Rio Noguchi

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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 moneyUS $313,081
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. 298 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 261 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 411 (2 December 2024)
Last updated on: 6 December 2024.

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

Career

2022: ATP debut, first win and Top 250

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.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Rinky Hijikata 1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2024 Jinan, China Challenger Hard China Wu Yibing 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Japan Yusuke Takahashi Australia Jeremy Beale
Australia Calum Puttergill
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2022 Yokkaichi, Japan Challenger Hard Japan Masamichi Imamura Chinese Taipei Yu Hsiou Hsu
Japan Yuta Shimizu
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2024 Jinan, China Challenger Hard Australia Edward Winter Japan Yuta Shimizu
South Korea Chung Yun-seong
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (8–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
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 South Korea Nam Ji-sung 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 2018 Japan F7, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Takashi Saito 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2018 Japan F8, Akishima Futures Carpet (i) Japan Gengo Kikuchi 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Dec 2018 Pakistan F1, Islamabad Futures Hard South Korea Cheong-Eui Kim 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Dec 2018 Pakistan F3, Islamabad Futures Hard Germany Kai Wehnelt 1–6, 5–7
Loss 2–4 Jun 2019 M25 Nonthaburi, Thailand WTT Hard India Sidharth Rawat 5–7, 0–6
Loss 2–5 Oct 2019 M25 Tay Ninh, Vietnam WTT Hard United States Daniel Nguyen 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 2020 M25 Mildura, Australia WTT Grass United Kingdom Brydan Klein 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–6 Oct 2021 M25 Pretoria, South Africa WTT Hard Poland Filip Peliwo 6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–7 Jun 2022 M25 Harmon Air Force, Guam (USA) WTT Hard South Korea Hong Seong-chan 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–7 Jul 2022 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal WTT Hard Israel Ben Patael 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–7 Jul 2022 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal WTT Hard Israel Ben Patael 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 6–7 Sep 2022 M25 Sapporo, Japan WTT Hard Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 7–7 Sep 2022 M25 Sapporo, Japan WTT Hard Japan Tatsuma Ito 6–1, 4–0 ret.
Loss 7–8 Oct 2022 M25 Kashiwa, Japan WTT Hard Japan Rimpei Kawakami 0–0 def.
Loss 7–9 Mar 2024 M25 Swan Hill, Australia WTT Grass Australia Alex Bolt 1–6, 2–6
Win 8–9 Oct 2024 M25 Cairns, Australia WTT Hard Australia Blake Ellis 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (7–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
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 (i) Japan Yuta Shimizu Japan Yuto Sakai
Japan Yunosuke Tanaka
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2018 Spain F3, Paguera Futures Clay South Korea Chung Yun-seong Brazil Bruno Santanna
Spain David Vega Hernández
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
Loss 1–2 Jun 2018 Japan F8, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Yuichiro Inui Japan Sora Fukuda
Japan Hiromasa Oku
5–7, 4–6
Win 2–2 Dec 2018 Pakistan F1, Islamabad Futures Hard South Korea Cheong-Eui Kim Serbia Darko Jandrić
Uzbekistan Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Dec 2018 Pakistan F2, Islamabad Futures Hard Japan Sora Fukuda Serbia Darko Jandrić
South Korea Cheong-Eui Kim
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Dec 2018 Pakistan F3, Islamabad Futures Hard Japan Ken Onishi Russia Anton Chekhov
Germany Kai Wehnelt
3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 Jun 2019 M15 Akishima, Japan WTT Carpet (i) Japan Yunosuke Tanaka Japan Hiroyasu Ehara
Japan Sho Katayama
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Oct 2019 M25 Tay Ninh, Vietnam WTT Hard Russia Alexey Zakharov United States Samuel Beren
United Kingdom Billy Harris
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 3–6 Dec 2019 M15 Doha, Qatar WTT Hard Morocco Adam Moundir Ukraine Danylo Kalenichenko
Belarus Ivan Liutarevich
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–6 Oct 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Japan Shintaro Mochizuki Netherlands Ryan Nijboer
Netherlands Gijs Brouwer
6–2, 7–5
Win 5–6 Apr 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Japan Shintaro Mochizuki Germany Constantin Schmitz
Lebanon Benjamin Hassan
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 5–7 Aug 2021 M25 Champaign, USA WTT Hard South Korea Chung Yun-seong United States Ben Shelton
United States Eliot Spizzirri
4–6, 0–6
Loss 5–8 Nov 2021 M25 Meitar, Israel WTT Hard Japan Naoki Nakagawa Finland Iiro Vasa
Finland Eero Vasa
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 6–8 Jul 2022 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal WTT Hard Greece Alexandros Skorilas Chinese Taipei Ray Ho
Canada Kelsey Stevenson
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Win 7–8 May 2024 M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina WTT Clay Japan Koki Matsuda Czech Republic Matěj Vocel
Switzerland Jakub Paul
2–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]

References

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