Hiroki Moriya


Hiroki Moriya 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.

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.
Junior Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: 3R

French Open: Q1

Wimbledon: 1R

US Open: Q2

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.
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. In November, Moriya reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Toyota, where he lost to Michał Przysiężny in straight sets.

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. 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. 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. 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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Japan F11, TokyoFuturesHard Yūichi Sugita2–6, 5–7
Win1–1Japan F5, KusatsuFuturesCarpet Hiroki Kondo6–2, 6–2
Loss1–2Japan F6, AkishimaFuturesCarpet Yi Chu-huan7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss1–3Japan F1, TokyoFuturesHard Yuichi Ito5–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss1–4Japan F5, KaruizawaFuturesClay Mark Verryth1–6, 4–6
Win2–4Japan F8, SapporoFuturesClay Lee Hsin-han6–1, 6–3
Loss2–5Australia F6, DarwinFuturesHard John Millman0–6, 1–6
Loss2–6Japan F6, KashiwaFuturesHard Junn Mitsuhashi4–6, 0–6
Loss2–7Japan F8, SapporoFuturesClay Junn Mitsuhashi6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Win3–7Chinese Taipei F2, TaipeiFuturesHard An Jae-sung6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss3–8Australia F10, Port PirieFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama6–7, 4–6
Win4–8Australia F2, MilduraFuturesGrass Brydan Klein6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win5–8Japan F3, KōfuFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama6–1, 6–4
Loss5–9Chinese Taipei F2, KaohsiungFuturesHard James Ward5–7, 6–7
Loss5–102012 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Singles|Toyota, JapanChallengerCarpet Michał Przysiężny2–6, 3–6
Loss5–112013 Shanghai Challenger – Singles|Shanghai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Yūichi Sugita3–6, 3–6
Loss5–122014 McDonald's Burnie International – Men's Singles|Burnie, AustraliaChallengerHard Matt Reid3–6, 2–6
Win6–122014 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Men's Singles|Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Fabrice Martin7–5, 6–7, 6–3
Win7–122016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Singles|Nanchang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Chung Hyeon4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss7–132016 Ningbo Challenger – Singles|Ningbo, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Lu Yen-hsun3–6, 1–6
Win8–13Uzbekistan F2, BukharaFuturesHard Evgenii Tiurnev6–0, 6–1
Win9–132018 Loughborough Trophy – Singles|Loughborough, Great BritainChallengerHard James Ward6–2, 7–5
Loss9–142018 Shanghai Challenger – Singles|Shanghai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Blaž Kavčič1–6, 6–7

Doubles: 8 (3–5)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Thailand F2, NonthaburiFuturesHard Tasuku Iwami Ketut-Nesa Arta
Christopher Rungkat		6–4, 4–6,
Win1–1Japan F4, TsukubaFuturesHard Tasuku Iwami Bumpei Sato
Maciek Sykut		6–4, 6–2
Loss1–2Italy F10, AostaFuturesClay Shuichi Sekiguchi Radu Albot
Yasutaka Uchiyama		6–4, 5–7,
Win2–2Germany F4, NußlochFuturesCarpet Yasutaka Uchiyama Marko Lenz
George von Massow		7–6, 6–3
Loss2–3China F2, ChengduFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama Gong Maoxin
Zeng Shaoxuan		7–6, 3–6,
Win3–3China F3, YuxiFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama Brydan Klein
Jose Statham		2–6, 6–4,
Loss3–42019 Launceston Tennis International – Men's Doubles|Launceston, AustraliaChallengerHard Mohamed Safwat Max Purcell
Luke Saville		5–7, 4–6
Loss3–52019 Bangkok Challenger II – Doubles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Enrique López Pérez Li Zhe
Gonçalo Oliveira		2–6, 1–6