Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka

Nishioka at the 2013 US Open
Country (sports)  Japan
Residence Tsu, Japan
Born (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995
Tsu, Japan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 2014
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $776,988.[1]
Singles
Career record 22–27
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 58 (20 March 2017)
Current ranking No. 66 (3 July 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2017)
French Open 1R (2015)
Wimbledon 1R (2016)
US Open 2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 0–3
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 405 (27 June 2016)
Last updated on: 4 July 2017.

Yoshihito Nishioka (西岡 良仁, Nishioka Yoshihito, born 27 September 1995) is a Japanese tennis player. He has won four challenger singles titles, and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 58 on 20 March 2017.[1]

Career

Junior career

As a junior, he compiled a 113–49 win/loss record in singles (and 63–45 in doubles), achieving a combined ranking of No.12 in the world in January 2012.[2]

Junior Grand Slam singles results:

Australian Open: 3R (2013)
French Open: 2R (2012, 2013 )
Wimbledon: 2R (2012, 2013)
US Open: SF (2012)

2014

Nishioka qualified for the US Open in his first Grand Slam qualifying appearance, but he was forced to retire in the first round match against Paolo Lorenzi because of illness. The Next week, he claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Shanghai by beating Somdev Devvarman in the final.

In September, Nishioka earned men's singles gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where he upset top seed Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei in the final. He also became first Japanese men's singles champion since Toshiro Sakai, who won the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.[3]

2015

Nishioka qualified for the Delray Beach Open in February. He beat Igor Sijsling in the first round to record his first ATP main-draw win. He followed that up with a straight-sets win over Marinko Matosevic to become the first teenage qualifier to reach quarterfinals of the tournament since his countryman Kei Nishikori.[4] He lost to Bernard Tomic in straight sets.

During spring clay court season, Nishioka made his debut at the 2015 French Open, losing to fourth seed Tomáš Berdych in first round. In the 2015 US Open, Nishioka advanced to the second round of Major for the first time in his career, beating fellow qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu in five sets.[5] He was beaten by 30th seed Thomaz Bellucci in next round. In November, he ended 2015 season with his second challenger title in Toyoya, beating Alexander Kudryavtsev in the final.[6]

2016: Top 100

By winning the Asia-Pacific wildcard play-offs in Shenzhen, Nishioka earned a wildcard into the 2016 Australian Open.[7] However, he fell in the first round to Pablo Cuevas. In February, he reached the quarterfinal of the Memphis Open as a qualifier, winning over Jared Donaldson and Illya Marchenko along the way. He lost to fourth seed Sam Querrey in straight sets. He then qualified for the Miami Open to make his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 main-draw debut, getting to the third round after beating fellow qualifier Jared Donaldson and 21st seed Feliciano López. He lost his chance to compete in the round of sixteen when he was beaten by 14th seed Dominic Thiem.

In June, Nishioka won through qualifying at 2016 Wimbledon for the first time, losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round of the main draw. The following week, he earned his third Challenger title in Winnetka without dropping a set, beating Frances Tiafoe in the final. He also moved into the top 100 of the ATP rankings for the first time.[8] At the Atlanta Tennis Championships, he reached his first ATP tournament semifinal, after defeating Daniel Evans, fourth seed Alexandr Dolgopolov and Horacio Zeballos.[9] He then lost to eventual champion Nick Kyrgios in three sets.

2017: Rising star, knee injury

At the 2017 Australian Open, Nishioka earned his second win at a Grand Slam tournament when he defeated Alex Bolt. In the second round, he was ousted by Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets. In February, he qualified for the Mexican Open by defeating Tobias Kamke and Ryan Harrison. He proceeded to the quarterfinals after wins against Jack Sock and Jordan Thompson. His victory against Sock was his first win over a top-20 opponent on the ATP Tour.[10] He was then defeated by Rafael Nadal in straight sets. In March, Nishioka built on his momentum by entering the main draw at Indian Wells as a lucky loser. In the first round of the main draw, he played a rematch of his qualifying loss against Elias Ymer, this time winning in straight sets. In the second and third rounds he defeated Ivo Karlovic and Tomas Berdych respectively. He was lauded for his comeback three-set victory against Berdych after being down 1-6, 2-5. He was ousted in the fourth round by world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in a tight three-set match - 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), that featured multiple breaks of serve and a tiebreak in the third set; Wawrinka went on to become runner-up in the Open.

Nishioka's promising start to the season was abruptly cut short when he ruptured the ACL of his left knee in a match against Jack Sock at the Miami Open. He underwent surgical reconstruction of the ACL on April 4th, 2017.[11]

Career finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 7 September 2014 Shanghai, China Hard India Somdev Devvarman 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3)
Winner 2. 29 November 2015 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 9 July 2016 Winnetka, United States Hard United States Frances Tiafoe 6–3, 6–2
Winner 4. 26 Norvember 2016 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i) Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 28 February 2016 Cherbourg, France Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić United KingdomKen Skupski
United KingdomNeal Skupski		 6–4, 3–6, [6-10]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament20132014201520162017W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 1R 2R 1–2
French Open A A 1R Q3 A 0–1
Wimbledon A A Q2 1R A 0–1
US Open A 1R 2R 1R A 1–3
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–7
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A Q1 A 4R 3–1
Miami Open Q1 A Q1 3R 2R 3–2
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A Q1 A A 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 6–3
National Representation
Davis Cup A A PO 1R 1R 2–2
Career Statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 3–5 10–12 9–9 22–27
Year-end Ranking 442 166 117 100 45%

References

  1. 1 2 ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ↑ ITF Juniors Profile
  3. ↑ "Nishioka earns Japan’s first men’s singles tennis gold at Asian Games in 40 years". TheJapanTimes. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Delray Beach Open Yoshihito Nishioka has emulated Kei Nishikori's progress in Florida". skySPORTS. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Teenagers Yoshihito Nishioka and Chung Hyeon maintain Asian US Open presence". SPORT360°. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nishioka Wins In Toyota For Second Challenger Crown". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "NISHIOKA, HAN WIN AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARDS". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bellucci Makes Triumphant Challenger Return In Braunschweig". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Nishioka Records Breakthrough Semi In Atlanta". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Yoshihito Nishioka - Player Activity". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "YOSHIHITO NISHIOKA NEEDS SURGERY FOR TORN ACL". TENNIS. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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