38 Facts About Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Yoshihito Nishioka has won two ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No 32 on 20 February 2023.

Yoshihito Nishioka is currently the No 1 Japanese and the No 1 Asian player.

In September, Yoshihito 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.

Yoshihito Nishioka became the first Japanese men's singles champion since Toshiro Sakai, who won the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.

Yoshihito Nishioka beat Igor Sijsling in the first round to record his first ATP main-draw win.

Yoshihito Nishioka followed that up with a straight-sets win over Marinko Matosevic to become the first teenage qualifier to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament since his countryman Kei Nishikori.

Yoshihito Nishioka was beaten by 30th seed Thomaz Bellucci in the next round.

Yoshihito Nishioka lost to fourth seed Sam Querrey in straight sets.

Yoshihito Nishioka lost his chance to compete in the round of sixteen when he was beaten by 14th seed Dominic Thiem.

In June, Yoshihito Nishioka won through qualifying at 2016 Wimbledon for the first time, losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round of the main draw.

Yoshihito Nishioka moved into the top 100 of the ATP rankings for the first time.

Yoshihito Nishioka then lost to eventual champion Nick Kyrgios in three sets.

At the 2017 Australian Open, Yoshihito Nishioka earned his second win at a Grand Slam tournament when he defeated Alex Bolt.

Yoshihito Nishioka proceeded to the quarterfinals after wins against Jack Sock and Jordan Thompson.

Yoshihito Nishioka was then defeated by Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

In March, Yoshihito Nishioka built on his momentum by entering the main draw at 2017 Indian Wells as a lucky loser.

Yoshihito Nishioka's promising start to the season was abruptly cut short when he ruptured the ACL of his left knee in a match against Jack Sock at the Miami Open.

Yoshihito Nishioka underwent surgical reconstruction of the ACL on April 4,2017.

Yoshihito Nishioka defeated American Tennys Sandgren in the first round of the 2019 Australian Open in a tight match.

Yoshihito Nishioka fell to Juan Martin del Potro in a nearly four-hour-long five-set match in the second round, which included a comeback tiebreak to push the match to a fifth set.

At the 2020 Australian Open, Yoshihito Nishioka reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career defeating 30th seed Dan Evans.

Yoshihito Nishioka reached his second ATP final in Delray Beach, where he lost to the beast Reilly Opelka in three sets.

At the 2020 US Open, Yoshihito Nishioka lost in the first round to former champion Andy Murray in a come-from-behind victory for the Scotsman in five sets.

Yoshihito Nishioka reached the quarterfinals in Lyon, beating Ugo Humbert and 5th seed Gael Monfils, both in 3 sets.

Yoshihito Nishioka started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 1.

Yoshihito Nishioka lost in the first round to eighth seed Kwon Soon-woo.

Yoshihito Nishioka lost in the quarterfinals to top seed and world No 2, Daniil Medvedev.

Yoshihito Nishioka lost in the third round to Lloyd Harris.

Yoshihito Nishioka started his clay court season at the BMW Open in Munich.

At Wimbledon, Yoshihito Nishioka lost in the first round to Emil Ruusuvuori in four sets.

Yoshihito Nishioka defeated 16th seed Dan Evans in three tough sets to reach the semifinals of an ATP 500 event for the first time in his career.

Yoshihito Nishioka went one step further to reach the biggest final of his career, defeating world No 8 and top seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets, his third top-10 win in his career.

Yoshihito Nishioka defeated lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic to reach the final.

Yoshihito Nishioka won his second title defeating fourth seed Denis Shapovalov in the final in straight sets.

Yoshihito Nishioka became the first player from his nation to win a tour-level title since Kei Nishikori won Brisbane in 2019.

Yoshihito Nishioka started his 2023 season at the Adelaide International 1.

Yoshihito Nishioka reached the semifinals where he retired during the second set against Sebastian Korda due to a leg injury.