.jpeg) Watanuki in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Saitama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-04-12)12 April 1998 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | January 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Keisuke Watanuki | |||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $ 1,289,536 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 21–25 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 72 (30 October 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 159 (17 November 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | Q2 (2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 3–5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 374 (7 January 2019) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 906 (20 October 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 20 November 2025. | ||||||||||||||||||
Yosuke Watanuki (綿貫 陽介,Watanuki Yōsuke; born 12 April 1998) is a Japanese professionaltennis player.[1] He has a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 72 achieved on 30 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 374 achieved on 7 January 2019.[2]He is currently the No. 5 Japanese player.[3]
On the junior tour, Watanuki has a career high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved on 21 March 2016. Watanuki was the winner of the 2016 Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, a Grade A event inPorto Alegre, Brazil.
He made his ATP and ATP 500 debut at the2018 Citi Open after qualifying.
Watanuki first main draw match victory on theATP Tour came at the2018 Rakuten Japan Open overRobin Haase as a qualifier.[4]
He won his maiden title at the2019 Kobe Challenger.[5]
Watanuki entered the2021 Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser and won his first match againstJaume Munar. He lost toMárton Fucsovics in the second round.
He reached the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career, winning his first two matches in a row at this level, as a lucky loser at the2022 ATP Lyon Open. First he defeated eight seedPedro Martínez for his second top-50 win.[6] Next he defeatedKwon Soon-woo[7] to set up a quarterfinal withAlex de Minaur.[8] As a result, he returned to the top 225 in the rankings climbing 40 positions in the rankings at world No. 223 on 23 May 2022.
He qualified for his third ATP 500 at the2022 Citi Open in Washington, D.C., and second time at this tournament, but lost toKyle Edmund who was playing his first singles match after his comeback.[9]
In November he won two back-to-back titles in Japan at theHyōgo Noah Challenger in Kobe[10] and inYokkaichi defeatingFrederico Ferreira Silva in both[11] and moved into the top 150 at world No. 145 on 28 November 2022.[12]
In January, Watanuki qualified for the2023 Australian Open to make his Grand Slam debut.[13][14] He beatArthur Rinderknech in the first round in straight sets for his first Major win before losing toSebastian Korda.[15]
Watanuki qualified for his first Masters 10002023 Miami Open and won his first round match against fellow qualifierBenoît Paire but lost to 12th seedFrances Tiafoe. As a result, he moved to a new career high ranking of No. 107 on 3 April 2023.[2]Ranked No. 117, he also qualified for his second Masters at the2023 Mutua Madrid Open and defeatedCorentin Moutet in the first round before losing to world No. 13 and 11th seedCameron Norrie.[16]
At the2023 BOSS Open he qualified and won his first round match against wildcardFeliciano López.[17] He entered the main draw at the2023 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser for the first time at this Major and defeatedMarc-Andrea Huesler in a five set match for his second Major win.As a result, two weeks later, he reached the top 100 at world No. 99 on 31 July 2023.[18][2]
At the2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters he defeated wildcardJuncheng Shang to reach the second round for the third time at a Masters level in the season. As a result, he rose into the top 75 in the rankings on 16 October 2024. He received a wildcard for the main draw at the ATP 5002023 Japan Open in Tokyo.[19] He finished the 2023 season ranked inside the top 100 at world No. 99.[2]
In September 2024, ranked No. 338 he again received a wildcard inTokyo, this time for the qualifying competition.[20] In October, ranked No. 336 Watanuki entered the qualifying rounds of theShanghai Masters, using a protected ranking, and qualified for the main draw after beatingOtto Virtanen andHong Seong-chan. In the main draw, he upsetPavel Kotov for his first main draw win in a year,[21] and 32nd seedBrandon Nakashima to reach the third round[22] before losing toTaylor Fritz.[23][24] As a result, he returned to the top 300 of the singles rankings on 14 October 2024 at world No. 274.[2]
Ranked No. 349, using again protected ranking in the qualifying competition,[25] Watanuki qualified for the main draw and reached the fourth round of a Masters 1000 for the first time in his career at the2025 BNP Paribas Open with wins overAlexander Bublik, his first ATP tour-level win since the Shanghai Masters in 2024,[26][27] 19th seedTomáš Macháč after his retirement, and 16th seed Frances Tiafoe[28] and again moved more than a 125 positions back up to the top 225 at world No. 214 on 17 March 2025.[29][30][2] In November Watanuki won his third title at theHyōgo Noah Challenger in Kobe.[31]
Watanuki has two brothers,Yusuke and Keisuke, who are both also professional tennis players. Yusuke coached Yosuke previously, Keisuke is currently his coach.[15]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q3 | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q3 | NH | A | A | 2R | A | Q3 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| US Open | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| ATP Masters 1000 | |||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | NH | A | A | Q1 | A | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Miami Open | A | A | NH | A | A | 2R | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | A | NH | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1-1 | 50% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Canadian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | NH | 2R | 3R | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | 60% |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2016 | Japan F4,Tsukuba | Futures | Hard | Shintaro Imai | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2016 | Japan F5,Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | Makoto Ochi | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jun 2017 | Japan F7, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | Kento Takeuchi | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Jun 2017 | Chinese Taipei F1,Taipei | Futures | Hard |  Daniel Nguyen | 6–7(8–10), 1–6 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2017 | Chinese Taipei F2,Taipei | Futures | Hard | Yusuke Takahashi | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–1 | Apr 2018 | Japan F4,Tsukuba | Futures | Hard | Renta Tokuda | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Nov 2018 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | Tatsuma Ito | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–2 | Nov 2019 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | Yūichi Sugita | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Feb 2020 | Cleveland, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Mikael Torpegaard | 3–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Oct 2022 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard |  Christopher O'Connell | 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
| Win | 7–4 | Nov 2022 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–4 | Nov 2022 | Yokkaichi, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Sep 2023 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Christopher O'Connell | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 9–5 | Nov 2023 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Yuta Shimizu | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Silver | 2022 | Asian Games | Hard |  Zhang Zhizhen | 4–6, 6–7(7–9) |
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