Go Soeda

Go Soeda
Go Soeda 2014 at Wimbledon
Nation:	Japan
Birthday:	5th September 1984
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	73 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Davide Sanguinetti
Prize money:	$ 1,941,129
singles
Career record:	53:87
Highest ranking:	47 (July 23, 2012)
Current placement:	169
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	7:21
Highest ranking:	232 (May 20, 2013)
Current placement:	376
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: June 17th, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Gō Soeda ( Japanese 添 田 豪 , Soeda Gō ; born September 5, 1984 in Fujisawa , Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a Japanese tennis player .

life and career

Junior career

As a junior, Go Soeda took part in international tournaments since 1998. His most successful year was in 2002 when he won a tournament in Malaysia and also reached a final in Japan. In the junior world rankings he rose to 20th place during this time.

2001–2004: First years on the professional tour

In September 2001 Go Soeda entered a future tournament with a wildcard for the first time and was able to collect his first world ranking points there. In the following years Soeda played almost exclusively future tournaments and slowly worked its way up the world rankings. In 2004 he was able to reach the quarter-finals of a Challenger tournament for the first time and then rose to the top 500 in the world rankings.

2005: First future title and debut in the Davis Cup and on the ATP Tour

In 2005, Go Soeda was in the final of a future tournament for the first time, and in July 2005 he won his first future title in Tokyo . He was then nominated for the first time for the Japanese Davis Cup team and contributed to the 4-1 victory over Thailand an individual victory over Sanchai Ratiwatana . Since then he has played regularly for Japan and has a positive score of 16: 5. In September 2005 Soeda was able to qualify for an ATP tournament for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City , but failed in the first main round in a close match of three against the top 10 player Mariano Puerta . Only a week later he succeeded in qualifying again in Tokyo , but again after three sets in the first main round he was the final destination against the top 100 player Rainer Schüttler . In November 2005 he was able to win yet another future tournament and ended the year on rank 302 in the world rankings.

2006: Establishment on the Challenger Tour

In 2006 Gō Soeda was able to improve further: He reached two future finals, of which he won one. On the Challenger Tour he was in a final in Aptos for the first time, but lost there to Alex Kuznetsov . He also reached another semi-final and numerous quarter-finals. On the ATP Tour he was still unable to win a match in two tournaments this year. Also in the qualifications for Grand Slam tournaments, he did not get past the second qualifying round. Nevertheless, due to the Challenger successes in the world rankings, he got into the top 200. At the end of the year Soeda was also able to win the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Doha .

2007: Grand Slam debut and first Challenger title

In January 2007 Gō Soeda got a wildcard for the Australian Open , but lost in his Grand Slam debut in three straight sets against Mario Ančić, who was in 9th position . In both Wimbledon and the US Open he failed in the third qualifying round, in two other ATP tournaments he was eliminated in the first round. But he was able to win his first Challenger title in August 2007 in Manta by defeating Eduardo Schwank . In November 2007 he reached another Challenger final in Brisbane , which he lost to Joseph Sirianni .

2008: Great success on the Challenger Tour

The year 2008 was the most successful of his career up to then for Go Soeda: He won a total of four in Kyoto (against Matthias Bachinger ), Busan , New Delhi (both against Lu Yen-hsun ) and Toyota (against Lee Hyung-taik ) during the year Challenger title, and reached another final in Yokohama . This made him one of the most successful Challenger players this year. He also won a match at ATP level for the first time in Beijing against Bai Yan, who started with a wildcard . Due to these successes, he rose to 114th place in the world rankings by the end of the year.

2009–2010: setbacks and comeback

In 2009, Go Soeda could not build on the successes of the previous year: He repeatedly tried to qualify for ATP tournaments, but only managed to jump into the main field in one of nine attempts, where he was then eliminated. His only title that year he won in October 2009 at the Challenger tournament in Tiburon , where he defeated Ilija Bozoljac . In the world rankings he fell back to 241th place. The year 2010 was then again more successful for Soeda: First he won two consecutive Future tournaments in March 2010, and then in May 2010 in Manta by defeating Ryler DeHeart, his seventh Challenger title. Later in the year he reached another Challenger final in Nottingham and several semifinals. He also qualified for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in Wimbledon . However, he lost straight to Martin Fischer in the first main round . In Newport he reached the second round of an ATP tournament for the second time in his career by defeating the top 100 player Taylor Dent . In the world rankings he was able to improve again this year by over 100 places and in September 2010 achieved the best position of his career with 104th place. In November 2010, Soeda won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, just like four years earlier.

2011: Short-term entry into the top 100

The year 2011 began for Go Soeda with two Challenger semi-finals in Singapore and Kyoto. After winning his eighth Challenger title in March 2011 in Pingguo by defeating Matthias Bachinger , he entered the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time in his career. Although he only fell back in the ranking shortly afterwards, he was still directly qualified at the French Open in May 2011 . There, however, he lost in the first round in three sets against Michail Juschny, who was in 12th position . After Soeda was eliminated in the first round against Radek Štěpánek at the ATP tournament in London's Queen's Club in June 2011 , he was then able to qualify for Wimbledon , as in the previous year . Against the later semi-finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was placed in 12th position , he was again in the first main round. At the end of July 2011 Soeda won his second Challenger title of the year in Wuhai by defeating Raven Klaasen . A month later Soeda also qualified for the main draw at the US Open , but had no chance against Kevin Anderson in the first round . At the subsequent tournament in Bangkok Soeda was able to win two consecutive ATP matches as a qualifier for the first time, including against the top 100 player Karol Beck . In the quarter-finals, however, he lost straight to the eventual finalist Donald Young .

2012: First ATP semifinals

At the beginning of 2012, Go Soeda was able to celebrate his greatest success to date: At the ATP tournament in Chennai , he defeated the two top 50 players Ivan Dodig and Stanislas Wawrinka as a qualifier and thus reached an ATP semi-final for the first time in his career. There he was eliminated in two sets against the top seeded Janko Tipsarević . At the Australian Open Soeda missed the qualification, but he immediately traveled to Honolulu , where he won his tenth Challenger title by beating Robby Ginepri in the final . In March 2012 Soeda reached two more Challenger Finals: In Singapore he was defeated by top seed Lu Yen-hsun , in Pingguo, however, he was able to defend his title from the previous year with a final victory over Malek Jaziri . Thanks to his recent successes, he was able to return to the top 100 and was able to achieve his best position to date with rank 67. In April 2012 followed in Kaohsiung by a clear final victory over Tatsuma Ito the third Challenger title of the year. At the Olympic Games he failed in the first round of the individual competition to Marcos Baghdatis . In doubles he also lost with Kei Nishikori in the opening round.

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successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (19)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 18, 2007	Manta ray (1)	Hard court	Eduardo Schwank	6: 4, 6: 2
2.	March 9, 2008	Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Matthias Bachinger	7: 6 0 , 2: 6, 6: 4
3.	April 20, 2008	Busan (1)	Hard court	Lu Yen-hsun	6: 2, 0: 0 up.
4th	May 24, 2008	New Delhi	Hard court	Lu Yen-hsun	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
5.	November 30, 2008	Toyota (1)	Carpet (i)	Lee Hyung-taik	6: 2, 7: 6 7
6th	October 18, 2009	Tiburon	Hard court	Ilija Bozoljac	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
7th	May 1, 2010	Manta ray (2)	Hard court	Ryler DeHeart	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
8th.	March 27, 2011	Pingguo (1)	Hard court	Matthias Bachinger	6: 4, 7: 5
9.	July 31, 2011	Wuhai	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	7: 5, 6: 4
10.	January 29, 2012	Honolulu	Hard court	Robby Ginepri	6: 3, 7: 6 5
11.	March 17, 2012	Pingguo (2)	Hard court	Malek Jaziri	6: 1, 3: 6, 7: 5
12.	April 29, 2012	Kaohsiung	Hard court	Tatsuma Ito	6: 3, 6: 0
13.	January 27, 2013	Maui	Hard court	Mischa Zverev	7: 5, 7: 5
14th	May 18, 2014	Busan (2)	Hard court	Wang Yeu-tzuoo	6: 3, 7: 6 5
15th	June 29, 2014	Nanchang	Hard court	Blaž Kavčič	6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 6 3
16.	23rd November 2014	Toyota (2)	Carpet (i)	Tatsuma Ito	6: 4, 7: 5
17th	17th May 2015	Seoul	Hard court	Chung Hyeon	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
18th	17th July 2016	Winnipeg	Hard court	Blaž Kavčič	6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 2

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 25, 2007	Yokohama	Hard court	Hiroki Kondo	Satoshi Iwabuchi Toshihide Matsui	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, [11: 9]

Web links

Commons : Gō Soeda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Gō Soeda (English)
• ITF profile Gō Soeda (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Gō Soeda (English)
• Official Homepage (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Asian Games Tennis 2014, Schedule, Results, Asian Games Tennis Medals, Dates, Venue. In: www.altiusdirectory.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .