Takao Suzuki
Takao Suzuki (鈴木 貴男, Suzuki Takao, born 20 September 1976) is a professional tennis player and a former *anese No. 1.
Contents
- 1 Tennis career
- 2 ATP career finals
- 2.1 Doubles: 1 (1 *le)
- 3 Performance timelines
- 3.1 Singles
- 4 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
- 4.1 Singles: 22 (17–5)
- 4.2 Doubles: 24 (18–6)
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Tennis career
Suzuki reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 102 in 1998 and has earned nearly three quarters of a million dollars in prize winnings on the ATP Tour. He is well known for his outstanding performances against Roger Federer at the Australian Open in 2005 and the 2006 Tokyo Open. Although Suzuki lost to Federer in straight sets in the former (6–3, 6–4, 6–4), Suzuki challenged Federer in many of the games and put up a close battle in each of the sets he lost.
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 compe*ive 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 *an 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 tight sets, 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3).
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 *le)
Performance timelines
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.Singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 22 (17–5)
Doubles: 24 (18–6)
References
External links
- Takao Suzuki at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
- Takao Suzuki at the International Tennis Federation
- Takao Suzuki at the Davis Cup
- Takao Suzuki Official Site (in *anese)