Rio Noguchi (野口莉央, Noguchi Rio, born 28 December 1998) is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 201 achieved on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 261 achieved on 23 October 2023.[1]

Rio Noguchi
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 25)
Fukuoka,Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachHiroyuki Kojima
Prize money$258,443
Singles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 201 (7 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 341 (1 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 261 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 273 (6 November 2023)
Last updated on: 12 November 2023.

Career

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2022: ATP debut, first win and Top 250

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Noguchi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after qualifying for the singles main draw, defeating Tatsuma Ito and Yusuke Takahashi to qualify. He won his first ATP and ATP 500 level match defeating fellow qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan. As a result, he climbed 75 positions up the rankings into the top 250.

Singles: 19 (8–11)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–8)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 Vietnam F1, Thua Thien Hue Futures Hard   Ji-Sung Nam 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 2018 Japan F7, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Takashi Saito 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2018 Japan F8, Akishima Futures Carpet   Gengo Kikuchi 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Dec 2018 Pakistan F1, Islamabad Futures Hard   Cheong-Eui Kim 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Dec 2018 Pakistan F3, Islamabad Futures Hard   Kai Wehnelt 1–6, 5–7
Loss 2–4 Jun 2019 M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard   Sidharth Rawat 5–7, 0–6
Loss 2–5 Oct 2019 M25 Tay Ninh, Vietnam World Tennis Tour Hard   Daniel Nguyen 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 2020 M25 Mildura, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass   Brydan Klein 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–6 Oct 2021 M25 Pretoria, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard   Filip Peliwo 6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–7 Jun 2022 M25 Harmon, Guam World Tennis Tour Hard   Seong Chan Hong 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–7 Jul 2022 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Ben Patael 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–7 Jul 2022 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Ben Patael 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 6–7 Sep 2022 M25 Sapporo, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard   Shuichi Sekiguchi 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 7–7 Sep 2022 M25 Sapporo, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard   Tatsuma Ito 6–1, 4–0 ret.
Loss 7–8 Oct 2022 M25 Kashiwa, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard   Rimpei Kawakami default
Loss 7–9 Oct 2022 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard   Rinky Hijikata 1–6, 1–6
Loss 7–10 Mar 2024 M25 Swan Hill, Australia World Tennis Tour Grass   Alex Bolt 1–6, 2–6
Loss 7–11 Aug 2024 Jinan, China Challenger Hard   Wu Yibing 5–7, 3–6
Win 8–11 Oct 2024 M25 Cairns, Australia World Tennis Tour Hard   Blake Ellis 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 18 (7–11)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (7–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2017 Japan F8, Akishima Futures Carpet   Yuta Shimizu   Yuto Sakai
  Yunosuke Tanaka
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2018 Spain F3, Paguera Futures Clay   Yunseong Chung   Bruno Santanna
  David Vega Hernandez
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
Loss 1–2 Jun 2018 Japan F8, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Yuichiro Inui   Sora Fukuda
  Hiromasa Oku
5–7, 4–6
Win 2–2 Dec 2018 Pakistan F1, Islamabad Futures Hard   Cheong-Eui Kim   Darko Jandric
  Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Dec 2018 Pakistan F2, Islamabad Futures Hard   Sora Fukuda   Darko Jandric
  Cheong-Eui Kim
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Dec 2018 Pakistan F3, Islamabad Futures Hard   Ken Onishi   Anton Chekhov
  Kai Wehnelt
3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 Jun 2019 M15 Akishima, Japan World Tennis Tour Carpet   Yunosuke Tanaka   Hiroyasu Ehara
  Sho Katayama
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Oct 2019 M25 Tay Ninh, Vietnam World Tennis Tour Hard   Alexey Zakharov   Samuel Beren
  Billy Harris
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 3–6 Dec 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar World Tennis Tour Hard   Adam Moundir   Danylo Kalenichenko
  Ivan Liutarevich
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–6 Oct 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Shintaro Mochizuki   Gijs Brouwer
  Ryan Nijboer
6–2, 7–5
Win 5–6 Apr 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Shintaro Mochizuki   Benjamin Hassan
  Constantin Schmitz
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 5–7 Aug 2021 M25 Champaign, IL, United States World Tennis Tour Hard   Yunseong Chung   Ben Shelton
  Eliot Spizzirri
4–6, 0–6
Loss 5–8 Nov 2021 M25 Meitar, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard   Naoki Nakagawa   Eero Vasa
  Iiro Vasa
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 6–8 Jul 2022 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Alexandro Skorilas   Ray Ho
  Kelsey Stevenson
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Loss 6–9 Oct 2022 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard   Yusuke Takahashi   Jeremy Beale
  Calum Puttergill
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 6–10 Nov 2022 Yokkaichi, Japan Challenger Hard   Masamichi Imamura   Yu Hsiou Hsu
  Yuta Shimizu
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 7–10 May 2024 M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia-Herzegovina World Tennis Tour Clay   Koki Matsuda   Jakub Paul
  Matej Vocel
2–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Loss 7–11 Aug 2024 Jinan, China Challenger Hard   Edward Winter   Chung Yun-seong
  Yuta Shimizu
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Rio Noguchi | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
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