Tatsuma Ito
Japanese:伊藤 竜馬

Full name	Tatsuma Ito
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1988-05-18)18 May 1988 (age 36) Inabe, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	December 2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alexander Waske
Prize money	$1,792,085[1]
Singles
Career record	36–66
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 60 (22 October 2012)
Current ranking	No. 634 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012,2013,2020)
French Open	1R (2012,2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2012,2014)
US Open	2R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	3–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 312 (9 June 2014)
Current ranking	No. 1377 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: 9 March 2024.

Tatsuma Ito

Medal record
Representing Japan
Men's Tennis
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Singles
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
	2014 Incheon	Team
East Asian Games
	2009 Hong Kong	Singles
	2009 Hong Kong	Doubles

Tatsuma Ito (伊藤 竜馬,Itō Tatsuma, born 18 May 1988) is a Japanese professionaltennis player. He has won 7Challenger tournaments and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 60 in October 2012.^[1]

Ito reached the quarterfinals of's-Hertogenbosch andMoscow in 2012 andNewport andBogota in 2015.

As a junior, he compiled a 28–9 win–loss record in singles (and 14–9 in doubles), achieving a combined ranking of No.75 in the world in October 2006.^[2]

Ito had won sixITF Futures events in Asian countries, and started to play mainly inATP Challenger Tour since 2008. In November 2009, he reached first challenger final inToyota, losing toUladzimir Ignatik with straight sets. InATP World Tour event, Ito received wildcard for his first ATP main draw at the2008 Japan Open in Tokyo.

In August, Ito claimed first challenger title in his career atBrasília by beatingIzak van der Merwe in the final. After that, he reached third round of qualifying for the second straight year in2010 US Open before losing to AmericanRobert Kendrick. In later season, Ito earned men's singles bronze medal in2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, winning over defending championDanai Udomchoke of Thailand in quarterfinals. He also earned men's team bronze medal. InToyota challenger, he defeated his countrymanYuichi Sugita in the final to win second challenger title of the season.

In April, Ito claimed his third challenger title inRecife afterTiago Fernandes withdrew before the finals, and he entered world's top 150 for the first time, climbing to no.133. The next month, he reached theBusan Challenger final. He defeated top seedLu Yen-hsun in semifinal, but lost toDudi Sela with three sets.

In American hard court season, Ito recorded his first ATP main draw win inAtlanta, winning overMichael Berrer in the first round. He fell in the second round to eighth seedSomdev Devvarman. He made his debut at aGrand Slam tournament at the2011 US Open, losing to 25th seedFeliciano López in the first round. He took part in theJapan Open, and defeat Dudi Sela with three sets to proceed to the second round before losing to AustralianBernard Tomic. At the end of season, he successfully defended his title inToyota where he beatSebastian Rieschick in the final.

Ito qualified for theBrisbane International, and got through the opening round againstBenjamin Mitchell in straight sets. He received wildcard for2012 Australian Open, and advanced to second round of the major tournaments for the first time, beating ItalianPotito Starace with four sets. He was beaten byNicolas Mahut in the next round. In March, Ito broke him into the top 100 for the first time, winning theKyoto Challenger title by beatingMalek Jaziri in final.

In spring clay court season, Ito reached the second round inHouston, winning over fellow JapaneseGo Soeda. He was defeated by eventual championJuan Mónaco. He faced world no.4Andy Murray in the2012 French Open first round, losing in straight sets.^[3] In grass court season, Ito reached the round two inQueen's Club, and made his first ATP quarterfinal in theUNICEF Open. He knocked out third seedJürgen Melzer on the way, but he eventually lost toBenoît Paire in straight sets. He suffered a first-round loss toŁukasz Kubot in2012 Wimbledon Championships.

Ito represented Japan at his maiden Olympics inLondon 2012.^[4] He competed in the singles competition, but fell in the first round toMilos Raonic of Canada in straight sets. In2012 US Open, he lost toMatthew Ebden in opening round. Ito participated in theJapan Open with wildcard, and upset world no.12Nicolás Almagro in first round.^[5] He lost in the second round toDmitry Tursunov. He reached quarterfinal in theKremlin Cup to mark his career-high ranking world No.60, beatingRoberto Bautista Agut andKonstantin Kravchuk. He lost to eventual championAndreas Seppi.

Ito opened the season inBrisbane where he lost to qualifierJohn Millman in first round. He then entered into the2013 Australian Open main draw, and got revenge over John Millman with five-setter.^[6] He was beaten by 28th seedMarcos Baghdatis in second round. After falling in the second round toSergiy Stakhovsky atMontpellier, Ito competed inIndian Wells to make his Masters main draw debut, losing toEvgeny Donskoy in opening round. In theMiami Masters, he also was eliminated in the first round byOlivier Rochus.

In Asian swing, Ito participated in the ATP events ofTokyo andShanghai, falling in the first round both events. Two weeks later, he reached final in theMelbourne Challenger, losing to top seedMatthew Ebden in three sets.

In grass court season, Ito won through the qualifying at the2014 Wimbledon Championships by beatingRičardas Berankis from two sets down. He lost to lucky loserSimone Bolelli in the first round. He then participated inHall of Fame Tennis Championships and got through first round, but retired during the second round match.

Ito qualified for the2014 US Open, and advanced to second round after his opponent,Steve Johnson, retired due to cramping.^[7] His run was ended by 19th seed Feliciano López in next match. In theJapan Open, Ito was given a wildcard and scored his career biggest win in the first round, beating top seed and reigning Australian Open championStan Wawrinka 7–5, 6–2.^[8] This was his first ever win over a top-5 player. He was beaten by unseededBenjamin Becker in the second round. On the ATP Challenger Tour, Ito reached the finals of five tournaments, but lost in all matches.

Ito started the season by playing inChennai, and reached second round before losing toGuillermo García-López in three sets. After falling to 31st seedMartin Kližan in the2015 Australian Open first round, he made it to final in theHong Kong Challenger, being beaten byKyle Edmund. He competed in the2015 French Open main draw for the first time since 2012, but he was eliminated in the first round by 28th seedFabio Fognini.

Ito went on to participate in theTopshelf Open as a qualifier, and beat Ričardas Berankis in the first round. He was ousted byIvo Karlović in the next round. Ito bounced back from the failure to qualify for the Wimbledon by reaching the quarterfinal inNewport, defeating seventh seed Steve Johnson andNoah Rubin. He then made back to back quarterfinal appearances in theColombia Open by beatingAlejandro Gómez and Matthew Ebden before losing to eventual champion Bernard Tomic in straight sets.

Ito qualified for the2016 Australian Open main draw, losing to fellow qualifierRadek Štěpánek in the first round in four sets. In March, he won all his matches in the qualifying tournament of theMiami Open and recorded his first Masters main draw win after beatingNicolas Mahut in straight sets. He lost to 16th seedGaël Monfils in the second round.

in April 2024, Ito announced that he would retire at the end of the season.^[9]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2007	Japan F11,Tokyo	Futures	Hard	Phillip King	7–5, 6–2
Win	2–0	Feb 2008	Thailand F1,Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Yan Bai	3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4
Win	3–0	Mar 2008	Japan F1.Nishitama	Futures	Hard	Ti Chen	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–0	May 2008	Korea F1,Gimcheon	Futures	Hard	Alexey Kedryuk	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Win	5–0	Oct 2008	Japan F10,Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Hiroki Kondo	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–1	Mar 2009	New Zealand F2,Hamilton	Futures	Hard	Carsten Ball	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss	5–2	Apr 2009	Korea F1,Daegu	Futures	Hard	Yongkyu Lim	6–7(1–7), 6–2, 1–6
Win	6–2	Apr 2009	Korea F2,Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Yong-Bum Seo	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Nov 2009	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Uladzimir Ignatik	6–7(7–9), 6–7(3–7)
Win	7–3	Jun 2010	Guam F1,Tumon	Futures	Hard	Junn Mitsuhashi	6–2, 6–4
Win	8–3	Aug 2010	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–3	Nov 2010	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Yuichi Sugita	6–4, 6–2
Win	10–3	Apr 2011	Recife, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Tiago Fernandes	w/o
Loss	10–4	May 2011	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win	11–4	May 2011	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Sebastian Rieschick	6–4, 6–2
Win	12–4	Mar 2012	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Malek Jaziri	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2
Loss	12–5	Apr 2012	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Go Soeda	3–6, 0–6
Win	13–5	May 2012	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	John Millman	6–4, 6–3
Loss	13–6	Oct 2013	Melbourne, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Matthew Ebden	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	13–7	Feb 2014	West Lakes, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Bradley Klahn	3–6, 6–7(9–11)
Loss	13–8	Mar 2014	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Hard(i)	Martin Fischer	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	13–9	May 2014	Gimcheon, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Müller	6–7(5–7) 7–5, 4–6
Loss	13–10	Sep 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	0–6, 0–2, retired
Loss	13–11	Nov 2014	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet(i)	Go Soeda	4–6, 5–7
Loss	13–12	Feb 2015	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Challenger	Hard	Kyle Edmund	1–6, 2–6
Loss	13–13	Nov 2016	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet(i)	James Duckworth	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win	14–13	Apr 2017	Japan F5,Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Masato Shiga	6–4, 6–2
Loss	14–14	Apr 2017	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Carpet(i)	Lu Yen-hsun	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	14–15	Mar 2018	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	15–15	Nov 2018	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yosuke Watanuki	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	15–16	Sep 2022	M25,Sapporo, Japan	Futures	Hard	Rio Noguchi	1–6, 0–4, ret.
Loss	15–17	Mar 2023	M25,Canberra, Australia	Futures	Clay	Marc Polmans	0–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	15–18	Jun 2023	M15,Karuizawa, Japan	Futures	Clay	Yuta Kawahashi	5–7, 2–6

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 March 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Takao Suzuki	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Martin Slanar	7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), [6–10]

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