Shintaro Mochizuki
Results
| Challenger Yokkaichi | 11/30 01:30 | 28 |
Shintaro Mochizuki v
Rei Sakamoto
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2-6,6-4,4-6 | |
| Challenger Yokkaichi | 11/29 03:00 | 27 |
[248] Shintaro Mochizuki v
Li Tu
[172] 
|
6-4,1-6,6-4 | |
| Challenger Yokkaichi | 11/28 02:30 | 26 |
Yoshihito Nishioka
v
Shintaro Mochizuki
|
Walkover | |
| Challenger Yokkaichi | 11/27 02:35 | 25 |
[248] Shintaro Mochizuki v
James McCabe
[255] 
|
7-5,6-4 | |
| Challenger Yokohama | 11/22 01:15 | 26 |
[161] Coleman Wong
v
Shintaro Mochizuki [252]
|
7-6,6-3 | |
| Challenger Yokohama | 11/19 01:00 | 25 |
[125] Jisung Nam
v
Shintaro Mochizuki [252]
|
2-6,2-6 | |
| Challenger Kobe | 11/11 06:00 | 25 |
[243] Shintaro Mochizuki v
Li Tu
[178]
|
1-6,6-3,3-6 | |
| Challenger Matsuyama | 11/08 01:00 | 27 |
[252] Alexander Blockx
v
Shintaro Mochizuki [248]
|
6-4,7-6 | |
| Challenger Matsuyama | 11/06 02:35 | 26 |
Shintaro Mochizuki v
Nikoloz Basilashvili
|
6-4,6-4 | |
| Challenger Matsuyama | 11/04 04:40 | 25 |
Guy Den Ouden
v
Shintaro Mochizuki
|
5-7,6-7 | |
| Challenger Sydney | 10/28 02:40 | 25 |
[362] Matthew Dellavedova
v
Shintaro Mochizuki [245]
|
6-1,6-2 | |
| Challenger Playford | 10/25 00:30 | 27 |
[231] Marc Polmans
v
Shintaro Mochizuki [245]
|
2-6,6-4,6-4 |
Wikipedia - Shintaro Mochizuki
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, Mochizuki Shintarō, born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 371 achieved on 18 October 2021. He is currently the No. 8 player from Japan.
As a teen, Mochizuki achieved a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 15 July 2019.
History
2019: Juniors
Mochizuki won the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles title after becoming the first Japanese male to reach a Grand Slam juniors singles final. In September that year, he led the Japanese team to win the Junior Davis Cup in Orlando, Florida.
2021: ATP and Masters debuts
In February, Mochizuki made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Altug Celikbilek in straight sets.
In March, he qualified for his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw at the 2021 Miami Open having been given a wildcard for the qualifying competition.
2023: Maiden Challenger, Major debut, first ATP wins & semifinal, top 130
He won his first-ever trophy as a professional by winning the Open Città della Disfida Challenger in Barletta, Italy, defeating the Argentine Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in straight sets.
He reached the top 200 at world No. 198 on 12 June 2023. In July, he made his Grand Slam debut after qualifying for the main draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships but lost in the first round to 16th seed Tommy Paul in straight sets. At the 2023 Hall of Fame Open he lost to Liam Broady also in the first round.
Ranked No. 215, he received a wildcard for the ATP 500 Japan Open. After nine attempts, he finally won his first match at the ATP Tour level, beating Tomás Martín Etcheverry in straight sets. Next he defeated top seed Taylor Fritz for his first top-10 win, to reach his first ATP tour-level quarterfinal. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Alexei Popyrin to reach his first-ever semifinal. He became the lowest-ranked Tokyo semifinalist since then-World No. 479 Kelly Jones in 1986. As a result, he moved up more than 80 positions to World No. 131 in the rankings on 23 October 2023. Following a quarterfinal showing at the Sydney Challenger he reached the top 130 in the rankings and 13th in the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals race.
2024: Australian and French Open debuts
He made his debut in the main draw at the 2024 Australian Open as a lucky loser but lost to Tomáš Macháč in straight sets.
He also qualified for the main draw at the 2024 French Open.