Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships

The is a professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals

Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

(ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, since 1997.

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011 2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships The 2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...	Dominik Meffert Dominik Meffert Dominik Meffert is a German professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2007 US Open, to this date his first and only Grand Slam competition, but lost in the first round. He is 6'6" tall and 210 lbs...	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career high No. 81 on November 21, 2011.-2011:...	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2010 2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships The 2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...	Yuichi Sugita Yuichi Sugita Yuichi Sugita is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 29, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 181.-Singles finals: 2 :-External links:*...	Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden is an Australian professional tennis player who is currently ranked the World No. 80, making him the second highest ranked Australian behind Bernard Tomic...	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009 2009 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships The 2009 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 9 and 15 March 2009....	Sergei Bubka Sergei Bubka (tennis) Sergei Bubka is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. He is a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team and is coached by Tibor Toth, who is also the coach of Sergiy Stakhovsky...	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	7–6(6), 6–4
2008	Go Soeda Go Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...	Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career high rank was No. 85, achieved on August 15, 2011.-Professional career:...	7–6(0), 2–6, 6–4
2007	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130...	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
2006	Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	Yen-hsun Lu	6–4, 6–1
2005	Robin Vik Robin Vik Robin Vik is a Czech professional tennis player.Vik turned professional in 1995 and he reached a career high ranking of 57 in January 2006.Now he is on 667 place...	Pavel Šnobel Pavel Šnobel Pavel Šnobel is a left-handed, Czech tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #178 in July, 2005 and his career-high doubles ranking of #110 in February, 2006.-Professional career:...	6–4, 6–4
2004	Michal Tabara Michal Tabara Michal Tabara is a tennis player from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander has won one singles title so far in his career. Tabara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on July 23, 2001, when he became world number 47.Tabara was involved in a minor controversy at...	Yen-hsun Lu	7–6(5), 4–3 retired
2003	Michal Tabara Michal Tabara Michal Tabara is a tennis player from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander has won one singles title so far in his career. Tabara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on July 23, 2001, when he became world number 47.Tabara was involved in a minor controversy at...	Noam Behr Noam Behr Noam Behr is an Israeli professional tennis player who turned pro in 1994.His career-high singles ranking was # 127 , and his career-high doubles ranking was # 109 .-Tennis career:...	6–2, 6–2
2002	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	Mario Ančić Mario Ancic Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles...	6–7(4), 6–2, 6–2
2001	John van Lottum John van Lottum John van Lottum is a former tennis player from The Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994–2007...	Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...	6–7(3), 6–4, 7–5
2000	Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...	Arvind Parmar Arvind Parmar Arvind Parmar was born 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and attended Whitehill Junior School followed by Hitchin Boys School. He is a former top British tennis player. Of Indian descent, he retired in December 2006. Parmar is nicknamed the "Hitchin Hurricane". After retiring he began coaching and...	6–7(3), 6–4, 6–4
1999	Julian Knowle Julian Knowle ----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no...	Gouichi Motomura Gouichi Motomura is a retired Challenger tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Over a 16-year period, Motomura captured four Challenger titles, all in doubles, and is tied for the most Davis Cup ties played by a Japanese player, with 23. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134 and doubles ranking is...	6–1, 6–2
1998	Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...	Steve Campbell	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1997	Carsten Arriens	Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...	3–6, 6–2, 7–6

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Dominik Meffert Dominik Meffert Dominik Meffert is a German professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2007 US Open, to this date his first and only Grand Slam competition, but lost in the first round. He is 6'6" tall and 210 lbs... Simon Stadler Simon Stadler Simon Stadler is a left-handed, German tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #144 in October 2011.- Juniors career :...	Andre Begemann Andre Begemann Andre Begemann is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 166 .-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 11 :-External links:* *... James Lemke James Lemke James Lemke is a Australian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 224 on 3 October 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 297, on 26 September 2011.-External...	7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
2010 2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships The 2010 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...	Martin Fischer Martin Fischer (tennis) Martin Fischer is an Austrian professional tennis player. His highest career ranking was No. 117 achieved on October 11, 2010.-Singles :-Runner-Up :- References :... Philipp Oswald Philipp Oswald Philipp Oswald is a Austrian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On December 7, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 206, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 81 was reached on July 5, 2010....	Divij Sharan Divij Sharan Divij Sharan is a Indian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 438 on 30 July 2007, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 172, on 3 October 2011.-Doubles :-External... Vishnu Vardhan Vishnu Vardhan (tennis) Vishnu Vardhan, also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professionals tennis player from India. He was a member of the bronze medalist Indian men's team for 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China...	6–1, 6–2
2009 2009 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships The 2009 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 9 and 15 March 2009....	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3... Martin Slanar Martin Slanar -2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...	Tatsuma Ito Tatsuma Ito is a Japanese professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-Doubles: 1 :-External links:*... Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	6–7(7), 7–6(3), 10–6
2008	Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130... Martin Slanar Martin Slanar -2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...	Hiroki Kondo Hiroki Kondo is a Japanese tennis player. On April 12, 2010, he reached his highest ATP Doubles ranking of 179.-Doubles finals: 6 :-External links:*... Go Soeda Go Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...	6–1, 7–5
2007	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004.... Sonchat Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home country...	Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011... Bobby Reynolds Bobby Reynolds ----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:...	6–4, 6–3
2006	Alun Jones Alun Jones (tennis) Alun Jones is an Australian professional tennis player. He currently resides in Canberra, Australia with wife Jill.... Jonathan Marray Jonathan Marray Jonny Marray is a British tennis player who represents Yorkshire. As of June 2009 he is the 9th highest ranked player in Britain....	Prakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a... Rohan Bopanna Rohan Bopanna Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...	6–4, 3–6, 14–12
2005	Pavel Šnobel Pavel Šnobel Pavel Šnobel is a left-handed, Czech tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #178 in July, 2005 and his career-high doubles ranking of #110 in February, 2006.-Professional career:... Michal Tabara Michal Tabara Michal Tabara is a tennis player from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander has won one singles title so far in his career. Tabara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on July 23, 2001, when he became world number 47.Tabara was involved in a minor controversy at...	Joji Miyao Atuso Ogawa	6–2, 6–7(4), 7–5
2004	Rik de Voest Rik de Voest Rik de Voest is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006.... Fred Hemmes, Jr.	Yen-hsun Lu Jason Marshall Jason Marshall Jason Marshall is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman.-Playing career:Marshall was drafted 9th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Marshall played 526 career NHL games over 12 seasons, scoring 16 goals and 51 assists for 67 points...	6–3, 6–7(8), 6–4
2003	Amir Hadad Amir Hadad Amir Hadad is a professional tennis player.His highest singles ATP ranking was # 180, in 2003. His highest doubles ranking was # 87, also in 2003.-Tennis career:He turned pro in 1995.... Andy Ram Andy Ram Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches...	Jan Hájek Jan Hájek (tennis) Jan Hájek is a male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is right-handed with a double handed backhand. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 6, 2006, when he reached world number 71.... Yeu-tzuoo Wang	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
2002	Tuomas Ketola Tuomas Ketola Tuomas Ketola is a Finnish former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour.Ketola was the number two tennis player in Finland behind Jarkko Nieminen and as of April 14, 2006 is the 716th ranked player in the world. In 2004, he reached the first round of Wimbledon in singles by defeating three... Alexander Waske Alexander Waske Alexander Waske is a professional male tennis player from Germany. He turned pro in 2000.On June 12, 2006, Waske achieved his career-high singles ranking: World No. 89.-Doubles: 7 :-External links:...	Mario Ančić Mario Ancic Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles... Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko is a professional Croatian tennis player.-Tennis career:Early on in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the Umag final both years with Ivan Ljubičić....	6–4, 6–4
2001	Noam Behr Noam Behr Noam Behr is an Israeli professional tennis player who turned pro in 1994.His career-high singles ranking was # 127 , and his career-high doubles ranking was # 109 .-Tennis career:... Noam Okun Noam Okun Noam Okun is a professional tennis player.In 2002, Okun reached a career-high singles ranking of # 95 in the world...	Kelly Gullett Brandon Hawk	6–3, 7–5
2000	Martin Hromec Martin Hromec Martin Hromec is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has competed in the Davis Cup several times and men's doubles tournaments particularly in the mid to late 1990s. In the 1998 Davis Cup he competed with Ján Krošlák.-External links:... Tom Spinks	Yaoki Ishii Satoshi Iwabuchi Satoshi Iwabuchi 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 7-6, 7-6.As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which...	6–4, 7–6(5)
1999	Julian Knowle Julian Knowle ----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no... Lorenzo Manta Lorenzo Manta Lorenzo Manta is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who turned professional in 1992. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on June 12, 2000, when he became the number 103 of the world. His best achievement in the grand slam tournaments was reaching the fourth round at...	Giorgio Galimberti Giorgio Galimberti Giorgio Galimberti is an Italian professional tennis player.Galimberti was born in Milan and is currently ranked at No. 1009 in men's singles, peaking at No... Hyung-taik Lee	6–1, 6–7, 6–2
1998	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan.... Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...	Óscar Ortiz Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah , is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 82 in 1994....	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1997	Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament... Wayne Black Wayne Black Wayne Hamilton Black is a former professional male tennis player from Zimbabwe.Black is the son of Don and Velia Black and the brother of Cara Black and Byron Black, also professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was an All-American in singles and doubles...	Satoshi Iwabuchi Satoshi Iwabuchi 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 7-6, 7-6.As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which... Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	6–4, 6–7, 6–1

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