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).Mulligan, James (2006). "Suzuki puts scare in Federer", The Japan Times Online, 7 October 2006.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0-0)Titles by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Tokyo, JapanInternational Series GoldHard Satoshi Iwabuchi Simon Aspelin Todd Perry5–4(7–3), 5–4(15–13)
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ2AQ21RQ11RQ1Q2Q22RQ1AQ1AQ30 / 31–3French OpenAAQ3Q2AAQ3Q2Q1Q1AAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAAQ11RAQ2Q12RQ3Q1AQ2AAA0 / 21–2US OpenAAQ21RQ3Q1Q2Q31RQ1AQ1AAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–30–00–10–01–10–11–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 72–7ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAQ1AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0MiamiAAAQ1AAAAAQ2AAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgAAAAAAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0RomeAAAQ1AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0CanadaQ1AAAAAAAAQ2AAAAA0 / 00–0Win–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) LegendATP Challenger (16–3)ITF Futures (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (14–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Bombay, IndiaChallengerHard Barry Cowan6–1, 6–0Win2–0Denver, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Bower6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win3–0Granby, CanadaChallengerHard David Caldwell7–6, 6–3Loss3–1Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit7–6, 3–6, 2–6Win4–1Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Diego Nargiso5–2 ret.Win5–1Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit6–4, 6–3Win6–1Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Yoon Yong-il6–2, 6–4Win7–1Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob2–1 ret.Win8–1Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Yoon Yong-il6–1, 6–4Win9–1Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Gouichi Motomura6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4) Win10–1Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Mario Ančić6–4, 6–3Win11–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Mario Ančić6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2Win12–1Osaka, JapanChallengerHard Björn Phau5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win13–1Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Giovanni Lapentti6–4, 6–3Win14–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Dieter Kindlmann2–6, 7–5, 6–1Win15–1Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Lu Yen-hsun6–4, 6–4Loss15–2Yokohama, JapanChallengerHard Dudi Sela7–6(7–5), 4–6, 2–6 Loss15–3Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Sergey Bubka6–7(6–8), 4–6Win16–3Yokohama, JapanChallengerHard Martin Fischer6–4, 7–6(7–5) Loss16–4Japan F8, KashiwaFuturesHard Hiroki Kondo3–6, 5–7Win17–4Guam F1, TumonFuturesHard Gengo Kikuchi6–3, 6–3Loss17–5Guam F1, TumonFuturesHard Hiroyasu Ehara6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6
Doubles: 24 (18–6) LegendATP Challenger (10–5)ITF Futures (8–1)Finals by surfaceHard (9–3)Clay (4–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (5–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Nagoya, JapanChallengerHard Satoshi Iwabuchi Ben Ellwood Peter Tramacchi7–6, 7–6Loss1–1Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Satoshi Iwabuchi Mahesh Bhupathi Wayne Black4–6, 7–6, 1–6Loss1–2Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Gouichi Motomura Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett6–3, 6–7, 2–6Win2–2Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Kevin Ullyett Óscar Ortiz Maurice Ruah4–6, 6–1, 6–4Win3–2Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Gouichi Motomura Bobby Kokavec Frédéric Niemeyer7–6, 6–1Win4–2Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Jared Palmer Ota Fukárek Gabriel Trifu6–1, 6–2Loss4–3Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Aleksandar Kitinov Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy4–6, 6–7Win5–3Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Lars Burgsmüller Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco7–6, 6–4Win6–3Japan F3, IsawaFuturesClay Takahiro Terachi Natsuki Harada Hiroyasu Sato6–4, 6–3Win7–3Italy F4, PaviaFuturesClay Igor Gaudi Filippo Messori Davide Scala6–4, 6–4Win8–3Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard Eric Taino Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4Win9–3Japan F7, ChibaFuturesHard Hiroki Kondo Doug Bohaboy Toshiharu Kato4–6, 6–4, 6–4Win10–3Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerCarpet Eric Taino Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4Win11–3Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Mitsuru Takada Marco Chiudinelli Sebastian Jaeger6–3, 6–4Win12–3Japan F7, SaitamaFuturesHard Michihisa Onoda Doug Bohaboy Thomas Blake6–3, 6–3Loss12–4Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Thomas Shimada Jim Thomas Tom Vanhoudt7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6Win13–4Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Jonathan Erlich Matías Boeker Travis Parrott6–4, 6–1Win14–4Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Davide Sanguinetti Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski6–4, 7–5Loss14–5Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Tatsuma Ito Aisam Qureshi Martin Slanar7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), [6–10]Win15–5Japan F7, SapporoFuturesClay Hiroki Kondo Yuichi Ito Tatsuma Ito6–3, 7–6(7–4)Win16–5Japan F8, KashiwaFuturesHard Sho Katayama Daniel King-Turner José Statham3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss16–6Japan F1, TokyoFuturesHard Shintaro Imai Toshihide Matsui Arata Onozawa4–6, 5–7Win17–6Japan F8, SapporoFuturesClay Yasutaka Uchiyama Takuto Niki Arata Onozawa6–2, 7–6(7–4)Win18–6Chinese Taipei F1, KaohsiungFuturesHard Arata Onozawa Chen Ti Huang Liang-chi7–6(7–3), 6–3
References
External links
Takao Suzuki Official Site