Satoshi Iwabuchi

Satoshi Iwabuchi

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Kanagawa, Japan
Born	(1975-10-07) 7 October 1975 Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$329,243
Singles
Career record	6-17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 223 (20 October 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1996, 2007)
French Open	Q1 (2000, 2003)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1998)
US Open	Q2 (1999)
Doubles
Career record	28–26
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 125 (11 September 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1996)
Last updated on: 6 October 2021.

Satoshi Iwabuchi (岩渕 聡, Iwabuchi Satoshi, born October 7, 1975) is a retired professional tennis player from Japan.

Iwabuchi won one ATP Tour doubles title in his career, the 2005 Japan Open, where he and Takao Suzuki defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in straight sets 5–4⁽³⁾, 5–4⁽¹³⁾.

As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which he reached on October 20, 2003.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–0) ATP World Tour Championship Series (1–0) ATP World Tour World Series (0–0)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Takao Suzuki	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	5–4(7–3), 5–4(15–13)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 28 (21–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–0) ITF Futures (20–7)

Finals by surface Hard (16–4) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1998	Japan F6, Saitama	Futures	Hard	Akira Matsushita	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	May 1999	Japan F3, Fukuoka	Futures	Hard	Takahiro Terachi	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	May 1999	Japan F4, Fukuoka	Futures	Hard	Kwon Oh-Hee	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Jun 2001	Canada F2, Montreal	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Cassaigne	3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	3–2	Jan 2002	USA F1, Aventura	Futures	Hard	Yves Allegro	6–4, 1–6, 5–7
Win	4–2	Mar 2002	Australia F1, Devonport	Futures	Hard	Ladislav Svarc	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	4–3	Apr 2002	Japan F3, Takamori	Futures	Carpet	Michihisa Onoda	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss	4–4	Jan 2003	India F1, Lucknow	Futures	Grass	Todor Enev	2–6, 2–6
Win	5–4	Mar 2003	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Paul Baccanello	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–4	May 2004	Japan F3, Tokyo	Futures	Hard	David Martin	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	7–4	Sep 2004	Japan F6, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Ti Chen	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–4	Sep 2004	Japan F7, Tokyo	Futures	Hard	Michihisa Onoda	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win	9–4	Apr 2005	Japan F1, Kofu	Futures	Carpet	Im Kyu-Tae	6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Win	10–4	Apr 2005	Japan F2, Hokuto	Futures	Clay	David Martin	6–3, 7–5
Win	11–4	May 2005	Korea F2, Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Im Kyu-Tae	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	11–5	Jun 2005	Japan F6, Kusatsu	Futures	Carpet	Atsuo Ogawa	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win	12–5	Feb 2006	Australia F2, Wollongong	Futures	Hard	Jamie Baker	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	13–5	Apr 2006	Japan F1, Tokyo	Futures	Hard	Kwon Oh-Hee	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	14–5	Jun 2006	Japan F6, Karuizawa	Futures	Clay	Adam Kennedy	6–2, 6–4
Win	15–5	Jun 2006	Japan F7, Kusatsu	Futures	Carpet	Yuichi Sugita	7–5, 6–2
Win	16–5	Oct 2006	Japan F11, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	6–4, 6–1
Win	17–5	May 2007	Korea F3, Gimcheon	Futures	Hard	Go Soeda	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Win	18–5	Sep 2007	Great Britain F16, Fox Hills	Futures	Hard	Alexander Slabinsky	6–3, 6–2
Win	19–5	Oct 2007	Japan F10, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	6–3, 6–3
Loss	19–6	Apr 2008	China F4, Taizhou	Futures	Hard	Zhe Li	6–2, 5–7, 5–7
Win	20–6	May 2008	Korea F3, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Im Kyu-Tae	6–0, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	20–7	May 2008	Korea F4, Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Dylan Seong-Kwan Kim	7–5, 3–6, ret.
Win	21–7	Sep 2008	Japan F9, Sapporo	Futures	Carpet	Gouichi Motomura	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 31 (14–17)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–6) ITF Futures (7–11)

Finals by surface Hard (8–14) Clay (3–0) Grass (1–1) Carpet (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1996	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Takao Suzuki	Ben Ellwood Peter Tramacchi	7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Feb 1997	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Takao Suzuki	Mahesh Bhupathi Wayne Black	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Aug 1998	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Shimada	Jeff Coetzee Damien Roberts	6–7, 7–5, 7–5
Win	3–1	May 1999	Japan F4, Fukuoka	Futures	Hard	Mitsuru Takada	Tetsuya Chaen Tasuku Iwami	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–1	Jul 1999	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Oleg Ogorodov	Noam Behr Eyal Erlich	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Oct 1999	Indonesia F5, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Hideki Kaneko	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield	2–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	5–2	Nov 1999	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Thomas Shimada	Michael Joyce Kyle Spencer	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–2	Dec 1999	Jaipur, India	Challenger	Grass	Tomas Anzari	Ivo Karlović Yuri Schukin	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win	7–2	Mar 2000	Bombay, India	Challenger	Hard	Tomas Anzari	Maxime Boyé Eyal Erlich	7–6(11–9), 6–4
Loss	7–3	Mar 2000	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Yaoki Ishii	Martin Hromec Tom Spinks	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	7–4	May 2000	Uzbekistan F2, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Yaoki Ishii	Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	8–4	Sep 2001	Japan F6, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Mitsuru Takada	Katsushi Fukuda Benedikt Stronk	6–4, 7–5
Loss	8–5	Jan 2003	India F1, Lucknow	Futures	Grass	Kim Dong-Hyun	Peter Handoyo Suwandi Suwandi	4–6, 2–6
Loss	8–6	Feb 2003	Great Britain F3, Southampton	Futures	Hard	Michihisa Onoda	Jonathan Marray David Sherwood	3–6, 5–7
Loss	8–7	Apr 2004	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Tasuku Iwami	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6(7–5), 6–7(1–7), 4–6
Loss	8–8	Feb 2005	New Zealand F1, Hamilton	Futures	Hard	Hiroyasu Sato	Scott Lipsky Alexander Hartman	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	9–8	Jun 2006	Japan F6, Karuizawa	Futures	Clay	Yaoki Ishii	Katsushi Fukuda Yuichi Ito	6–3, 6–0
Win	10–8	Aug 2006	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Gouichi Motomura	Jun Woong-sun Frank Moser	2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	10–9	May 2007	Korea F2, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	10–10	Jul 2007	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Philip Stolt	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	10–11	Sep 2007	Great Britain F16, Fox Hills	Futures	Hard	Yaoki Ishii	Robert Searle Ken Skupski	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–12	Nov 2007	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Go Soeda Hiroki Kondo	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	10–13	Jan 2008	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Go Soeda	Scott Lipsky David Martin	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss	10–14	May 2008	Korea F3, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Kim Young-Jun Kwon Oh-Hee	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Win	11–14	Sep 2008	Japan F9, Sapporo	Futures	Carpet	Ko Suzuki	Hiroki Kondo Takahiro Terachi	6–3, 1–6, [10–7]
Win	12–14	Mar 2009	Japan F2, Tokyo	Futures	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	Sho Aida Bumpei Sato	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	13–14	Apr 2009	Korea F2, Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	Zhe Li Clement Reix	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–14	Jun 2009	Japan F4, Karuizawa	Futures	Clay	Hiroki Kondo	Tasuku Iwami Hiroyasu Sato	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss	14–15	Jul 2009	Korea F5, Gyeongsan	Futures	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	Chen Ti Yang Tsung-Hua	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss	14–16	Jul 2009	Korea F6, Gyeongsan	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Lee Hsin-Han Yang Tsung-Hua	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	14–17	Aug 2009	Thailand F1, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	Milos Raonic Nikolaus Moser	6–0, 6–7(2–7), [3–10]

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	Q3	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

External links

• Satoshi Iwabuchi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Satoshi Iwabuchi at the International Tennis Federation
• Satoshi Iwabuchi at the Davis Cup
• Satoshi Iwabuchi at Olympics.com
• Satoshi Iwabuchi at Olympic.org (archived)
• Satoshi Iwabuchi at Olympedia