R	2R	QF	QF	F	0 / 8	11–8
Rome	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	A	A	2R	2R	2R	QF	0 / 6	4–6
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	2R	A	F	QF	1R	2R	0 / 7	7–7
Canada	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	W	W	SF	F	2 / 6	14–4
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	2R	QF	QF	2R	2R	0 / 7	6–7
Shanghai	Not Held				2R	A	QF	2R	A	QF	1R	QF	0 / 6	3–6
Paris	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	QF	QF	F	2R	2R	2R	0 / 6	5–6
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	NM1							0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	7–9	0–5	11–8	1–5	10–5	14–8	8–9	9–9	2 / 61	66–60
Year End Ranking	241	1637	192	23	22	35	19	19	3	10	22	3

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	QF	SF	W	1 / 7	13–6
French Open	A	QF	2R	QF	1R	QF	SF	1R	QF	0 / 8	12–8
Wimbledon	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	F	QF	QF	2R	0 / 9	12–8
US Open	A	1R	1R	QF	W	SF	W	1R	QF	2 / 8	17–6
Win–Loss	0–1	3–4	3–4	4–3	8–3	10–4	12–4	5–4	9–2	3 / 32	54–28

References

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2. "History of the Bruno Soares games at the ATP site". ATP. 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
3. "Bruno Soares, milionário entre aspas" (in Portuguese). UOL. 2014-02-26.
4. "Esposa Bruna e filho Noah aguardam nesta terça pelo campeão Bruno Soares". Hoje em Dia (in Portuguese). 2016-02-02.
5. "Soares and Melo finally win game with length record, and pass to the quarter-finals". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 1, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
6. "Soares and Melo stop in front of the French, and say goodbye to London". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). August 2, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
7. Soares and Makarova in the Mixed Doubles final
8. Soares and Marakova are US Open champions
9. US Open 2012 Prize Money Archived November 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
10. Bruno Soares confirms favoritism and is champion in Auckland doubles
11. Inspired alongside Peya, Soares gives a show in the tiebreaker and conquers triple crown in São Paulo
12. 'Follow the dance': Bruno Soares celebrates runner-up in Madrid and rise in the rankings
13. With peya, Soares lose to Bryan brothers in Paris, but will enter the top 10
14. Besides peya, Soares surpasses British and won title and his 200th win
15. Bruno goes to the mixed doubles final, and seeks second Slam
16. Soares and Peya finishes runner-up at NY doubles
17. Soares became the world number 3 and hits Cassio Motta mark: "An honor"
18. Soares and peya put an end to starvation against Bryan brothers, and win the ATP Valencia
19. "Murray to switch doubles partners". BBC. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
20. "Sydney: Murray/Soares Triumph". Association of Tennis Professionals. 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
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22. "Bruno Soares is champion in mixed doubles and "does the double" in Australia". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
23. "Franceses perdem, e dupla de Bruno Soares fecha ano como nº 1 do mundo". Sportv.com (in Portuguese). November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

External links

• Bruno Soares at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bruno Soares at the International Tennis Federation
• Bruno Soares at the Davis Cup