Yoshihito Nishioka Bio

  • • Began playing tennis at age 4 with his father.
  • • Father, Norio, is a tennis coach; mother, Kimie; brother, Yasuo, is his coach.
  • • Favourite surface is hard and shot is backhand.
  • • Idol growing up was Marcelo Rios.
  • • If he wasn’t a tennis player, he would be a football player.
  • • Enjoys golf, table tennis, darts, video games and reading manga graphic novels.
  • • Supported on tour by Mr. Masaaki Morita (JTA).
  • • In January 2020, donated $10,015 to Australian Red Cross to support Australian bushfire relief.
  • • Tore left ACL on 24 March 2017 in ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2R vs. Sock, undergoing surgery in April and missing remainder of season.
     

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