is a retired tour and

Japan Davis Cup team The Japan men's national tennis team represents Japan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Japan Tennis Association. Japan first competed at the Davis Cup in 1921, where they finished as runners-up. They were an inaugural mem ...

tennis player. Fukui holds the record for the most singles win for the Japanese in

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, with 26. On tour, he won two

Challenger tennis event The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP ...

s in singles and earned a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177, in January 1983.

Circuit career

Fukui won the

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and

1985 Nagoya Challenger The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

. His best results in a

Grand Prix tennis The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, wit ...

event was reaching the third round of the

1980 Tokyo Outdoor __NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab ...

(now the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships). The only Grand Prix events he ever played in the main draw of were the Tokyo Outdoor, Tokyo Indoor, and once in each the

Taipei Grand Prix The Taipei Grand Prix, ATP Taipei in its final year, was a men's tennis tournament played in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was held from 1977–1984 and was part of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit It emerged for one last time in 1992. The event was play ...

and

Hong Kong Grand Prix The Hong Kong Open (currently sponsored by Prudential and called the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open) is a professional tennis tournament in Hong Kong SAR. Organised by the Hong Kong Tennis Association, the tournament is held annually in ear ...

. The Japan No. 1 for much of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Fukui only defeated a non-Japanese opponent four times ( Haroon Ismail,

Bruce Kleege Robert Bruce Kleege (born November 1, 1954), known as Bruce Kleege, is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Early years and college Kleege grew up in La Jolla, California, but was born in Frankfurt, West Germany. ...

Kim Warwick Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten ...

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, Mark Wooldridge, and Jon Levine) in compiling a career singles win-lose record of 10 wins, 26 losses for Grand Prix events. Fukui lost to

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at the

1978 Tokyo Outdoor Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January ...

7–5, 4–6, 1–6;

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at the

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1–6, 4–6;

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at the

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2–6, 5–7;

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at the

1980 Tokyo Indoor The 1980 Tokyo Indoor, also known by its sponsored name "Seiko World Super Tennis", was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Pool Arena in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. The tou ...

2–6, 2–6;

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at the 1981 Tokyo Outdoor 1–6, 2–6;

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at the 1981 Tokyo Indoor 3–6, 2–6;

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at the

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5–7, 1–6; and

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at the

1987 Tokyo Indoor The 1987 Tokyo Indoor also known as "Seiko Super Tennis" was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 20 O ...

5–7, 2–6. His best win was the one over Kim Warwick, a top 50 player, at the

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, 7–5, 1–6, 7–6. In doubles, Fukui competed in one Grand Slam event main draw, the 1980 French Open. He and partner

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defeated

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and

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in the first round but lost their next match to

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and

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. His best showing in the Grand Prix tourney was reaching the third round of the 1979 Tokyo Outdoor, partnering Davis Cup teammate

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. He won no doubles titles on tour and earned a career-high ranking of World No. 355, in July 1985. Domestically, Fukui was singles champion of the

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a record 7 times (1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1988). He was runner-up in 1989, at age 32, and doubles champion once, in 1980 and partnering Kamiwazumi. Fukui resided in Tokyo when on the pro tour.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fukui, Tsuyoshi 1957 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture Sportspeople from Tokyo