Kaito Uesugi

Kaito Uesugi
Nation:	Japan
Birthday:	June 2, 1995
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 27,452
singles
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	650 (August 27, 2018)
Current placement:	670
Double
Career record:	0: 1
Highest ranking:	363 (October 1, 2018)
Current placement:	412
Last update of the infobox: October 22, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kaito Uesugi (born June 2, 1995 in Sakai ) is a Japanese tennis player .

Career

Uesugi played his first professional tournaments in 2014 on the ITF Future Tour . In the same year he also played his first tournament on the ATP Challenger Tour , the next higher tournament category, in Yokohama . At the end of the year he was in the world rankings for the first time . In the two following years he played only a few tournaments and remained in the ranking outside the top 1000. In 2017 he achieved his first successes when he reached the quarter-finals at the Challenger in Yokohama after two victories against top 200 players, where he reached Tatsuma Ito was subject. He also won his first title on the Future Tour in doubles. As a result, at the end of 2017 he was ranked 751 in singles and 651 in doubles.

In 2018, the Japanese managed a further increase. In the singles he reached his first future final and in August he reached his career high with rank 650. In doubles he was able to reach his first Challenger semi-finals in doubles again in Yokohama . He also won two more futures, so that in October 2018 he was 363rd, his best value. The following week, thanks to a wildcard in Tokyo , it premiered on the ATP World Tour . There he lost at the side of Yoshihito Nishioka in his opening encounter. In August, Uesugi won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in doubles and mixed .

Web links

• ATP profile of Kaito Uesugi (English)
• ITF profile of Kaito Uesugi (English)