Miyu Kato (tennis)

Miyu Kato
加藤 未唯

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Kyoto, Japan
Born	November 21, 1994 Kyoto, Japan
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$70,404
Singles
Career record	97–82
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (11 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 145 (11 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2016)
US Open	Q1 (2015)
Australian Open Junior	1R (2010, 2011, 2012)
French Open Junior	2R (2011)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	94–61
Career titles	1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (5 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 135 (5 October 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2011)
French Open Junior	1R (2011)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2010, 2011)
US Open Junior	1R (2010)
Last updated on: 11 October 2015.

Miyu Kato (加藤 未唯 Katō Miyu, born 21 November 1994) is a professional Japanese tennis player.

On 27 July 2015, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 207. On 5 October 2015, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 135.

At the 2015 Japan Women's Open she received a wild card into the doubles main draw with Eri Hozumi.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–1)
WTA 125s tournaments (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 February 2016	Taiwan Open, Kaohsiung, Taipei	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	10 April 2016	Katowice Open, Katowice, Poland	Hard (i)	Eri Hozumi	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]

ITF finals (11-11)

Singles (3–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (1–0) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 July 2013	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Lauren Embree	6–3 1–6 1–3 ret.
Winner	1.	24 May 2015	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	7–6 ^(7–5), 5–7, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	25 May 2015	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Lu Jiajing	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	18 July 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	7-5, 6-2
Runner-up	3.	24 October 2015	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Shuko Aoyama	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	27 March 2016	Canberra, Australia	Clay	Anna Bondár	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles (8–8)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–5) Clay (1–2) Grass (2–0) Carpet (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	17 September 2011	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Riko Sawayanagi	Kazusa Ito Tomoko Taira	6–4, 7–6 ^(7–5)
Runner–up	1.	15 September 2012	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Misaki Mori	Nao Hibino Emi Mutaguchi	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	15 October 2012	Makinohara, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Monique Adamczak Caroline Garcia	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	31 December 2012	Hong Kong	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Tian Ran Tang Haochen	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	12 January 2013	Hong Kong	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Xin Wen Li Yihong	6–4, 1–6, [10–12]
Winner	3.	14 September 2013	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Hiroko Kuwata	Mana Ayukawa Emi Mutaguchi	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	16 September 2013	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Isabella Holland Sally Peers	6–7^(7–9), 6–4, 7–10
Runner-up	5.	24 February 2014	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Yuuki Tanaka	Nungnadda Wannasuk Varunya Wongteanchai	2–6 2–6
Runner-up	6.	13 April 2014	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Yuuki Tanaka	Jessica Moore Aleksandrina Naydenova	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 7–10
Winner	4.	4 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Akiko Omae	Kamonwan Buayam Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–0 6–0
Runner–up	7.	28 July 2014	Wuhan, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	30 March 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Clay	Nao Hibino	Miyabi Inoue Akiko Omae	6-4 6-2
Winner	6.	18 May 2015	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Rika Fujiwara	Mana Ayukawa Makoto Ninomiya	6-2 6-0
Winner	7.	14 June 2015	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Akiko Omae	Mana Ayukawa Makoto Ninomiya	6–2, 5–7, 10–8
Winner	8.	20 June 2015	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Kotomi Takahata	Choi Ji-hee Kim Na-ri	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner–up	8.	26 March 2016	Canberra, Australia	Clay	Eri Hozumi	Ashleigh Barty Arina Rodionova	7–5, 3–6, [7–10]

External links

• Miyu Kato at the Women's Tennis Association
• Miyu Kato at the International Tennis Federation