Yoshihito Nishioka
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Nishioka at the 2013 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Japan
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| Residence | Tsu, Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
27 September 1995 Tsu, Japan |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $562,649. | |||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 13–18 | |||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 82 (6 February 2017) | |||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 82 (6 February 2017) | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2015) | |||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2016) | |||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2015) | |||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 405 (27 June 2016) | |||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 573 (28 November 2016) | |||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 18 July 2016. | ||||||||||||||||
Yoshihito Nishioka (西岡 良仁 Nishioka Yoshihito?, born 27 September 1995) is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has won four challenger singles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 85 on 8 August 2016.
As a junior, he compiled a 113–49 win/loss record in singles (and 63–45 in doubles), achieving a combined ranking of No.12 in the world in January 2012.
Junior Grand Slam singles results:
Australian Open: 3R (2013)
French Open: 2R (2012, 2013 )
Wimbledon: 2R (2012, 2013)
US Open: SF (2012)
Nishioka qualified for the US Open in his first Grand Slam qualifying appearance, but he was forced to retire in the first round match against Paolo Lorenzi because of illness. The Next week, he claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Shanghai by beating Somdev Devvarman in the final.
In September, Nishioka earned men's singles gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where he upset top seed Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei in the final. He also became first Japanese men's singles champion since Toshiro Sakai, who won the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.
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