Takuto Niki

Takuto Niki
仁木 拓人
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37)
Tsukuba, Japan
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned proApril 2010
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money$170,654
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 278 (23 March 2015)
Current rankingNo. 881 (23 May 2022)
Doubles
Career record0-0
Career titles26 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 269 (23 April 2018)
Current rankingNo. 638 (23 May 2022)
Last updated on: 4 June 2022.

Takuto Niki (仁木 拓人, Niki Takuto, born 12 October 1987) is a Japanese tennis player.

Niki has a career high ATP singles ranking of 278 achieved on 23 March 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 269 achieved on 23 April 2018.

Niki made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 ATP Shenzhen Open where he qualified for the main draw. He lost to Bai Yan in the first round.

He has reached 22 singles finals to date, posting a record of 10 wins and 12 losses. Additionally, he has reached 57 doubles finals, holding a record of 26 wins and 31 losses. All of his career finals in both single and doubles have come on the ITF Futures Tour with the exception of 1, where he and partner Yuichi Ito lost in the final of the ATP Challenger tournament in Granby Canada.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 22 (10–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (10–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–11)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2011 Kazakhstan F2, Taraz Futures Hard Italy Federico Gaio 6–0, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2011 Japan F7, Tokyo Futures Grass Japan Hiroki Kondo 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Mar 2012 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard China Chang Yu 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2013 Israel F7, Ashkelon Futures Hard France Enzo Couacoud 5–7, 1–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 2014 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard China Wu Di 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Mar 2014 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard Japan Yusuke Watanuki 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–5 Apr 2014 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Japan Masato Shiga 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 3–5 Jun 2014 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 7–5
Win 4–5 Jun 2014 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Yuya Kibi 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 5–5 Mar 2015 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard Japan Yuya Kibi 6–3, ret.
Win 6–5 Mar 2015 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–6 Apr 2015 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 1–6, 2–6
Win 7–6 Oct 2016 Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Kuan-Yi 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–6 Oct 2016 Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung Futures Hard Japan Jumpei Yamasaki 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 8–7 Jan 2017 Hong Kong F6 Futures Hard China Bai Yan 1–6, 4–6
Loss 8–8 Mar 2017 Japan F1. Nishitama Futures Hard Japan Yusuke Takahashi 5–7, 3–6
Win 9–8 Mar 2017 Japan F3. Kofu Futures Hard United States Shane Vinsant 6–4, 4–0 ret.
Loss 9–9 Apr 2017 Japan F4. Tsukuba Futures Hard Japan Yusuke Takahashi 2–6, 2–6
Loss 9–10 May 2018 Singapore F2, Singapore Futures Hard United States Collin Altamirano 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 9–11 Aug 2018 Austria F5, Vogau Futures Clay Argentina Matias Zukas 3–6, 3–6
Win 10–11 Sep 2018 USA F26, Fountain Valley Futures Hard United States Michael Shabaz 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 10–12 Apr 2019 M25 Matsuyama, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 57 (26–31)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (26–30)
Finals by surface
Hard (23–24)
Clay (3–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2010 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Fumiaki Kita South Korea Lee Chui-Hee
South Korea Kwon Oh-Hee
5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2011 Kazakhstan F3, Almaty Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Russia Mikhail Fufygin
Russia Ilia Starkov
1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 1–2 Jun 2011 India F7, Delhi Futures Hard Russia Vitali Reshetnikov India Divij Sharan
India Rohan Gajjar
2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 1–3 Sep 2011 Serbia F11, Nis Futures Clay Russia Stepan Khotulev France Gleb Sakharov
Russia Mikhail Vasiliev
2–6, 6–2, [7-10]
Win 2–3 Sep 2011 Serbia F12, Soko Banja Futures Clay Russia Stepan Khotulev North Macedonia Tomislav Jotovski
North Macedonia Stefan Micov
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–4 Nov 2011 Chinese Taipei F4, Tainan Futures Clay Japan Arata Onozawa Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-Chi
Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-Huan
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Mar 2012 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa China Gao Xin
China Chang Yu
3–6, 6–1, [10-6]
Loss 3–5 May 2012 China F8, Fuzhou Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa China Gao Xin
China Li Zhe
2–6, 3–6
Win 4–5 Jun 2012 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Shota Tagawa Japan Gengo Kikuchi
Japan Yuki Matsuo
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–5 Jul 2012 Japan F7, Sapporo Futures Clay Japan Arata Onozawa Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
Japan Shota Tagawa
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 5–6 Jul 2012 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard Japan Yuichi Ito Canada Vasek Pospisil
Canada Philip Bester
1–6, 2–6
Loss 5–7 May 2013 Israel F8, Ashkelon Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Republic of Ireland Sam Barry
New Zealand Sebastian Lavie
6–7(7–9), 6–2, [10–12]
Win 6–7 May 2013 Israel F9, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Republic of Ireland Sam Barry
Republic of Ireland Daniel Glancy
6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–8 May 2013 Thailand F1, Bangkok Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 6–9 Jun 2013 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard Japan Yuichi Ito Japan Bumpei Sato
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 7–9 Sep 2013 Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei City Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Chinese Taipei Chen I-Ta
6–4, 6–4
Win 8–9 Dec 2013 Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Japan Toshihide Matsui
Thailand Danai Udomchoke
7–6(12–10), 7–6(10–8)
Loss 8–10 Dec 2013 Cambodia F3, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa India Karunuday Singh
India Ramkumar Ramanathan
4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–11 Feb 2014 Australia F1, Happy Valley Futures Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Australia Dane Propoggia
3–6, 2–6
Win 9–11 Mar 2014 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Japan Toshihide Matsui
Thailand Danai Udomchoke
6–4, 6–2
Win 10–11 Jun 2014 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard Japan Bumpei Sato Japan Yuya Kibi
Japan Tomohiro Masabayashi
6–1, 6–3
Loss 10–12 Jun 2014 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa Japan Yusuke Watanuki
Japan Keisuke Watanuki
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 10–13 Jun 2014 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay Japan Arata Onozawa Japan Takao Suzuki
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 11–13 Oct 2014 Australia F7, Cairns Futures Hard Japan Yuya Kibi Australia Dane Propoggia
United Kingdom Brydan Klein
1–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–4]
Win 12–13 Mar 2015 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard Japan Yuya Kibi Japan Yuichi Ito
Japan Arata Onozawa
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 13–13 Apr 2015 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Australia Jarryd Chaplin
New Zealand Ben McLachlan
6–2, 6–4
Win 14–13 Jun 2015 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard Japan Yuya Kibi South Korea Lee Duckhee
South Korea Woo Chung Hyo
6–0, 6–3
Win 15–13 Mar 2016 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Yuya Kibi
Japan Toshihide Matsui
6–1, 6–2
Loss 15–14 Apr 2016 Japan F5, Kashiwa Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Yuichi Ito
Japan Sho Katayama
3–6, 3–6
Loss 15–15 Jul 2016 Korea F4, Gimcheon Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai South Korea Nam Ji Sung
South Korea Song Min-Kyu
4–6, 4–6
Win 16–15 Jan 2017 Hong Kong F6 Futures Hard France Geoffrey Blancaneaux Hong Kong Karan Rastogi
Hong Kong Wong Chun Hun
7–6(8–6), 6–0
Loss 16–16 Mar 2017 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard Japan Kaito Uesugi Japan Katsuki Nagao
Japan Hiromasa Oku
0–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 17–16 Mar 2017 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Kaito Uesugi Japan Gengo Kikuchi
Japan Shunrou Takeshima
7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), [10–3]
Win 18–16 Apr 2017 Japan F5, Kashiwa Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Katsuki Nagao
Japan Hiromasa Oku
6–4, 6–4
Loss 18–17 Jun 2017 Japan F6, Karuizawa Futures Clay Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Toshihide Matsui
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
5–7, 2–6
Win 19–17 Jun 2017 Chinese Taipei F1, Taipei Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Chinese Taipei Lee Kuan-Yi
Chinese Taipei Liu Shao-Fan
7–5, 6–4
Loss 19–18 Jun 2017 Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-Huan
Chinese Taipei Chiu Yu-Hsiang
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win 20–18 Jul 2017 Hong Kong F3 Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Hong Kong Wong Hong Kit
Hong Kong Yeung Pak Long
7–5, 6–2
Loss 20–19 Dec 2017 Hong Kong F5 Futures Hard France Corentin Denolly United States Evan King
United States Michael Zhu
4–6, 2–6
Loss 20–20 Jan 2018 Hong Kong F6 Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Yuto Sakai
Japan Yunosuke Tanaka
6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 21–20 Mar 2018 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Soichiro Moritani
Japan Sho Katayama
6–1, 6–4
Win 22–20 Mar 2018 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai South Korea Lee Tae-Woo
South Korea Lim Yong-kyu
7–5, 6–3
Win 23–20 Apr 2018 Japan F6, Matsuyama Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Yuto Sakai
Japan Yuhel Kono
6–4, 6–3
Loss 23–21 May 2018 Singapore F2, Singapore Futures Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Philippines Francis Casey Alcantara
United States Collin Altamirano
1–6, 4–6
Loss 23–22 Jun 2018 Korea F2, Gyeongsan Futures Hard United States John-Paul Fruttero South Korea Nam Ji Sung
South Korea Lim Yong-kyu
4–6, 1–6
Loss 23–23 Aug 2018 Austria F5, Vogau Futures Clay Japan Yuta Shimizu Argentina Alejo Vilaro
Argentina Matias Zukas
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 23–24 Aug 2018 Netherlands F4, Oldenzaal Futures Clay Japan Kazuki Nishiwaki Netherlands Niels Lootsma
Netherlands Glenn Smits
6–3, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss 23–25 Sep 2018 Canada F7, Toronto Futures Hard United States Felix Corwin Italy Francesco Ferrari
Greece Michail Pervolarakis
3–6, 3–6
Win 24–25 Mar 2019 M15 Nishitama, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shintaro Imai Thailand Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
Australia Blake Ellis
1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–5]
Loss 24–26 Mar 2019 M15 Tokyo, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shintaro Imai South Korea Nam Ji Sung
South Korea Song Min-Kyu
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]
Loss 24–27 Jun 2019 M15 Daegu, South Korea World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Issei Okamura South Korea Lim Yong-kyu
South Korea Song Min-Kyu
3–6, 5–7
Loss 24–28 Aug 2019 M15 Kiryat Shmona, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov Italy Federico Bertuccioli
Italy Andrea Picchione
6–4, 4–6, [12–14]
Loss 24–29 Mar 2021 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Yusuke Takahashi Italy Jacopo Berrettini
Austria Neil Oberleitner
3–6, 3–6
Win 25–29 Jun 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Yuki Mochizuki China Runhao Hua
China Ze Zhang
6–3, 6–4
Loss 25–30 Jul 2021 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Kaito Uesugi Australia Thomas Fancutt
United Kingdom Evan Hoyt
3–6, 2–6
Loss 25–31 Apr 2022 M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shinji Hazawa South Korea Ji Sung Nam
South Korea Min Kyu Song
1–6, 4–6
Win 26–31 Jun 2022 M25 Harmon, Guam World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Takeru Yuzuki South Korea Seong Chan Hong
South Korea Cheong-Eui Kim
1–6, 7–6(7–4) [11–9]