Japan F9 - JPTA Sapporo Open Tennis 2008
Sapporo, Japan
September 15-21, 2008
Surface: Carpet
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 64
$15,000

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Hiroyasu Sato - 1500)
1. Gouichi Motomura
2. Satoshi Iwabuchi
3. Tasuku Iwami
4. Junn Mitsuhashi
5. Yuichi Ito
6. Zhe Li
7. Mao-Xin Gong
8. Hiroki Kondo

First Round
(1)Gouichi Motomura (JPN) d. Tetsuya Chaen (JPN) 6-1 6-0
(WC)Hiroki Moriya (JPN) d. Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) 6-3 6-4
(q)Takuto Niki (JPN) d. (q)Eui-Yeol Yang (KOR) 6-2 6-3
(7)Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) d. Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) 7-6(5) 6-2
(3)Tasuku Iwami (JPN) d. (q)Shunrou Takeshima (JPN) 6-4 6-7(7) 7-5
Akito Higa (JPN) d. Ryota Hisamatsu (JPN) 7-5 6-4
(q)Koki Matsunaga (JPN) d. (WC)Yuya Tanaka (JPN) 6-4 3-6 7-5
(5)Yuichi Ito (JPN) d. Ko Suzuki (JPN) 6-1 7-5
(8)Hiroki Kondo (JPN) d. Hyun-Soo Lim (KOR) 6-1 7-6(2)
Toshiharu Kato (JPN) d. (q)Masaki Harada (JPN) 6-2 6-3
Soong-Jae Cho (KOR) d. Masato Hatanaka (JPN) 6-4 6-2
(4)Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN) d. (q)Bumpei Sato (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Takahiro Terachi (JPN) d. (6)Zhe Li (CHN) 6-2 6-2
(q)Ze Zhang (CHN) d. (WC)Ya-Nan Ma (CHN) 6-3 6-4
(WC)Yuki Matsuo (JPN) d. Sun-Yong Kim (1987) (KOR) 6-2 6-3
(2)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. (LL)Shinnosuke Otsuka (JPN) 6-1 6-2   [Otsuka replaces Kwang-Mu Chung]

Second Round
(1)Gouichi Motomura (JPN) d. (WC)Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 6-4 6-3
(7)Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) d. (q)Takuto Niki (JPN) 6-3 7-6(5)
(3)Tasuku Iwami (JPN) d. Akito Higa (JPN) 6-3 7-6(5)
(5)Yuichi Ito (JPN) d. (q)Koki Matsunaga (JPN) 6-4 6-1
(8)Hiroki Kondo (JPN) d. Toshiharu Kato (JPN) 6-4 6-2
(4)Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN) d. Soong-Jae Cho (KOR) 6-4 6-4
(q)Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Takahiro Terachi (JPN) 6-2 6-1
(2)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. (WC)Yuki Matsuo (JPN) 7-5 6-1

Quarterfinals
(1)Gouichi Motomura (JPN) d. (7)Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) 6-1 6-4
(5)Yuichi Ito (JPN) d. (3)Tasuku Iwami (JPN) 6-3 6-3
(8)Hiroki Kondo (JPN) d. (4)Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN) 6-2 6-2
(2)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. (q)Ze Zhang (CHN) 6-4 6-4

Semifinals
(1)Gouichi Motomura (JPN) d. (5)Yuichi Ito (JPN) 6-3 6-1
(2)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. (8)Hiroki Kondo (JPN) 7-5 6-4

Finals
(2)Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) d. (1)Gouichi Motomura (JPN) 6-2 6-3


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Park/Yun)
1. Mao-Xin Gong/Zhe Li
2. Masato Hatanaka/Masatoshi Miyazaki
3. Yuichi Ito/Hiroyasu Sato
4. Soong-Jae Cho/Sun-Yong Kim (1987)

First Round
Wan-Yong Park/Byeong-Hoon Yun (KOR) d. (1)Mao-Xin Gong/Zhe Li (CHN) w/o
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Ko Suzuki (JPN) d. Michael-Ray Pallares/Shane Templeman (DOM/USA) 6-2 6-3
(3)Yuichi Ito/Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) d. Jung-Ho Oh/Seong-Gook Oh (KOR) 6-2 6-0
(WC)Yuki Matsuo/Hiroki Moriya (JPN) d. (WC)Shota Kanno/Tetsuro Yamagishi (JPN) 6-2 6-4
Ya-Nan Ma/Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Akito Higa/Ryota Hisamatsu (JPN) 6-1 3-6 (10-8)
(4)Soong-Jae Cho/Sun-Yong Kim (1987) (KOR) d. (WC)Yoshitaka Fujiwara/Yohei Okuno (JPN) 6-3 6-0
Hiroki Kondo/Takahiro Terachi (JPN) d. Junji Akagi/Yasuyuki Akimoto (JPN) 6-1 6-0
(2)Masato Hatanaka/Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) d. I-Ta Chen/Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE) 2-6 6-2 (10-8)

Quarterfinals
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Ko Suzuki (JPN) d. Wan-Yong Park/Byeong-Hoon Yun (KOR) 6-4 6-0
(WC)Yuki Matsuo/Hiroki Moriya (JPN) d. (3)Yuichi Ito/Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) 4-6 7-5 (10-7)
(4)Soong-Jae Cho/Sun-Yong Kim (1987) (KOR) d. Ya-Nan Ma/Ze Zhang (CHN) 2-6 6-4 (10-7)
Hiroki Kondo/Takahiro Terachi (JPN) d. (2)Masato Hatanaka/Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) 6-4 6-1

Semifinals
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Ko Suzuki (JPN) d. (WC)Yuki Matsuo/Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Hiroki Kondo/Takahiro Terachi (JPN) d. (4)Soong-Jae Cho/Sun-Yong Kim (1987) (KOR) 6-1 6-0

Finals
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Ko Suzuki (JPN) d. Hiroki Kondo/Takahiro Terachi (JPN) 6-3 1-6 (10-7)