is a professional Japanese tennis player. On 12 June 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 261. On 7 May 2018, he achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 130.

Career

He was the runner-up in men's singles at the Japanese National Championships in 2006 when he lost the final against

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. He won 6 Japanese national championship titles in men's doubles category: 4 titles with

(2005,2007–09) and 2 titles with

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(2021-22). When he played at the 2019 Shenzhen Longhua Open against 18-year-old

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as a lucky loser, it was the largest age difference ever in a Challenger match, with Matsui being the oldest player at 41 years old, with an ATP ranking. He represented Japan in three

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ties between 2006 and 2010, his win–loss record is 4-1. Plus Matsui participated in the first 2 editions of

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in 2020-2021 as a member of Team Japan. Matsui holds the record as the oldest player in

history. He is also currently the oldest active singles player on the ATP world ranking.

Records

Personal life

Based in

Kashiwa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 433,436 in 194,216 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The name of the city is written with a si ...

, Matsui speaks Japanese and English fluently. In 2010, he was married to a former professional tennis player Tomoyo Takagishi, they have 2 children.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (2–9)

Doubles: 42 (21–21)

References

External links

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Official website

Official blog
1978 births Living people People from Kashiwa Sportspeople from Osaka Japanese male tennis players Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub