Yuta Shimizu

Japanese tennis player (born 1999)
Yuta Shimizu
Shimizu at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 24)
Konan, Shiga, Japan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$207,998
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 203 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 211 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 143 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 256 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Yuta Shimizu (清水悠太, Shimizu Yūta, born 9 June 1999) is a Japanese tennis player.

Shimizu has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 203 achieved on 17 July 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 12 June 2023.[1]

Shimizu represents Japan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0.[2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2017 US Open Hard Japan Toru Horie Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou
China Wu Yibing
4–6, 7–5, [9–11]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–5)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2018 China F1, Anning Futures Clay China Wang Huixin 6–7(7–9), 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jun 2018 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard Japan Yuichi Ito 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Aug 2018 Austria F6, Innsbruck Futures Clay Italy Alessandro Petrone 6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Sep 2018 Australia F6, Darwin Futures Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–4
Win 4–1 Jun 2019 M15 Gimcheon, South Korea World Tennis Tour Hard France Jean Thirouin 6–2, 6–0
Loss 4–2 Jun 2019 M15 Gimcheon, South Korea World Tennis Tour Hard South Korea Seong Chan Hong 1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 5–2 Jun 2019 M25 Yinchuan, China World Tennis Tour Hard China Bai Yan 4–6, 3–3 ret.
Win 6–2 Jul 2019 M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Vladyslav Orlov 6–4, 6–0
Win 7–2 Jan 2020 M15 Hong Kong World Tennis Tour Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou 5–7, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 8–2 Feb 2020 M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard Finland Otto Virtanen 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 8–3 May 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Ryan Peniston 3–6, 0–6
Win 9–3 May 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Spain Pablo Llamas Ruiz 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 9–4 Jul 2022 M15 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Tennis Tour Hard Vietnam Lý Hoàng Nam 5–7, 3–6
Win 10–4 Aug 2022 M15 Kuching, Malaysia World Tennis Tour Hard Vietnam Ly Hoang Nam 6–1, 6–2
Win 11–4 Aug 2022 M15 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Ryota Tanuma 6–2, 7–5
Win 12–4 Feb 2023 M25 Burnie, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Alex Bolt 6–4, 6–4
Loss 12–5 Mar 2023 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard France Benoît Paire 6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss 12–6 Jul 2023 Chicago, USA Challenger Hard United States Alex Michelsen 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runners-up)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–2)
ITF Futures Tour (7–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–8)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2017 Japan F8, Akishima Futures Carpet Japan Rio Noguchi Japan Yuto Sakai
Japan Yunosuke Tanaka
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2018 China F1, Annning Futures Clay Japan Shinji Hazawa China Rigele Te
China Aoran Wang
5–7, 6–7(3-7)
Loss 0–3 Apr 2018 Japan F5, Kashiwa Futures Hard Japan Shinji Hazawa Japan Renta Tokuda
Japan Jumpei Yamasaki
6–3, 4–6, [7-10]
Win 1–3 May 2018 China F4, Wuhan Futures Hard China Rigele Te China Fajing Sun
China Ruikai Wang
7–6(8–6), 6-3
Loss 1–4 May 2018 China F5, Wuhan Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Finland Harri Heliovaara
Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen
1–6, 7–6(7-5), [4-10]
Loss 1–5 Jun 2018 Singapore F3, Singapore Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Yu Hsiou Hsu Australia Jeremy Beale
Australia James Frawley
2–6, 3–6
Win 2–5 Jul 2018 Hong Kong F2 Futures Hard Japan Kaito Uesugi Thailand Congsup Congcar
Japan Issei Okamura
7–5, 6-0
Loss 2–6 Aug 2018 Austria F5, Vogau Futures Clay Japan Takuto Niki Argentina Alejo Vilaro
Argentina Matias Zukas
3–6, 6–3, [4-10]
Win 3–6 Jun 2019 M25 Hong Kong World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Australia Blake Ellis
Vietnam Nam Hoang Ly
6–4, 6-4
Loss 3–7 Jun 2019 M25 Yinchuan, China World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shinji Hazawa Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
6–7(6–8), 3-6
Win 4–7 Aug 2019 M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Chinese Taipei Yu Hsiou Hsu Uzbekistan Sergey Fomin
Uzbekistan Sanjar Fayziev
6–2, 6-3
Loss 4–8 Apr 2021 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Makoto Ochi Netherlands Ryan Nijboer
Austria Neil Oberleitner
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Win 5–8 Sep 2021 M25 Jonköping, Sweden World Tennis Tour Hard Uzbekistan Khumoyun Sultanov Poland Michal Dembek
Germany Marvin Möller
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 6–8 Oct 2021 M25 Falun, Sweden World Tennis Tour Hard Uzbekistan Khumoyun Sultanov Australia Blake Ellis
Japan Renta Tokuda
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 6–9 Mar 2022 M25 Faro, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Makoto Ochi Austria Maximilian Neuchrist
Germany Kai Wehnelt
4–6, 4–6
Win 7–9 May 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shinji Hazawa Thailand Pruchya Isaro
Thailand Thantub Suksumrarn
7–6(7–2), 6-1
Loss 7–10 May 2022 M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Tennis Tour Clay Japan Naoki Tajima Spain Juan Pablo Canas Garcia
Spain Pablo Llamas Ruiz
4–6, 5-7
Win 8–10 Aug 2022 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock Philippines Francis Alcantara
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
6–1, 6–3
Loss 8–11 Nov 2022 Sydney, Australia Challenger Hard New Zealand Ajeet Rai Australia Blake Ellis
Australia Tristan Schoolkate
6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Win 9–11 Nov 2022 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard (i) Japan Shinji Hazawa Australia Andrew Harris
Australia John-Patrick Smith
6–4, 6–4
Win 10–11 Nov 2022 Yokkaichi, Japan Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou Japan Masamichi Imamura
Japan Rio Noguchi
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 10–12 Apr 2023 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard South Korea Chung Yun-seong Australia Max Purcell
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
1–6, 4–6
Win 11–12 Feb 2024 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock Australia Blake Bayldon
Australia Kody Pearson
6-4, 7-6(7-4)

References

  1. ^ "Yuta Shimizu | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Japan beat Pakistan in Davis Cup World Group I tie". March 6, 2021.

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