Mika Brunold

Mika Brunold
Mika Brunold, ATP Basel 2024
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 22)
Winterthur, Switzerland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachRoland Burtscher, Henri Laaksonen (2024)
Prize moneyUS $176,130
Singles
Career record1–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 256 (28 September 2026)
Current rankingNo. 256 (28 September 2026)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1,021 (10 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1,207 (28 September 2026)
Last updated on: 29 September 2026.

Mika Brunold (born 2 October 2004) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 256 achieved on 28 September 2026. He is currently the No. 4 ATP player from Switzerland.

Career

Following a quarterfinal berth on his debut in a Challenger main draw in Lugano as a wildcard, Brunold reached the top 750 after a rise of more than 150 positions to world No. 725 on 20 March 2023. Brunold made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2023 Swiss Open Gstaad after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Kilian Feldbausch. He also received a wildcard for the qualifying competition of the 2023 Swiss Indoors in singles and for the main draw in doubles with Marc-Andrea Hüsler.

He received a wildcard for the 2024 Swiss Indoors qualifying competition, where he lost to James Duckworth. He received a wildcard for the 2025 Swiss Indoors qualifying competition, but lost to Reilly Opelka, unable to capitalize on six match points.

Brunold won his first ATP Challenger singles title as a qualifier at the 2026 NÖ Open, defeating João Lucas Reis da Silva in the final.

Personal life

In November 2025, Brunold came out as gay in a post on his Instagram account.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 ( title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2026 NÖ Open, Austria Challenger Clay Brazil João Lucas Reis da Silva 6–4, 6–3

ITF Tour finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2023 M15 Caslano, Switzerland WTT Clay Italy Andrea Picchione 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 May 2024 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Germany Marlon Vankan 5–7, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–1 Jun 2024 M15 Hrastnik, Slovenia WTT Clay Germany Luca Wiedenmann 4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 3–1 Aug 2024 M25 Muttenz, Switzerland WTT Clay Marat Sharipov 7–5, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 2024 M25 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Norway Nicolai Budkov Kjær 6–2, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2023 M15 Duffel, Belgium WTT Clay Switzerland Jakub Paul Belgium Buvaysar Gadamauri
Georgia (country) Zura Tkemaladze		 6–2, 4–6, [10–3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mika Brunold | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ↑ "Switzerland | ATP Rankings (Singles)".
  3. ↑ "Ein Baselbieter verblüfft die Tenniswelt" (in German). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Swiss Indoors Basel 2023 is just around the corner". www.swissindoorsbasel.ch. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Injured Alcaraz has to cancel Basel; Stan Wawrinka moves up to the main draw; New wildcard for Leandro Riedi". 18 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Swiss Indoors Basel starts with strong qualification; Wild cards for the Swiss hopes". 17 October 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Swiss Indoors Basel: Mika Brunold vergibt gegen Opelka sechs Matchbälle" (in German). 18 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Bernet against Mensik, Wawrinka against Kecmanovic". Bluewin. 18 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Brunold's First Challenger Tournament Victory". Blue News. 13 September 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Brunold, Mika (29 November 2025). "❤️". Instagram. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  11. ↑ Holmes, Jon (29 November 2025). "Mika Brunold, pro tennis player from Switzerland, comes out as gay". Outsports. Retrieved 30 November 2025.