# Bumpei Sato

Bumpei Sato (佐藤 文平, Satō Bumpei, born 16 December 1985) is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. He competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 661 on October 20, 2014, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 304 on June 9, 2014.

## Career

During his tenure playing professional tennis, Sato only played in 2 ATP Tour - level matches. Both of these matches came in doubles at the 2012 World Team Cup tournament where he represented Japan. Partnering with Tatsuma Ito, the pair first lost during their matchup against Argentina to Juan Ignacio Chela and Juan Pablo Brzezicki 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 1–6, [7–10] and then lost during their matchup against USA to James Blake and Ryan Harrison 6–4, 0–6, [3–10].
Sato reached 27 career doubles finals, winning 12 and falling in 15. Of those finals, he appeared just once at the ATP Challenger Tour level, at the 2014 Toyota Challenger in Toyota Japan, where he and partner Yang Tsung-hua of Taiwan lost to Japanese duo Toshihide Matsui / Yasutaka Uchiyama in straight sets 6–7$^{(6-8)}$, 2-6.
His last tournament was the Korea F8 ITF Futures, Anseong in September 2016 where he lost in the third round of qualifying in singles, and lost in the first round of doubles to end his professional tennis career.
He is married to retired Japanese WTA tennis player Maiko Inoue.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Doubles: 27 (12–15)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–1)
* ITF Futures (12–14)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (8–12)
* Clay (4–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2009 | Japan F2, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | Sho Aida | Satoshi Iwabuchi Gouichi Motomura | 2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2009 | Japan F9, Yokohama | Futures | Clay | Hsin-Han Lee | Hiromasa Oku Kousuke Sugimoto | 0–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 1–2 | Mar 2010 | Japan F1, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | Chu-Huan Yi | Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Apr 2010 | Japan F4, Tsukuba | Futures | Hard | Maciek Sykut | Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Moriya | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jul 2010 | Japan F8, Sapporo | Futures | Clay | Hsin-Han Lee | Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo | 3–6, 6–4. [15–13] |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2010 | Japan F9, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | Harri Heliovaara | Yuichi Ito Chu-Huan Yi | 6–4, 1–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 2–5 | Oct 2010 | Japan F10, Tama | Futures | Hard | Harri Heliovaara | Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Apr 2011 | Thailand F2, Khon Kaen | Futures | Hard | Hsin-Han Lee | Weerapat Doakmaiklee Kittiphong Wachiramanowong | 6–7$^{(9–11)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Apr 2011 | India F3, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Hsin-Han Lee | Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan | 4–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Loss | 2–8 | May 2011 | China F5, Nanjing | Futures | Hard | Junn Mitsuhashi | Hsin-Han Lee Hsieh Cheng-peng | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–9 | Jun 2011 | Guam F1, Tumon | Futures | Hard | Daniel Yoo | Isaac Frost Brendan Moore | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–9 | Jun 2011 | Japan F5, Karuizawa | Futures | Clay | Hsin-Han Lee | Junn Mitsuhashi Yasutaka Uchiyama | 6–4, 5–7. [12–10] |
| Loss | 3–10 | Jul 2011 | Japan F8, Sapporo | Futures | CLay | Kittiphong Wachiramanowong | Hsin-Han Lee Hsieh Cheng-peng | 4–6, 6–3, [7-10] |
| Loss | 3–11 | Oct 2011 | Laos F1, Vientiane | Futures | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–11 | Apr 2012 | Japan F3, Kofu | Futures | Hard | Peng Hsien-yin | Gao Xin Yu Chang | 6–3, 5–7. [10–6] |
| Win | 5–11 | Mar 2013 | Japan F2, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | Sho Katayama | Shota Tagawa Yasutaka Uchiyama | 7–6$^{(7–4]}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–12 | Jun 2013 | India F6, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Toshihide Matsui | N. Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–12 | Jun 2013 | Guam F1, Tumon | Futures | Hard | Yasutaka Uchiyama | Yuichi Ito Takuto Niki | 7–6$^{(7–2]}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–12 | Jun 2013 | Japan F5, Karuizawa | Futures | Clay | Sho Katayama | Koichi Sano Masaki Sasai | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–13 | Jul 2013 | Japan F8, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | Toshihide Matsui | Hiroki Kondo Jose Statham | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 8–13 | Mar 2014 | Japan F2, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | Sho Katayama | Yuichi Ito Hiroki Kondo | 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 9–13 | Apr 2014 | Japan F4, Tsukuba | Futures | Hard | Sho Katayama | Lee Duck-hee Finn Tearney | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–13 | May 2014 | Turkey F14, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Sho Katayama | Andrei Ciumac Ramkumar Ramanathan | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 11–13 | Jun 2014 | Guam F1, Tumon | Futures | Hard | Takuto Niki | Yuya Kibi Tomohiro Masabayashi | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–13 | Jun 2014 | Japan F5, Karuizawa | Futures | Clay | Sho Katayama | Wang Chieh-fu Yang Shao-Chi | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12–14 | Nov 2014 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Yang Tsung-hua | Toshihide Matsui Yasutaka Uchiyama | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 12–15 | Aug 2015 | China F13, Putian | Futures | Hard | Sho Katayama | Chu-Huan Yi Bai Yan | 2–6, 6-7$^{(4–7)}$ |