Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu
	Shimizu at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	9 June 1999 (age 25); Konan, Shiga, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $281,098
Singles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 203 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 247 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 143 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 164 (21 October 2024)
	Last updated on: 26 October 2024.

Yuta Shimizu (清水悠太, Shimizu Yūta, born 9 June 1999) is a Japanese tennis player.

Shimizu has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 203 achieved on 17 July 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 143 achieved on 12 June 2023.^[1]

Shimizu represents Japan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0.^[2]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2023	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Benoît Paire	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2023	Chicago, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alex Michelsen	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Nov 2023	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Yosuke Watanuki	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	0–4	May 2024	Little Rock, USA	Challenger	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 2024	City of Playford, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Rinky Hijikata	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2022	Nonthaburi II, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Francis Alcantara Christopher Rungkat	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Nov 2022	Sydney, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Ajeet Rai	Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate	6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Win	2–1	Nov 2022	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Shinji Hazawa	Andrew Harris John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–1	Nov 2022	Yokkaichi, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Hsu Yu-hsiou	Masamichi Imamura Rio Noguchi	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Loss	3–2	Apr 2023	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Chung Yun-seong	Max Purcell Yasutaka Uchiyama	1–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Feb 2024	Burnie II, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Blake Bayldon Kody Pearson	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	5–2	Apr 2024	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	James Trotter	Wang Aoran Zhou Yi	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	5–3	Jul 2024	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Kaichi Uchida	Christian Harrison Cannon Kingsley	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Jul 2024	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	James Trotter	André Göransson Sem Verbeek	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–4	Aug 2024	Jinan, China	Challenger	Hard	Chung Yun-seong	Rio Noguchi Edward Winter	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–6]
Loss	6–5	Oct 2024	Hangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Fancutt	Sun Fajing Te Rigele	3–6, 5–7

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (12–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (10–3)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2018	China F1, Anning	Futures	Clay	Wang Huixin	6–7^(7–9), 6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jun 2018	Guam F1, Tumon	Futures	Hard	Yuichi Ito	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Aug 2018	Austria F6, Innsbruck	Futures	Clay	Alessandro Petrone	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Sep 2018	Australia F6, Darwin	Futures	Hard	Evan Hoyt	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–4
Win	4–1	Jun 2019	M15 Gimcheon, South Korea	WTT	Hard	Jean Thirouin	6–2, 6–0
Loss	4–2	Jun 2019	M15 Gimcheon, South Korea	WTT	Hard	Seong Chan Hong	1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	5–2	Jun 2019	M25 Yinchuan, China	WTT	Hard	Bai Yan	4–6, 3–3 ret.
Win	6–2	Jul 2019	M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand	WTT	Hard	Vladyslav Orlov	6–4, 6–0
Win	7–2	Jan 2020	M15 Hong Kong	WTT	Hard	Hsu Yu-hsiou	5–7, 7–6^(9–7), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	8–2	Feb 2020	M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan	WTT	Hard	Otto Virtanen	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	8–3	May 2021	M15 Heraklion, Greece	WTT	Hard	Ryan Peniston	3–6, 0–6
Win	9–3	May 2022	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Pablo Llamas Ruiz	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	9–4	Jul 2022	M15 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	WTT	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	5–7, 3–6
Win	10–4	Aug 2022	M15 Kuching, Malaysia	WTT	Hard	Lý Hoàng Nam	6–1, 6–2
Win	11–4	Aug 2022	M15 Jakarta, Indonesia	WTT	Hard	Ryota Tanuma	6–2, 7–5
Win	12–4	Feb 2023	M25 Burnie, Australia	WTT	Hard	Alex Bolt	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (7–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2017	Japan F8, Akishima	Futures	Carpet	Rio Noguchi	Yuto Sakai Yunosuke Tanaka	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2018	China F1, Annning	Futures	Clay	Shinji Hazawa	Te Rigele Wang Aoran	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	0–3	Apr 2018	Japan F5, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Shinji Hazawa	Renta Tokuda Jumpei Yamasaki	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	1–3	May 2018	China F4, Wuhan	Futures	Hard	Te Rigele	Sun Fajing Ruikai Wang	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Loss	1–4	May 2018	China F5, Wuhan	Futures	Hard	Shintaro Imai	Harri Heliövaara Patrik Niklas-Salminen	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), [4–10]
Loss	1–5	Jun 2018	Singapore F3, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Hsu Yu-hsiou	Jeremy Beale James Frawley	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–5	Jul 2018	Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong (S.A.R)	Futures	Hard	Kaito Uesugi	Congsup Congcar Issei Okamura	7–5, 6–0
Loss	2–6	Aug 2018	Austria F5, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Takuto Niki	Alejo Vilaro Matias Zukas	3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win	3–6	Jun 2019	M25 Hong Kong	WTT	Hard	Shintaro Imai	Blake Ellis Lý Hoàng Nam	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–7	Jun 2019	M25 Yinchuan, China	WTT	Hard	Shinji Hazawa	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	6–7^(6–8), 3–6
Win	4–7	Aug 2019	M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand	WTT	Hard	Hsu Yu-hsiou	Sergey Fomin Sanjar Fayziev	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–8	Apr 2021	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Makoto Ochi	Ryan Nijboer Neil Oberleitner	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), [6–10]
Win	5–8	Sep 2021	M25 Jonköping, Sweden	WTT	Hard	Khumoyun Sultanov	Michal Dembek Marvin Möller	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	6–8	Oct 2021	M25 Falun, Sweden	WTT	Hard	Khumoyun Sultanov	Blake Ellis Renta Tokuda	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	6–9	Mar 2022	M25 Faro, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Makoto Ochi	Maximilian Neuchrist Kai Wehnelt	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–9	May 2022	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Hard	Shinji Hazawa	Pruchya Isaro Thantub Suksumrarn	7–6^(7–2), 6–1
Loss	7–10	May 2022	M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand	WTT	Clay	Naoki Tajima	Juan Pablo Cañas García Pablo Llamas Ruiz	4–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2017	US Open	Hard	Toru Horie	Hsu Yu-hsiou Wu Yibing	4–6, 7–5, [9–11]

References

^ "Yuta Shimizu | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
^ "Japan beat Pakistan in Davis Cup World Group I tie". March 6, 2021.

External links

Yuta Shimizu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Yuta Shimizu at the International Tennis Federation
Yuta Shimizu at the Davis Cup

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[1] "Yuta Shimizu | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.

[2] "Japan beat Pakistan in Davis Cup World Group I tie". March 6, 2021.

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