 In June Sugita lost in the first round of the French Open to Horacio Zeballos.Later in the month he lost in the second round in s-Hertogenbosch to Marius Copil; and the next week at Halle beat world #7 Dominic Thiem in straight sets, in what he said was “my best match in my career,” before losing in the quarter-finals to Denis Kudla.At Antalya, Turkey, Sugita lost in the second round to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.