Makoto Ninomiya
Ninomiya at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994
Hiroshima, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,155,570
Singles
Career record160–139 (53.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 280 (22 February 2016)
Doubles
Career record337–247 (57.7%)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 20 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 51 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020, 2022, 2023)
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 place2018 JakartaDoubles
Last updated on: 23 October 2023.

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

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

Ninomiya began playing tennis on ITF events in 2009.

she reached her biggest final at the 2018 French Open with partner Eri Hozumi.

She reached the final of the 2023 Jiangxi Open partnering with Eri Hozumi.

Performance timeline

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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 62 46 20 64 66 47 39 $1,015,939

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

WTA career finals

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

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

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2022 WTA 125 Saint-Malo, France Clay Japan Eri Hozumi France Estelle Cascino
France Jessika Ponchet
7–6(7–1), 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2012 ITF Miyazaki, Japan 10,000 Grass Japan Yumi Miyazaki 6–0, 6–7(5), 6–0
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass Japan Miyu Kato 6–7(5), 7–5, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 2015 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Lee So-ra 2–6, 3–6

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

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$80,000 tournaments (2–1)
$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 ITF Toyota, Japan 75,000[lower-alpha 5] Carpet (i) Japan Riko Sawayanagi France Caroline Garcia
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
w/o
Loss 1–1 Mar 2013 ITF Nishitama, Japan 10,000 Hard Japan Eri Hozumi South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Kang Seo-kyung
4–6, 7–6(4), [6–10]
Win 2–1 Jun 2013 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Japan Eri Hozumi Russia Angelina Gabueva
Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 3–1 Jun 2013 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Japan Yuka Mori Japan Kumiko Iijima
Japan Akiko Yonemura
6–4, 6–3
Win 4–1 Sep 2013 ITF Noto, Japan 25,000 Grass Japan Eri Hozumi Japan Kazusa Ito
Japan Yuka Mori
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–1 Oct 2013 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Grass Japan Eri Hozumi Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
6–1, 6–2
Loss 5–2 Nov 2013 ITF Toyota, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Japan Eri Hozumi Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Misaki Doi
6–7(1), 6–2, [9–11]
Win 6–2 Jun 2014 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Japan Mana Ayukawa Japan Yurina Koshino
Japan Akiko Omae
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 6–3 Jun 2014 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 10,000 Hard Japan Yuuki Tanaka United States Yuki Chiang
Japan Aki Yamasoto
7–5, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 6–4 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee South Korea Kim So-jung
South Korea Lee Ye-ra
5–7, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 7–4 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Yoo Mi
6–3, 7–6(6)
Loss 7–5 Jul 2014 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000[lower-alpha 6] Hard Japan Miyu Kato China Han Xinyun
China Zhang Kailin
4–6, 2–6
Win 8–5 Sep 2014 ITF Kyoto, Japan 10,000 Hard (i) Japan Kyōka Okamura Japan Ayaka Okuno
Japan Michika Ozeki
6–3, 6–3
Loss 8–6 Oct 2014 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Grass Japan Mari Tanaka Germany Tatjana Maria
Japan Miki Miyamura
3–6, 1–6
Loss 8–7 Oct 2014 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Carpet Japan Mari Tanaka Germany Tatjana Maria
Japan Miki Miyamura
7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 9–7 Nov 2014 ITF Toyota, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Japan Eri Hozumi Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Junri Namigata
6–3, 7–5
Win 10–7 Jan 2015 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR 10,000 Hard Japan Mana Ayukawa China Tang Haochen
China Ye Qiuyu
7–6, 2–6, [10–7]
Win 11–7 Mar 2015 ITF Quanzhou, China 50,000 Hard Japan Eri Hozumi Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Japan Junri Namigata
6–3, 6–7(2), [10–2]
Win 12–7 May 2015 ITF Kurume, Japan 50,000 Hard Japan Riko Sawayanagi Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Junri Namigata
7–6(10), 6–3
Loss 12–8 May 2015 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass Japan Mana Ayukawa Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Miyu Kato
2–6, 0–6
Loss 12–9 May 2015 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard (i) Japan Mana Ayukawa South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Yoo Mi
3–6, 1–6
Loss 12–10 Jun 2015 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Mana Ayukawa Japan Miyu Kato
Japan Akiko Omae
2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 12–11 Aug 2015 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Han Sung-hee China Cao Siqi
China Xun Fangying
6–7(2), 4–6
Win 13–11 Aug 2015 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
7–6(4), 6–7(2), [6–10]
Win 14–11 Oct 2015 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Grass Japan Mana Ayukawa Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Kotomi Takahata
0–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 15–11 Nov 2015 ITF Tokyo, Japan 100,000 Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Kurumi Nara
3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win 16–11 Mar 2016 ITF Quanzhou, China 50,000 Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama China Lu Jingjing
China Zhang Yuxuan
6–3, 6–0
Win 17–11 Apr 2016 ITF Shenzhen, China 50,000 Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
7–6(5), 6–4
Win 18–11 May 2016 ITF Incheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Sung-hee Thailand Kamonwan Buayam
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
6–3, 6–1
Win 19–11 Jul 2016 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
China Duan Yingying
6–4, 6–4
Win 20–11 Oct 2017 ITF Liuzhou China 60,000 Hard China Han Xinyun United States Jacqueline Cako
United Kingdom Laura Robson
6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss 20–12 Mar 2018 ITF Canberra, Australia 60,000 Clay Japan Miyu Kato Australia Priscilla Hon
Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 21–12 Nov 2019 ITF Shenzhen, China 100,000 Hard Japan Nao Hibino Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
6–4, 6–0

Notes

  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.
  5. The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.
  6. The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References

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