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Juniors singles and doubles events.

Personal life

Born in Brazil, both his parents have Japanese heritage. They moved to the U.S. when he was a baby. He now lives in

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. He has trained under Brian Baker at the national campus in Florida.

Career

He was given his ATP tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 US Open in the mixed doubles alongside Elvina Kalieva. As the top seed, he won the

in Boys singles defeating Czech Jakub Menšík. He also won the doubles event partnering Hong Kong player

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. At 17 years old he became the fourth player from the US in the

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to claim the junior singles title, following in the footsteps of

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, Donald Young and

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. He was also the first player since Czech

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in 2011 to sweep the singles and doubles events.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

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* * 2004 births Living people American male tennis players American sportspeople of Japanese descent Japanese-American tennis players Brazilian emigrants to the United States Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions {{US-tennis-bio-stub