19 Facts About Yuichi Sugita

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Yuichi Sugita has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No 36 on 9 October 2017.

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Yuichi Sugita competed in singles and doubles at the Australian Open in both 2005 and 2006, reaching the singles second round of the latter.

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Yuichi Sugita had won eight ITF Futures titles in Japan and Indonesia.

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4.

Yuichi Sugita was received wildcard for the 2008 Japan Open to make his first ATP main draw.

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5.

Yuichi Sugita started the season by playing the Chennai Open as qualifier, and recorded his first ATP main draw win against Dustin Brown in three sets.

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6.

Yuichi Sugita lost to eighth seed Robin Haase in the second round.

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7.

Yuichi Sugita represented Japan at 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against India, winning over Somdev Devvarman in the singles rubber, and Japan promoted to 2012 Davis Cup World Group.

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Yuichi Sugita started his 2012 campaign by making it to the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open before falling to Nicolas Almagro in three close sets, knocking out eighth seed Oliver Rochus and Lu Yen-hsun on the way.

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In Grand Slam qualifying, Yuichi Sugita had reached the third round twice in 2012 at Australian Open and Wimbledon, but he lost in both matches.

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10.

Yuichi Sugita won through the opening round in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, against Canadian Jesse Levine in straight sets.

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11.

Yuichi Sugita had previously reached the final round of qualifying at Slams four times, and he dropped decisive sets in three of those matches.

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12.

Yuichi Sugita lost to 19th seed Feliciano Lopez in the first round with three tiebreakers.

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13.

In later season, Yuichi Sugita earned men's singles bronze medal in the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, where he beat Temur Ismailov of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinal.

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14.

Yuichi Sugita earned bronze medals of men's team and mixed doubles.

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15.

Yuichi Sugita won through the qualifying at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships for the second consecutive year in this tournament, losing to Blaz Kavcic in the first round.

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Yuichi Sugita then lost to last year's runner-up Andreas Seppi in straight sets.

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17.

Yuichi Sugita beat Brydan Klein in Wimbledon, marking the first time he'd reached the second round of a Grand Slam tournament, losing next up to Mannarino.

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18.

At the 2018 Australian Open Yuichi Sugita earned his first win over a Top 10 player by defeating world number 9 Jack Sock in four sets.

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19.

Yuichi Sugita defeated Elliot Benchetrit in the first round, then lost to Andrey Rublev in the second.

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