born 20 September 1976 is a professional tennis player and a former Japanese No. 1.
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).Mulligan, James (2006). "Suzuki puts scare in Federer", The Japan Times Online, 7 October 2006.
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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) |
Hard (1–0) |
Clay (0–0) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0-0) |
Outdoor (1–0) |
Indoor (0–0) |
Win | 1–0 | Tokyo, Japan | International Series Gold | Hard | Satoshi Iwabuchi | Simon Aspelin Todd Perry | 5–4(7–3), 5–4(15–13) |
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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 ! | |||||||||
US Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | A !0 / 2 !0–2 ! | |||||||||
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ATP Challenger (16–3) |
ITF Futures (1–2) |
Hard (14–4) |
Clay (0–0) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (3–1) |
Win | 1–0 | Bombay, India | Challenger | Hard | Barry Cowan | 6–1, 6–0 | |
Win | 2–0 | Denver, United States | Challenger | Hard | Justin Bower | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | |
Win | 3–0 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | David Caldwell | 7–6, 6–3 | |
Loss | 3–1 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Cecil Mamiit | 7–6, 3–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 4–1 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Diego Nargiso | 5–2 ret. | |
Win | 5–1 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Cecil Mamiit | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 6–1 | Winnetka, United States | Challenger | Hard | Yoon Yong-il | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Win | 7–1 | Lexington, United States | Challenger | Hard | Justin Gimelstob | 2–1 ret. | |
Win | 8–1 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Yoon Yong-il | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Win | 9–1 | Keio Challenger, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Gouichi Motomura | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 10–1 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Mario Ančić | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 11–1 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Mario Ančić | 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 12–1 | Osaka, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Björn Phau | 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 13–1 | Campos do Jordão, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Giovanni Lapentti | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 14–1 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Dieter Kindlmann | 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 | |
Win | 15–1 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Lu Yen-hsun | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | 15–2 | Keio Challenger, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Dudi Sela | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 15–3 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Sergey Bubka | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 | |
Win | 16–3 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Martin Fischer | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | |
Loss | 16–4 | Japan F8, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | Hiroki Kondo | 3–6, 5–7 | |
Win | 17–4 | Guam F1, Tumon | Futures | Hard | Gengo Kikuchi | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | 17–5 | Guam F1, Tumon | Futures | Hard | Hiroyasu Ehara | 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6 |
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ATP Challenger (10–5) |
ITF Futures (8–1) |
Hard (9–3) |
Clay (4–0) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (5–3) |
Win | 1–0 | Nagoya, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Satoshi Iwabuchi | Ben Ellwood Peter Tramacchi | 7–6, 7–6 | |
Loss | 1–1 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Satoshi Iwabuchi | Mahesh Bhupathi Wayne Black | 4–6, 7–6, 1–6 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Urbana, United States | Challenger | Hard | Gouichi Motomura | Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett | 6–3, 6–7, 2–6 | |
Win | 2–2 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Kevin Ullyett | Óscar Ortiz Maurice Ruah | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |
Win | 3–2 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Gouichi Motomura | Bobby Kokavec Frédéric Niemeyer | 7–6, 6–1 | |
Win | 4–2 | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | Jared Palmer | Ota Fukárek Gabriel Trifu | 6–1, 6–2 | |
Loss | 4–3 | Portorož, Slovenia | Challenger | Hard | Aleksandar Kitinov | Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy | 4–6, 6–7 | |
Win | 5–3 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Lars Burgsmüller | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco | 7–6, 6–4 | |
Win | 6–3 | Japan F3, Isawa | Futures | Clay | Takahiro Terachi | Natsuki Harada Hiroyasu Sato | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 7–3 | Italy F4, Pavia | Futures | Clay | Igor Gaudi | Filippo Messori Davide Scala | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | 8–3 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Hard | Eric Taino | Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre | 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4 | |
Win | 9–3 | Japan F7, Chiba | Futures | Hard | Hiroki Kondo | Doug Bohaboy Toshiharu Kato | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | 10–3 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Challenger | Carpet | Eric Taino | Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre | 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4 | |
Win | 11–3 | Keio Challenger, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Mitsuru Takada | Marco Chiudinelli Sebastian Jaeger | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 12–3 | Japan F7, Saitama | Futures | Hard | Michihisa Onoda | Doug Bohaboy Thomas Blake | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | 12–4 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Thomas Shimada | Jim Thomas Tom Vanhoudt | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | |
Win | 13–4 | Lexington, United States | Challenger | Hard | Jonathan Erlich | Matías Boeker Travis Parrott | 6–4, 6–1 | |
Win | 14–4 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Davide Sanguinetti | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 6–4, 7–5 | |
Loss | 14–5 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Tatsuma Ito | Aisam Qureshi Martin Slanar | 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 6–10 | |
Win | 15–5 | Japan F7, Sapporo | Futures | Clay | Hiroki Kondo | Yuichi Ito Tatsuma Ito | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 16–5 | Japan F8, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | Sho Katayama | Daniel King-Turner José Statham | 3–6, 6–3, 10–8 | |
Loss | 16–6 | Japan F1, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | Shintaro Imai | Toshihide Matsui Arata Onozawa | 4–6, 5–7 | |
Win | 17–6 | Japan F8, Sapporo | Futures | Clay | Yasutaka Uchiyama | Takuto Niki Arata Onozawa | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 18–6 | Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung | Futures | Hard | Arata Onozawa | Chen Ti Huang Liang-chi | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
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