Shingo Kunieda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shingo Kunieda

Japanese wheelchair tennis player

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1984

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: film producer, wheelchair tennis player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Shingo Kunieda (?? ??, Kunieda Shingo, born February 21, 1984 in Tokyo) is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player.
Kunieda is a right-handed player whose favorite surface is hard court.
He is coached by Hiromichi Maruyama.
He is a former world number one wheelchair tennis player and was the ITF World Champion from 2007 to 2010.
He was also the Year End Number One in doubles in 2007.
In 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2015 Kunieda achieved the Grand Slam in singles.
In 2007 and 2008, Kunieda won three of the four Masters series events.
Kunieda is the only player to retain the men's singles title at the Paralympic Games.
In addition, Kunieda won the gold medal in the doubles of the Paralympics in 2004, and has been part of two World Team Cup wins. Kunieda had a three-year, 106-match consecutive win streak.
The streak began after his loss at the 2007 Masters and it was ended by Stéphane Houdet in the semifinals of the 2010 Masters.
Between January 2014 and December 2015, Kunieda was on another big winning streak of 77 matches.
It was broken by Joachim Gérard during the round-robin phase of the 2015 NEC Masters tournament.
Despite losing a match in the round-robin phase, Kunieda qualified for the semi-finals and went on to reach the final, where he was again beaten by Gérard.