Matsuoka, whose father Isao Matsuoka had held senior positions in the Tōhō film studio since the mid-1970s , became a professional tennis player in 1986. In 1989 he was in the final of the ATP tournament in Wellington , where he was defeated by Kelly Evernden . In the same year he won his first and only double title in Auckland at the side of Steve Guy . In 1992 he won his only individual title on the ATP World Tour in Seoul . He was the first Japanese to do this. He was also in the final of the Queen's Club Championships , in which he was defeated by Wayne Ferreira . Between 1991 and 1995 he won three individual titles on the ATP Challenger Tour . Overall, he won a single and a double title on the ATP World Tour in the course of his career. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1992 with position 46 in singles, and in 1989 with position 95 in doubles.
He achieved his best result in a Grand Slam tournament in 1995 when he advanced to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon , in which he was defeated by the eventual winner Pete Sampras in four sets. In the doubles competition, he was once in the second round at the Australian Open and the US Open .
After retiring from professional sports in 1998, he made frequent appearances on Japanese television. He is married to Emiko Taguchi, a former TV announcer for TV Tokyo , and has three children.
Japan
Americana
Rodolphe Gilbert
Seoul
Todd Woodbridge
Aptos
Gianluca Pozzi
Auckland