| Satoshi Saida 斎田 悟司 | |
| Residence: | Mie Preti, Japan |
| Birth Date: | 26 March 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Kashiwa City, Japan |
| Plays: | Right Handed |
| Singlesrecord: | 486–163 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No.3 (11 August 2003) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No.23 (18 September 2017) |
| Doublesrecord: | 446–99 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No.1 (18 November 2002) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No.28 (18 September 2017) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | W (2008) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | W (2006) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | W (2007) |
| Othertournamentsdoubles: | Yes |
| Wheelchairtennismastersdoublesresult: | W (2003, 2004) |
| Paralympicsdoublesresult: | Gold Medal (2004) Bronze Medal (2008, 2016) |
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.[1] At first, he used to play wheelchair basketball with his friends.[1] [2] Saida started his career in wheelchair tennis when he was fourteen years old.[3]
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.[4] With Shingo Kunieda, he participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, and won the men's doubles event.[5] The two competed together again at the 2008 Beijing Games and took bronze in the doubles event.[6]