Guto Miguel crowned Wimbledon Boys’ doubles champion, eyes bigger test on the UTS Tour at home
Luís Guto Miguel is a Grand Slam champion twice over. Fresh off his historic Roland Garros boys’ singles title,— the 17-year-old has now added the Wimbledon boys’ doubles crown, teaming with Slovenia’s Žiga Šeško for a 6-1, 6-4 win over Americans Michael Antonius and Andrew Johnson in Saturday’s final on No.1 Court.
The top-seeded pair were never seriously troubled on their run through SW19. They faced a three-set battle past Neimanis/Todoran, then survived a deciding-set tiebreak against Ogunsakin/Raguin in the semi-final before cruising in the final itself. It caps a remarkable fortnight for Miguel, who arrived at Wimbledon already carrying the weight of a nation’s expectations after Paris.
What sets Miguel apart from most junior champions is that his doubles game is no side project — it’s already a legitimate professional pursuit. He sits at No. 173 in the ATP doubles rankings, a startling number for a player still eligible for juniors, built on results against seasoned pros rather than peers his own age.
This season alone he reached back-to-back Challenger finals in São Paulo and Santos, and he has already tested himself at ATP 500 level in Rio de Janeiro, pushing deep into qualifying. That track record of the teenager mixing it with grown men on tour, rather than just dominating the junior circuit, is what has scouts and rivals alike convinced this doubles title is no fluke.
Next up is a very different stage: UTS Rio presented by XP, July 16-18 at the Maracanãzinho, where Miguel will play against Nick Kyrgios on July 16 and Brandon Nakashima the following night, in front of a raucous home crowd. For a player already fluent in beating adults on tour, it’s the next natural test.
