Takuto Niki (仁木 拓人, Niki Takuto, born 12 October 1987) is a Japanese tennis player.

Takuto Niki
仁木 拓人
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37)
Tsukuba, Japan
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned proApril 2010
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money$170,654
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 278 (23 March 2015)
Current rankingNo. 881 (23 May 2022)
Doubles
Career record0-0
Career titles26 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 269 (23 April 2018)
Current rankingNo. 638 (23 May 2022)
Last updated on: 4 June 2022.

Niki has a career high ATP singles ranking of 278 achieved on 23 March 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 269 achieved on 23 April 2018.

Niki made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 ATP Shenzhen Open where he qualified for the main draw. He lost to Bai Yan in the first round.

He has reached 22 singles finals to date, posting a record of 10 wins and 12 losses. Additionally, he has reached 57 doubles finals, holding a record of 26 wins and 31 losses. All of his career finals in both single and doubles have come on the ITF Futures Tour with the exception of 1, where he and partner Yuichi Ito lost in the final of the ATP Challenger tournament in Granby Canada.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 22 (10–12)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (10–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–11)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2011 Kazakhstan F2, Taraz Futures Hard   Federico Gaio 6–0, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2011 Japan F7, Tokyo Futures Grass   Hiroki Kondo 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Mar 2012 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Chang Yu 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2013 Israel F7, Ashkelon Futures Hard   Enzo Couacoud 5–7, 1–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 2014 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard   Wu Di 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Mar 2014 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard   Yusuke Watanuki 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–5 Apr 2014 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard   Masato Shiga 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 3–5 Jun 2014 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard   Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 7–5
Win 4–5 Jun 2014 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Yuya Kibi 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 5–5 Mar 2015 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard   Yuya Kibi 6–3, ret.
Win 6–5 Mar 2015 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–6 Apr 2015 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard   Yasutaka Uchiyama 1–6, 2–6
Win 7–6 Oct 2016 Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung Futures Hard   Lee Kuan-Yi 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–6 Oct 2016 Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung Futures Hard   Jumpei Yamasaki 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 8–7 Jan 2017 Hong Kong F6 Futures Hard   Bai Yan 1–6, 4–6
Loss 8–8 Mar 2017 Japan F1. Nishitama Futures Hard   Yusuke Takahashi 5–7, 3–6
Win 9–8 Mar 2017 Japan F3. Kofu Futures Hard   Shane Vinsant 6–4, 4–0 ret.
Loss 9–9 Apr 2017 Japan F4. Tsukuba Futures Hard   Yusuke Takahashi 2–6, 2–6
Loss 9–10 May 2018 Singapore F2, Singapore Futures Hard   Collin Altamirano 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 9–11 Aug 2018 Austria F5, Vogau Futures Clay   Matias Zukas 3–6, 3–6
Win 10–11 Sep 2018 USA F26, Fountain Valley Futures Hard   Michael Shabaz 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 10–12 Apr 2019 M25 Matsuyama, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard   Shuichi Sekiguchi 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 57 (26–31)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (26–30)
Finals by surface
Hard (23–24)
Clay (3–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2010 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Fumiaki Kita   Lee Chui-Hee
  Kwon Oh-Hee
5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2011 Kazakhstan F3, Almaty Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Mikhail Fufygin
  Ilia Starkov
1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 1–2 Jun 2011 India F7, Delhi Futures Hard   Vitali Reshetnikov   Divij Sharan
  Rohan Gajjar
2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 1–3 Sep 2011 Serbia F11, Nis Futures Clay   Stepan Khotulev   Gleb Sakharov
  Mikhail Vasiliev
2–6, 6–2, [7-10]
Win 2–3 Sep 2011 Serbia F12, Soko Banja Futures Clay   Stepan Khotulev   Tomislav Jotovski
  Stefan Micov
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–4 Nov 2011 Chinese Taipei F4, Tainan Futures Clay   Arata Onozawa   Huang Liang-Chi
  Yi Chu-Huan
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Mar 2012 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Gao Xin
  Chang Yu
3–6, 6–1, [10-6]
Loss 3–5 May 2012 China F8, Fuzhou Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Gao Xin
  Li Zhe
2–6, 3–6
Win 4–5 Jun 2012 Japan F5, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Shota Tagawa   Gengo Kikuchi
  Yuki Matsuo
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–5 Jul 2012 Japan F7, Sapporo Futures Clay   Arata Onozawa   Yasutaka Uchiyama
  Shota Tagawa
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 5–6 Jul 2012 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard   Yuichi Ito   Vasek Pospisil
  Philip Bester
1–6, 2–6
Loss 5–7 May 2013 Israel F8, Ashkelon Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Sam Barry
  Sebastian Lavie
6–7(7–9), 6–2, [10–12]
Win 6–7 May 2013 Israel F9, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Sam Barry
  Daniel Glancy
6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–8 May 2013 Thailand F1, Bangkok Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Sonchat Ratiwatana
  Sanchai Ratiwatana
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 6–9 Jun 2013 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard   Yuichi Ito   Bumpei Sato
  Yasutaka Uchiyama
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 7–9 Sep 2013 Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei City Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Hsieh Cheng-peng
  Chen I-Ta
6–4, 6–4
Win 8–9 Dec 2013 Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Toshihide Matsui
  Danai Udomchoke
7–6(12–10), 7–6(10–8)
Loss 8–10 Dec 2013 Cambodia F3, Phnom Penh Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Karunuday Singh
  Ramkumar Ramanathan
4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–11 Feb 2014 Australia F1, Happy Valley Futures Hard   Yasutaka Uchiyama   Marcus Daniell
  Dane Propoggia
3–6, 2–6
Win 9–11 Mar 2014 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Toshihide Matsui
  Danai Udomchoke
6–4, 6–2
Win 10–11 Jun 2014 Guam F1, Tumon Futures Hard   Bumpei Sato   Yuya Kibi
  Tomohiro Masabayashi
6–1, 6–3
Loss 10–12 Jun 2014 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard   Arata Onozawa   Yusuke Watanuki
  Keisuke Watanuki
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 10–13 Jun 2014 Japan F8, Sapporo Futures Clay   Arata Onozawa   Takao Suzuki
  Yasutaka Uchiyama
2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 11–13 Oct 2014 Australia F7, Cairns Futures Hard   Yuya Kibi   Dane Propoggia
  Brydan Klein
1–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–4]
Win 12–13 Mar 2015 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard   Yuya Kibi   Yuichi Ito
  Arata Onozawa
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 13–13 Apr 2015 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Jarryd Chaplin
  Ben McLachlan
6–2, 6–4
Win 14–13 Jun 2015 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard   Yuya Kibi   Lee Duckhee
  Woo Chung Hyo
6–0, 6–3
Win 15–13 Mar 2016 Japan F3, Kofu Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Yuya Kibi
  Toshihide Matsui
6–1, 6–2
Loss 15–14 Apr 2016 Japan F5, Kashiwa Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Yuichi Ito
  Sho Katayama
3–6, 3–6
Loss 15–15 Jul 2016 Korea F4, Gimcheon Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Nam Ji Sung
  Song Min-Kyu
4–6, 4–6
Win 16–15 Jan 2017 Hong Kong F6 Futures Hard   Geoffrey Blancaneaux   Karan Rastogi
  Wong Chun Hun
7–6(8–6), 6–0
Loss 16–16 Mar 2017 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard   Kaito Uesugi   Katsuki Nagao
  Hiromasa Oku
0–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 17–16 Mar 2017 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Kaito Uesugi   Gengo Kikuchi
  Shunrou Takeshima
7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), [10–3]
Win 18–16 Apr 2017 Japan F5, Kashiwa Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Katsuki Nagao
  Hiromasa Oku
6–4, 6–4
Loss 18–17 Jun 2017 Japan F6, Karuizawa Futures Clay   Shintaro Imai   Toshihide Matsui
  Christopher Rungkat
5–7, 2–6
Win 19–17 Jun 2017 Chinese Taipei F1, Taipei Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Lee Kuan-Yi
  Liu Shao-Fan
7–5, 6–4
Loss 19–18 Jun 2017 Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Yi Chu-Huan
  Chiu Yu-Hsiang
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win 20–18 Jul 2017 Hong Kong F3 Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Wong Hong Kit
  Yeung Pak Long
7–5, 6–2
Loss 20–19 Dec 2017 Hong Kong F5 Futures Hard   Corentin Denolly   Evan King
  Michael Zhu
4–6, 2–6
Loss 20–20 Jan 2018 Hong Kong F6 Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Yuto Sakai
  Yunosuke Tanaka
6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 21–20 Mar 2018 Japan F1, Nishitama Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Soichiro Moritani
  Sho Katayama
6–1, 6–4
Win 22–20 Mar 2018 Japan F2, Tokyo Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Lee Tae-Woo
  Lim Yong-kyu
7–5, 6–3
Win 23–20 Apr 2018 Japan F6, Matsuyama Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Yuto Sakai
  Yuhel Kono
6–4, 6–3
Loss 23–21 May 2018 Singapore F2, Singapore Futures Hard   Shintaro Imai   Francis Casey Alcantara
  Collin Altamirano
1–6, 4–6
Loss 23–22 Jun 2018 Korea F2, Gyeongsan Futures Hard   John-Paul Fruttero   Nam Ji Sung
  Lim Yong-kyu
4–6, 1–6
Loss 23–23 Aug 2018 Austria F5, Vogau Futures Clay   Yuta Shimizu   Alejo Vilaro
  Matias Zukas
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 23–24 Aug 2018 Netherlands F4, Oldenzaal Futures Clay   Kazuki Nishiwaki   Niels Lootsma
  Glenn Smits
6–3, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss 23–25 Sep 2018 Canada F7, Toronto Futures Hard   Felix Corwin   Francesco Ferrari
  Michail Pervolarakis
3–6, 3–6
Win 24–25 Mar 2019 M15 Nishitama, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard   Shintaro Imai   Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
  Blake Ellis
1–6, 7–6(10–8), [10–5]
Loss 24–26 Mar 2019 M15 Tokyo, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard   Shintaro Imai   Nam Ji Sung
  Song Min-Kyu
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [7–10]
Loss 24–27 Jun 2019 M15 Daegu, South Korea World Tennis Tour Hard   Issei Okamura   Lim Yong-kyu
  Song Min-Kyu
3–6, 5–7
Loss 24–28 Aug 2019 M15 Kiryat Shmona, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard   Marat Deviatiarov   Federico Bertuccioli
  Andrea Picchione
6–4, 4–6, [12–14]
Loss 24–29 Mar 2021 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Yusuke Takahashi   Jacopo Berrettini
  Neil Oberleitner
3–6, 3–6
Win 25–29 Jun 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard   Yuki Mochizuki   Runhao Hua
  Ze Zhang
6–3, 6–4
Loss 25–30 Jul 2021 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Kaito Uesugi   Thomas Fancutt
  Evan Hoyt
3–6, 2–6
Loss 25–31 Apr 2022 M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard   Shinji Hazawa   Ji Sung Nam
  Min Kyu Song
1–6, 4–6
Win 26–31 Jun 2022 M25 Harmon, Guam World Tennis Tour Hard   Takeru Yuzuki   Seong Chan Hong
  Cheong-Eui Kim
1–6, 7–6(7–4) [11–9]
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