 He then made back to back quarterfinal appearances in the Colombia Open by beating Alejandro Gómez and Matthew Ebden before losing to eventual champion Bernard Tomic in straight sets.Ito qualified for the 2016 Australian Open main draw, losing to fellow qualifier Radek Štěpánek in the first round with four sets.In March, he won through the qualifying tournament of the Miami Open and recorded his first Masters main draw win after beating Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.