Takao Suzuki Explained

Takao Suzuki
鈴木貴男
Residence:Tokyo, Japan
Birth Date:1976 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Sapporo, Japan
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Turnedpro:1995
Retired:2018
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$729,355
Singlesrecord:50–46
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 102 (23 November 1998)
Australianopenresult:2R (2005)
Frenchopenresult:Q3 (1998, 2002)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2003)
Usopenresult:1R (1999, 2004)
Doublesrecord:31–37
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 119 (7 November 2005)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (2005)
Wimbledondoublesresult:Q1 (1998)
Usopendoublesresult:Q1 (1998)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:2R (1996)
Updated:25 October 2021

is a professional tennis player and a former Japanese No. 1.

Tennis career

Suzuki reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 102 in 1998 and has earned nearly three quarters of a million dollars in prize winnings on the ATP Tour. He is well known for his outstanding performances against Roger Federer at the Australian Open in 2005 and the 2006 Tokyo Open.

In 2006, Suzuki injured his shoulder at the Australian Open qualifying tournament in a match against Paul Capdeville and sat out most of the season as a result. He briefly returned to competitive tennis in May in a challenger tournament in South Korea and lost in the quarter finals. In October 2006, Suzuki played in his first International Series event of the year, the Japan Open Tennis Championships held in Tokyo, having received a wildcard into the main draw. Suzuki, ranked World No. 1078 at the time, won surprise victories over 8th seed Paradorn Srichaphan and World No. 126 Alexander Waske en route to his quarter finals berth against Federer. Suzuki once again lost to Federer in three sets, 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3).[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold (1–0)
ATP International Series (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0-0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ2AQ21RQ11RQ1Q2Q22RQ1AQ1AQ30 / 31–3
French OpenAAQ3Q2AAQ3Q2Q1Q1AAAAA0 / 00–0
WimbledonAAQ11RAQ2Q12RQ3Q1AQ2AAA0 / 21–2
US OpenAAQ21RQ3Q1Q2Q31RQ1AQ1AAA0 / 20–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–30–00–10–01–10–11–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 72–7
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAQ1AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
MiamiAAAQ1AAAAAQ2AAAAA0 / 00–0
HamburgAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0
RomeAAAQ1AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
CanadaQ1AAAAAAAAQ2AAAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (17–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (16–3)
ITF Futures (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Bombay, IndiaChallengerHard Barry Cowan6–1, 6–0
Win2–0Denver, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Bower6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win3–0Granby, CanadaChallengerHard David Caldwell7–6, 6–3
Loss3–1Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win4–1Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Diego Nargiso5–2 ret.
Win5–1Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit6–4, 6–3
Win6–1Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Yoon Yong-il6–2, 6–4
Win7–1Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob2–1 ret.
Win8–1Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Yoon Yong-il6–1, 6–4
Win9–1Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Gouichi Motomura6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4)
Win10–1Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Mario Ančić6–4, 6–3
Win11–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Mario Ančić6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2
Win12–1Osaka, JapanChallengerHard Björn Phau5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win13–1Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Giovanni Lapentti6–4, 6–3
Win14–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Dieter Kindlmann2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win15–1Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Lu Yen-hsun6–4, 6–4
Loss15–2Yokohama, JapanChallengerHard Dudi Sela7–6(7–5), 4–6, 2–6
Loss15–3Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Sergey Bubka6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win16–3Yokohama, JapanChallengerHard Martin Fischer6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss16–4Japan F8, KashiwaFuturesHard Hiroki Kondo3–6, 5–7
Win17–4Guam F1, TumonFuturesHard Gengo Kikuchi6–3, 6–3
Loss17–5Guam F1, TumonFuturesHard Hiroyasu Ehara6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 24 (18–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (10–5)
ITF Futures (8–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–3)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (5–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Satoshi Iwabuchi Ben Ellwood
Peter Tramacchi		7–6, 7–6
Loss1–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Satoshi Iwabuchi Mahesh Bhupathi
Wayne Black		4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss1–2Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Gouichi Motomura Michael Sell
Kevin Ullyett		6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Win2–2Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Kevin Ullyett Óscar Ortiz
Maurice Ruah		4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win3–2Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Gouichi Motomura Bobby Kokavec
Frédéric Niemeyer		7–6, 6–1
Win4–2Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Jared Palmer Ota Fukárek
Gabriel Trifu		6–1, 6–2
Loss4–3Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Aleksandar Kitinov Max Mirnyi
Andrei Olhovskiy		4–6, 6–7
Win5–3Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Lars Burgsmüller Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Jairo Velasco		7–6, 6–4
Win6–3Japan F3, IsawaFuturesClay Takahiro Terachi Natsuki Harada
Hiroyasu Sato		6–4, 6–3
Win7–3Italy F4, PaviaFuturesClay Igor Gaudi Filippo Messori
Davide Scala		6–4, 6–4
Win8–3Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Eric Taino Filippo Messori
Vincenzo Santopadre		7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4
Win9–3Japan F7, ChibaFuturesHard Hiroki Kondo Doug Bohaboy
Toshiharu Kato		4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win10–3Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerCarpet Eric Taino Filippo Messori
Vincenzo Santopadre		7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4
Win11–3Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Mitsuru Takada Marco Chiudinelli
Sebastian Jaeger		6–3, 6–4
Win12–3Japan F7, SaitamaFuturesHard Michihisa Onoda Doug Bohaboy
Thomas Blake		6–3, 6–3
Loss12–4Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Thomas Shimada Jim Thomas
Tom Vanhoudt		7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win13–4Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Jonathan Erlich Matías Boeker
Travis Parrott		6–4, 6–1
Win14–4Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Davide Sanguinetti Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		6–4, 7–5
Loss14–5Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Tatsuma Ito Aisam Qureshi
Martin Slanar		7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), [6–10]
Win15–5Japan F7, SapporoFuturesClay Hiroki Kondo Yuichi Ito
Tatsuma Ito		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win16–5Japan F8, KashiwaFuturesHard Sho Katayama Daniel King-Turner
José Statham		3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss16–6Japan F1, TokyoFuturesHard Shintaro Imai Toshihide Matsui
Arata Onozawa		4–6, 5–7
Win17–6Japan F8, SapporoFuturesClay Yasutaka Uchiyama Takuto Niki
Arata Onozawa		6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win18–6Chinese Taipei F1, KaohsiungFuturesHard Arata Onozawa Chen Ti
Huang Liang-chi		7–6(7–3), 6–3

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Notes and References

  1. Mulligan, James (2006). "Suzuki puts scare in Federer", The Japan Times Online, 7 October 2006.

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