Hiroki Kondo

Hiroki Kondo
Nation:	Japan
Birthday:	5th November 1982
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	77 kg
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Right, one-handed backhand
Trainer:	Masakazu Kuwabaru
Prize money:	$ 180,617
singles
Career record:	1: 3
Highest ranking:	275 (November 4, 2013)
Double
Career record:	1: 4
Highest ranking:	179 (April 12, 2010)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Hiroki Kondō ( Japanese 近藤 大 生 Kondō Hiroki ; born November 5, 1982 in Kariya , Aichi Prefecture ) is a former Japanese tennis player .

Career

Until 2001

As a junior, Kondo was able to celebrate his first successes on the tour. In 2000 he was in the junior competition of the French Open , Wimbledon Championships and US Open in singles and doubles. He moved into the third round of singles and the quarterfinals of doubles at the US Open. His best place was a 23rd place in the individual from 2000.

He played his first tournaments on the professional tour as a 15-year-old. He started sporadically on the third-rate ITF Future Tour , where he reached his first semi-final in doubles in 2000. A year later he won his first double title at a future tournament in Japan. He made his debut on the ATP World Tour in Tokyo . He received a wildcard for the single and double field from the tournament organizers . While he lost his first round match in doubles, he defeated his compatriot Michihisa Onoda in the first round and then met Jonas Björkman , who was then number 51 in the world, against whom he clearly lost in two sets. At the end of the year he was 528th in singles and 371st in doubles in the world rankings .

2002-2009

In the following two years Kondō failed to improve in the world rankings. He still celebrated a few successes on the Future Tour in doubles, but never made it into the second round on the ATP Challenger Tour . Also when he appeared again in Tokyo, he was eliminated in the first round against Taylor Dent . In the 2004 season he did not play a single tournament and in 2005 only one tournament, so that he was no longer in the world rankings. He fought his way back in the following years and won his first title on the Challenger Tour in November 2007. With his partner Go Soeda he moved into the double finals in Yokohama , where they defeated the duo Satoshi Iwabuchi and Toshihide Matsui in three sets. Thus, two years after his return, he was again in the top 300 in the world in doubles.

In 2008 he was again in a Challenger finals in Kyoto . Here he had to admit defeat to the pairing Dieter Kindlmann and Martin Slanar . Four months later he was able to reach a final again in Moncton . This time he prevailed with An Jae-sung in three sets and celebrated his second title on the Challenger Tour. In the individual he was less successful, he only managed to qualify for a main field on the Challenger Tour occasionally, where he was always eliminated early. On the World Tour in 2008 he was in the individual field for the third time in Tokyo after having overcome qualifications , but failed again due to his first-round opponent. He managed a little surprise the following year. He started again thanks to a wildcard with Go Soeda in the double competition of the tournament in Tokyo . In the first round they defeated the fourth seeded pairing Travis Parrott and Filip Polášek in three sets and were in the quarter-finals of an ATP World Tour 500 tournament for the first time . There they were clearly defeated by the eventual finalists Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr in two sentences.

2010-2016

In April 2010, after two futures titles, he achieved his best position in doubles with 179th place. Since he did not get beyond the quarter-finals on the Challenger Tour, he could not hold this position and fell out of the top 200 again. In November, Kondo started in doubles and mixed at the Asian Games . While he lost his first game in doubles with Gō Soeda against the Filipino pairing Treat Huey and Cecil Mamiit and was eliminated early, he moved into the semi-finals in mixed at the side of Yurika Sema . There he lost to Yang Tsung-hua and Latisha Chan and won the bronze medal. In 2011 he made his debut for the Japanese Davis Cup team . In the first round encounter against the Philippine Davis Cup team , he was used in doubles with Takao Suzuki . He lost his game, but overall Japan won the duel 3: 1 and made it into the world group this year. In November he achieved his third success on the Challenger Tour in Toyota .

In 2013 in Beijing he was in the semi-finals in singles and doubles after a long period of drought, but then failed. In November he achieved his best individual placement with 275th place. In 2014, he was able to take part in the qualification for a Grand Slam tournament for the only time . At the Australian Open , however, he lost his first game against Enzo Couacaud in two sets. Due to various injuries, Kondo slipped further in the world rankings. In Kyoto , he injured his calf in a second round match before the match point. He still won this game, but had to take a break for the next two months. In November 2016 he ended his active career in Toyota after a semi-final defeat.

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 (3)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 24, 2007	Yokohama	Hard court	Go Soeda	Satoshi Iwabuchi Toshihide Matsui	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, [11: 9]
2.	July 20, 2008	Moncton	Hard court	To Jae-sung	Daniel Chu Adil Shamasdin	6: 2, 2: 6, [12:10]
3.	November 26, 2011	Toyota	Carpet (i)	Yi Chu-huan	Gao Peng Gao Wan	6: 4, 6: 1

Web links

• ATP profile of Hiroki Kondō (English)
• ITF profile of Hiroki Kondō (English)
• ITF junior profile Hiroki Kondō (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Hiroki Kondō (English)