is a Japanese tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015 and a doubles ranking of No. 224 achieved on 15 July 2019.ATP World Tour Profile Moriya has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles.

Tennis career

Juniors As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of 76–37, reaching as high as No. 17 in the junior combined world rankings in October 2008.ITF Juniors Profile

Junior Grand Slam results:

Australian Open: 3R (2007, 2008) French Open: Q1 (2007) Wimbledon: 1R (2008) US Open: Q2 (2006)

2008–2011 Moriya had won three ITF Futures events in Japan and Chinese Taipei. He also had participated in a number of ATP Challenger Tour events, winning some matches of those tournaments. He ended 2011 as ranked world no. 327.

2012: Major debut, First ATP win Moriya failed to qualify for French Open and Wimbledon, but he qualified for the 2012 US Open to make his Grand Slam main draw debut, losing to Ivan Dodig in the first round."Ivan Dodig "really happy" with Andy Murray pairing", Sports Mole, 28 August 2012.

During the Asian hardcourt swing, he defeated Robin Haase in the Thailand Open to record his first ATP main draw win, and played a close match against Stanislas Wawrinka at the Japan Open, losing 5–7, 6–4, 4–6."Tokyo – Berdych, Wawrinka win openers" , Tennis Talk, 1 October 2012. In November, Moriya reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in Toyota, where he lost to Michał Przysiężny in straight sets."Toyota Challenger 2012 Final: Michal Przysiezny vs. Hiroki Moriya", Tennis Alternative, 24 November 2012.

2013: Davis Cup debut He represented Japan for the first time in his career at the 2013 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I against South Korea. He played the doubles rubber with Yasutaka Uchiyama and Japan advanced into the World Group play-offs.

Moriya was the runner-up of Shanghai Challenger, losing to his countryman Yuichi Sugita in the final, and he made quarterfinals or better of Asian Challenger events in this year.

2014: First Challenger title and Top 150 In Australian hard court season, Moriya reached the final in the Burnie Challenger for the third time at this level and the semifinal in West Lakes.

Moriya won his first challenger title, winning the $50,000+H Granby Challenger event in Canada by beating Fabrice Martin in the final."IMANISHI AND MORIYA CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF THE GRANBY NATIONAL BANK CHALLENGER" , TENNIS CANADA, 20 July 2014. Following this tournament, he entered the ATP rankings top 150. In the Asian swing, Moriya competed in the ATP events of Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, both losing in the first round.

2015: Second ATP win In the 2015 Australian Open, despite losing of the qualifying round, Moriya entered into main draw as lucky loser replacing Juan Martín del Potro."Del Potro pulls out of Australian Open on eve of tournament", tennis.com, 18 January 2015. He was eliminated in the first round by Jerzy Janowicz with four sets.

He won through the qualifying at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, dropping just one set, but lost to ninth seed and reigning US Open champion Marin Čilić in the opening round."Cilic sees off Japanese qualifier", wimbledon.com, 29 June 2015. In September, Moriya reached the second round of the Shenzhen Open, beating Ričardas Berankis in straight sets. He lost to third seed Tommy Robredo.

2022: First ATP 500 win During the Asian hardcourt swing, Moriya entered the 2022 Korea Open and the 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships after qualifying for the singles main draw as a lucky loser. In the latter he defeated compatriot fellow qualifier Yuta Shimizu for his first ATP 500 and Tokyo Open win and third ATP win overall. As a result, he moved 40 positions up the rankings into the top 250.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 27 (11–16) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (8–10)Titles by surfaceHard (8–12)Clay (1–2)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Japan F11, TokyoFuturesHard Yūichi Sugita2–6, 5–7Win1–1Japan F5, KusatsuFuturesCarpet Hiroki Kondo6–2, 6–2Loss1–2Japan F6, AkishimaFuturesCarpet Yi Chu-huan7–5, 2–6, 2–6Loss1–3Japan F1, TokyoFuturesHard Yuichi Ito5–7, 6–1, 4–6Loss1–4Japan F5, KaruizawaFuturesClay Mark Verryth1–6, 4–6Win2–4Japan F8, SapporoFuturesClay Lee Hsin-han6–1, 6–3Loss2–5Australia F6, DarwinFuturesHard John Millman0–6, 1–6Loss2–6Japan F6, KashiwaFuturesHard Junn Mitsuhashi4–6, 0–6Loss2–7Japan F8, SapporoFuturesClay Junn Mitsuhashi6–7(7–9), 7–5, 4–6Win3–7Chinese Taipei F2, TaipeiFuturesHard An Jae-sung6–3, 4–6, 6–3Loss3–8Australia F10, Port PirieFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama6–7(6–8), 4–6Win4–8Australia F2, MilduraFuturesGrass Brydan Klein6–4, 4–6, 6–2Win5–8Japan F3, KōfuFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama6–1, 6–4Loss5–9Chinese Taipei F2, KaohsiungFuturesHard James Ward5–7, 6–7(3–7)Loss5–10Toyota, JapanChallengerCarpet (i) Michał Przysiężny2–6, 3–6Loss5–11Shanghai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Yūichi Sugita3–6, 3–6Loss5–12Burnie, AustraliaChallengerHard Matt Reid3–6, 2–6Win6–12Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Fabrice Martin7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–3Win7–12Nanchang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Chung Hyeon4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss7–13Ningbo, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Lu Yen-hsun3–6, 1–6Win8–13Uzbekistan F2, BukharaFuturesHard Evgenii Tiurnev6–0, 6–1Win9–13Loughborough, Great BritainChallengerHard (i) James Ward6–2, 7–5Loss9–14Shanghai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Blaž Kavčič1–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss9–15Roanne, FranceChallengerHard Hugo Grenier2–6, 3–6Win10-15M25, Nottingham, UKWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Antoine Escoffier3–6, 6–0, 6–2Loss10-16M25, Jakarta, IndonesiaWorld Tennis TourHard Yanki Erel3–6, 6–4, 2–6Win11-16M25, Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandWorld Tennis TourHard Kasidit Samrej2–6, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 10 (5–5) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)ITF Futures Tour (5–3)Titles by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Thailand F2, NonthaburiFuturesHard Tasuku Iwami Nesa Arta Christopher Rungkat6–4, 4–6, [10–12]Win1–1Japan F4, TsukubaFuturesHard Tasuku Iwami Bumpei Sato Maciek Sykut6–4, 6–2Loss1–2Italy F10, AostaFuturesClay Shuichi Sekiguchi Radu Albot Yasutaka Uchiyama6–4, 5–7, [7–10]Win2–2Germany F4, NußlochFuturesCarpet (i) Yasutaka Uchiyama Marko Lenz George von Massow7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss2–3China F2, ChengduFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama Gong Maoxin Zeng Shaoxuan7–6(7–4), 3–6, [8–10]Win3–3China F3, YuxiFuturesHard Yasutaka Uchiyama Brydan Klein Jose Statham2–6, 6–4, [10–6]Loss3–4Launceston, AustraliaChallengerHard Mohamed Safwat Max Purcell Luke Saville5–7, 4–6Loss3–5Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Enrique López Pérez Li Zhe Gonçalo Oliveira2–6, 1–6Win4–5M25 Jakarta, IndonesiaWorld Tennis TourHard Francis Casey Alcantara Nathan Anthony Barki Christopher Rungkat6–2, 6–1Win5–5M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandWorld Tennis TourHard Francis Casey Alcantara Maximus Jones Finn Reynolds6–2, 6–4

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