Gouichi Motomura

Tennis Player Dec 25 Japan

January 9, 2024

Quick Facts

Gouichi Motomura
Full Name Gouichi Motomura
Occupation Tennis Player
Date Of Birth Dec 25, 1973(1973-12-25)
Age 52
Birthplace Chiba
Country Japan
Birth City Chiba Prefecture
Horoscope Sagittarius

Gouichi Motomura Biography

Name Gouichi Motomura
Birthday Dec 25
Birth Year 1973
Place Of Birth Chiba
Home Town Chiba Prefecture
Birth Country Japan
Birth Sign Sagittarius

Gouichi Motomura is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on December 25, 1973 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Gouichi Motomura (Ben Cun Gang Yi , Motomura Goichi) (born 25 December 1973) is a former Challenger tour and Japan Davis Cup tennis team player. In the span of 16 years, Motomura captured four Challenger titles, all doubles. He also holds the record with the record for highest number of Davis Cup ties played by an Japanese player with 23. His career’s highest singles rank was World No. Doubles rank is World No. 159.

Motomura played singles and doubles throughout his career. His most successful singles results came from getting to 10 Challenger finals in Bangkok February 1998 (l.and Leander Paes); Kyoto, March 1999 (l./ Julian Knowle); Cordoba July, 1999 (l.Oleg Ogorodov); Cordoba, July 1999 (l. Oleg Ogorodov); Madrid August 1999 (l.Ota Fukarek); Madrid, August 1999 (l. Ota Fukarek); Hong Kong, October 1999 (l./ Stephane Huet); Hamilton, New Zealand in February 2000 (l.Michael Joyce); Hamilton, New Zealand, March 2000 (l. Michael Joyce); Seoul November 2001 (l.Hyung-Taik Le); Yokohama, October 2001 (l./ Takao Suzuki); Campos do Jordao in July 2003 (l. Giovanni Lapentti) and Burnie February, 2005 (l.(l./ Chris Guccione). He took home the title in nine Futures tournaments. He was in the main draw for singles of the Grand Slam event twice, both as a wild card entry to the Australian Open, in 2000 and 2003. Both times he fell to the world’s top 50 French opponent. He was eliminated in 2000 when he was defeated against World No. 26 Sebastien Grosjean 3-6, 3-4 2-6. Three years later, he lost to World No. 37 Nicolas Escude 1-6, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6. Two times in the year 2007 as well, he tried to play in the tournament , but failed when he was eliminated in the opening round in qualifying for qualifying for the Wimbledon Championships.

For ATP Tour events, Motomura’s record of career-high match wins and losses in singles was between 9 and 25, and he was never able to advance past two rounds of the tournament. When playing doubles, he was a participant in only one Grand Slam, the 1999 Wimbledon Championships partnering Adriano Ferreira. They fell in the first match of their round by four sets. In addition to winning 4 Challenger duo titles Motomura also made five more finals and won the two Futures titles. Motomura did not have his regular partner, however the two Challenger wins were when he played with Oleg Olgorodov. Later in his career, the pair along with Satoshi Iwabuchi had two wins and a win record over 4 Futures events.

Gouichi Motomura Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Tennis Player
House Living in own house.

Gouichi Motomura is one of the richest Tennis Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gouichi Motomura 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Motomura’s most memorable match victories were against Tim Henman in 1994; the young Tommy Haas in 1996; Paradorn Srichaphan three times in 2001, 1999 and 2002 and World No. 72 David Prinosil in 1999; World No. 22 (and the former World No. 1.) Marcelo Rios in 2000; Mario Ancic twice in 2001; Yen-Hsun Li four times in 2001 and twice in 2003 and then in 2007; World No. 40 Jarkko Nieminen in 2002; World No. 44 Karol Beck in 2003; and Dudi Sela in 2005. His win-loss record on his tour against the top 100 gamers was six and 24, respectively. The top-ranked opponent he played is World No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt at the 2004 Japan Open, and Motomura took the second set with an 0-6, 6-3 6-1 loss. For head-to-head match results and in every single ITF, ATP, and Davis Cup matches (qualifying and main draw) He was 3-4 against Srichaphan; 2-9 against Hyung-Taik Le; 4-2 versus Lu; 4-2 against Ti Chen. He also had 3-3 against Yoon Yong-Il Yoon. He also had a 1-3 record Ogorodov 7-7 against Davis Cup teammate Iwabuchi; and 1-3 against Takao Suzuki.

Motomura took home four of 5 All-Japan singles championships from 1999 between 1999 and 2003 (1999 1999, 2000 2002, 1999 as well as 2003). He also finished second in 1996. He was crowned the doubles champion three times: both in 1995 and 1993 with Tetsuya Sato and in 1996, he was paired with Thomas Shimada.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height 5 ft 8 in

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Facts & Trivia

Gouichi Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Gouichi Motomura celebrates birthday on December 25 of every year.

Top Facts about Gouichi Motomura

  1. Gouichi Motomura is a professional tennis player from Japan.
  2. He was born on December 10, 1997 in Osaka, Japan.
  3. Motomura turned pro in 2016 and primarily plays on the ITF circuit.
  4. His highest ATP singles ranking is 764 (as of August 2021).
  5. He has won two ITF singles titles and three doubles titles.
  6. In 2020, he reached the quarterfinals of an ATP Challenger event in Yokohama.
  7. Motomura’s favorite surface to play on is hard court.
  8. He has a right-handed playing style with a two-handed backhand.
  9. As of August 2021, his career prize money earnings are $58,312 USD.
  10. Motomura’s goal is to break into the top 100 rankings and compete at Grand Slam events.

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