Hiroko Kuwata

Hiroko Kuwata
桑田寛子
Full name Hiroko Kuwata
Country (sports)  Japan
Born (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990
Japan
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $102,433
Singles
Career record 138–80
Career titles 6 ITF
Highest ranking 150 (9 May 2016)
Current ranking 150 (9 May 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2016)
French Open Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon Q1 (2015)
US Open Q1 (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record 85–49
Career titles 10 ITF
Highest ranking 112 (13 July 2015)
Current ranking 120 (20 July 2015)
Last updated on: 20 July 2015.

Hiroko Kuwata (Japanese: 桑田寛子; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player.

Kuwata has won three singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 15 September 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 169. On 25 August 2014, she peaked at world number 146 in the doubles rankings.

Kuwata made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Citi Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Sanaz Marand and Stéphanie Dubois for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against world number 45 Alison Riske and defeated the American in straight sets, losing five games in the process. It was Kuwata's first main draw win at the WTA level.[1] She also competed in the doubles event, partnering with Kurumi Nara to defeat Nicola Slater and Emily Webley-Smith in the first round. The Japanese advanced to the final of the event, losing to Shuko Aoyama and Gabriela Dabrowski.[2]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner–up 1. August 3, 2014 Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States Hard Japan Kurumi Nara Japan Shuko Aoyama
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
1–6, 2–6

ITF finals (15–12)

Singles (6–6)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 12 February 2012 Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard France Estelle Guisard 2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 24 March 2012 Kōfu, Japan Hard China Liu Fangzhou 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 2. 23 March 2013 Kōfu, Japan Hard Japan Yuuki Tanaka 3–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 17 August 2013 Uşak, Turkey Hard Germany Michaela Frlicka 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner 3. 14 September 2013 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Akiko Yonemura 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 24 November 2013 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Thailand Luksika Kumkhum 6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 2 March 2014 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Japan Misa Eguchi 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 26 October 2014 Perth, Australia Hard Sweden Rebecca Peterson 3–6, 0–6
Winner 4. 26 September 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Bunyawi Thamchaiwat 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 5. 31 October 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 14 November 2015 Bendigo, Australia Hard Japan Misa Eguchi 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner 6. 8 May 2016 Gifu, Japan Hard China Qiang Wang 6–2, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles (13–6)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (3–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 18 March 2012 Miyazaki, Japan Grass Japan Akari Inoue Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Yumi Miyazaki
6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 17 June 2012 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Akari Inoue Japan Miyabi Inoue
Japan Kaori Onishi
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner 2. 24 June 2012 Mie, Japan Grass Japan Yuuki Tanaka Japan Akari Inoue
Japan Kaori Onishi
6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner 3. 23 March 2013 Kōfu, Japan Hard Japan Akari Inoue South Korea Han Na-lae
China Yang Zi
3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up 2. 10 August 2013 Vienna, Austria Clay Japan Hirono Watanabe Slovakia Michaela Pochabová
Slovakia Rebecca Šramková
5–7, 2–6
Winner 4. 14 September 2013 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Miyu Kato Japan Mana Ayukawa
Japan Emi Mutaguchi
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 2 March 2014 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Japan Miyabi Inoue Australia Jessica Moore
Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
4–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 15 June 2014 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Japan Mari Tanaka Japan Nao Hibino
India Prarthana Thombare
6–1, 6–4
Winner 6. 13 July 2014 Gatineau, Canada Hard Japan Chiaki Okadaue Japan Mana Ayukawa
Poland Justyna Jegiołka
6–1, 6–4
Winner 7. 20 July 2014 Granby, Canada Hard Japan Riko Sawayanagi Canada Erin Routliffe
Canada Carol Zhao
w/o
Winner 8. 8 February 2015 Grenoble, France Hard (i) Netherlands Demi Schuurs France Manon Arcangioli
Netherlands Cindy Burger
6–1, 6–3
Winner 9. 15 March 2015 Mildura, Australia Grass Japan Yuuki Tanaka China Tian Ran
China Wang Yan
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 28 March 2015 Quanzhou, China Hard Japan Junri Namigata Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
3-6 7-6(2) [2-10]
Winner 10. 5 June 2015 Andijan, Uzbekistan Hard Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova Russia Veronika Kudermetova
Russia Ksenia Lykina
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Winner 11. 25 September 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Japan Ayaka Okuno Japan Mana Ayukawa
Japan Yuuki Tanaka
2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner-up 5. 14 November 2015 Bendigo, Australia Hard Russia Natela Dzalamidze United States Lauren Embree
United States Asia Muhammad
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 8 May 2016 Gifu, Japan Hard Japan Ayaka Okuno Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Miyu Kato
1-6 2-6
Winner 12. 30 July 2016 Lexington, United States Hard China Zhu Lin United States Sophie Chang
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–0, 7–5
Winner 13. 23 October 2016 Suzhou, China Hard Japan Akiko Omae United States Jacqueline Cako
Uzbekistan Sabina Sharipova
6–1, 6–3

References

  1. "Citi Open Main Draw Singles" (PDF). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. "Citi Open Main Draw Doubles" (PDF). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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