Takao Suzuki

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Takao Suzuki (鈴木 貴男, Suzuki Takao; born 20 September 1976) is a professional tennis player and a former Japanese No. 1.

Takao Suzuki
鈴木貴男

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	(1976-09-20) 20 September 1976 (age 48) Sapporo, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2018
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$729,355
Singles
Career record	50–46
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 102 (23 November 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	Q3 (1998, 2002)
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
US Open	1R (1999, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	31–37
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 119 (7 November 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1998)
US Open	Q1 (1998)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1996)
Medal record Tennis Representing  Japan Asian Games 2002 Busan Team event 2006 Doha Team event 2002 Busan Men's singles 2010 Guangzhou Team event
Last updated on: 25 October 2021.

Tennis career

Suzuki reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 102 in 1998 and has earned nearly three quarters of a million dollars in prize winnings on the ATP Tour. He is well known for his outstanding performances against Roger Federer at the Australian Open in 2005 and the 2006 Tokyo Open.

In 2006, Suzuki injured his shoulder at the Australian Open qualifying tournament in a match against Paul Capdeville and sat out most of the season as a result. He briefly returned to competitive tennis in May in a challenger tournament in South Korea and lost in the quarter finals. In October 2006, Suzuki played in his first International Series event of the year, the Japan Open Tennis Championships held in Tokyo, having received a wildcard into the main draw. Suzuki, ranked World No. 1078 at the time, won surprise victories over 8th seed Paradorn Srichaphan and World No. 126 Alexander Waske en route to his quarter finals berth against Federer. Suzuki once again lost to Federer in three sets, 6–4, 5–7, 6–7⁽³⁾.^[1]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP International Series Gold (1–0) ATP International Series (0–0)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0-0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2005	Tokyo, Japan	International Series Gold	Hard	Satoshi Iwabuchi	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	5–4(7–3), 5–4(15–13)

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	A	Q2	1R	Q1	1R	Q1	Q2	Q2	2R	Q1	A	Q1	A	Q3	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	A	A	Q3	Q2	A	A	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	1R	A	Q2	Q1	2R	Q3	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	A	A	Q2	1R	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q3	1R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	2–7	22%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Rome	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (17–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (16–3) ITF Futures (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (14–4) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1997	Bombay, India	Challenger	Hard	Barry Cowan	6–1, 6–0
Win	2–0	Jul 1998	Denver, United States	Challenger	Hard	Justin Bower	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	3–0	Jul 1998	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	David Caldwell	7–6, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Jul 1998	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Aug 1998	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Diego Nargiso	5–2 ret.
Win	5–1	Jul 2000	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–1	Jul 2000	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Yoon Yong-il	6–2, 6–4
Win	7–1	Aug 2000	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	2–1 ret.
Win	8–1	Aug 2000	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Yoon Yong-il	6–1, 6–4
Win	9–1	Nov 2001	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Gouichi Motomura	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4)
Win	10–1	Mar 2002	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Mario Ančić	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–1	Mar 2002	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Mario Ančić	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2
Win	12–1	Mar 2002	Osaka, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Björn Phau	5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	13–1	Jul 2004	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Giovanni Lapentti	6–4, 6–3
Win	14–1	Mar 2007	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Dieter Kindlmann	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	15–1	Jul 2007	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15–2	Nov 2007	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	15–3	Mar 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Sergey Bubka	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win	16–3	Nov 2009	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Martin Fischer	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	16–4	Jul 2013	Japan F8, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Hiroki Kondo	3–6, 5–7
Win	17–4	May 2015	Guam F1, Tumon	Futures	Hard	Gengo Kikuchi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	17–5	Jun 2017	Guam F1, Tumon	Futures	Hard	Hiroyasu Ehara	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 24 (18–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (10–5) ITF Futures (8–1)

Finals by surface Hard (9–3) Clay (4–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (5–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1996	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Satoshi Iwabuchi	Ben Ellwood Peter Tramacchi	7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Feb 1997	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Satoshi Iwabuchi	Mahesh Bhupathi Wayne Black	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 1997	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	Mar 1998	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Óscar Ortiz Maurice Ruah	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jul 1998	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	Bobby Kokavec Frédéric Niemeyer	7–6, 6–1
Win	4–2	Aug 1998	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	Ota Fukárek Gabriel Trifu	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Nov 1998	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Aleksandar Kitinov	Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy	4–6, 6–7
Win	5–3	Nov 1999	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Lars Burgsmüller	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco	7–6, 6–4
Win	6–3	Apr 2000	Japan F3, Isawa	Futures	Clay	Takahiro Terachi	Natsuki Harada Hiroyasu Sato	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–3	Jun 2000	Italy F4, Pavia	Futures	Clay	Igor Gaudi	Filippo Messori Davide Scala	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–3	Feb 2001	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Eric Taino	Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre	7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4
Win	9–3	Sep 2001	Japan F7, Chiba	Futures	Hard	Hiroki Kondo	Doug Bohaboy Toshiharu Kato	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	10–3	Nov 2001	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Carpet	Eric Taino	Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre	7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4
Win	11–3	Nov 2001	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Mitsuru Takada	Marco Chiudinelli Sebastian Jaeger	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–3	Sep 2002	Japan F7, Saitama	Futures	Hard	Michihisa Onoda	Doug Bohaboy Thomas Blake	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12–4	Nov 2002	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Thomas Shimada	Jim Thomas Tom Vanhoudt	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	13–4	Jul 2003	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jonathan Erlich	Matías Boeker Travis Parrott	6–4, 6–1
Win	14–4	Nov 2003	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Davide Sanguinetti	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–4, 7–5
Loss	14–5	Mar 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Tatsuma Ito	Aisam Qureshi Martin Slanar	7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), [6–10]
Win	15–5	Jul 2009	Japan F7, Sapporo	Futures	Clay	Hiroki Kondo	Yuichi Ito Tatsuma Ito	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	16–5	Oct 2012	Japan F8, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Sho Katayama	Daniel King-Turner José Statham	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	16–6	Mar 2014	Japan F1, Tokyo	Futures	Hard	Shintaro Imai	Toshihide Matsui Arata Onozawa	4–6, 5–7
Win	17–6	Jun 2014	Japan F8, Sapporo	Futures	Clay	Yasutaka Uchiyama	Takuto Niki Arata Onozawa	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	18–6	Aug 2014	Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	Chen Ti Huang Liang-chi	7–6(7–3), 6–3