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Shigeyuki Nishio

JPN Age 72 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1974–1985

Shigeyuki Nishio represented Japan on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 263. In TennisDB's records, Shigeyuki Nishio finished with a career record of 4–11 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

263 (Dec 31, 1978)

Elo peak

1534 (13th percentile)

Career record

4–11 (26.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$10,785

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Shigeyuki Nishio's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Hajime Nihonmatsu	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1985*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard
David Pate #65	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1984*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard
Ken Flach	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 1983*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Hard
Vitas Gerulaitis #6	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 28, 1982*	R32	Tokyo Indoor	ATP 250	Carpet
Eric Sherbeck	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 1982*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Shigeyuki Nishio's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Toru Yonezawa	2	0	2	Oct 21, 1981	H2H
Hajime Nihonmatsu	0	1	1	Oct 16, 1985	H2H
David Pate	0	1	1	Oct 10, 1984	H2H
Ken Flach	0	1	1	Oct 19, 1983	H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis	0	1	1	Oct 28, 1982	H2H

Career Results

Shigeyuki Nishio career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1974	20	0	1	1	0.0%	297	274
1978	24	0	1	1	0.0%	386	263
1979	25	2	2	4	50.0%	439	439
1980	26	1	1	2	50.0%	372	372
1981	27	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1982	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1983	29	0	1	1	0.0%	423	423
1984	30	0	1	1	0.0%	367	463
1985	31	0	1	1	0.0%	464	570
Career		4	11	15	26.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Shigeyuki Nishio career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1974	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1978	24	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	25	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1980	26	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1981	27	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1982	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1983	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1984	30	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	31	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	0	4	4	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Shigeyuki Nishio career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1978	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1980	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1984	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 6/15 (40.0%) of Shigeyuki Nishio's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Shigeyuki Nishio advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1974	20	1488	92.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	+0.06
1978	24	1483	104.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.11
1979	25	1505	109.9	—	—	—	—	—	+43	—	55.6%	+0.44	0–1	—	—	+0.30
1980	26	1519	107.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	—	—	—	-0.06
1981	27	1520	103.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.75	—	—	—	+0.30
1982	28	1501	103.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.02
1983	29	1485	98.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.18
1984	30	1478	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.09
1985	31	1463	98.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.17
Career		1534	106.6	—	—	—	—	—	+43	—	29.0%	-1.36	0–1	—	—	+5.13

Tournament Results by Category

ATP 250

Shigeyuki Nishio ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	TKY	W-L Win %
1974	20	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	24	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1979	25	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
1980	26	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1981	27	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1982	28	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	29	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	30	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	31	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–8 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–9 (31%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

263

Career-high date

Dec 31, 1978

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Shigeyuki Nishio ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1974	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	297	274
1975	21	281	—	306	324	333	330	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	386	—	—	—	—	263
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	439
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	372
1983	29	423	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	30	367	—	—	—	—	348	401	394	467	459	451	463
1985	31	466	480	494	496	570	567	580	607	602	571	571	570
1986	32	568	561	566	554	629	624	515	525	522	589	592	601
1987	33	604	606	591	614	522	542	600	590	586	590	592	587
1988	34	586	593	602	598	698	575	645	672	699	696	708	556
1989	35	552	555	555	570	542	594	595	570	553	568	572	712
1990	36	706	694	703	790	781	782	808	948	946	961	978	1007
1991	37	1008	1016	1033	1024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Shigeyuki Nishio's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Marco Alciati	ITA	274	1,500	11	3	8	27.3%	1979–1981	Match log
Eric Wilborts	NED	269	1,543	12	3	9	25.0%	1980–1982	Match log
Matti Timonen	FIN	257	1,518	8	2	6	25.0%	1974–1977	Match log
Hartmut Kirchhubel	GER	253	1,531	12	3	9	25.0%	1973–1982	Match log
Mike Shore	USA	236	1,538	12	3	9	25.0%	1979–1980	Match log
Craig Edwards	USA	258	1,515	10	2	8	20.0%	1980–1982	Match log
Juan Torralbo	ESP	264	1,519	6	2	4	33.3%	1976–1980	Match log
Chris Gunning	NZL	242	1,512	10	3	7	30.0%	1979–1980	Match log
Bengt Lundstedt	SWE	272	1,512	4	1	3	25.0%	1975–1976	Match log
Jiri Prucha	CZE	298	1,521	12	3	9	25.0%	1977–1981	Match log
Cliff Skakle	USA	266	1,520	3	1	2	33.3%	1980–1981	Match log
John Benson	USA	279	1,528	10	2	8	20.0%	1980–1981	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Shigeyuki Nishio?: Shigeyuki Nishio is 72 years old, born on May 23, 1954.
Which country does Shigeyuki Nishio represent?: Shigeyuki Nishio represents Japan in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Shigeyuki Nishio left-handed or right-handed?: Shigeyuki Nishio plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Shigeyuki Nishio won?: Shigeyuki Nishio has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Shigeyuki Nishio won?: TennisDB does not group any of Shigeyuki Nishio's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Shigeyuki Nishio's highest ATP ranking?: Shigeyuki Nishio's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 263, first achieved on December 31, 1978.
What is Shigeyuki Nishio's career win-loss record?: Shigeyuki Nishio has a career ATP singles record of 4 wins and 11 losses (26.7%).
How much career prize money has Shigeyuki Nishio earned?: Shigeyuki Nishio has earned at least $10,785 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Shigeyuki Nishio's career appear in TennisDB?: Shigeyuki Nishio appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1974 through 1985.
Who has Shigeyuki Nishio faced most often?: Shigeyuki Nishio's most frequent opponent is Toru Yonezawa, with a head-to-head record of 2–0 across 2 meetings.