Satoshi Iwabuchi

Satoshi Iwabuchi

Nation:

Japan

Birthday:

7th October 1975

Size:

175 cm

Weight:

73 kg

1st professional season:

1995

Resignation:

Time unknown

Playing hand:

Left

Prize money:

$ 329,243

singles

Career record:

6:17

Highest ranking:

223 (October 20, 2003)

Double

Career record:

28:26

Career title:

1

Highest ranking:

125 (September 11, 2006)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	1R (2006)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	1R (2000)
US Open	-

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Satoshi Iwabuchi ( Japanese 岩渕聡 , Iwabuchi Satoshi ; born October 7, 1975 in Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a former Japanese tennis player .

life and career

Iwabuchi was particularly successful on the Challenger Tour during his career . He won a total of eight titles, including one in singles and seven more doubles. On the World Tour , he celebrated his greatest success with his win in the doubles competition at the home tournament in Tokyo . Together with Takao Suzuki , he defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in straight sets in the final . In Grand Slam tournaments , he failed in his only attempts to qualify in 2007 at the Australian Open and Wimbledon . In both tournaments he was in the first round in doubles: 2000 in Wimbledon and 2006 in Melbourne.

Iwabuchi participated in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney . Both times he competed for the Japanese team in the doubles competition. In 1996 he played with Takao Suzuki, with whom he defeated the Venezuelans Juan Carlos Bianchi and Nicolás Pereira in three sets in the first round . In the second round, however, they were just as narrowly defeated by the Spaniards Sergi Bruguera and Tomás Carbonell . At the Games in 2000, Thomas Shimada was his partner. In the first round they were eliminated against the Slovaks Dominik Hrbatý and Karol Kučera with 3: 6, 4: 6.

From 1995 to 2009 Iwabuchi played for the Japanese Davis Cup team . In 20 encounters he played 22 games. He won two of his three games in singles, eleven wins against eight defeats in doubles. With nine joint double victories, he and Takao Suzuki are the most successful in Japanese Davis Cup history.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250 (1)
ATP Challenger Tour (8)

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	August 8, 2005	Japan Tokyo	Hard court	Japan Takao Suzuki	Sweden Simon Aspelin Todd Perry Australia	5: 4 ³ , 5: 4 ¹³

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personal data
SURNAME	Iwabuchi, Satoshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	岩渕聡 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	7th October 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan