NISHIOKA Yoshihito

Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: TSU

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Tennis	Men's Singles	33
	Men's Doubles JPN Daniel / Nishioka	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 3	Men's Singles First Round JPN NISHIOKA YNISHIOKA Yoshihito 6 1 2 ROC KHACHANOV KKHACHANOV Karen 3 6 6	Finished
4th on Court 5	Ariake Tennis Park Court 5	Men's Doubles First Round JPN Daniel / Nishioka 2 4 CRO Cilic / Dodig 6 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Grand Slams

	Aus Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
Year	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2021	R128	R64	R64	R32	R64	R64	-	-
2020	R32	-	R64	R64	-	-	R128	-
2019	R64	-	R64	R32	R128	-	R64	-
2018	R64	R64	R128	R64	R128	R64	R128	R32
2017	R64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	R128	-	-	-	R128	-	R128	-
2015	-	-	R128	-	-	-	R64	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	R128	-

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Yoshi (YouTube channel, 17 Jun 2021)

Making YouTube videos. (YouTube channel, 17 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2021)

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Miki House [Japan]

Mitsuru Takada [national, personal], JPN

Left (itftennis.com, 11 Aug 2014)

Sporting relatives:

His father Norio Nishioka was a professional tennis in Japan. His older brother Yasuo Nishioka is a tennis coach. (Yasuo Nishioka Instagram profile, 14 Jun 2021; YouTube channel, 07 Jun 2021; jiji.com, 08 Feb 2021; tennis-point.jp, 18 Sep 2020)

Turned professional in 2014

He ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in his left knee at the 2017 Miami Open in the United States of America. He returned to competition in January 2018 after undergoing surgery. (jiji.com, 08 Feb 2021; sports.yahoo.co.jp, 01 Nov 2017)

He began playing tennis at age four, and started competing at age eight. (yoshihito-nishioka.com, 01 May 2021; camp-fire.jp, 07 Jan 2021)

He was encouraged by his father and his older brother. (camp-fire.jp, 07 Jan 2021; tennis365.net, 30 Jan 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (camp-fire.jp, 07 Jan 2021)

Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori, Chilean tennis player Marcelo Rios. (yoshihito-nishioka.com, 01 May 2021)

Philosophy:

"Stop overthinking in a match." (YouTube channel, 03 May 2020)

In 2018 he was given an Excellence Award by the Japan Tennis Association [JTA]. (jta-tennis.or.jp, 01 Jan 2021)

In 2012 and 2013 he received a Junior Grand Award from the JTA. (jta-tennis.or.jp, 01 Jan 2021)

General Interest

General
TRAINING IN USA
In 2011 he relocated to the United States of America to start training at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. "I strongly believe that I became who I am today after I was able to lay the foundation and develop my skills in a world-class environment from a young age." (yoshihito-nishioka.com, 01 May 2021; camp-fire.jp, 07 Jan 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as director of the Japan Tennis Players Union. (jiji.com, 08 Feb 2021; jtpu.org, 06 Dec 2020)

Milestones

In 2014 he became the first Japanese male tennis player in 40 years to win gold in singles at the Asian Games following his victory at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Jul 2021; jiji.com, 08 Feb 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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