SUGENO Koji

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 24 Aug 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Sport Class: QT

Place of birth: AGEO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Quad Singles	4
	Quad Doubles JPN Moroishi / Sugeno	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
5th on Centre Court	Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court	Quad Singles First Round KOR KIM MJKIM Myung Je Sport Class: QT 0 0 JPN SUGENO KSUGENO Koji Sport Class: QT 6 6	Finished
4th on Centre Court	Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court	Quad Singles Semifinal JPN SUGENO KSUGENO Koji Sport Class: QT 2 3 NED SCHRODER SSCHRODER Sam Sport Class: QT 6 6	Finished
6th on Centre Court	Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court	Quad Doubles Bronze Medal Match JPN Moroishi / Sugeno 7 3 7 GBR Cotterill / Lapthorne 5 6 5	Finished
	Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court	Quad Singles Bronze Medal Match NED VINK NVINK Niels Sport Class: QT 6 6 JPN SUGENO KSUGENO Koji Sport Class: QT 1 4	Finished
3rd on Court 1	Ariake Tennis Park Court 1	Quad Doubles Semifinal AUS Alcott / Davidson 6 6 JPN Moroishi / Sugeno 2 4	Finished
2nd on Court 1	Ariake Tennis Park Court 1	Quad Singles Quarterfinal JPN SUGENO KSUGENO Koji Sport Class: QT 6 6 USA WAGNER DWAGNER David Sport Class: QT 4 2	Finished
3rd on Court 2	Ariake Tennis Park Court 2	Quad Doubles Quarterfinal ISR Saadon / Weinberg 5 2 JPN Moroishi / Sugeno 7 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Australian Open
SF	Quad Doubles	2021	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
QF	Quad Singles	2021	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Roland Garros
RU	Quad Doubles	2019	Paris, FRA
SF	Quad Singles	2019	Paris, FRA
Wimbledon
RU	Quad Doubles	2019	London, GBR
SF	Quad Singles	2019	London, GBR
Asian Para Games
WR	Quad Doubles	2018	Jakarta, INA
RU	Quad Singles	2018	Jakarta, INA

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Suge (parasapo.tokyo, 16 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Wife Maimi Sugeno

Languages spoken:

Recruit [Japan]

Yoshihiro Nakazawa [national], JPN; Miura Yuichi [national], JPN

Sporting relatives:

His wife Maimi Sugeno competed in wheelchair tennis at national level. (bs-asahi.co.jp, 26 Sep 2020)

He took up the sport in 2001 at age 20. (sports.nhk.or.jp, 26 Jul 2021; bs-asahi.co.jp, 26 Sep 2020)

He received a wheelchair for the sport that was used by his friend. In 2017 he decided to focus on the sport with the aim of competing at the Paralympic Games when he switched classification to quad. (parasapo.tokyo, 16 Jul 2021; recruitgroup.jp, 17 Feb 2021)

General Interest

Classification
Quad (itftennis.com, 05 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (parasapo.tokyo, 16 Jul 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (parasapo.tokyo, 16 Jul 2021)

Impairment Details
He damaged his spinal cord in a motorbike accident in grade 10 of high school. (parasapo.tokyo, 16 Jul 2021; bs-asahi.co.jp, 26 Sep 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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