Makoto Ninomiya

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Makoto Ninomiya

Ninomiya at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 30) Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,352,601
Singles
Career record	160–139
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 280 (22 February 2016)
Doubles
Career record	362–280
Career titles	6 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 20 (22 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 57 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
French Open	F (2018)
Wimbledon	SF (2017)
US Open	2R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2022)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2017, 2019)
US Open	1R (2018)
Medal record Representing  Japan Women's Tennis Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Doubles
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Makoto Ninomiya (二宮 真琴, Ninomiya Makoto, born 28 May 1994) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 20 on 22 October 2018, and peaked at No. 280 in singles on 22 February 2016. Partnered with Eri Hozumi, she reached the final of the 2018 French Open.

In doubles, she has won six titles on the WTA Tour, one title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 21 ITF titles. In singles, she has won one ITF Circuit title.

Playing for Japan Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 5–1 as of June 2024.

Ninomiya began playing tennis on ITF events in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

She reached her biggest final at the 2018 French Open with partner Eri Hozumi,^[1] losing to sixth seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.^[2] The pair also reached the final of the 2023 Jiangxi Open where they lost to second seeds Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva.^[3][4]

Alongside Nao Hibino, she was runner-up in the doubles at the 2024 Hong Kong 125 Open, losing to Monica Niculescu and Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the final.^[5]

Partnering Ulrikke Eikeri, she won the doubles title at the 2024 Hong Kong Open, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.^[6]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records and career statistics.

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	French Open	Clay	Eri Hozumi	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	3–6, 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2016	Jiangxi International, China	International[c]	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Liang Chen Lu Jingjing	6–3, 6–7(2), [11–13]
Win	1–1	Sep 2016	Japan Women's Open, Japan	International	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Mar 2017	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	International	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7(5), 3–6
Loss	1–3	Jan 2018	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jun 2018	French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Eri Hozumi	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Sep 2018	Japan Women's Open	International	Hard	Miyu Kato	Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Sep 2018	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Premier[d]	Hard (i)	Miyu Kato	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Apr 2021	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	WTA 250	Clay	Nao Hibino	Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–7	May 2021	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 250	Clay	Yang Zhaoxuan	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–7	Jun 2021	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Caroline Dolehide Storm Sanders	6–4, 6–7(3), [10–8]
Loss	3–8	Aug 2021	Chicago Open, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	6–7(6), 7–5, [8–10]
Win	4–8	Jan 2022	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Tereza Martincová Markéta Vondroušová	1–6, 7–6(4), [10–7]
Win	5–8	May 2022	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Eri Hozumi	Monica Niculescu Alexandra Panova	6–7(7), 6–3, [10–8]
Win	6–8	Jun 2022	Bad Homburg Open, Germany	WTA 250	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Alicja Rosolska Erin Routliffe	6–4, 6–7(5), [10–5]
Loss	6–9	Sep 2023	Guangzhou Open, China	WTA 250	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Guo Hanyu Jiang Xinyu	3–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	6–10	Oct 2023	Jiangxi Open, China	WTA 250	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 2–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2022	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Eri Hozumi	Estelle Cascino Jessika Ponchet	7–6(1), 6–1

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2012	ITF Miyazaki, Japan	10,000	Grass	Yumi Miyazaki	6–0, 6–7(5), 6–0
Loss	1–1	May 2015	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Grass	Miyu Kato	6–7(5), 7–5, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2015	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Lee So-ra	2–6, 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2011	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	Riko Sawayanagi	Caroline Garcia Michaëlla Krajicek	w/o
Loss	1–1	Mar 2013	ITF Nishitama, Japan	10,000	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Han Na-lae Kang Seo-kyung	4–6, 7–6(4), [6–10]
Win	2–1	Jun 2013	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Angelina Gabueva Veronika Kapshay	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Jun 2013	ITF Tokyo, Japan	10,000	Hard	Yuka Mori	Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–1	Sep 2013	ITF Noto, Japan	25,000	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Kazusa Ito Yuka Mori	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–1	Oct 2013	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Nov 2013	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	Eri Hozumi	Shuko Aoyama Misaki Doi	6–7(1), 6–2, [9–11]
Win	6–2	Jun 2014	ITF Tokyo, Japan	10,000	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Yurina Koshino Akiko Omae	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	6–3	Jun 2014	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	10,000	Hard	Yuuki Tanaka	Yuki Chiang Aki Yamasoto	7–5, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss	6–4	Jun 2014	ITF Gimcheon, Korea	10,000	Hard	Choi Ji-hee	Kim So-jung Lee Ye-ra	5–7, 6–2, [9–11]
Win	7–4	Jun 2014	ITF Gimcheon, Korea	10,000	Hard	Choi Ji-hee	Han Na-lae Yoo Mi	6–3, 7–6(6)
Loss	7–5	Jul 2014	ITF Wuhan, China	50,000	Hard	Miyu Kato	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–5	Sep 2014	ITF Kyoto, Japan	10,000	Hard (i)	Kyōka Okamura	Ayaka Okuno Michika Ozeki	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Oct 2014	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Mari Tanaka	Tatjana Maria Miki Miyamura	3–6, 1–6
Loss	8–7	Oct 2014	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Mari Tanaka	Tatjana Maria Miki Miyamura	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	9–7	Nov 2014	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	Eri Hozumi	Shuko Aoyama Junri Namigata	6–3, 7–5
Win	10–7	Jan 2015	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	10,000	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Tang Haochen Ye Qiuyu	7–6, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	11–7	Mar 2015	Blossom Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Hiroko Kuwata Junri Namigata	6–3, 6–7(2), [10–2]
Win	12–7	May 2015	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Riko Sawayanagi	Eri Hozumi Junri Namigata	7–6(10), 6–3
Loss	12–8	May 2015	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Grass	Mana Ayukawa	Rika Fujiwara Miyu Kato	2–6, 0–6
Loss	12–9	May 2015	ITF Changwon, South Korea	25,000	Hard (i)	Mana Ayukawa	Han Na-lae Yoo Mi	3–6, 1–6
Loss	12–10	Jun 2015	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	25,000	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Miyu Kato Akiko Omae	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	12–11	Aug 2015	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Han Sung-hee	Cao Siqi Xun Fangying	6–7(2), 4–6
Win	13–11	Aug 2015	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	25,000	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	7–6(4), 6–7(2), [6–10]
Win	14–11	Oct 2015	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Grass	Mana Ayukawa	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	0–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	15–11	Nov 2015	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	100,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Eri Hozumi Kurumi Nara	3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	16–11	Mar 2016	Blossom Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Lu Jingjing Zhang Yuxuan	6–3, 6–0
Win	17–11	Apr 2016	Pingshan Open, China	50,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	7–6(5), 6–4
Win	18–11	May 2016	ITF Incheon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Han Sung-hee	Kamonwan Buayam Lee Pei-chi	6–3, 6–1
Win	19–11	Jul 2016	ITF Wuhan, China	50,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Chang Kai-chen Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Win	20–11	Oct 2017	Liuzhou Open China	60,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	Jacqueline Cako Laura Robson	6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss	20–12	Mar 2018	Clay Court International, Australia	60,000	Clay	Miyu Kato	Priscilla Hon Dalila Jakupović	4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	21–12	Nov 2019	Shenzhen Longhua Open, China	100,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	6–4, 6–0

• Makoto Ninomiya at the Women's Tennis Association
• Makoto Ninomiya at the International Tennis Federation
• Makoto Ninomiya at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Makoto Ninomiya at Wimbledon
• Makoto Ninomiya at ESPN.com
• Makoto Ninomiya at Olympedia
• Makoto Ninomiya at Olympics.com