Yōsuke Watanuki
Yōsuke Watanuki | |
Watanuki 2018 at the Citi Open in Washington, DC | |
Nation: | Japan |
Birthday: | April 12, 1998 |
Size: | 180 cm |
Weight: | 63 kg |
1st professional season: | 2016 |
Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand |
Trainer: | Yūsuke Watanuki |
Prize money: | $ 219,798 |
singles | |
Career record: | 2: 3 |
Highest ranking: | 171 (March 18, 2019) |
Current placement: | 226 |
Double | |
Career record: | 0: 1 |
Highest ranking: | 374 (January 7, 2019) |
Current placement: | 548 |
Last update of the infobox: November 11, 2019 |
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Yōsuke Watanuki ( Japanese 綿 貫 陽 介 Watanuki Yōsuke ; born April 12, 1998 in Kasukabe , Saitama Prefecture ) is a Japanese tennis player .
Career
As a junior Watanuki achieved his best placement with a 2nd place in the junior world rankings . In 2016 he made it to the semi-finals in the junior competition of the US Open .
On the professional tour he mostly plays tournaments on the second and third class Challenger and Future Tour. So far he has won four single and one double titles on the Future Tour. He made his debut on the ATP World Tour with a wildcard in doubles in Tokyo . Together with Akira Santillan he played against the Czech pairing Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek . These turned out to be too strong opponents, so he lost the duel 2: 6, 2: 6. In the world rankings, he was able to move into the top 500 for the first time in 2017.
He won his first title in November 2019 in Kobe . In the final he defeated his compatriot Yūichi Sugita in two sets.
In 2018 he made his debut for the Japanese Davis Cup team .
Private
Watanuki has two older brothers who are also tennis professionals. His eldest brother Yūsuke already played in the mixed competition at Wimbledon . All of them played in Toyota for the first time in the same tournament.
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 (1) |
singles
Tournament victories
No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | November 10, 2019 | Kobe | Hard court (i) | Yūichi Sugita | 6: 2, 6: 4 |
Web links
- ATP profile Yosuke Watanuki (English)
- ITF profile Yosuke Watanuki (English)
- ITF junior profile Yosuke Watanuki (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Yosuke Watanuki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 第 18 回 / 綿 貫 陽 介 (テ ニ ス) / 2017.2.11 放送 . Saitama Prefecture, archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; Retrieved November 25, 2017 (Japanese).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Watanuki, Yosuke |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 綿 貫 陽 介 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1998 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kasukabe , Saitama Prefecture , Japan |