Brazilian table tennis player
| Gustavo Tsuboi |
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 Tsuboi at the 2017 ITTF World Tour German Open, Magdeburg, Germany. |
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| Nationality |  Brazil |
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| Born | (1985-05-31) May 31, 1985 (age 38)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Highest ranking | 28 (1 September 2019)[1] |
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Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985, São Paulo) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games.[2][3] Along with Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the 2007 Pan American Games and 2011 Pan American Games.[4]
Tsuboi won the gold medal at the inaugural 2011 Latin American Cup held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after defeating Paraguay's Marcelo Aguirre 4–0.[5] Tsuboi competed in table tennis at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]
Career
In World Championships, Tsuboi's best campaigns in singles were the 2nd round in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2021. His best performance was in 2013, when he managed to make it difficult for the Chinese player Zhang Jike, almost winning the first set and winning the second.[7] In doubles, Tsuboi reached the 3rd round (round of 16) three times, in 2009, 2015 and 2017, each time losing by 4 sets to 2. The best campaign was in 2009, when playing in Japan and making it difficult for the Japanese duo to win, who ended up being bronze medalists in the tournament.[8] In mixed doubles, Tsuboi managed to reach the 3rd round (round of 16) in 2013, being eliminated by the Chinese pair seeded n.2, but managing to win a set of them.[9]
2021
In March, Tsuboi played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Star Contender event, he had a high-profile 3–0 upset over Koki Niwa in the round of 32.[10]
2020 Olympic Games
At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Tsuboi, 37th in the world, by defeating Nigerian Quadri Aruna (21st in the world ranking), became the 3rd Brazilian in history to reach the round of 16 in the Olympics. The feat had only been achieved by Hugo Hoyama (Atlanta-1996) and Hugo Calderano (Rio 2016).[11]
