Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games.[2][3] Along with Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the 2007 Pan American Games and 2011 Pan American Games.[4]
Tsuboi won the gold medal at the inaugural 2011 Latin American Cup held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after defeating Paraguay's Marcelo Aguirre 4–0.[5] Tsuboi competed in table tennis at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]
Career
editIn World Championships, Tsuboi's best campaigns in singles were the 2nd round in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2021. His best performance was in 2013, when he managed to make it difficult for the Chinese player Zhang Jike, almost winning the first set and winning the second.[7] In doubles, Tsuboi reached the 3rd round (round of 16) three times, in 2009, 2015 and 2017, each time losing by 4 sets to 2. The best campaign was in 2009, when playing in Japan and making it difficult for the Japanese duo to win, who ended up being bronze medalists in the tournament.[8] In mixed doubles, Tsuboi managed to reach the 3rd round (round of 16) in 2013, being eliminated by the Chinese pair seeded n.2, but managing to win a set of them.[9]
At the Table Tennis World Cup, Tsuboi made history by reaching the quarterfinals of the competition in 2015, equaling Brazil's best result in the tournament's history. Until then, Cláudio Kano, in 1987 and 1989, had also reached the quarterfinals.[10][11] He also reached the round of 16 in 2017 and 2018.[12][13]
At the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, Tsuboi reached the quarterfinals playing with Hugo Calderano and Eric Jouti.[14]
2021
editAt the WTT Star Contender in Doha, held in March 2021, Tsuboi reached the round of 16 after defeating the Japanese Koki Niwa (17th). He was eliminated by South Korean Jeoung Youngsik, 13th in the world rankings.[15]
2020 Olympic Games
editAt the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Tsuboi, 37th in the world, by defeating Nigerian Quadri Aruna (21st in the world ranking), became the 3rd Brazilian in history to reach the round of 16 in the Olympics. The feat had only been achieved by Hugo Hoyama (Atlanta 1996) and Hugo Calderano (Rio 2016).[16]
Best results by type of tournament
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Singles
editTsuboi's best ranking was no.28 in the world in 2019.[17]
- Pan American Table Tennis Championships: Bronze medal (2019) [18]
- Pan American Games: Runner-up (2015) [19]
- WTT Star Contender: Round of 16 (Doha 2021) [20]
- Table Tennis World Cup: Quarterfinals (Halmstad 2015) [21][22]
- World Table Tennis Championships: Second round (2011, 2013, 2015) [23]
- Olympic Games: Round of 16 (Tokyo 2020) [24]
Doubles
editIn 2017, the duo Tsuboi / Calderano was the 3rd best in the world rankings, behind only the Japanese Masataka Morizono and Yuya Oshima and the Chinese Xu Xin and Zhang Jike.[25]
- Pan American Games: Champion (2019) [26]
- Super series: Silver (Qatar Open 2015) [27]
- Hungarian Open 2016: Silver [28]
- Swedish Open 2017: Gold [29]
- Rio de Janeiro Open 2017: Gold [30]
- World Table Tennis Championships: Round of 16 (Yokohama 2009, Suzhou 2015, Dusseldorf 2017) [31][32][33]
Team
editFrom April 2021 to June 2023, the Brazil team was the 6th best in the world.[34][35][36]
- Pan American Table Tennis Championships: Champion (2019, 2021) [37]
- Pan American Games: Champion (2007, 2011, 2015) [38][39]
- Table Tennis World Cup: Quarterfinals (Dubai 2010, Germany 2011, China 2013, Dubai 2015, London 2018, Tokyo 2019) [40][41][42][43][44][45]
- World Table Tennis Championships: Quarterfinals (Halmstad 2018) [46]
- Olympic Games: Quarterfinals (Tokyo 2020) [47]
References
edit- ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2019". Table tennis guide. September 1, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Gustavo Tsuboi - Uol Pan 2007
- ^ Gustavo Tsuboi - ITTF Stats Bio Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UOL Esporte (Pan 2007). "Brasileiros (Tênis de Mesa)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Gustavo Tsuboi Turns the Tables, Extracts Revenge and Secures Gold". ITTF. March 19, 2011. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ "Gustavo Tsuboi Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
- ^ Com apenas uma vitória, mesatenistas brasileiros encerram participação no Mundial da França
- ^ BRASILEIROS GARANTEM VAGA ENTRE OS 16 MELHORES DO MUNDO
- ^ Calderano e Carol podem fazer história nas duplas mistas no Mundial de tênis de mesa
- ^ Copa do Mundo: Tsuboi vence 15º do mundo e iguala melhor resultado do Brasil na história
- ^ Após igualar melhor resultado da história, Tsuboi perde do 6º do mundo
- ^ Gustavo Tsuboi é derrotado por número 1 do mundo e cai nas oitavas da Copa do Mundo
- ^ Copa do Mundo: Nas oitavas, Tsuboi perde para Timo Boll e dá adeus à competição
- ^ Em batalha de quase 3h, Brasil luta, mas perde da Alemanha e está fora do Mundial
- ^ Calderano, Tsuboi e Takahashi se Despedem das Disputas do Individual de Tênis de Mesa do WTT Star Doha 2021
- ^ Igualando marcas e construindo recordes: tênis de mesa do Brasil busca vitórias por dia histórico
- ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2019". Table tennis guide. September 1, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Vitor Ishiy surpreende todos os favoritos e chega ao inédito título do Campeonato Pan-Americano
- ^ Tsuboi e Takahashi perdem e levam prata no tênis de mesa do Pan
- ^ Calderano, Tsuboi e Takahashi se Despedem das Disputas do Individual de Tênis de Mesa do WTT Star Doha 2021
- ^ Copa do Mundo: Tsuboi vence 15º do mundo e iguala melhor resultado do Brasil na história
- ^ Após igualar melhor resultado da história, Tsuboi perde do 6º do mundo
- ^ Com apenas uma vitória, mesatenistas brasileiros encerram participação no Mundial da França
- ^ Igualando marcas e construindo recordes: tênis de mesa do Brasil busca vitórias por dia histórico
- ^ Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi chegam a mais uma final de duplas em Circuito Mundial
- ^ Hugo Calderano e Gustavo Tsuboi são campeões nas duplas masculinas em Lima 2019
- ^ Mundial 2015: Após 61 anos, Cazuo e Thiago igualam melhor resultado brasileiro na história
- ^ Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi chegam a mais uma final de duplas em Circuito Mundial
- ^ Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi chegam a mais uma final de duplas em Circuito Mundial
- ^ Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi confirmam favoritismo e levam ouro nas duplas
- ^ Mundial 2015: Após 61 anos, Cazuo e Thiago igualam melhor resultado brasileiro na história
- ^ Mundial 2017: Calderano bate iraniano e está a um jogo das oitavas no individual
- ^ BRASILEIROS GARANTEM VAGA ENTRE OS 16 MELHORES DO MUNDO
- ^ Em novo ranking de equipes, Brasil é o sexto melhor no masculino e volta a figurar no Top 20 do feminino
- ^ ITTF WORLD TEAM RANKING 2021 April
- ^ ITTF WORLD TEAM RANKING 2023 June
- ^ Equipes feminina e masculina são campeães no Pan-Americano de tênis de mesa
- ^ Hugo Calderano brilha e Brasil é ouro nas equipes masculinas do tênis de mesa nos Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023
- ^ Com três gerações diferentes no time, Brasil conquista o tri no tênis de mesa
- ^ Tênis de Mesa: Brasil é eliminado nas quartas de final na Copa do Mundo
- ^ Copa do mundo de tenis de mesa dia 3
- ^ JEAN-RENÉ MOUNIE COMENTA A PARTICIPAÇÃO DO BRASIL NA COPA DO MUNDO POR EQUIPES 2010
- ^ BRASIL FICA ENTRE OS OITO MELHORES NA COPA DO MUNDO 2011
- ^ Brasil está nas quartas de final da Copa do Mundo de Seleções 2013
- ^ Copa do Mundo: Seleção masculina cai diante da China e fica em quinto em 2015
- ^ Em batalha de quase 3h, Brasil luta, mas perde da Alemanha e está fora do Mundial
- ^ Tênis de mesa por equipes: Brasil perde para Coréia do Sul nas quartas de final na Olimpíada de Tóquio