# Nicola Kuhn

Nicola Kuhn (Spanish:; German:; born 20 March 2000) is an Austrian-born German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 174, achieved on 7 October 2019 and a doubles ranking of World No. 287 achieved on 28 January 2019.

## Personal life

Kuhn has a German father and a Russian mother.
From April 2016 to October 2021, he represented Spain.

## Junior career

Kuhn won the 2017 French Open – Boys' doubles title and reached the singles final of the same tournament.

## Professional career
### 2017: ATP debut

Kuhn won his first ATP Challenger Tour title as a qualifier at the Sparkassen Open in Braunschweig.
He made his ATP main draw debut at the Shenzhen Open as a wildcard.

### 2018: Maiden ATP win

Kuhn got to the finals of the Budapest Indoor Challenger Open in February 2018, but lost to ATP Tour veteran Vasek Pospisil in three sets. But he teamed up with Félix Auger-Aliassime to win the same tournament's doubles title. Next month Kuhn was awarded a wildcard for the 2018 Miami Open. He defeated Darian King to win his maiden ATP main draw match. He became the youngest Spaniard since Rafael Nadal to win a match on the ATP World Tour. In the second round he lost in straight sets to 15th seed Fabio Fognini.

### 2021-2022: Grand Slam debut

He received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2021 Hamburg European Open.
He qualified for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships making his Grand Slam debut.
He also received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2022 Hamburg European Open.

## Singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2023 ATP Tour.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||
| Miami Open | Q1 | 2R | 1R | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Madrid Open | Q2 | A | Q1 | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–9 | 3–9 |
| Year-end ranking | 242 | 245 | 214 | 252 | 242 | 503 | 709 | | |

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2017 | Braunschweig, Germany | Clay | Viktor Galović | 2–6, 7–5, 4–2 ret. |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2018 | Budapest, Hungary | Hard (i) | Vasek Pospisil | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2018 | Canberra, Australia | Hard | Jordan Thompson | 1–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2019 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | Pavel Kotov | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2018 | Budapest, Hungary | Hard | Félix Auger-Aliassime | Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja | 2–6, 6–2, [11–9] |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ITF Futures/WTT (6–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2017 | Zamardi, Hungary | Clay | Attila Balázs | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2023 | M15 Metzingen, Germany | Clay | Daniel Pátý | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2023 | M15 Allershausen, Germany | Clay | Adrian Oetzbach | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–0 | Apr 2024 | M25 Reus, Spain | Clay | Anton Matusevich | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | May 2024 | M25 Valldoreix, Spain | Clay | Martin Kližan | 6–3, 0–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | Jun 2024 | M25 La Nucia, Spain | Clay | Edas Butvilas | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–1 | Jun 2024 | M25 Córdoba, Spain | Clay | Pedro Vives Marcos | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF WTT (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pérez Sanz | Christoph Negritu Aziz Ouakaa | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [4–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2024 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | David Pérez Sanz | Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine Mili Poljičak | 1–6, 6–0, [8–10] |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Alexei Popyrin | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2017 | French Open | Clay | Zsombor Piros | Vasil Kirkov Danny Thomas | 6–4, 6–4 |