| Akira Santillan アキラ サンティラン | |
| Country: | (2010–2015, 2017–current) (2015–2017) |
| Residence: | Brisbane, Australia |
| Birth Date: | 1997 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Height: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
| Turnedpro: | 2013 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $453,404 |
| Coach: | Mark Woodforde (2017–2018)Marinko Matosevic (2021–present) |
| Singlesrecord: | 2–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 144 (13 November 2017) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 389 (2 January 2023) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q2 (2017) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q2 (2018) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q2 (2019) |
| Usopenresult: | Q3 (2017) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 197 (29 July 2019) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 249 (2 January 2023) |
| Updated: | 8 January 2023 |
is an Australian tennis player. He represents Australia in competitions, though he played for Japan from 2015 to 2017.
Santillan was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a South African father of Spanish descent. He lived the first 8 years of his life in Japan before his family relocated to the Gold Coast, Australia and became citizens. He played much of his junior tennis at the Gold Coast before moving to Brisbane to join the national academy program at the Queensland Tennis Centre.
On the junior tour, Santillan has a career high ITF junior ranking of 7 achieved in September 2015. Santillan's major highlights on the junior tour included a semi-final at the 2015 Australian Open and doubles finals at the 2014 French Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
In March 2015, Santillan opted to play under the Japanese flag instead due to a fractious relationship with Tennis Australia.[1] He returned to playing under the Australian flag in 2017.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score | |
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| Loss | 2014 | French Open | Clay |  Lucas Miedler |  Benjamin Bonzi Quentin Halys | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Reilly Opelka | Lý Hoàng Nam Sumit Nagal | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Santillan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 160 achieved on 24 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 265 achieved also on 17 July 2017. Santillan has won 6 ITF Futures singles titles and 1 ITF Futures doubles title.
Santillan made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel, receiving singles and doubles main draw wildcards.
Santillan lost in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.[2]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Thailand F1, Bangkok | Futures | Hard |  Kento Takeuchi | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Thailand F2, Bangkok | Futures | Hard | Andre Dome | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Spain F7, Madrid | Futures | Hard |  Steven Diez | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | ||
| Loss | 2–2 | Spain F11, Mostoles | Futures | Hard | Antoine Escoffier | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 | ||
| Win | 3–2 | China F7, Wuhan | Futures | Hard |  Chung Yun-seong | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 4–2 | China F8, Luan | Futures | Hard |  Finn Tearney | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 5–2 | Spain F18, Palma del Río | Futures | Hard | Rémi Boutillier | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 6–2 | Spain F39, Cuevas del Almanzora | Futures | Hard |  Roberto Ortega Olmedo | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 7–2 | Winnetka, USA | Challenger | Hard | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 7–6(7–1), 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 7-3 | M25 Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Dane Sweeny | 3–6, 6–4, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 7-4 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 6-7(3–7), 7-6(7–5), 3–6 | ||
| Win | 8-4 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Li Zhe | 2-6, 7-6(7–3), 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 8-5 | M25 Mungia, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Inaki Montes-De La Torre | 3-6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 8-6 | M25 Portimão, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Gonçalo Oliveira | 6-7(2–7), 4–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Spain F6, Tarragona | Futures | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira | Marc López Jaume Munar | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Spain F8, Madrid | Futures | Hard | Carlos Gómez-Herrera | Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Alex de Minaur | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1–2 | China F7, Wuhan | Futures | Hard | Harry Bourchier | He Yecong Wang Aoxiong | 4–6, 6–2, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard (i) | Joaquín Muñoz Hernández | Purav Raja Divij Sharan | 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] | ||
| Loss | 1–4 | Ningbo, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Stefan Kozlov | Jonathan Eysseric Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4–6, 6–7(4–7) | ||
| Win | 2–4 | Spain F39, Cuevas del Almanzora | Futures | Hard |  Peter Bothwell | Roberto Ortega Olmedo David Vega Hernández | 6–2, 5–7, [10–2] | ||
| Win | 3–4 | Savannah, USA | Challenger | Clay |  Luke Bambridge | Enrique López Pérez Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 3–5 | Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Bradley Mousley | Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze | w/o | ||
| Win | 4–5 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | Gonçalo Oliveira | Li Zhe Go Soeda | 2–6, 6–4, [12–10] | ||
| Loss | 4–6 | Nanchang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay (i) | Alex Bolt | Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 5–6 | M25, Canberra, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Calum Puttergill Naoki Tajima | 6–4, 6–3 | |||
| Win | 6–6 | M25, Bendigo, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Philip Sekulic | Dane Sweeny Li Tu | 7–5, 6–7(7–9), [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 6–7 | M25, Medellín, Colombia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Rubin Statham | Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock | 6−4, 4−6, [6−10] | ||
| Win | 7–7 | M15, Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Skander Mansouri | Xin Gao Zhe Li | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 8–7 | M25, Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Aziz Dougaz | Théo Arribagé Luca Sanchez | 7–6(7−1), 7–6(7−3) | ||
| Win | 9–7 | M25, Martos, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | James Frawley | Adria Soriano Barrera Benjamin Winter Lopez | 6–7(7−9), 6–3, [10−6] | ||
| Loss | 9–8 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Christopher Rungkat | Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni | 6–2, 6–7(7–9), [12–14] |