Moerani Bouzige

Moerani Bouzige
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999
Gold Coast, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Prize money$56,403
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 348 (30 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 348 (30 June 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 979 (9 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1072 (30 June 2025)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Moerani Bouzige (born 13 July 1999) is an Australian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 348 achieved on 30 June 2025.[1]

Personal life

Bouzige's mother is from Tahiti, whilst his father is from France.[2]

Career

2017-2021: Career beginnings, First ITF title

Bouzige made his debut on the ITF tour in September 2017 at the Australia F4. He won his first ITF title in October 2021 and second the following month.

2022: ATP debut in doubles

Bouzige made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Sydney International after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Matthew Romios.[3]

2025: First Challenger final, top 500

Ranked No. 517 at the Nouméa Challenger in New Caledonia, Bouzige made it to his first final at this level by upsetting Márton Fucsovics, for his first win against a top 100 player,[4][5] and former top-50 player Constant Lestienne on his way there.[6] He lost to Shintaro Mochizuki in the final.[7][8] As a result he reached the top 500 at world No. 410, moving more than 100 positions up in the ATP singles rankings on 6 January 2025.[9][10]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2025 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard Shintaro Mochizuki 1–6, 3–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Valentin Vacherot 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Oct 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Skander Mansouri 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Mathys Erhard 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–1 Dec 2024 M15 Tauranga, New Zealand WTT Hard Jay Dylan Hara Friend 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2024 M15 Bali, Indonesia WTT Hard Shintaro Imai Thijmen Loof
Tibo Colson 		4–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ "Moerani Bouzige | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Rising Gold Coast tennis star earns wildcard entry for junior Australian Open". www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au.
  3. ^ "Jordan Thompson off to a winning start at Sydney Tennis Classic". Tennis Australia.
  4. ^ @ATPChallenger (2 January 2025). "First career semifinal awaits 💥 Moerani Bouzige stuns No. 2 seed Fucsovics 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the last four in Noumea #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @EdgeAIapp (2 January 2025). "Huge upset at the Noumea Challenger tournament! Moerani Bouzige defeats No.2 seed Marton Fucsovics (100) 6-3, 6-3. Biggest win of his career and first top 100 win. Advances to a Challenger semifinal for the first time" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @ATPChallenger (3 January 2025). "Moerani Bouzige powers forward 😤✅ The Australian fights back to defeat Lestienne 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the final in Noumea. #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @ATPChallenger (4 January 2025). "Shintaro Mochizuki shines in Noumea 💫 The 21-year-old scores a 6-1, 6-3 win over Bouzige to win a second career title!#ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Fonseca, Sinner are only Next Gen ATP Finals champions to win ensuing event". ATPTour. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ^ "MB Rankings History".
  10. ^ "RANKING MOVERS: DE MINAUR EARNS TOP-EIGHT SEED FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2025". 6 January 2025.


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