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Moyuka Uchijima
内島 萌夏
Uchijima at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Japan
Born (2001-08-11) 11 August 2001 (age 23)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$786,324
Singles
Career record224–139
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 64 (29 July 2024)
Current rankingNo. 64 (29 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US OpenQ3 (2022, 2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record104–75
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 101 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 234 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–3
Last updated on: 30 July 2024.

Moyuka Uchijima (内島 萌夏, Uchijima Moyuka, born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 64 in singles, achieved on 29 July 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached in June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is the current Japanese No. 1 player.

Career

Uchijima made her debut on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Japan Women's Open, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering with Erina Hayashi.

For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the 2023 Australian Open. She also received a wildcard in singles at her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open. She entered the main draw of the following WTA 500, the Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser.

In May 2024, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings and making her the Japanese number one for the first time.

She qualified for the 2024 French Open making her debut at this major[2] and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round. She then lost in the second round to the No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets, ending a run of 19 consecutive professional match wins for Uchijima.

Personal life

She has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.[3]

Performance timelines

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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open Q3 Q3 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] PO PO 0 / 0 6–3 67%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 3 6 2 Total: 11
Titles 0 0 0 Total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Total: 0
Overall win–loss 6–5 4–7 1–2 0 / 11 11–14 44%
Year-end ranking[c] 105 181 $484,110

Doubles

Current through the end of the 2023 season.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 0 2 4 Total: 8
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–4 0 / 8 4–8 33%
Year-end ranking[d] 850 262 240 312 124 145

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 Concord Open, United States Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech Varvara Flink
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 		3–6, 6–7(3)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (3–0)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (3–2)
W40/50 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan W80 Hard Japan Kurumi Nara 2–6, 6–7(4)
Win 1–1 Oct 2019 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand W15 Hard Thailand Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–1 Aug 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard United States Jenna DeFalco 7–5, 6–2
Win 3–1 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Brazil Ingrid Martins 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Dec 2021 Pune Tennis Championships, India W25 Hard Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–2, 7-5
Win 5–1 Feb 2022 Porto Indoor, Portugal W25 Hard (i) France Léolia Jeanjean 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–1 Mar 2022 Clay Court International, Australia W60 Clay Australia Olivia Gadecki 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–2 Jul 2022 ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan W25 Hard Mariia Tkacheva 6–7(2), 2–6
Win 7–2 Jul 2022 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W60 Hard Serbia Natalija Stevanović 6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss 7–3 Nov 2022 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan W60 Hard (i) China Wang Xinyu 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Mar 2023 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan W60 Hard (i) South Korea Jang Su-jeong 1–6, 4–6
Win 8–4 Dec 2023 ITF Navi Mumbai, India W40 Hard Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 6–1
Win 9–4 Jan 2024 Pune Tennis Championships, India W50 Hard Australia Tina Nadine Smith 6–4, 6–0
Win 10–4 Apr 2024 Zaragoza Open, Spain W100 Clay Spain Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 6–1, 6–2
Win 11–4 Apr 2024 Kangaroo Cup, Japan W100 Hard Australia Arina Rodionova 6–3, 6–3
Win 12–4 May 2024 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia W75 Clay Germany Mona Barthel 7–6(3), 6–3
Win 13–4 May 2024 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain W100 Clay Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz 5–7, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W60 tournaments (6–3)
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2019 All Japan Indoor Championships W60 Hard (i) Japan Eri Hozumi Chinese Taipei Chen Pei-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2019 Kurume Cup, Japan W60 Carpet Japan Erina Hayashi Japan Hiroko Kuwata
United States Ena Shibahara 		6–0, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 2–1 Jun 2019 Internacional de Barcelona, Spain W60 Clay Japan Kyoka Okamura Spain Marina Bassols Ribera
Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 		7–6(7), 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jun 2019 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal W25 Hard Brazil Laura Pigossi Portugal Francisca Jorge
Spain Olga Parres Azcoitia 		4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 2–3 Jan 2020 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR W25 Hard China Zhang Ying Hong Kong Eudice Chong
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien 		6–7(2), 1–6
Win 3–3 Feb 2020 All Japan Indoor Championships (2) W60 Hard (i) Japan Erina Hayashi Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-chieh
Japan Minori Yonehara 		7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 4–3 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard China Ma Yexin Brazil Ingrid Martins
Argentina Jazmín Ortenzi 		6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Win 5–3 Nov 2021 ITF Ortisei, Italy W25 Hard (i) Hong Kong Eudice Chong Switzerland Susan Bandecchi
Switzerland Ylena In-Albon 		6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Win 6–3 Dec 2021 ITF Selva Gardena, Italy W25 Hard (i) Hong Kong Eudice Chong United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls 		6–2, 6-1
Loss 6–4 Mar 2022 Clay Court International, Australia W60 Clay Japan Yuki Naito South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Jang Su-jeong 		6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss 6–5 Jul 2022 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W60 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Mariia Tkacheva
Anastasia Zolotareva 		6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Win 7–5 Mar 2023 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia W60 Hard China Ma Yexin Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 		6–0, 6–2
Win 8–5 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy W60 Clay Japan Mai Hontama Alena Fomina-Klotz
Australia Olivia Tjandramulia 		6–1, 6–0
Win 9–5 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W60 Clay Anastasia Tikhonova Greece Despina Papamichail
Italy Camilla Rosatello 		6–4, 6–2
Win 10–5 Oct 2023 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China W100 Hard France Kristina Mladenovic Hungary Tímea Babos
Ukraine Kateryna Volodko 		6–2, 7–5
Win 11–5 Feb 2024 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W50 Hard (i) Switzerland Lulu Sun Poland Weronika Falkowska
Hungary Fanny Stollár 		6–4, 7–6(3)

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies 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.
  3. ^ 2017: WTA ranking–807, 2018: WTA ranking–394, 2019: WTA ranking–583, 2020: WTA ranking–492, 2021: WTA ranking–499.
  4. ^ 2017: WTA ranking–1261.

References

  1. ^ Profile of Moyuka Uchijima at the Japan Tennis Association
  2. ^ "Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers". 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ "UCHIJIMA Moyuka | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.


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