Hiroki Moriya
![]() Moriya at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 16 October 1990
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | December 2008 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Óscar Hernández, Bruno Alcala |
Prize money | $ 1,010,052 |
Singles | |
Career record | 3–11 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 143 (5 January 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 355 (25 September 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2015) |
French Open | Q2 (2012, 2020) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
US Open | 1R (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–2 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 224 (15 July 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 402 (25 September 2023) |
Last updated on: 26 September 2022. |
Hiroki Moriya (Japanese: 守屋 宏紀, Hepburn: Moriya Hiroki, born 16 October 1990 in Tokyo) is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015.[1]
Tennis career
[edit]Juniors
[edit]As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of 76–37, reaching as high as No. 17 in the junior combined world rankings in October 2008.[2]
Junior Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: 3R (2007, 2008)
French Open: Q1 (2007)
Wimbledon: 1R (2008)
US Open: Q2 (2006)
2008–2011
[edit]Moriya had won three ITF Futures events in Japan and Chinese Taipei. He also had participated in a number of ATP Challenger Tour events, winning some matches of those tournaments. He ended 2011 as ranked world no. 327.
2012: Major debut, First ATP win
[edit]Moriya failed to qualify for French Open and Wimbledon, but he qualified for the 2012 US Open to make his Grand Slam main draw debut, losing to Ivan Dodig in the first round.[3]
During the Asian hardcourt swing, he defeated Robin Haase in the Thailand Open to record his first ATP main draw win, and played a close match against Stanislas Wawrinka at the Japan Open, losing 5–7, 6–4, 4–6.[4] In November, Moriya reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Toyota, where he lost to Michał Przysiężny in straight sets.[5]
2013: Davis Cup debut
[edit]He represented Japan for the first time in his career at the 2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I against South Korea. He played the doubles rubber with Yasutaka Uchiyama and Japan advanced into the World Group play-offs.
Moriya was the runner-up of Shanghai Challenger, losing to his countryman Yuichi Sugita in the final, and he made quarterfinals or better of Asian Challenger events in this year.
2014: First Challenger title and Top 150
[edit]In Australian hard court season, Moriya reached the final in the Burnie Challenger for the third time at this level and the semifinal in West Lakes.
Moriya won his first challenger title, winning the $50,000+H Granby Challenger event in Canada by beating Fabrice Martin in the final.[6] Following this tournament, he entered the ATP rankings top 150. In the Asian swing, Moriya competed in the ATP events of Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, both losing in the first round.
2015: Second ATP win
[edit]In the 2015 Australian Open, despite losing of the qualifying round, Moriya entered into main draw as lucky loser replacing Juan Martín del Potro.[7] He was eliminated in the first round by Jerzy Janowicz with four sets.
He won through the qualifying at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, dropping just one set, but lost to ninth seed and reigning US Open champion Marin Čilić in the opening round.[8] In September, Moriya reached the second round of the Shenzhen Open, beating Ričardas Berankis in straight sets. He lost to third seed Tommy Robredo.
2022: First ATP 500 level win
[edit]During the Asian hardcourt swing, Moriya entered the 2022 Korea Open and the 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after qualifying for the singles main draw as a lucky loser. In the latter he defeated compatriot fellow qualifier Yuta Shimizu for his first ATP 500 and Tokyo Open win and third ATP win overall. As a result, he moved 40 positions up the rankings into the top 250.
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 27 (11–16)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2008 | Japan F11, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 2009 | Japan F5, Kusatsu | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2009 | Japan F6, Akishima | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
7–5, 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2010 | Japan F1, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–1, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2010 | Japan F5, Karuizawa | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–4 | Jul 2010 | Japan F8, Sapporo | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–5 | Sep 2010 | Australia F6, Darwin | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–6 | Jun 2011 | Japan F6, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 2–7 | Jul 2011 | Japan F8, Sapporo | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(7–9), 7–5, 4–6 |
Win | 3–7 | Jul 2011 | Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–8 | Oct 2011 | Australia F10, Port Pirie | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Win | 4–8 | Feb 2012 | Australia F2, Mildura | Futures | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Win | 5–8 | Apr 2012 | Japan F3, Kōfu | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 5–9 | Apr 2012 | Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 5–10 | Nov 2012 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–11 | Sep 2013 | Shanghai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–12 | Feb 2014 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6–12 | Jul 2014 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 |
Win | 7–12 | Sep 2016 | Nanchang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–13 | Oct 2016 | Ningbo, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 8–13 | Apr 2018 | Uzbekistan F2, Bukhara | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
Win | 9–13 | May 2018 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 9–14 | Sep 2018 | Shanghai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Loss | 9–15 | Nov 2021 | Roanne, France | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 10-15 | Apr 2022 | M25, Nottingham, UK | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3-6, 6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 10-16 | Jun 2023 | M25, Jakarta, Indonesia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
3-6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Win | 11-16 | Jun 2023 | M25, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
2-6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Doubles: 10 (5–5)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2009 | Thailand F2, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [10–12] |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2010 | Japan F4, Tsukuba | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | May 2011 | Italy F10, Aosta | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [7–10] |
Win | 2–2 | Feb 2012 | Germany F4, Nußloch | Futures | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2013 | China F2, Chengdu | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 3–6, [8–10] |
Win | 3–3 | Apr 2013 | China F3, Yuxi | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2019 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2019 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Jakarta, Indonesia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 5–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ ATP World Tour Profile
- ^ ITF Juniors Profile
- ^ "Ivan Dodig "really happy" with Andy Murray pairing", Sports Mole, 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Tokyo - Berdych, Wawrinka win openers", Tennis Talk, 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Toyota Challenger 2012 Final: Michal Przysiezny vs. Hiroki Moriya", Tennis Alternative, 24 November 2012.
- ^ "IMANISHI AND MORIYA CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF THE GRANBY NATIONAL BANK CHALLENGER", TENNIS CANADA, 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Del Potro pulls out of Australian Open on eve of tournament", tennis.com, 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Cilic sees off Japanese qualifier", wimbledon.com, 29 June 2015.
External links
[edit]- Hiroki Moriya at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Hiroki Moriya at the International Tennis Federation
- Hiroki Moriya at the Davis Cup
- Official blog (in Japanese)
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