TENNISGOAT

🇯🇵 JPN · Right-handed · b. 1947-11-23

Toshiro Sakai

Active 1968–1985 · best rank seen: 84

50–58
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1,225
Career summary

Toshiro Sakai of Japan is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1968 to 1985. He finished with a career match record of 50–58 (46.3%). His strongest surface by win rate was clay, where he went 22–28 (44%). His best three-year stretch came in 1971–1973, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 1835.

Hard
4–3 (57.1%)
Clay
22–28 (44.0%)
Grass
14–18 (43.8%)
Carpet
0–1 (0.0%)

Grand Slam record

'68'69'70'71'72'73'74
Australian Open 3R 2R
Roland Garros 2R 1R 3R
Wimbledon 1R 2R 3R 1R
US Open 3R 2R

Season by season

Peak window 1971–1973 197 394 1968: 120 pts 1971: 200 pts 1972: 325 pts 1973: 365 pts 1974: 165 pts 1975: 45 pts 1985: 5 pts 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984

Gold band: best three-year window (1971–1973).

Elo over time

1500 1600 1700 1800 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1835.

Match results

Methodology

Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.