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Shintaro Mochizuki

Shintaro Mochizuki
Mochizuki at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, United States
Born (2003-06-02) 2 June 2003 (age 21)
Kawasaki, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Turned pro2019 [2]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachDavide Sanguinetti
Prize moneyUS $790,815
Singles
Career record3–19
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 129 (6 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 234 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US OpenQ3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 371 (18 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 1383 (2 December 2024)
Last updated on: 6 December 2024.

Shintaro Mochizuki (Japanese: 望月 慎太郎, Mochizuki Shintarō, born 2 June 2003) is a Japanese professional tennis player.[3] He has an ATP career-high singles ranking of world No. 129 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 371 achieved on 18 October 2021. He is currently the No. 5 player from Japan.[4]

As a teen, Mochizuki achieved a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 15 July 2019.

Early life

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Shintaro Mochizuki was born on June 2, 2003, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. His name "Shintaro" was given by his father, inspired by the novelist and politician Shintaro Ishihara.[5]

He started playing tennis at the age of 3. As a fifth grader, he represented Kawasaki Municipal Mukai Elementary School at the 32nd First Life National Elementary School Tennis Championship and managed to reach the semifinals.[6]

At the age of 12, he passed the selection test for the Masaaki Morita Tennis Fund and went to the United States to train at the IMG Academy in Florida.[7] He began attending N High School in 2019.[8]

Career

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2019: Juniors

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Mochizuki won the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles title after becoming the first Japanese male to reach a Grand Slam juniors singles final.[9][10] In September that year, he led the Japanese team to win the Junior Davis Cup in Orlando, Florida.[11]

2021: ATP and Masters debuts

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In February, Mochizuki made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Singapore Tennis Open where he lost to Altug Celikbilek in straight sets.

In March, he qualified for his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw at the 2021 Miami Open having been given a wildcard for the qualifying competition.[12]

2023: Maiden Challenger, Major debut, first ATP wins & semifinal, top 130

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He won his first-ever trophy as a professional by winning the Open Città della Disfida Challenger in Barletta, Italy, defeating the Argentine Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in straight sets.[13]

He reached the top 200 at world No. 198 on 12 June 2023. In July, he made his Grand Slam debut after qualifying for the main draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships but lost in the first round to 16th seed Tommy Paul in straight sets. At the 2023 Hall of Fame Open he lost to Liam Broady also in the first round.

Ranked No. 215, he received a wildcard for the ATP 500 Japan Open. After nine attempts, he finally won his first match at the ATP Tour level, beating Tomás Martín Etcheverry in straight sets.[14][15] Next he defeated top seed Taylor Fritz for his first top-10 win, to reach his first ATP tour-level quarterfinal.[16] In the quarterfinals, he defeated Alexei Popyrin to reach his first-ever semifinal. He became the lowest-ranked Tokyo semifinalist since then-World No. 479 Kelly Jones in 1986.[17][18][19][20] As a result, he moved up more than 80 positions to World No. 131 in the rankings on 23 October 2023.[21] Following a quarterfinal showing at the Sydney Challenger he reached the top 130 in the rankings and 13th in the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals race.[22]

2024-2025: Australian and French Open debuts

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He made his debut in the main draw at the 2024 Australian Open as a lucky loser but lost to Tomáš Macháč in straight sets.[23]

He also qualified for the main draw at the 2024 French Open.[24]

Mochizuki won his second Challenger at the 2025 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie title defeating Moerani Bouzige in straight sets.[25][26]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2023 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna 6–1, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jan 2025 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard Australia Moerani Bouzige 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard Spain Carlos Gómez-Herrera Australia Luke Saville
Australia John-Patrick Smith 		3–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Win 1–1 Jan 2023 Tenerife II, Spain Challenger Hard United States Christian Harrison Italy Francesco Passaro
Italy Matteo Gigante 		6–4, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 M25 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland WTT Clay Hungary Zsombor Piros 3–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 7 (7 titles)

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Legend
ITF WTT (7–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–0)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2019 M15 Cancún, Mexico WTT Hard Argentina Thiago Agustín Tirante United Kingdom Isaac Stoute
Australia Brandon Walkin 		6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–4]
Win 2–0 Oct 2019 M15 Changwon, South Korea WTT Hard Japan Naoki Nakagawa South Korea Chung Hong
South Korea Lee Jea-moon 		6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jan 2020 M15 Cancún, Mexico WTT Hard Argentina Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallén United States Tanner Smith
United States Jordi Arconada 		walkover
Win 4–0 Oct 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Japan Rio Noguchi Netherlands Ryan Nijboer
Netherlands Gijs Brouwer 		6–2, 7–5
Win 5–0 Nov 2020 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic WTT Hard Dominican Republic Nick Hardt Chile Gonzalo Lama
Ecuador Antonio Cayetano March 		6–3, 6–3
Win 6–0 Dec 2020 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic WTT Hard Dominican Republic Nick Hardt United States Nick Chappell
United States Keegan Smith 		4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5]
Win 7–0 Apr 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Hard Japan Rio Noguchi Germany Constantin Schmitz
Lebanon Benjamin Hassan 		7–6(7–2), 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2019 Wimbledon Grass Spain Carlos Gimeno Valero 6–3, 6–2

Wins over top 10 players

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Season 2023 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score SMR
2023
1. United States Taylor Fritz 10 Japan Open, Japan Hard 2R 0–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) 215
*As of 26 May 2024

References

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  3. ^ "Shintaro Mochizuki | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  5. ^ "日本男子ジュニア初４強の望月慎太郎、決勝進出逃す". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  6. ^ "第32回第一生命全国小学生テニス選手権大会 男子シングルス" (PDF). N高等学校・S高等学校 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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  8. ^ "N高・望月慎太郎さん、「全仏オープン・ジュニア」でベスト4". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Mochizuki reaches junior boys singles final at Wimbledon". Japan Today. 13 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Shintaro Mochizuki makes history for Japan at Wimbledon < Asian Tennis Federation - ATF Official Website - New Delhi". 19 July 2019.
  11. ^ "2019 JUNIOR DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS FINALS". itftennis.com.
  12. ^ "Tennis great Andy Murray accepts Miami Open wild card | Miami Herald". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021.
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  17. ^ "Shintaro Mochizuki Beats Popyrin, Sets Aslan Karatsev SF Clash In Tokyo | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Five Things To Know About Shintaro Mochizuki | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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  24. ^ "Reigning #NextGenATP champ Medjedovic qualifies for Roland Garros". 23 May 2024.
  25. ^ @ATPChallenger (4 January 2025). "Shintaro Mochizuki shines in Noumea 💫 The 21-year-old scores a 6-1, 6-3 win over Bouzige to win a second career title!#ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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