is a retired Japanese professional

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player. He competed primarily on the

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and

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Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 661 on October 20, 2014, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 304 on June 9, 2014.

Career

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. Partnering with

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, the pair first lost during their matchup against

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and

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''7–6^(7–3), 1–6, –10' and then lost during their matchup against

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to James Blake and

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''6–4, 0–6, –10'. Sato reached 27 career doubles finals, winning 12 and falling in 15. Of those finals, he appeared just once at the

level, at the 2014 Toyota Challenger in

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Japan, where he and partner

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of Taiwan lost to Japanese duo

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in straight sets ''6–7^(6-8), 2-6.'' His last tournament was the Korea F8 ITF Futures,

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in September 2016 where he lost in the third round of qualifying in singles, and lost in the first round of doubles to end his professional tennis career. He is married to retired Japanese WTA tennis player

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 27 (12–15)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Bumpei 1985 births Living people Japanese male tennis players 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people