Makoto Ninomiya (二宮 真琴, Ninomiya Makoto, born 28 May 1994) is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Makoto Ninomiya
Ninomiya at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 29)
Hiroshima, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,163,806
Singles
Career record160–139 (53.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 280 (22 February 2016)
Doubles
Career record342–251 (57.7%)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 20 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 49 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
French OpenF (2018)
WimbledonSF (2017)
US Open1R (2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2022)
French Open1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2017, 2019)
US Open1R (2018)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's Tennis
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Doubles
Last updated on: 24 January 2024.

She achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 280 and peaked at No. 20 in the WTA rankings on 22 October 2018. Partnering 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 title.

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

Career edit

Ninomiya began playing tennis on ITF events in 2009.

She reached her biggest final at the 2018 French Open with partner Eri Hozumi. Ninomiya also reached the final of the 2023 Jiangxi Open partnering with Eri Hozumi.

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.

Doubles edit

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3–8 27%
French Open A A F 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 6–6 50%
Wimbledon 2R SF 1R 2R NH 2R A 1R 7–6 54%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0–8 0%
Win–loss 1–3 4–3 5–4 1–4 1–3 2–4 1–3 1–4 16–29 36%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy RR NH 0–2 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A QF 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 5–6 45%
Indian Wells Open A A A 1R NH QF 2R 3–3 50%
Miami Open A A A 1R NH A 2R 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A A A 1R NH 1R 1R 0–3 0%
Italian Open A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 2–4 33%
Canadian Open A A 2R 2R NH 1R 1R 2–4 33%
Cincinnati Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R 0–3 0%
Wuhan Open A 2R 1R SF NH 4–3 57%
China Open 1R 1R 1R 1R NH 0–4 0%
WTA career statistics
Titles 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 Total: 6
Year-end ranking[b] 62 46 20 64 66 47 39 $1,015,939

Grand Slam tournament finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

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

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (5–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Grass (2–0)
Clay (1–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2016 Jiangxi Open, 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, Japan 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 Grand Prix Lalla Meryem, 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(4–7)
Loss 6–10 Oct 2023 Jiangxi Open, China WTA 250 Hard   Eri Hozumi   Laura Siegemund
  Vera Zvonareva
4–6, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

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(7–1), 6–1

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (1–1)
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

Doubles: 33 (21 titles, 12 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$75,000 tournaments (2–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (6–2)
$25,000 tournaments (6–5)
$10,000 tournaments (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (16–7)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (3–2)
Carpet (2–2)
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 Hard   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 ITF Shenzhen, 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

Notes edit

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ 2013 WTA ranking– 226, 2014 WTA ranking– 187, 2015 WTA ranking– 100.
  3. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

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