Japanese tennis player
Hiroko Kuwata 桑田寛子 Country (sports) Japan Born (1990-12-18 ) 18 December 1990 (age 33) Yokohama, Kanagawa , Japan[1] Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 361,099 Career record 371–329 (53.0%) Career titles 7 ITF Highest ranking No. 150 (9 May 2016) Current ranking No. 523 (20 May 2024) Australian Open Q2 (2016) French Open Q2 (2017) Wimbledon Q1 (2015) US Open Q1 (2014, 2015) Career record 256–195 (56.8%) Career titles 20 ITF Highest ranking No. 112 (13 July 2015) Current ranking No. 477 (20 May 2024) Last updated on: 26 May 2024.
Hiroko Kuwata (Japanese : 桑田寛子 ; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player.
Kuwata has won seven singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit . On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 112 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Kuwata made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Washington 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 No. 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 Tour-level.[2] 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 .[3]
WTA Tour finals [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (runner-up) [ edit ] Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ITF Circuit finals [ edit ] Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner–ups) [ edit ] Legend $75,000 tournaments (1–1) $50,000 tournaments (0–1) $25,000 tournaments (1–2) $10/15,000 tournaments (5–7)
Finals by surface Hard (6–10) Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Feb 2012 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal 10,000 Hard Estelle Guisard 2–6, 1–6 Win 1–1 Mar 2012 Kōfu International Open , Japan 10,000 Hard Liu Fangzhou 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7) Loss 1–2 Mar 2013 Kōfu International Open, Japan 10,000 Hard Yuuki Tanaka 3–6, 1–6 Win 2–2 Aug 2013 ITF Uşak, Turkey 10,000 Hard Michaela Frlicka 7–6(3) , 6–2 Win 3–2 Sep 2013 ITF Kyoto, Japan 10,000 Carpet (i) Akiko Yonemura 6–1, 6–2 Loss 3–3 Nov 2013 Toyota World Challenge , Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Luksika Kumkhum 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 Loss 3–4 Mar 2014 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 15,000 Hard Misa Eguchi 1–6, 2–6 Loss 3–5 Oct 2014 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Rebecca Peterson 3–6, 0–6 Win 4–5 Sep 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 15,000 Hard Bunyawi Thamchaiwat 6–3, 7–6(4) Win 5–5 Oct 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 15,000 Hard Valeriya Strakhova 7–5, 6–4 Loss 5–6 Nov 2015 Bendigo International , Australia 50,000 Hard Misa Eguchi 6–7(5) , 3–6 Win 6–6 May 2016 Kangaroo Cup , Japan 75,000 Hard Wang Qiang 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 Loss 6–7 Dec 2017 ITF Hong Kong 15,000 Hard Haruka Kaja 6–4, 2–6, 6–7(4) Loss 6–8 Jan 2018 ITF Hong Kong 15,000 Hard Lee Ya-hsuan 4–6, 4–6 Win 7–8 Jun 2018 ITF Singapore 25,000 Hard Jovana Jakšić 7–6, 6–0 Loss 7–9 May 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Katarina Kužmová 6–3, 6–7(4) 3–6 Loss 7–10 Jul 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Caroline Roméo 3–6, 4–6 Loss 7–11 Sep 2023 ITF Kyoto, Japan 25,000 Hard (i) Sofya Lansere 0–6, 1–6
Doubles: 38 (20 titles, 17 runner–ups, 1 not played) [ edit ] Legend $75,000 tournaments (0–1) $50/60,000 tournaments (5–6) $40,000 tournaments (0–2) $25,000 tournaments (9–5) $10/15,000 tournaments (6–3)
Finals by surface Hard (15–15) Clay (0–2) Grass (3–0) Carpet (2–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Mar 2012 ITF Miyazaki, Japan 10,000 Grass Akari Inoue Kanae Hisami Yumi Miyazaki 6–3, 6–0 Loss 1–1 Jun 2012 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Akari Inoue Maiko Inoue Kaori Onishi 7–5, 5–7, [7–10] Win 2–1 Jun 2012 ITF Mie, Japan 10,000 Grass Yuuki Tanaka Akari Inoue Kaori Onishi 6–3, 3–6, [10–5] Win 3–1 Mar 2013 Kōfu International Open , Japan 10,000 Hard Akari Inoue Han Na-lae Yang Zi 3–6, 7–5, [10–7] Loss 3–2 Aug 2013 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay Hirono Watanabe Michaela Pochabová Rebecca Šramková 5–7, 2–6 Win 4–2 Sep 2013 ITF Kyoto, Japan 10,000 Carpet (i) Miyu Kato Mana Ayukawa Emi Mutaguchi 6–4, 6–2 Loss 4–3 Mar 2014 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 15,000 Hard Miyabi Inoue Jessica Moore Aleksandrina Naydenova 4–6, 3–6 Win 5–3 Jun 2014 Fergana Challenger , Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Mari Tanaka Nao Hibino Prarthana Thombare 6–1, 6–4 Win 6–3 Jul 2014 ITF Gatineau, Canada 25,000 Hard Chiaki Okadaue Mana Ayukawa Justyna Jegiołka 6–1, 6–4 Win 7–3 Jul 2014 Challenger de Granby , Canada 25,000 Hard Riko Sawayanagi Erin Routliffe Carol Zhao w/o Win 8–3 Feb 2015 Open de l'Isère , France 25,000 Hard (i) Demi Schuurs Manon Arcangioli Cindy Burger 6–1, 6–3 Win 9–3 Mar 2015 ITF Mildura, Australia 15,000 Grass Yuuki Tanaka Tian Ran Wang Yan 6–2, 6–0 Loss 9–4 Mar 2015 Blossom Cup , China 50,000 Hard Junri Namigata Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya 3–6, 7–6(2) , [2–10] Win 10–4 Jun 2015 ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Nigina Abduraimova Veronika Kudermetova Ksenia Lykina 4–6, 7–6(5) , [11–9] Win 11–4 Sep 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 15,000 Hard Ayaka Okuno Mana Ayukawa Yuuki Tanaka 2–6, 6–1, [10–6] Loss 11–5 Nov 2015 Bendigo International , Australia 50,000 Hard Natela Dzalamidze Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad 5–7, 3–6 Loss 11–6 May 2016 Kangaroo Cup , Japan 75,000 Hard Ayaka Okuno Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 1–6, 2–6 Win 12–6 Jul 2016 Lexington Challenger , US 50,000 Hard Zhu Lin Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller 6–0, 7–5 Win 13–6 Oct 2016 Suzhou Ladies Open , China 50,000 Hard Akiko Omae Jacqueline Cako Sabina Sharipova 6–1, 6–3 Win 14–6 Jan 2017 ITF Hong Kong 25,000 Hard Akiko Omae Ksenia Lykina Riko Sawayanagi 6–1, 6–0 Loss 14–7 Mar 2017 Blossom Cup, China 60,000 Hard Zhu Lin Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu 3–6, 3–6 Loss 14–8 Jun 2017 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard Riko Sawayanagi Rika Fujiwara Kyōka Okamura 6–7(4) , 3–6 Win 15–8 Jul 2017 ITF Winnipeg, Canada 25,000 Hard Valeria Savinykh Kimberly Birrell Caroline Dolehide 6–4, 7–6(4) Win 16–8 Jul 2017 ITF Gatineau, Canada 25,000 Hard Valeria Savinykh Kimberly Birrell Emily Webley-Smith 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] Loss 16–9 Aug 2017 Lexington Challenger, US 60,000 Hard Valeria Savinykh Priscilla Hon Vera Lapko 3–6, 4–6 Loss 16–10 Aug 2018 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Naiktha Bains Akiko Omae You Xiaodi 0–6, 6–7(4) Win 17–10 Sep 2018 Darwin International , Australia 60,000 Hard Rutuja Bhosale Kimberly Birrell Katy Dunne 6–2, 6–4 Loss 17–11 Jan 2019 ITF Hong Kong 25,000 Hard Robu Kajtani Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien 3–6, 3–6 Loss 17–12 Mar 2019 Pingshan Open , China 60,000 Hard Sabina Sharipova Liang En-shuo Xun Fangying 4–6, 1–6 Win 18–12 May 2019 Kurume Cup , Japan 60,000 Carpet Ena Shibahara Erina Hayashi Moyuka Uchijima 0–6, 6–4, [10–5] Loss 18–13 Aug 2021 ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland 25,000 Clay Yuliana Lizarazo Carolina Alves Iryna Shymanovich 1–6, 6–3, [5–10] Win 19–13 Sep 2021 Caldas da Rainha Open , Portugal 60,000+H Hard Momoko Kobori Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls 7–6(5) , 7–6(2) Win 20–13 Apr 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard Nigina Abduraimova Paige Hourigan Valeria Savinykh 6–1, 3–6, [12–10] Loss 20–14 Aug 2022 Bronx Open , United States W60 Hard Han Na-lae Anna Blinkova Simona Waltert 3–6, 3–6 Loss 20–15 Jan 2023 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W40 Hard Kateryna Volodko Liang En-shuo Ma Yexin 0–6, 3–6 Loss 20–16 Jun 2023 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia W40 Hard Kateryna Volodko Maria Kozyreva Wei Sijia 7–5, 4–6, [6–10] Finalist[b] –NP- Nov 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Hard Rebeca Pereira Anna Hertel Olivia Lincer not played Loss 20–17 Apr 2024 ITF Jackson, United States W35 Clay Victoria Flores Alicia Herrero Melany Krywoj 3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
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