Satoshi Saida

Satoshi Saida
斎田 悟司

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Mie Preti, Japan
Born	(1972-03-26) March 26, 1972 (age 52) Kashiwa City, Japan
Plays	Right Handed
Singles
Career record	486–163
Highest ranking	No.3 (11 August 2003)
Current ranking	No.23 (18 September 2017)
Doubles
Career record	446–99
Highest ranking	No.1 (18 November 2002)
Current ranking	No.28 (18 September 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2008)
Wimbledon	W (2006)
US Open	W (2007)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles	W (2003, 2004)
Paralympic Games	Gold Medal (2004) Bronze Medal (2008, 2016)
Medal record Men's wheelchair tennis Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Men's doubles 2008 Beijing Men's doubles 2016 Rio Men's doubles

Satoshi Saida (斎田 悟司, Saida Satoshi, born March 26, 1972 in Yokkaichi, Mie) is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist (Men's doubles with Shingo Kunieda).

Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of bone cancer at age twelve.^[1] At first, he used to play wheelchair basketball with his friends.^[1][2] Saida started his career in wheelchair tennis when he was fourteen years old.^[3]

As a competitor, his first Paralympics was the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, USA; at the succeeding games in Sydney, Australia, he got eighth place.^[4] With Shingo Kunieda, he participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, and won the men's doubles event.^[5] The two competed together again at the 2008 Beijing Games and took bronze in the doubles event.^[6]

References

1. "MUFG; Vol.6 Satoshi Saida As long as I continue to be my toughest critic, I can continue to evolve as a player". Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
2. "Wheelchair tennis great Kunieda talks about past, present and future after retirement". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
3. "Satoshi Saida Tennis Player Profile". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
4. "Satoshi Saida - Wheelchair Tennis | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
5. "Athens 2004 - wheelchair-tennis - mens-doubles". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
6. "Men's Doubles – Open Bronze Medal Match" (PDF). The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-25.

External links

• Satoshi Saida at the International Tennis Federation
• Satoshi Saida at the International Paralympic Committee