Bumpei Sato (佐藤 文平, Satō Bumpei, born 16 December 1985) is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. He competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 661 on October 20, 2014, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 304 on June 9, 2014.

Bumpei Sato
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Born (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985 (age 38)
Retired2016
Playsright-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$50,503
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 661 (20 October 2014)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 304 (9 June 2014)
Last updated on: 13 April 2021.

Career

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During his tenure playing professional tennis, Sato only played in 2 ATP Tour - level matches. Both of these matches came in doubles at the 2012 World Team Cup tournament where he represented Japan. Partnering with Tatsuma Ito, the pair first lost during their matchup against Argentina to Juan Ignacio Chela and Juan Pablo Brzezicki 7–6(7–3), 1–6, [7–10] and then lost during their matchup against USA to James Blake and Ryan Harrison 6–4, 0–6, [3–10].[1]

Sato reached 27 career doubles finals, winning 12 and falling in 15. Of those finals, he appeared just once at the ATP Challenger Tour level, at the 2014 Toyota Challenger in Toyota Japan, where he and partner Yang Tsung-hua of Taiwan lost to Japanese duo Toshihide Matsui / Yasutaka Uchiyama in straight sets 6–7(6-8), 2-6.[2]

His last tournament was the Korea F8 ITF Futures, Anseong in September 2016 where he lost in the third round of qualifying in singles, and lost in the first round of doubles to end his professional tennis career.[3]

He is married to retired Japanese WTA tennis player Maiko Inoue.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 27 (12–15)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (12–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–12)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2009 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Sho Aida   Satoshi Iwabuchi
  Gouichi Motomura
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2009 Japan F9, Yokohama Futures Clay   Hsin-Han Lee   Hiromasa Oku
  Kousuke Sugimoto
0–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 1–2 Mar 2010 Japan F1, Tokyo Futures Hard   Chu-Huan Yi   Tasuku Iwami
  Hiroki Kondo
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Apr 2010 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard   Maciek Sykut   Tasuku Iwami
  Hiroki Moriya
4–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Jul 2010 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay   Hsin-Han Lee   Tasuku Iwami
  Hiroki Kondo
3–6, 6–4. [15–13]
Loss 2–4 Oct 2010 Japan F9, Kashiwa Futures Hard   Harri Heliovaara   Yuichi Ito
  Chu-Huan Yi
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 2–5 Oct 2010 Japan F10, Tama Futures Hard   Harri Heliovaara   Tasuku Iwami
  Hiroki Kondo
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–6 Apr 2011 Thailand F2, Khon Kaen Futures Hard   Hsin-Han Lee   Weerapat Doakmaiklee
  Kittiphong Wachiramanowong
6–7(9–11), 2–6
Loss 2–7 Apr 2011 India F3, Chandigarh Futures Hard   Hsin-Han Lee   Divij Sharan
  Vishnu Vardhan
4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 2–8 May 2011 China F5, Nanjing Futures Hard   Junn Mitsuhashi   Hsin-Han Lee
  Hsieh Cheng-peng
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–9 Jun 2011 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard   Daniel Yoo   Isaac Frost
  Brendan Moore
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 3–9 Jun 2011 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Hsin-Han Lee   Junn Mitsuhashi
  Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–4, 5–7. [12–10]
Loss 3–10 Jul 2011 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures CLay   Kittiphong Wachiramanowong   Hsin-Han Lee
  Hsieh Cheng-peng
4–6, 6–3, [7-10]
Loss 3–11 Oct 2011 Laos F1, Vientiane Futures Hard   Danai Udomchoke   Sanchai Ratiwatana
  Sonchat Ratiwatana
2–6, 3–6
Win 4–11 Apr 2012 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard   Peng Hsien-yin   Gao Xin
  Yu Chang
6–3, 5–7. [10–6]
Win 5–11 Mar 2013 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Sho Katayama   Shota Tagawa
  Yasutaka Uchiyama
7–6(7–4], 6–4
Loss 5–12 Jun 2013 India F6, Chennai Futures Hard   Toshihide Matsui   N. Sriram Balaji
  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
1–6, 4–6
Win 6–12 Jun 2013 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard   Yasutaka Uchiyama   Yuichi Ito
  Takuto Niki
7–6(7–2], 6–4
Win 7–12 Jun 2013 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Sho Katayama   Koichi Sano
  Masaki Sasai
6–1, 6–4
Loss 7–13 Jul 2013 Japan F8, Kashiwa Futures Hard   Toshihide Matsui   Hiroki Kondo
  Jose Statham
4–6, 2–6
Win 8–13 Mar 2014 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Sho Katayama   Yuichi Ito
  Hiroki Kondo
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 9–13 Apr 2014 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard   Sho Katayama   Lee Duck-hee
  Finn Tearney
6–4, 6–4
Win 10–13 May 2014 Turkey F14, Antalya Futures Hard   Sho Katayama   Andrei Ciumac
  Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–3, 6–1
Win 11–13 Jun 2014 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard   Takuto Niki   Yuya Kibi
  Tomohiro Masabayashi
6–1, 6–3
Win 12–13 Jun 2014 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Sho Katayama   Wang Chieh-fu
  Yang Shao-Chi
7–5, 6–2
Loss 12–14 Nov 2014 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet   Yang Tsung-hua   Toshihide Matsui
  Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss 12–15 Aug 2015 China F13, Putian Futures Hard   Sho Katayama   Chu-Huan Yi
  Bai Yan
2–6, 6-7(4–7)

References

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  1. ^ "Japan ousted at World Team Cup". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Stats". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Results". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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