YOKOHAMA/STARNBERG, November 23, 2025
Rei Sakamoto was crowned champion of the 11th edition of the Yokohama Keio Challenger by Mita Kosan. The No. 2 seed of the ATP Challenger Tour 75 hard-court event emerged victorious from Sunday’s all-Japanese final, winning 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 against eighth-seeded Kaichi Uchida to become the sixth local player lifting the trophy at the Keio University Mamushidani Tennis Courts.
Sakamoto battled his way into the championship match with victories in the bottom half of the draw over Kasidit Samrej from Thailand, Maxim Zhukov of Russia as well as No. 7 seed Yasutaka Uchiyama and Akira Santillan from Japan.
The 19-year-old fired 13 aces and won 78 per cent of his first-service points to prevail after two hours and 15 minutes.
By winning his third ATP Challenger Tour career title, his second of the season following his triumph in Cary, United States in early June, Sakamoto earned $14,200 in prize money as well as 75 ATP Ranking points. The World No. 176 is currently in 10th position in the “ATP Race To Jeddah”.
Oberleitner/Vrbensky triumph in doubles
On Saturday, Neil Oberleitner from Austria and Michael Vrbensky of the Czech Republic captured the doubles title. The No. 2 seeds defeated the all-Japanese combination of Masamichi Imamura and Ryuki Matsuda 7-6(6), 6-1 in one hour and 12 minutes.
Oberleitner and Vrbensky split $4 980 in prize money and collected 75 ATP Doubles Ranking points.
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