Hiroki Moriya

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 title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015.[1]

Hiroki Moriya
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990
Tokyo, Japan
Turned proDecember 2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$825,364
Singles
Career record2–9
Career titles0
3 Challengers, 5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 143 (5 January 2015)
Current rankingNo. 235 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2015)
French OpenQ2 (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2015)
US Open1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 224 (15 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 227 (29 July 2019)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Tennis career

Juniors

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 - 11

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

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

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

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 Asian swing, Moriya competed in the ATP events of Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, both losing in the first round.

2015

In the 2015 Australian Open, despite losing of the qualifying round, Moriya was into main draw as lucky loser instead of 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 second round of the Shenzhen Open, beating Ričardas Berankis in straight sets. He lost to third seed Tommy Robredo.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 23 (9–14)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–5)
ITF Futures Tour (6–9)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–10)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2008 Japan F11, Tokyo Futures Hard Yūichi Sugita 2–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jun 2009 Japan F5, Kusatsu Futures Carpet Hiroki Kondo 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jun 2009 Japan F6, Akishima Futures Carpet Yi Chu-huan 7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 2010 Japan F1, Tokyo Futures Hard Yuichi Ito 5–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2010 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Mark Verryth 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Jul 2010 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Lee Hsin-han 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–5 Sep 2010 Australia F6, Darwin Futures Hard John Millman 0–6, 1–6
Loss 2–6 Jun 2011 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard Junn Mitsuhashi 4–6, 0–6
Loss 2–7 Jul 2011 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Junn Mitsuhashi 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 4–6
Win 3–7 Jul 2011 Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei Futures Hard An Jae-sung 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 3–8 Oct 2011 Australia F10, Port Pirie Futures Hard Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 4–8 Feb 2012 Australia F2, Mildura Futures Grass Brydan Klein 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 5–8 Apr 2012 Japan F3, Kōfu Futures Hard Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–1, 6–4
Loss 5–9 Apr 2012 Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung Futures Hard James Ward 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–10 Nov 2012 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet (i) Michał Przysiężny 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–11 Sep 2013 Shanghai, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Yūichi Sugita 3–6, 3–6
Loss 5–12 Feb 2014 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Matt Reid 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–12 Jul 2014 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard Fabrice Martin 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Win 7–12 Sep 2016 Nanchang, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Chung Hyeon 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–13 Oct 2016 Ningbo, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Lu Yen-hsun 3–6, 1–6
Win 8–13 Apr 2018 Uzbekistan F2, Bukhara Futures Hard Evgenii Tiurnev 6–0, 6–1
Win 9–13 May 2018 Loughborough, Great Britain Challenger Hard (i) James Ward 6–2, 7–5
Loss 9–14 Sep 2018 Shanghai, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Blaž Kavčič 1–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles: 8 (3–5)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (3–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2009 Thailand F2, Nonthaburi Futures Hard Tasuku Iwami Ketut-Nesa Arta
Christopher Rungkat		 6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 1–1 Apr 2010 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Tasuku Iwami Bumpei Sato
Maciek Sykut		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–2 May 2011 Italy F10, Aosta Futures Clay Shuichi Sekiguchi Radu Albot
Yasutaka Uchiyama		 6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 2–2 Feb 2012 Germany F4, Nußloch Futures Carpet (i) Yasutaka Uchiyama Marko Lenz
George von Massow		 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 2–3 Apr 2013 China F2, Chengdu Futures Hard Yasutaka Uchiyama Gong Maoxin
Zeng Shaoxuan		 7–6(7–4), 3–6, [8–10]
Win 3–3 Apr 2013 China F3, Yuxi Futures Hard Yasutaka Uchiyama Brydan Klein
Jose Statham		 2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 3–4 Feb 2019 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Mohamed Safwat Max Purcell
Luke Saville		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2019 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Enrique López Pérez Li Zhe
Gonçalo Oliveira		 2–6, 1–6

References
  1. ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ITF Juniors Profile
  3. "Ivan Dodig "really happy" with Andy Murray pairing", Sports Mole, 28 August 2012.
  4. "Tokyo - Berdych, Wawrinka win openers", Tennis Talk, 1 October 2012.
  5. "Toyota Challenger 2012 Final: Michal Przysiezny vs. Hiroki Moriya", Tennis Alternative, 24 November 2012.
  6. "IMANISHI AND MORIYA CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF THE GRANBY NATIONAL BANK CHALLENGER", TENNIS CANADA, 20 July 2014.
  7. "Del Potro pulls out of Australian Open on eve of tournament", tennis.com, 18 January 2015.
  8. "Cilic sees off Japanese qualifier", wimbledon.com, 29 June 2015.
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