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Yūichi Sugita
杉田祐一

Yūichi Sugita in 2017
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (age 37) Sendai, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	October 2006
Retired	2023
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,978,289[1]
Singles
Career record	55–90
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 36 (9 October 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2018,2020)
French Open	1R (2017,2018,2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2017)
US Open	2R (2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	2–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 363 (25 August 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2018)
US Open	1R (2017)
Team competitions
Hopman Cup	RR (2018)
Medal record Representing Japan Men's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Singles 2014 Incheon Team 2014 Incheon Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 9 January 2023.

Yūichi Sugita (杉田 祐一,Sugita Yūichi; born 18 September 1988) is a Japanese former professionaltennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017.

As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 73 in the combined world rankings in February 2006.^[2] He competed in singles and doubles at theAustralian Open in both 2005 and 2006, reaching the singles second round of the latter.

Sugita had won eightITF Futures titles in Japan and Indonesia. From 2009, he started to play mainly inATP Challenger Tour. Sugita was received wildcard for the2008 Japan Open to make his first ATP main draw. He finished 2009 as ranked world no.299.

After reaching semifinal in Bernie Challenger, Sugita claimed his first challenger title inKyoto. He defeated AustralianMatthew Ebden in final, and he break him into world top 200 for the first time as ranked no.186. Sugita advanced to final round of qualifying in the2010 US Open, losing toLukáš Rosol in two sets. In November, Sugita won back-to-back Futures titles in Thailand, and reached final in theToyota Challenger, but lost to fellow JapaneseTatsuma Ito in straight sets.

Sugita started the season by playing theChennai Open as qualifier, and recorded his first ATP main draw win againstDustin Brown in three sets. He lost to eighth seedRobin Haase in the second round. He represented Japan at2011 Davis Cup World Group play-offs against India, winning overSomdev Devvarman in the singles rubber,^[3] and Japan promoted to2012 Davis Cup World Group.

Yūichi started his2012 campaign by making it to the quarterfinals of theChennai Open before falling toNicolás Almagro in three close sets, knocking out eighth seedOliver Rochus andLu Yen-hsun on the way.^[4] After competing inATP World Tour events in Asian swing, Sugita became the runners-up of theBangkok Challenger andSeoul Challenger. He achieved his career-high ranking of world no.116 in November.

InGrand Slam qualifying, Sugita had reached the third round twice in 2012 at Australian Open and Wimbledon, but he lost in both matches.

Sugita won through the opening round in theHall of Fame Tennis Championships, against CanadianJesse Levine in straight sets. The Next round, he was defeated by third seedIgor Sijsling. In Asian Challenger events, Sugita won theShanghai Challenger, winning over his countrymanHiroki Moriya, and reached the final inToyota.

Yūichi qualified for2014 Wimbledon Championships by defeatingMarco Chiudinelli of Switzerland, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5. It marked the first time he qualified for aGrand Slam after 17 failed qualifying campaigns dating back to 2009. He had previously reached the final round of qualifying at Slams four times, and he dropped decisive sets in three of those matches.^[5] He lost to 19th seedFeliciano López in the first round with three tiebreakers.

In later season, Sugita earned men's singles bronze medal in the2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where he beatTemur Ismailov of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinal. He also earned bronze medals of men's team and mixed doubles.^[6] Afterwards, he won his third challenger title inPune by beatingAdrián Menéndez Maceiras in the final.

Sugita won through the qualifying at the2015 Wimbledon Championships for the second consecutive year in this tournament, losing toBlaž Kavčič in the first round. After this event, he reached the second rounds inNewport andBogotá, defeatingRyan Harrison andNicolás Barrientos. At Thai's challenger circuit, he won his fourth challenger title inBangkok, and fifth inHua Hin.

Sugita qualified for the2016 Australian Open main draw for the first time,^[7] but lost to 23rd seedGaël Monfils in the first round.

In February, he claimed his secondKyoto challenger title by beatingZhang Ze in the final. This result launched him into the world top 100 for the first time in his career, climbing No. 99.^[8]

In June, he reached the second round of theHalle Open after beatingTaylor Fritz in three sets. He then lost to last year's runner-upAndreas Seppi in straight sets.

Sugita finished the year ranked at No. 112.

In March, Sugita re-entered the ATP top 100 after winningATP Challenger Tour titles in Yokohama, Japan and Shenzhen, China. In April he made it into the main draw of the Barcelona Masters as a "Lucky Loser", and went on to defeatTommy Robredo,Richard Gasquet andPablo Carreño Busta before losing toDominic Thiem in the quarter-finals. Following this success, he reached #73 on the ATP rankings.

In June–July, he reached his maiden ATP World Tour level final in Antalya, Turkey. In the final Sugita defeatedAdrian Mannarino 6–1, 7–6, becoming the third Japanese man to win an ATP title, preceded byShuzo Matsuoka andKei Nishikori.

He beatBrydan Klein in Wimbledon, marking the first time he'd reached the second round of a Grand Slam tournament, losing next up to Mannarino. In August, Sugita won two rounds in the Masters 1000 tournament at Cincinnati before losing to eventual championGrigor Dimitrov. He lost in the 2nd round of the US Open toLeonardo Mayer, having earlier defeatedGeoffrey Blancaneaux. In Chengdu, China he won 3 rounds before losing to eventual championDenis Istomin. In October Sugita advanced to the 3rd round in Tokyo; lost in the 1st round in Shanghai; advanced to the 3rd round in Stockholm; at this time ranked #37 in the world, lost in the 1st round in Basel, Switzerland; and lost in the 1st round in Paris.

Sugita andNaomi Osaka represented Japan in the mixed-gender2018 Hopman Cup. He lost his singles match toRoger Federer 6–4, 6–3, but his leaping overhead smash delighted the fans and was included in most compilation clips of early 2018 season highlights.

At the2018 Australian Open Sugita earned his first win over a Top 10 player by defeating world number 9Jack Sock in four sets. He lost in the next round toIvo Karlović. In February he lost in the first round in Rotterdam to eventual losing finalistGrigor Dimitrov. In March he was defeated byHoracio Zeballos in the first round at Indian Wells, and byRobin Haase in the first round at Miami. In April he lost in the first round toJan-Lennard Struff at Monte-Carlo,Guillermo García López at Barcelona, andYannick Maden in Munich. In May he lost in the first round toPhilipp Kohlschreiber in Madrid and toRyan Harrison in Rome.

In June Sugita lost in the first round of the French Open toHoracio Zeballos. Later in the month he lost in the second round in s-Hertogenbosch toMarius Copil; and the following week at Halle beat world #7Dominic Thiem in straight sets, in what he said was "my best match in my career", before losing in the quarterfinal toDenis Kudla. At Antalya, Turkey, Sugita lost in the second round toPierre-Hugues Herbert. In July he lost at Wimbledon toBradley Klahn in the first round. In August he lost in the first round toVincent Millot at Washington; lost in the first round toIlya Ivashka at Toronto; lost in the first round of qualifying at Cincinnati; lost in the first round toLeonardo Mayer in Winston-Salem; and lost in the first round of the US Open toRichard Gasquet. Sugita started the week after the US Open with a record of 8 wins and 22 losses for the year, and his ranking was #98 in the world. In October he received a wild card entry into the Tokyo Open, and lost in the first round to countrymanKei Nishikori.

In January, ranked No. 146 in the world, Sugita lost in the second qualifying round for the Australian Open. In June, ranked No. 248, he qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon, where in the first round he lost toRafael Nadal. In September, ranked No. 134, he lost in the second round of qualifying for the US Open.^[9]

In October, Sugita lost in the qualifying rounds for the Stockholm Open, but made it into the main draw as a lucky loser and then won three matches before losing in the semifinals. It moved him up 22 spots in the rankings, to No. 107.

In January he started the year by reaching the final of theATP Challenger Tour event in Nouméa, where he lost toJ. J. Wolf. The following week, ranked No. 89, Sugita received an automatic entry into the Australian Open. He defeatedElliot Benchetrit in the first round, then lost toAndrey Rublev in the second. In his next tournament inPune, he won againstViktor Troicki by retirement, before losing in the quarterfinals toRičardas Berankis.^[10]

In September he lost in the first round of the U.S. Open toUgo Humbert, and a few weeks later, ranked No. 94 in the world, lost in the first round of the French Open toCasper Ruud.

Sugita started the year ranked No. 102 in the world. In February he lost in the first round of the Australian Open toBernard Tomic. In March, in a Challenger Tour event in Lugano, Switzerland, he won three rounds and then lost in the semi-final to eventual championDominic Stephan Stricker. In June, ranked No. 110, he lost in the first round of Wimbledon toRichard Gasquet. In late August, ranked No. 131, he won twice before losing in the final qualifying round of the US Open. He received an entry into the main draw as a lucky loser, where he lost in the first round to number eight seedCasper Ruud.

In May, ranked No. 265, Sugita lost in the first qualifying round of the2022 French Open againstCamilo Ugo Carabelli.^[11] On 26 September 2022, his ranking had fallen to No. 1090.

In January, ranked No. 913, he reached the second round of qualifying at the2023 Australian Open using a protected ranking. In July, Sugita announced his retirement from professional tennis.^[12]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2017	Antalya Open, Turkey	250 Series	Grass	Adrian Mannarino	6–1, 7–6(7–4)

Result	W–L	date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2006	Japan F7,Karuizawa	Futures	Clay	Satoshi Iwabuchi	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2006	Japan F9,Osaka	Futures	Carpet	Hsin-Han lee	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Sep 2006	Japan F10,Sapporo	Futures	Carpet	James Pade	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2008	Japan F6,Akishima	Futures	Carpet	Tasuku Iwami	6–3,4–6, 6–3
Win	3–2	Jul 2008	Japan F7,Ariake, Tokyo	Futures	Hard	Tasuku Iwami	3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win	4–2	Aug 2008	Indonesia F1,Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Young-Jun Kim	6–1, 6–0
Win	5–2	Aug 2008	Indonesia F2,Balikpapan	Futures	Hard	Bernard Tomic	6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Win	6–2	Oct 2008	Japan F11. Tokyo	Futures	Hard(i)	Hiroki Moriya	6–2, 7–5
Loss	6–3	Mar 2009	Japan F1, Tokyo	Futures	Hard(i)	Chu-Huan Yi	2–6, 7–6(7–1), 5–7
Loss	6-4	Mar 2009	Japan F3,Kofu	Futures	Hard(i)	Jae-Sung An	7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	7-4	Jul 2009	Japan F7,Sapporo	Futures	Clay	Yuichi Ito	6-3, 7–5
Win	8-4	Oct 2009	Japan F9,Yokohama	Futures	Clay(i)	Kamil Čapkovič	6–4, 6–3
Win	9-4	Mar 2010	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Matthew Ebden	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	10-4	Nov 2010	Thailand F4,Khon Kaen	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	6-4, 6–2
Win	11-4	Nov 2010	Thailand F5,Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Roko Karanušić	6–4, 6–1
Loss	11-5	Nov 2010	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Tatsuma Ito	4–6, 2–6
Win	12-5	Jul 2012	Indonesia F2,Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Ti Chen	6-2, 7–5
Loss	12-6	Sep 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	1–6, 5–7
Win	13-6	Oct 2012	Japan F8,Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Yongkyu Lim	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss	13-7	Oct 2012	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	14-7	Sep 2013	Shanghai, China	Challenger	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	6–3, 6–3
Loss	14-8	Nov 2013	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Matthew Ebden	3–6, 2–6
Loss	14-9	Mar 2014	Guangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Blaž Rola	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Win	15-9	Oct 2014	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–4
Loss	15-10	Apr 2015	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win	16-10	Sep 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Marco Trungelliti	6–4, 6–2
Win	17-10	Nov 2015	Hua Hin, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Stéphane Robert	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	18-10	Feb 2016	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Zhang Ze	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	19-10	Mar 2017	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Soon-woo Kwon	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win	20-10	Mar 2017	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	21-10	Jun 2017	Surbiton, UK	Challenger	Grass	Jordan Thompson	7–6(9–7), 7–6(10–8)
Win	22-10	Jul 2019	Binghamton, Usa	Challenger	Hard	João Menezes	7–6(7–2), 1–6, 6–2
Loss	22-11	Aug 2019	Chengdu, China	Challenger	Hard	Chung Hyeon	4–6, 3–6
Win	23-11	Aug 2019	Yokkaichi, Japan	Challenger	Hard	James Duckworth	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	23-12	Nov 2019	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yosuke Watanuki	2–6, 4–6
Loss	23-13	Jan 2020	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard (i)	J. J. Wolf	2–6, 2–6

Outcome	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2010	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Frederik Nielsen	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	3–6, 5–7

Current through the2021 US Open.

• He has a 2–7 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2018
1.	Jack Sock	9	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	1R	6–1, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–3
2.	Dominic Thiem	7	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	2R	6–2, 7–5

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