Bumpei Sato

Bumpei Sato
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Born (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985 (age 38)
Retired2016
Playsright-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$50,503
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 661 (20 October 2014)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 304 (9 June 2014)
Last updated on: 13 April 2021.

Bumpei Sato (佐藤 文平, Satō Bumpei, born 16 December 1985) is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. He competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 661 on October 20, 2014, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 304 on June 9, 2014.

Career

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During his tenure playing professional tennis, Sato only played in 2 ATP Tour - level matches. Both of these matches came in doubles at the 2012 World Team Cup tournament where he represented Japan. Partnering with Tatsuma Ito, the pair first lost during their matchup against Argentina to Juan Ignacio Chela and Juan Pablo Brzezicki 7–6(7–3), 1–6, [7–10] and then lost during their matchup against USA to James Blake and Ryan Harrison 6–4, 0–6, [3–10].[1]

Sato reached 27 career doubles finals, winning 12 and falling in 15. Of those finals, he appeared just once at the ATP Challenger Tour level, at the 2014 Toyota Challenger in Toyota Japan, where he and partner Yang Tsung-hua of Taiwan lost to Japanese duo Toshihide Matsui / Yasutaka Uchiyama in straight sets 6–7(6-8), 2-6.[2]

His last tournament was the Korea F8 ITF Futures, Anseong in September 2016 where he lost in the third round of qualifying in singles, and lost in the first round of doubles to end his professional tennis career.[3]

He is married to retired Japanese WTA tennis player Maiko Inoue.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 27 (12–15)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (12–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–12)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2009 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Sho Aida Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
Japan Gouichi Motomura
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2009 Japan F9, Yokohama Futures Clay Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee Japan Hiromasa Oku
Japan Kousuke Sugimoto
0–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 1–2 Mar 2010 Japan F1, Tokyo Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Chu-Huan Yi Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Kondo
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Apr 2010 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard United States Maciek Sykut Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Moriya
4–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Jul 2010 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Kondo
3–6, 6–4. [15–13]
Loss 2–4 Oct 2010 Japan F9, Kashiwa Futures Hard Finland Harri Heliovaara Japan Yuichi Ito
Chinese Taipei Chu-Huan Yi
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 2–5 Oct 2010 Japan F10, Tama Futures Hard Finland Harri Heliovaara Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Kondo
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–6 Apr 2011 Thailand F2, Khon Kaen Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee Thailand Weerapat Doakmaiklee
Thailand Kittiphong Wachiramanowong
6–7(9–11), 2–6
Loss 2–7 Apr 2011 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee India Divij Sharan
India Vishnu Vardhan
4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 2–8 May 2011 China F5, Nanjing Futures Hard Japan Junn Mitsuhashi Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–9 Jun 2011 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard South Korea Daniel Yoo Australia Isaac Frost
Australia Brendan Moore
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 3–9 Jun 2011 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Chinese Taipei Hsin-Han Lee Chinese Taipei Junn Mitsuhashi
Chinese Taipei Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–4, 5–7. [12–10]
Loss 3–10 Jul 2011 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures CLay Thailand Kittiphong Wachiramanowong Australia Hsin-Han Lee
Australia Hsieh Cheng-peng
4–6, 6–3, [7-10]
Loss 3–11 Oct 2011 Laos F1, Vientiane Futures Hard Thailand Danai Udomchoke Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
2–6, 3–6
Win 4–11 Apr 2012 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Peng Hsien-yin China Gao Xin
China Yu Chang
6–3, 5–7. [10–6]
Win 5–11 Mar 2013 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Sho Katayama Japan Shota Tagawa
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
7–6(7–4], 6–4
Loss 5–12 Jun 2013 India F6, Chennai Futures Hard Japan Toshihide Matsui India N. Sriram Balaji
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
1–6, 4–6
Win 6–12 Jun 2013 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama Japan Yuichi Ito
Japan Takuto Niki
7–6(7–2], 6–4
Win 7–12 Jun 2013 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Sho Katayama Japan Koichi Sano
Japan Masaki Sasai
6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–13 Jul 2013 Japan F8, Kashiwa Futures Hard Japan Toshihide Matsui Japan Hiroki Kondo
New Zealand Jose Statham
4–6, 2–6
Win 8–13 Mar 2014 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Sho Katayama Japan Yuichi Ito
Japan Hiroki Kondo
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 9–13 Apr 2014 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Japan Sho Katayama South Korea Lee Duck-hee
New Zealand Finn Tearney
6–4, 6–4
Win 10–13 May 2014 Turkey F14, Antalya Futures Hard Japan Sho Katayama Moldova Andrei Ciumac
India Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–3, 6–1
Win 11–13 Jun 2014 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard Japan Takuto Niki Japan Yuya Kibi
Japan Tomohiro Masabayashi
6–1, 6–3
Win 12–13 Jun 2014 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Sho Katayama Chinese Taipei Wang Chieh-fu
Chinese Taipei Yang Shao-Chi
7–5, 6–2
Loss 12–14 Nov 2014 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua Japan Toshihide Matsui
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss 12–15 Aug 2015 China F13, Putian Futures Hard Japan Sho Katayama Chinese Taipei Chu-Huan Yi
China Bai Yan
2–6, 6-7(4–7)

References

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  1. ^ "Japan ousted at World Team Cup". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Stats". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Results". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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