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Full name | Tatsuma Ito |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Inabe, Japan | 18 May 1988
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. |
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's Tennis | ||
Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | Singles |
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2010 Guangzhou | Team |
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2014 Incheon | Team |
East Asian Games | ||
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2009 Hong Kong | Singles |
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2009 Hong Kong | Doubles |
Tatsuma Ito (伊藤 竜馬, Itō Tatsuma, born 18 May 1988) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won 7 Challenger tournaments and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 60 in October 2012.[1]
Ito reached the quarterfinals of 's-Hertogenbosch and Moscow in 2012 and Newport and Bogota in 2015.
Career
[edit]Junior career
[edit]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]
2007–09
[edit]Ito had won six ITF Futures events in Asian countries, and started to play mainly in ATP Challenger Tour since 2008. In November 2009, he reached first challenger final in Toyota, losing to Uladzimir Ignatik with straight sets. In ATP World Tour event, Ito received wildcard for his first ATP main draw at the 2008 Japan Open in Tokyo.
2010
[edit]In August, Ito claimed first challenger title in his career at Brasília by beating Izak van der Merwe in the final. After that, he reached third round of qualifying for the second straight year in 2010 US Open before losing to American Robert Kendrick. In later season, Ito earned men's singles bronze medal in 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, winning over defending champion Danai Udomchoke of Thailand in quarterfinals. He also earned men's team bronze medal. In Toyota challenger, he defeated his countryman Yuichi Sugita in the final to win second challenger title of the season.
2011: Grand Slam debut
[edit]In April, Ito claimed his third challenger title in Recife after Tiago 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 the Busan Challenger final. He defeated top seed Lu Yen-hsun in semifinal, but lost to Dudi Sela with three sets.
In American hard court season, Ito recorded his first ATP main draw win in Atlanta, winning over Michael Berrer in the first round. He fell in the second round to eighth seed Somdev Devvarman. He made his debut at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2011 US Open, losing to 25th seed Feliciano López in the first round. He took part in the Japan Open, and defeat Dudi Sela with three sets to proceed to the second round before losing to Australian Bernard Tomic. At the end of season, he successfully defended his title in Toyota where he beat Sebastian Rieschick in the final.
2012: Olympics participation, top 60
[edit]Ito qualified for the Brisbane International, and got through the opening round against Benjamin Mitchell in straight sets. He received wildcard for 2012 Australian Open, and advanced to second round of the major tournaments for the first time, beating Italian Potito Starace with four sets. He was beaten by Nicolas Mahut in the next round. In March, Ito broke him into the top 100 for the first time, winning the Kyoto Challenger title by beating Malek Jaziri in final.
In spring clay court season, Ito reached the second round in Houston, winning over fellow Japanese Go Soeda. He was defeated by eventual champion Juan Mónaco. He faced world no.4 Andy Murray in the 2012 French Open first round, losing in straight sets.[3] In grass court season, Ito reached the round two in Queen's Club, and made his first ATP quarterfinal in the UNICEF Open. He knocked out third seed Jürgen Melzer on the way, but he eventually lost to Benoît Paire in straight sets. He suffered a first-round loss to Łukasz Kubot in 2012 Wimbledon Championships.
Ito represented Japan at his maiden Olympics in London 2012.[4] He competed in the singles competition, but fell in the first round to Milos Raonic of Canada in straight sets. In 2012 US Open, he lost to Matthew Ebden in opening round. Ito participated in the Japan Open with wildcard, and upset world no.12 Nicolás Almagro in first round.[5] He lost in the second round to Dmitry Tursunov. He reached quarterfinal in the Kremlin Cup to mark his career-high ranking world No.60, beating Roberto Bautista Agut and Konstantin Kravchuk. He lost to eventual champion Andreas Seppi.
2013
[edit]Ito opened the season in Brisbane where he lost to qualifier John Millman in first round. He then entered into the 2013 Australian Open main draw, and got revenge over John Millman with five-setter.[6] He was beaten by 28th seed Marcos Baghdatis in second round. After falling in the second round to Sergiy Stakhovsky at Montpellier, Ito competed in Indian Wells to make his Masters main draw debut, losing to Evgeny Donskoy in opening round. In the Miami Masters, he also was eliminated in the first round by Olivier Rochus.
In Asian swing, Ito participated in the ATP events of Tokyo and Shanghai, falling in the first round both events. Two weeks later, he reached final in the Melbourne Challenger, losing to top seed Matthew Ebden in three sets.
2014: First top-5 win
[edit]In grass court season, Ito won through the qualifying at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships by beating Ričardas Berankis from two sets down. He lost to lucky loser Simone Bolelli in the first round. He then participated in Hall of Fame Tennis Championships and got through first round, but retired during the second round match.
Ito qualified for the 2014 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 the Japan Open, Ito was given a wildcard and scored his career biggest win in the first round, beating top seed and reigning Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka 7–5, 6–2.[8] This was his first ever win over a top-5 player. He was beaten by unseeded Benjamin Becker in the second round. On the ATP Challenger Tour, Ito reached the finals of five tournaments, but lost in all matches.
2015
[edit]Ito started the season by playing in Chennai, and reached second round before losing to Guillermo García-López in three sets. After falling to 31st seed Martin Kližan in the 2015 Australian Open first round, he made it to final in the Hong Kong Challenger, being beaten by Kyle Edmund. He competed in the 2015 French Open main draw for the first time since 2012, but he was eliminated in the first round by 28th seed Fabio Fognini.
Ito went on to participate in the Topshelf Open as a qualifier, and beat Ričardas Berankis in the first round. He was ousted by Ivo Karlović in the next round. Ito bounced back from the failure to qualify for the Wimbledon by reaching the quarterfinal in Newport, defeating seventh seed Steve Johnson and Noah Rubin. He then made back to back quarterfinal appearances in the Colombia Open by beating Alejandro Gómez and Matthew Ebden before losing to eventual champion Bernard Tomic in straight sets.
2016: First Masters win
[edit]Ito qualified for the 2016 Australian Open main draw, losing to fellow qualifier Radek Štěpánek in the first round in four sets. In March, he won all his matches in the qualifying tournament of the Miami Open and recorded his first Masters main draw win after beating Nicolas Mahut in straight sets. He lost to 16th seed Gaël Monfils in the second round.
2024: Retirement
[edit]in April 2024, Ito announced that he would retire at the end of the season.[9]
Challenger and Futures finals
[edit]Singles: 33 (15–18)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2007 | Japan F11, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 2008 | Thailand F1, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Mar 2008 | Japan F1. Nishitama | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 4–0 | May 2008 | Korea F1, Gimcheon | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7) |
Win | 5–0 | Oct 2008 | Japan F10, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 5–1 | Mar 2009 | New Zealand F2, Hamilton | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(1–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 5–2 | Apr 2009 | Korea F1, Daegu | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(1–7), 6–2, 1–6 |
Win | 6–2 | Apr 2009 | Korea F2, Seogwipo | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 6–3 | Nov 2009 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–7(7–9), 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 7–3 | Jun 2010 | Guam F1, Tumon | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 8–3 | Aug 2010 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 9–3 | Nov 2010 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 10–3 | Apr 2011 | Recife, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
w/o |
Loss | 10–4 | May 2011 | Busan, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Win | 11–4 | May 2011 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 12–4 | Mar 2012 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 12–5 | Apr 2012 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Win | 13–5 | May 2012 | Busan, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 13–6 | Oct 2013 | Melbourne, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Loss | 13–7 | Feb 2014 | West Lakes, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(9–11) |
Loss | 13–8 | Mar 2014 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Hard(i) | ![]() |
6–3, 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 13–9 | May 2014 | Gimcheon, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5–7) 7–5, 4–6 |
Loss | 13–10 | Sep 2014 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 0–2, retired |
Loss | 13–11 | Nov 2014 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet(i) | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 13–12 | Feb 2015 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 13–13 | Nov 2016 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet(i) | ![]() |
5–7, 6–4, 1–6 |
Win | 14–13 | Apr 2017 | Japan F5, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 14–14 | Apr 2017 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Carpet(i) | ![]() |
1–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 14–15 | Mar 2018 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 15–15 | Nov 2018 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 15–16 | Sep 2022 | M25, Sapporo, Japan | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 0–4, ret. |
Loss | 15–17 | Mar 2023 | M25, Canberra, Australia | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 15–18 | Jun 2023 | M15, Karuizawa, Japan | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
[edit]Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 14 March 2009 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), [6–10] |
Singles performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Australian Open | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | Q1 | |
French Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | |
Wimbledon | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | NH | Q2 | |
US Open | Q3 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 2R | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Career Statistics | ||||||||||||||
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Year-end ranking | 210 | 183 | 122 | 79 | 155 | 94 | 119 | 171 | 153 | 148 | 147 | 186 | 283 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b ATP World Tour profile
- ^ "ITF Juniors Profile". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "French Open: Andy Murray beats Tatsuma Ito in round one". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "ITF announces entries for Olympic Tennis Event" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "ITO UPSETS ALMAGRO IN FRONT OF HOME CROWD". Rakuten Japan Open. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Gritty John Millman takes Tatsuma Ito to the brink". THE AUSTRALIAN. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Steve Johnson out with cramping". ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Tatsuma Ito tops Stan Wawrinka". ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "35歳の伊藤竜馬、今季限りで引退 12年ロンドン五輪代表/テニス". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 2 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Tatsuma Ito at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Tatsuma Ito at the International Tennis Federation
- Tatsuma Ito at the Davis Cup
- Official Blog (in Japanese)