Satoshi Saida

{{short description|Japanese wheelchair tennis player}}

{{Infobox wheelchair tennis player

| name = Satoshi Saida
斎田 悟司

| image = 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis - men 2.jpg

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| country = {{JPN}}

| residence = Mie Preti, Japan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|03|26}}

| birth_place = Kashiwa City, Japan

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| plays = Right Handed

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| singlesrecord = 486–163

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| highestsinglesranking = No.3 (11 August 2003)

| currentsinglesranking = No.23 (18 September 2017)

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| doublesrecord = 446–99

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| highestdoublesranking = No.1 (18 November 2002)

| currentdoublesranking = No.28 (18 September 2017)

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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = W (2008)

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| WimbledonDoublesresult = W (2006)

| USOpenDoublesresult = W (2007)

| OthertournamentsDoubles = Yes

| WheelchairTennisMastersDoublesresult = W (2003, 2004)

| ParalympicsDoublesresult = 20px Gold Medal (2004)
20px Bronze Medal (2008, 2016)

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{{MedalSport | Men's wheelchair tennis }}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | Men's doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | Men's doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio | Men's doubles }}

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{{nihongo|Satoshi Saida|斎田 悟司|Saida Satoshi|born March 26, 1972 in Yokkaichi, Mie}} is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist (Men's doubles with Shingo Kunieda).

Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of bone cancer at age twelve.{{cite web |title=MUFG; Vol.6 Satoshi Saida As long as I continue to be my toughest critic, I can continue to evolve as a player |url=https://www.mufg.jp/english/csr/contribution/charity/pis/story6/index.html |website=Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}} At first, he used to play wheelchair basketball with his friends.{{cite web |title=Wheelchair tennis great Kunieda talks about past, present and future after retirement |url=https://www.paralympic.org/feature/wheelchair-tennis-great-kunieda-talks-about-past-present-and-future-after-retirement |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}} Saida started his career in wheelchair tennis when he was fourteen years old.{{cite web |title=Satoshi Saida Tennis Player Profile |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/satoshi-saida/800183524/jpn/wct/S/overview/ |website=International Tennis Federation |access-date=11 October 2024}}

As a competitor, his first Paralympics was the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, USA; at the succeeding games in Sydney, Australia, he got eighth place.{{cite web |title=Satoshi Saida - Wheelchair Tennis {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/satoshi-saida |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}} With Shingo Kunieda, he participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, and won the men's doubles event.{{cite web |title=Athens 2004 - wheelchair-tennis - mens-doubles |url=https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-tennis/mens-doubles |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}} The two competed together again at the 2008 Beijing Games and took bronze in the doubles event.{{cite web |title=Men's Doubles – Open Bronze Medal Match |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |year=2008 |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/WT/C73B/WTM002102.pdf |accessdate=2008-09-25}}