Makoto Ninomiya

Makoto Ninomiya
Ninomiya 2016 at the US Open
Nation:	Japan
Birthday:	28th May 1994 (age 26)
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Keiko Ninomiya
Prize money:	$ 700,740
singles
Career record:	156: 132
Career title:	0 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	280 (February 22, 2016)
Current placement:	868
Double
Career record:	253: 168
Career title:	2 WTA, 21 ITF
Highest ranking:	20 (October 22, 2018)
Current placement:	60
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Makoto Ninomiya ( Japanese 二 宮 真 琴 , Ninomiya Makoto ; born May 28, 1994 in Hiroshima , Hiroshima Prefecture ) is a Japanese tennis player .

Career

Ninomiya started playing tennis at the age of six. She mainly plays in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit , in which she has already won a single and 20 double titles.

On the WTA Tour in 2014 she received a wildcard for the main draw of the doubles competition at the Japan Women's Open ; she failed with her doubles partner in round one.

In 2015 she reached the quarterfinals with Eri Hozumi at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and with Shūko Aoyama at the Japan Women's Open Tennis . At the subsequent Korea Open , she and Aoyama even made it to the semi-finals, in which they lost to the eventual winners 4-6 and 1-6.

In September 2016, she finally managed to win the first title on the WTA Tour alongside Aoyama. With the victory in Tokyo , she improved to 61st place in the double ranking by November; She achieved her best in February 2018 with place 35.

Also in February 2018, she played in New Delhi against Thailand for the first time for the Japanese Fed Cup team . In her Fed Cup balance she now has five wins and one defeat.

On June 10, 2018, she reached the double-finals of the French Open , which she and her partner Eri Hozumi lost to Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková with 3: 6 and 3: 6.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 18, 2012	Miyazaki	ITF $ 10,000	race	Yumi Miyazaki	6: 0, 6: 7, 5 , 6: 0

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	November 26, 2011	Toyota	ITF $ 75,000	Carpet (hall)	Riko Sawayanagi	Caroline Garcia Michaëlla Krajicek	without a fight
2.	14th of June 2013	Bukhara	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Eri Hozumi	Angelina Gabujewa Weronika Kapschaj	3: 6, 7: 5, [10: 8]
3.	June 22, 2013	Tokyo	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Yuka Mori	Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura	6: 4, 6: 3
4th	September 7, 2013	Noto	ITF $ 25,000	race	Eri Hozumi	Kazusa Ito Yuka Mori	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	19th October 2013	Makinohara	ITF $ 25,000	race	Eri Hozumi	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	June 8, 2014	Tokyo	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Mana Ayukawa	Yurina Koshino Akiko Omae	3: 6, 6: 4, [10: 4]
7th	5th July 2014	Gimcheon	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Choi Ji-hee	Han Na-lae Mi Yoo	6: 3, 7: 6 6
8th.	September 13, 2014	Kyoto	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Kyōka Okamura	Ayaka Okuno Michika Ozeki	6: 3, 6: 3
9.	22nd November 2014	Toyota	ITF $ 75,000	Carpet (hall)	Eri Hozumi	Shūko Aoyama Junri Namigata	6: 3, 7: 5
10.	2nd January 2015	Hong Kong	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Mana Ayukawa	Tang Haochen Ye Qiuyu	7: 6 4 , 2: 6, [10: 7]
11.	March 27, 2015	Quanzhou	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Eri Hozumi	Hiroko Kuwata Junri Namigata	6: 3, 6: 7 2 , [10: 2]
12.	17th May 2015	Kurume	ITF $ 50,000	race	Riko Sawayanagi	Eri Hozumi Junri Namigata	7: 6 10 , 6: 3
13.	29th August 2015	Tsukuba	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Lee Ya-hsuan	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6: 7 4 , 7: 6 2 , [10: 6]
14th	October 24, 2015	Hamamatsu	ITF $ 25,000	race	Mana Ayukawa	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	0: 6, 6: 3, [10: 4]
15th	November 21, 2015	Tokyo	ITF $ 100,000	Hard court	Shuko Aoyama	Eri Hozumi Kurumi Nara	3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 7]
16.	March 26, 2016	Quanzhou	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Shūko Aoyama	Lu Jingjing Zhang Yuxuan	6: 3, 6: 0
17th	April 15, 2016	Shenzhen	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Shūko Aoyama	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
18th	May 28, 2016	Incheon	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Kamonwan Buayam	Han Na-lae Lee Pei-chi	6: 3, 6: 1
19th	29th July 2016	Wuhan	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Shūko Aoyama	Chang Kai-chen Duan Yingying	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	18th September 2016	Tokyo	WTA International	Hard court	Shūko Aoyama	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6: 3, 6: 3
21st	October 28, 2017	Liuzhou	ITF $ 60,000	Hard court	Han Xinyun	Jacqueline Cako Laura Robson	6: 2, 7: 6 3
22nd	23rd September 2018	Tokyo	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Miyu Kato	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6: 4, 6: 4
23.	9th November 2019	Shenzhen	ITF $ 100,000	Hard court	Nao Hibino	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	6: 4, 6: 0

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

Double

competition	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Australian Open	1	1	1	1	2	2
French Open	-	-	F.	1		F.
Wimbledon	2	HF	1	2		HF
US Open	1	1	1	1		1

Web links

• WTA profile Makoto Ninomiya (English)
• ITF profile Makoto Ninomiya (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Makoto Ninomiya (English)