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Gustavo Tsuboi
Tsuboi at the 2017 ITTF World Tour German Open, Magdeburg, Germany.
Personal information
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1985-05-31) May 31, 1985 (age 39) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Highest ranking	28 (1 September 2019)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Brazil Pan-American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Doubles 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles 2015 Toronto Singles 2019 Lima Mixed doubles 2019 Lima Team Pan American Championships 2019 Asunción Team 2021 Lima Team 2019 Asunción Doubles 2019 Asunción Singles Pan American Cup 2017 San Jose Singles 2018 Asunción Singles 2020 Guaynabo Singles 2019 Guaynabo Singles Latin American Championships 2014 Santo Domingo Team 2014 Santo Domingo Singles 2014 Santo Domingo Mixed Doubles Latin American Cup 2011 Rio de Janeiro Singles 2015 Havana Singles 2013 Santo Domingo Singles 2014 Asuncion Singles South American Games 2010 Medellín Singles 2010 Medellín Team 2014 Santiago Singles 2006 B.Aires Singles 2006 B.Aires Doubles 2010 Medellín Doubles 2014 Santiago Team

Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games. 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.

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. Tsuboi competed in table tennis at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

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. 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. 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.

At the Table Tennis World Cup, Tsuboi made history by reaching the quarterfinals of the competition in 2015, equaling Brazil's best result in the tournament's history. Until then, Cláudio Kano, in 1987 and 1989, had also reached the quarterfinals. He also reached the round of 16 in 2017 and 2018.

At the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, Tsuboi reached the quarterfinals playing with Hugo Calderano and Eric Jouti.

2021

At the WTT Star Contender in Doha, held in March 2021, Tsuboi reached the round of 16 after defeating the Japanese Koki Niwa (17th). He was eliminated by South Korean Jeoung Youngsik, 13th in the world rankings.

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).

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Tsuboi's best ranking was no.28 in the world in 2019.

• Pan American Table Tennis Championships: Bronze medal (2019)
• Pan American Games: Runner-up (2015)
• WTT Star Contender: Round of 16 (Doha 2021)
• Table Tennis World Cup: Quarterfinals (Halmstad 2015)
• World Table Tennis Championships: Second round (2011, 2013, 2015)
• Olympic Games: Round of 16 (Tokyo 2020)

Doubles

In 2017, the duo Tsuboi / Calderano was the 3rd best in the world rankings, behind only the Japanese Masataka Morizono and Yuya Oshima and the Chinese Xu Xin and Zhang Jike.

• Pan American Games: Champion (2019)
• Super series: Silver (Qatar Open 2015)
• Hungarian Open 2016: Silver
• Swedish Open 2017: Gold
• Rio de Janeiro Open 2017: Gold
• World Table Tennis Championships: Round of 16 (Yokohama 2009, Suzhou 2015, Dusseldorf 2017)

Team

From April 2021 to June 2023, the Brazil team was the 6th best in the world.

• Pan American Table Tennis Championships: Champion (2019, 2021)
• Pan American Games: Champion (2007, 2011, 2015)
• Table Tennis World Cup: Quarterfinals (Dubai 2010, Germany 2011, China 2013, Dubai 2015, London 2018, Tokyo 2019)
• World Table Tennis Championships: Quarterfinals (Halmstad 2018)
• Olympic Games: Quarterfinals (Tokyo 2020)

References

1. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2019". Table tennis guide. September 1, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
2. Gustavo Tsuboi - Uol Pan 2007
3. Gustavo Tsuboi - ITTF Stats Bio Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
4. UOL Esporte (Pan 2007). "Brasileiros (Tênis de Mesa)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "Gustavo Tsuboi Turns the Tables, Extracts Revenge and Secures Gold". ITTF. March 19, 2011. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
6. "Gustavo Tsuboi Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
7. Com apenas uma vitória, mesatenistas brasileiros encerram participação no Mundial da França
8. BRASILEIROS GARANTEM VAGA ENTRE OS 16 MELHORES DO MUNDO
9. Calderano e Carol podem fazer história nas duplas mistas no Mundial de tênis de mesa
10. Copa do Mundo: Tsuboi vence 15º do mundo e iguala melhor resultado do Brasil na história
11. Após igualar melhor resultado da história, Tsuboi perde do 6º do mundo
12. Gustavo Tsuboi é derrotado por número 1 do mundo e cai nas oitavas da Copa do Mundo
13. Copa do Mundo: Nas oitavas, Tsuboi perde para Timo Boll e dá adeus à competição
14. Em batalha de quase 3h, Brasil luta, mas perde da Alemanha e está fora do Mundial
15. Calderano, Tsuboi e Takahashi se Despedem das Disputas do Individual de Tênis de Mesa do WTT Star Doha 2021
16. Igualando marcas e construindo recordes: tênis de mesa do Brasil busca vitórias por dia histórico
17. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2019". Table tennis guide. September 1, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
18. Vitor Ishiy surpreende todos os favoritos e chega ao inédito título do Campeonato Pan-Americano
19. Tsuboi e Takahashi perdem e levam prata no tênis de mesa do Pan
20. Calderano, Tsuboi e Takahashi se Despedem das Disputas do Individual de Tênis de Mesa do WTT Star Doha 2021
21. Copa do Mundo: Tsuboi vence 15º do mundo e iguala melhor resultado do Brasil na história
22. Após igualar melhor resultado da história, Tsuboi perde do 6º do mundo
23. Com apenas uma vitória, mesatenistas brasileiros encerram participação no Mundial da França
24. Igualando marcas e construindo recordes: tênis de mesa do Brasil busca vitórias por dia histórico
25. Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi chegam a mais uma final de duplas em Circuito Mundial
26. Hugo Calderano e Gustavo Tsuboi são campeões nas duplas masculinas em Lima 2019
27. Mundial 2015: Após 61 anos, Cazuo e Thiago igualam melhor resultado brasileiro na história
28. Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi chegam a mais uma final de duplas em Circuito Mundial
29. Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi chegam a mais uma final de duplas em Circuito Mundial
30. Aberto do Brasil: Calderano e Tsuboi confirmam favoritismo e levam ouro nas duplas
31. Mundial 2015: Após 61 anos, Cazuo e Thiago igualam melhor resultado brasileiro na história
32. Mundial 2017: Calderano bate iraniano e está a um jogo das oitavas no individual
33. BRASILEIROS GARANTEM VAGA ENTRE OS 16 MELHORES DO MUNDO
34. Em novo ranking de equipes, Brasil é o sexto melhor no masculino e volta a figurar no Top 20 do feminino
35. ITTF WORLD TEAM RANKING 2021 April
36. ITTF WORLD TEAM RANKING 2023 June
37. Equipes feminina e masculina são campeães no Pan-Americano de tênis de mesa
38. Hugo Calderano brilha e Brasil é ouro nas equipes masculinas do tênis de mesa nos Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023
39. Com três gerações diferentes no time, Brasil conquista o tri no tênis de mesa
40. Tênis de Mesa: Brasil é eliminado nas quartas de final na Copa do Mundo
41. Copa do mundo de tenis de mesa dia 3
42. JEAN-RENÉ MOUNIE COMENTA A PARTICIPAÇÃO DO BRASIL NA COPA DO MUNDO POR EQUIPES 2010
43. BRASIL FICA ENTRE OS OITO MELHORES NA COPA DO MUNDO 2011
44. Brasil está nas quartas de final da Copa do Mundo de Seleções 2013
45. Copa do Mundo: Seleção masculina cai diante da China e fica em quinto em 2015
46. Em batalha de quase 3h, Brasil luta, mas perde da Alemanha e está fora do Mundial
47. Tênis de mesa por equipes: Brasil perde para Coréia do Sul nas quartas de final na Olimpíada de Tóquio

• 1985 births
• Living people
• Brazilian male table tennis players
• Brazilian people of Japanese descent
• Sportspeople of Japanese descent
• Olympic table tennis players for Brazil
• Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Table tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Table tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Table tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
• Pan American Games medalists in table tennis
• South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
• South American Games silver medalists for Brazil
• South American Games medalists in table tennis
• Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
• Table tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Sportspeople from São Paulo
• 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
• Expatriate sportspeople in Germany