Yosuke Watanuki (綿貫 陽介, Watanuki Yōsuke, born 12 April 1998) is a Japanese tennis player.[1] He has a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 171 achieved on 18 March 2019 and a doubles ranking of No. 374 achieved on 7 January 2019.
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![]() Watanuki in 2018 | |
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Residence | Saitama, Japan |
Born | (1998-04-12) 12 April 1998 (age 24) Saitama, Japan |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | January 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
Coach | Yusuke Watanuki |
Prize money | $312,213 |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–8 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 171 (18 March 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 223 (23 May 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2019) |
French Open | Q1 (2019, 2020) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2019) |
US Open | Q2 (2019) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 374 (7 January 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 1178 (16 May 2022) |
Last updated on: 16 May 2022. |
On the junior tour, Watanuki has a career high combined ranking of 2 achieved on 21 March 2016. Watanuki was the winner of the 2016 Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, a Grade A event in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
His first main draw match victory on the ATP Tour came at the 2018 Rakuten Japan Open over Robin Haase as a qualifier.[2]
He reached the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career, winning his first two matches in a row at this level, as a lucky loser at the 2022 ATP Lyon Open defeating eight seed Pedro Martinez for his second top-50 win.[3] Next he defeated Kwon Soon-woo[4] to setup a quarterfinal with Alex de Minaur.[5] As a result he returned to the top 225 in the rankings climbing 40 positions in the rankings at world No. 223 on 23 May 2022.
Watanuki has two brothers, Yusuke and Keisuke, who are both also professional tennis players.
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1-0 | Apr 2016 | Japan F4, Tsukuba | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
1-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
Win | 2–0 | Apr 2016 | Japan F5, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6-3, 6-3 |
Win | 3-0 | Jun 2017 | Japan F7, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
4-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
Loss | 3-1 | Jun 2017 | Chinese Taipei F1, Taipei | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6-7(8-10), 1-6 |
Win | 4-1 | Jun 2017 | Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-3 |
Win | 5-1 | Apr 2018 | Japan F4, Tsukuba | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7-5, 6-1 |
Loss | 5-2 | Nov 2018 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6-3, 5-7, 3-6 |
Win | 6-2 | Nov 2019 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6-2, 6-4 |
Loss | 6-3 | Feb 2020 | Cleveland, Usa | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3-6, 6-1, 1-6 |
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as of 26 September 2022 | |
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