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Hiroki Moriya

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Hiroki Moriya
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 33)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned proDecember 2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachÓscar Hernández, Bruno Alcala
Prize money$ 1,010,052
Singles
Career record3–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 143 (5 January 2015)
Current rankingNo. 355 (25 September 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2015)
French OpenQ2 (2012, 2020)
Wimbledon1R (2015)
US Open1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 224 (15 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 402 (25 September 2023)
Last updated on: 26 September 2022.

Hiroki Moriya (Japanese: 守屋 宏紀, Hepburn: Moriya Hiroki, born 16 October 1990 in Tokyo) is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015.[1]

Tennis career

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Juniors

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As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of 76–37, reaching as high as No. 17 in the junior combined world rankings in October 2008.[2]

Junior Grand Slam results:

Australian Open: 3R (2007, 2008)
French Open: Q1 (2007)
Wimbledon: 1R (2008)
US Open: Q2 (2006)

2008–2011

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Moriya had won three ITF Futures events in Japan and Chinese Taipei. He also had participated in a number of ATP Challenger Tour events, winning some matches of those tournaments. He ended 2011 as ranked world no. 327.

2012: Major debut, First ATP win

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Moriya failed to qualify for French Open and Wimbledon, but he qualified for the 2012 US Open to make his Grand Slam main draw debut, losing to Ivan Dodig in the first round.[3]

During the Asian hardcourt swing, he defeated Robin Haase in the Thailand Open to record his first ATP main draw win, and played a close match against Stanislas Wawrinka at the Japan Open, losing 5–7, 6–4, 4–6.[4] In November, Moriya reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Toyota, where he lost to Michał Przysiężny in straight sets.[5]

2013: Davis Cup debut

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He represented Japan for the first time in his career at the 2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I against South Korea. He played the doubles rubber with Yasutaka Uchiyama and Japan advanced into the World Group play-offs.

Moriya was the runner-up of Shanghai Challenger, losing to his countryman Yuichi Sugita in the final, and he made quarterfinals or better of Asian Challenger events in this year.

2014: First Challenger title and Top 150

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In Australian hard court season, Moriya reached the final in the Burnie Challenger for the third time at this level and the semifinal in West Lakes.

Moriya won his first challenger title, winning the $50,000+H Granby Challenger event in Canada by beating Fabrice Martin in the final.[6] Following this tournament, he entered the ATP rankings top 150. In the Asian swing, Moriya competed in the ATP events of Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, both losing in the first round.

2015: Second ATP win

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In the 2015 Australian Open, despite losing of the qualifying round, Moriya entered into main draw as lucky loser replacing Juan Martín del Potro.[7] He was eliminated in the first round by Jerzy Janowicz with four sets.

He won through the qualifying at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, dropping just one set, but lost to ninth seed and reigning US Open champion Marin Čilić in the opening round.[8] In September, Moriya reached the second round of the Shenzhen Open, beating Ričardas Berankis in straight sets. He lost to third seed Tommy Robredo.

2022: First ATP 500 level win

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During the Asian hardcourt swing, Moriya entered the 2022 Korea Open and the 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after qualifying for the singles main draw as a lucky loser. In the latter he defeated compatriot fellow qualifier Yuta Shimizu for his first ATP 500 and Tokyo Open win and third ATP win overall. As a result, he moved 40 positions up the rankings into the top 250.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 27 (11–16)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–10)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–12)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2008 Japan F11, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Yūichi Sugita 2–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jun 2009 Japan F5, Kusatsu Futures Carpet Japan Hiroki Kondo 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jun 2009 Japan F6, Akishima Futures Carpet Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan 7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 2010 Japan F1, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Yuichi Ito 5–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2010 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Australia Mark Verryth 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Jul 2010 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Chinese Taipei Lee Hsin-han 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–5 Sep 2010 Australia F6, Darwin Futures Hard Australia John Millman 0–6, 1–6
Loss 2–6 Jun 2011 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard Japan Junn Mitsuhashi 4–6, 0–6
Loss 2–7 Jul 2011 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Japan Junn Mitsuhashi 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 4–6
Win 3–7 Jul 2011 Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei Futures Hard South Korea An Jae-sung 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 3–8 Oct 2011 Australia F10, Port Pirie Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 4–8 Feb 2012 Australia F2, Mildura Futures Grass Australia Brydan Klein 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 5–8 Apr 2012 Japan F3, Kōfu Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–1, 6–4
Loss 5–9 Apr 2012 Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung Futures Hard United Kingdom James Ward 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–10 Nov 2012 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) Poland Michał Przysiężny 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–11 Sep 2013 Shanghai, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Japan Yūichi Sugita 3–6, 3–6
Loss 5–12 Feb 2014 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Matt Reid 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–12 Jul 2014 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard France Fabrice Martin 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Win 7–12 Sep 2016 Nanchang, China, P.R. Challenger Hard South Korea Chung Hyeon 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–13 Oct 2016 Ningbo, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun 3–6, 1–6
Win 8–13 Apr 2018 Uzbekistan F2, Bukhara Futures Hard Russia Evgenii Tiurnev 6–0, 6–1
Win 9–13 May 2018 Loughborough, Great Britain Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom James Ward 6–2, 7–5
Loss 9–14 Sep 2018 Shanghai, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Slovenia Blaž Kavčič 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 9–15 Nov 2021 Roanne, France Challenger Hard France Hugo Grenier 2–6, 3–6
Win 10-15 Apr 2022 M25, Nottingham, UK World Tennis Tour Hard (i) France Antoine Escoffier 3-6, 6–0, 6–2
Loss 10-16 Jun 2023 M25, Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard Turkey Yanki Erel 3-6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 11-16 Jun 2023 M25, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Thailand Kasidit Samrej 2-6, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (5–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2009 Thailand F2, Nonthaburi Futures Hard Japan Tasuku Iwami Indonesia Nesa Arta
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 1–1 Apr 2010 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Japan Tasuku Iwami Japan Bumpei Sato
United States Maciek Sykut
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–2 May 2011 Italy F10, Aosta Futures Clay Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi Moldova Radu Albot
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 2–2 Feb 2012 Germany F4, Nußloch Futures Carpet (i) Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama Germany Marko Lenz
Germany George von Massow
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2–3 Apr 2013 China F2, Chengdu Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama China Gong Maoxin
China Zeng Shaoxuan
7–6(7–4), 3–6, [8–10]
Win 3–3 Apr 2013 China F3, Yuxi Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama Australia Brydan Klein
New Zealand Jose Statham
2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 3–4 Feb 2019 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Egypt Mohamed Safwat Australia Max Purcell
Australia Luke Saville
5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2019 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Spain Enrique López Pérez China Li Zhe
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira
2–6, 1–6
Win 4–5 Jun 2023 M25 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard Philippines Francis Casey Alcantara Indonesia Nathan Anthony Barki
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
6–2, 6–1
Win 5–5 Jun 2023 M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Philippines Francis Casey Alcantara Thailand Maximus Jones
New Zealand Finn Reynolds
6–2, 6–4

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