Go Soeda
Gō Soeda (Japanese添 田 豪, Soeda Gō; born September 5, 1984 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese tennis player.
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Life and career
Junior career
As a junior Gō Soeda took part in international tournaments since 1998. His most successful year was 2002 when he won a tournament in Malaysia and also in Japan reached a final. In the junior world rankings, he rose in this period up to rank 20
2001-2004: First years on the professional tour
In September 2001, Gō Soeda entered as a wild card for the first time at a Futures tournament, and could immediately collect his first world ranking points there. In the following years Soeda played almost exclusively Futures tournaments, and slowly worked his way in the world rankings to the top. In 2004, he was the first to reach the quarter finals of a Challenger tournament, and then climbed into the top 500 in the world rankings.
2005: First Future title and debut in the Davis Cup and the ATP Tour
In 2005, Gō Soeda stood for the first time in the finals of a Futures tournament, and in July 2005 he won his first Futures in Tokyo title. Subsequently, he was first nominated for the Japanese Davis Cup team and contributed to a 4-1 victory over Thailand a single victory over Sanchai Ratiwatana at. Since then, he has played regularly for Japan, and has 16:5 with a very positive balance. In September 2005, the first time Soeda could qualify for an ATP tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, but failed in the first round in a tight three- set match at top 10 player Mariano Puerta. Just a week later he succeeded in Tokyo qualification, but again was against the top 100 players Rainer Schuettler in three sets in the first round last stop. In November 2005, he was still able to win another Futures tournament and ended the year ranked 302 in the world rankings.
2006: Establishment of the Challenger Tour
Also in 2006, Gō Soeda could improve: He reached two Futures finals, of which he won one. On the Challenger Tour he stood in Aptos for the first time in a final, but it lost to Alex Kuznetsov. He also reached another semi-final as well as numerous quarterfinals. On the ATP Tour, he could not place a further win the match at two in the tournament this year. Even with the qualifications for Grand Slam tournaments he did not get beyond the second qualifying round. Yet he rose because of the Challenger success in the world ranking in the Top 200. At the end of Soeda was also able to win the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Doha.
2007: Grand Slam debut and first Challenger title
In January 2007, Gō Soeda got a wildcard for the Australian Open, but lost in his Grand Slam debut smooth in three sets to the set at position 9 Mario Ančić. In both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, he failed each in the third qualifying round, two other ATP tournaments he retired in the first round. For this he won his first Challenger title in August 2007 in Manta by defeating Eduardo Schwank. In November 2007, he reached another Challenger final, which he lost to Joseph Sirianni but in Brisbane.
2008: Great success on the Challenger Tour
The year 2008 was for Gō Soeda the hitherto most successful of his career: he won during the year in Kyoto ( against Matthias Bachinger ), Busan, New Delhi ( both against Lu Yen -Hsun ) and Toyota ( against Lee Hyung- taik ) a total of four Challenger titles and reached Yokohama in yet another final. He was one of the most successful Challenger players this year. He also won in Beijing against the started a wild card Bai Yan for the first time a match on the ATP level. By these successes he climbed up to the end up to rank 114 in the world rankings.
2009-2010: setbacks and comeback
2009, however, Gō Soeda could not build on the successes of the previous year: he repeatedly tried to qualify for ATP tournaments, but managed only one out of nine attempts to jump into the main draw, where he immediately resigned. His only title this year he won in October 2009 at the Challenger tournament in Tiburon, where he defeated Ilija Bozoljac. In the world rankings, he was thus back to Rank 241. The year 2010 was again successful for Soeda: First he won in March 2010, two consecutive Futures tournaments, and then in May 2010 in Manta by defeating Ryler Deheart now his seventh Challenger title. Later in the year he reached yet another Challenger final in Nottingham as well as several semi-finals. In addition, he succeeded in Wimbledon qualifying for a Grand Slam tournament. However, he lost in the first round smooth against Martin Fischer. In Newport, he reached through a victory over the top -100 player Taylor Dent for the second time in his career, the second round of an ATP tournament. In the world rankings, he was able to improve again this year by more than 100 seats, and came here in September 2010, with rank 104, the best-ever finish of his career. In November 2010, Soeda won at the Asian Games in Guangzhou as four years earlier the bronze medal.
2011: Short-term entry into the Top 100
The year 2011 began for Gō Soeda with two challenger semi-finals in Singapore and Kyoto. After he won in March 2011 in Pingguo by a victory over Matthias Bachinger his eighth Challenger title, he then rose for the first time in his career in the top 100 in the world ranking. Although he was only shortly thereafter in the ranking back, but was nevertheless in May 2011 directly qualified for the French Open. There, however, he lost in the first round in three sets to the set at position 12 Mikhail Youzhny. After Soeda at the ATP tournament in London's Queen's Club was eliminated in the first round against Radek Stepanek in June 2011, he could qualify as last year for Wimbledon subsequently. Against the set at position 12 eventual semi-finalists Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but was once again in the first round last stop. End of July 2011 in Wuhai Soeda won by defeating Raven Klaasen his second Challenger title this year. A month later Soeda also managed at the U.S. Open qualifying for the main draw, but there was no chance in the first round against Kevin Anderson. During the subsequent tournament in Bangkok Soeda to win as a qualifier for the first time two consecutive ATP matches, including against the top 100 players Karol Beck. In the quarterfinals, but lost to eventual finalists then smooth Donald Young.
2012: First ATP semi-final
Early 2012 could Gō Soeda celebrate its greatest success: the ATP tournament in Chennai as he defeated qualifier among others, the two Top -50 player Ivan Dodig and Stanislas Wawrinka reached and thus for the first time in his career an ATP semifinal. There he left but then in two sets against the top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of. At the Australian Open Soeda failed to qualify, but he immediately went on to Honolulu, where he won his tenth meanwhile Challenger title by a final victory over Robby Ginepri. In March 2012, Soeda reached two additional Challenger Finals: In Singapore, he was defeated by top-seeded Lu Yen -Hsun, Pingguo however, he was able to defend his title from last year with a final victory over Malek Jaziri. Due to the recent success of his re-entry was achieved in the Top 100, and he could achieve his best ever placement with rank 67. In April 2012, followed in Kaohsiung by a significant final win over Tatsuma Ito of the third Challenger title of the year.