Hiroko Kuwata

Hiroko Kuwata
桑田寛子
	Kuwata at the 2016 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	18 December 1990 (age 33); Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 361,099
Singles
Career record	371–329 (53.0%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 150 (9 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 523 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2016)
French Open	Q2 (2017)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2015)
US Open	Q1 (2014, 2015)
Doubles
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.

Career

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

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250^[a] (0–1)

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

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Aug 2014	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Kurumi Nara	Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski	1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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)

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,
Win	2–1	Jun 2012	ITF Mie, Japan	10,000	Grass	Yuuki Tanaka	Akari Inoue Kaori Onishi	6–3, 3–6,
Win	3–1	Mar 2013	Kōfu International Open, Japan	10,000	Hard	Akari Inoue	Han Na-lae Yang Zi	3–6, 7–5,
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 Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Hiroko_Kuwata Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk \| www.biologia.sk \| www.botanika.sk \| www.dejiny.sk \| www.economy.sk \| www.elektrotechnika.sk \| www.estetika.sk \| www.farmakologia.sk \| www.filozofia.sk \| Fyzika \| www.futurologia.sk \| www.genetika.sk \| www.chemia.sk \| www.lingvistika.sk \| www.politologia.sk \| www.psychologia.sk \| www.sexuologia.sk \| www.sociologia.sk \| www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

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