Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka
大坂 なおみ
Full name Naomi Osaka
Country (sports)  Japan
Born (1997-10-16) 16 October 1997
Osaka, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 180,180
Singles
Career record 89–58
Career titles 0
Highest ranking 92 (April 18, 2016)
Current ranking 92 (April 18, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2016)
Wimbledon Q1 (2015)
US Open Q2 (2015)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record 1–7
Career titles 0
Highest ranking 1269 (1 December 2014)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Naomi Osaka (Japanese: 大坂 なおみ; born 16 October 1997[1]) is a [2]Japanese tennis player.

Biography

Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother.[3] On 1 February 2016, Osaka reached her best singles ranking of world number 108. On 1 December 2014, she peaked at world number 1269 in the doubles rankings.

Osaka made her main draw WTA tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, having firstly entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Alla Kudryavtseva and Petra Martić for a spot in the main draw. She was then pitted against 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur and came from a set down to defeat the Australian in a match lasting two-and-a-half hours. It was Osaka's first ever main draw match win at the WTA level.[4]

During the 2015 WTA Finals she won the Rising Stars Invitational exhibition tournament, defeating Caroline Garcia in the final.[5]

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament20152016SR W–L
Australian Open A 3R 0 / 1 2–1
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 0 / 1 0–0
US Open Q2 0 / 1 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 2–1 0 / 3 2–1

WTA finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 15 November 2015 Hua Hin, Thailand Hard Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 4–6

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 June 2013 El Paso, United States Hard United States Sanaz Marand 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 9 March 2014 Irapuato, Mexico Hard Netherlands Indy de Vroome 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 3 May 2015 Gifu, Japan Hard China Zheng Saisai 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 14 June 2015 Surbiton, United Kingdom Grass Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 6–7(5–7), 0–6

References

  1. ↑ "Naomi Osaka". Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "GETTING TO KNOW... NAOMI OSAKA". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/20431/title/naomi-osaka
  4. ↑ "Bank of the West Classic Main Draw Singles" (PDF). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Osaka Wins WTA Rising Stars Invitational", WTA news, 25 October 2015

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