Akira Santillan

Akira Santillan (アキラ サンティラン, Santiran Akira, born 22 May 1997) is a Japanese born, Australian tennis player.

Akira Santillan
アキラ サンティラン
Santillan at the 2017 US Open
Country (sports) Australia (2010–2015, 2017–current)
 Japan (2015–2017)
ResidenceBrisbane, Australia
Born (1997-05-22) 22 May 1997
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachMark Woodforde (2017-2018)
Prize money$376,098
Singles
Career record2–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 144 (13 November 2017)
Current rankingNo. 260 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2017)
French OpenQ2 (2018)
WimbledonQ2 (2019)
US OpenQ3 (2017)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 197 (29 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 289 (16 March 2020)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Early life

Santillan was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a South African father of Spanish descent. He lived the first 8 years of his life in Japan before his family relocated to the Gold Coast, Australia and became citizens. He played much of his junior tennis at the Gold Coast before moving to Brisbane to join the national academy program at the Queensland Tennis Centre.

Junior career

On the junior tour, Santillan has a career high ITF junior ranking of 7 achieved in September 2015. Santillan's major highlights on the junior tour included a semi-final at the 2015 Australian Open and doubles finals at the 2014 French Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

In March 2015, Santillan opted to play under the Japanese flag instead due to a fractious relationship with Tennis Australia.[1] He returned to playing under the Australian flag in 2017.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 2014 French Open Clay Lucas Miedler Benjamin Bonzi
Quentin Halys		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2015 Wimbledon Grass Reilly Opelka Lý Hoàng Nam
Sumit Nagal		 6–7(4–7), 4–6

Professional career

Santillan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 160 achieved on 24 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 265 achieved also on 17 July 2017. Santillan has won 6 ITF Futures singles titles and 1 ITF Futures doubles title.

Santillan made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel, receiving singles and doubles main draw wildcards.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 9 (7–2)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (6–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (7–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 Thailand F1, Bangkok Futures Hard Kento Takeuchi 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2015 Thailand F2, Bangkok Futures Hard Andre Dome 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Win 2–1 Apr 2016 Spain F7, Madrid Futures Hard Steven Diez 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–2 Apr 2016 Spain F11, Mostoles Futures Hard Antoine Escoffier 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 3–2 May 2016 China F7, Wuhan Futures Hard Chung Yun-seong 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–2 May 2016 China F8, Luan Futures Hard Finn Tearney 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win 5–2 Jun 2016 Spain F18, Palma del Río Futures Hard Remi Boutillier 7–5, 6–3
Win 6–2 Dec 2016 Spain F39, Cuevas del Almanzora Futures Hard Roberto Ortega Olmedo 6–1, 6–1
Win 7–2 Jul 2017 Winnetka, USA Challenger Hard Ramkumar Ramanathan 7–6(7–1), 6–2

Doubles: 10 (4–6)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–4)
ITF Futures Tour (2–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2016 Spain F6, Tarragona Futures Clay Gonçalo Oliveira Marc López
Jaume Munar		 7–6(7–4), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Apr 2016 Spain F8, Madrid Futures Hard Carlos Gómez-Herrera Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Alex de Minaur		 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 May 2016 China F7, Wuhan Futures Hard Harry Bourchier He Yecong
Wang Aoxiong		 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 1–3 Jul 2016 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard (i) Joaquín Muñoz Hernández Purav Raja
Divij Sharan		 3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 1–4 Oct 2016 Ningbo, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Stefan Kozlov Jonathan Eysseric
Sergiy Stakhovsky		 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 2–4 Dec 2016 Spain F39, Cuevas del Almanzora Futures Hard Peter Bothwell Roberto Ortega Olmedo
David Vega Hernández		 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
Win 3–4 May 2018 Savannah, USA Challenger Clay Luke Bambridge Enrique López Pérez
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–5 Sep 2018 Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Bradley Mousley Gong Maoxin
Zhang Ze		 w/o
Win 4–5 Nov 2018 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard (i) Gonçalo Oliveira Li Zhe
Go Soeda		 2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Loss 4–6 Apr 2019 Nanchang, China, P.R. Challenger Clay (i) Alex Bolt Sander Arends
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn		 2–6, 4–6

References
  1. "Queenslander Akira Santillan opts to take up Japanese nationality". The Australian. Retrieved 18 July 2016.


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