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Naomi Osaka
大坂 なおみ
Osaka in 2015
Full nameNaomi Osaka
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceFort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Born (1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 27)
Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned proSeptember 2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPatrick Tauma (2013)[1]
Harold Solomon (2014)[2]
David Taylor (2016–2017)[3]
Sascha Bajin (2018–)
Prize moneyUS$7,032,734 (As of September 10, 2018)
Official websitenaomiosaka.com
Singles
Career record154–107
Career titles2 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 7 (10 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 7 (10 September 2018)[4]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2018)
French Open3R (2016, 2018)
Wimbledon3R (2017, 2018)
US OpenW (2018)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record2–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 324 (3 April 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2017)
French Open2R (2016)
Wimbledon1R (2017)
US Open1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed CupPO (2018)
Hopman CupRR (2018)
Last updated on: 28 May 2018.

Naomi Osaka (大坂 なおみ, Ōsaka Naomi, born 16 October 1997)[5] is a professional tennis player who represents Japan internationally. She is both the first Japanese citizen and the first[6] Haitian citizen[7] to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, defeating Serena Williams in the final of the 2018 US Open.[8] Osaka has reached a career-high world ranking of No. 7.[4]

Personal and family

Naomi Osaka was born in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan, to a Japanese mother, Tamaki Osaka, and a Haitian father, Leonard "San" François. Naomi and her older sister Mari were given their mother's maiden name for practical reasons when the family lived in Japan.[9][10] Her father was born in Haiti and went to New York University before moving to Japan, where he met and married her mother.[2]

In racially homogeneous Japan, Osaka is considered hāfu, which is Japanese for biracial.[11] Her Japanese grandfather was furious when he found out that her mother was romantically involved with a black man. As a result of the interracial relationship, her mother did not have contact with her family for over 10 years.[9] In a 2016 interview, Osaka said: "When I go to Japan, people are confused. From my name, they don’t expect to see a black girl."[12]

Osaka and her sister Mari, who is also a professional tennis player, have played together in doubles tennis.[13] Osaka moved to the United States at the age of three with her family and currently resides in Florida.[10] She graduated from Elmont Alden Terrace Primary and Broward Virtual High School. Her tennis club was the Harold Solomon Institute (Florida Tennis SBT Academy), ProWorld Tennis Academy.[14]

Osaka has been described as Japanese, American, Japanese-American, American-Japanese, Haitian-Japanese, and Haitian-American-Japanese.[15][16][17][18][19] Being raised in the United States while having a mother who is Japanese and a father who is Haitian-American[20] adds to the complexity. Osaka has dual Japanese and American citizenship but she is not fully fluent in Japanese.[11]

Career

2013–14: Career beginnings

As Ōsaka has dual Japanese and American citizenship, her father made the decision to register her with the Japan Tennis Association when she began her career. She turned pro in September 2013.[14] She made her main-draw WTA tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, after defeating Alla Kudryavtseva and Petra Martić in qualifying. She was then pitted against 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur and came from a set down to defeat the Australian in a match lasting 2 1/2 hours.[21]

2015–16: First WTA final and top-50 ranking

During the 2015 WTA Finals she won the Rising Stars Invitational exhibition tournament, defeating Caroline Garcia in the final.[22]

In her Grand Slam debut, Osaka reached the third round of the Australian Open as a qualifier by defeating Donna Vekic[23] and 18th seed Elina Svitolina in straight sets.[24] She lost in the third round to former champion Victoria Azarenka in straight sets.[25] During the clay season, Osaka reached the third round of the French Open. She defeated 32nd seed and future champion Jeļena Ostapenko and Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, both in straight sets. She then lost to former finalist and sixth seed Simona Halep in three sets, despite capturing the first set.[citation needed]

After an injury prevented her from participating in Wimbledon, Osaka reached the third round at the 2016 US Open. She came from a set down to defeat 28th seed Coco Vandeweghe and then defeated Duan Yingying in straight sets, before falling to American Madison Keys in three sets. She had led 5–1 in the third set.[citation needed]

Naomi Osaka at the 2016 US Open

She started the fall Asian swing competing at the 2016 Japan Women's Open, where she conclusively beat Anett Kontaveit in the first round, before falling to Zhang Shuai in straight sets. The next week saw Osaka's breakthrough at the 2016 Toray Pan Pacific Open, where she was given a wildcard and went on to defeat fellow countrywoman Misaki Doi, Dominika Cibulkova, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Elina Svitolina to reach her first WTA final. In the final, she fell to former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. With this result, Osaka entered the top 50 of the WTA rankings. Osaka signed a worldwide marketing and management agreement with IMG.[26]

Osaka was voted the newcomer of the year at the 2016 WTA Awards.[27]

2017: High-profile matches

Osaka at the 2017 Eastbourne International

At the Australian Open, Osaka won her first round match before losing to Johanna Konta in straight sets. She also lost in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships to Christina McHale.[citation needed] She had multiple second-round and third-round losses at Indian Wells, the Miami Open, and the Volvo Car Open. She qualified for the Women's Stuttgart Open before losing to Konta again in the first round. She was unsuccessful in the rest of her clay season. Osaka lost in the first round of the Nottingham Open, in straight sets. She was able to win a match at the Birmingham Open before losing to Lucie Safarova in the next round. She also lost to Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets at the Eastbourne International tournament.[28]

At Wimbledon, Osaka defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo and Barbora Strýcová before losing to Venus Williams in the third round.[29][30]

At the U.S. Open, she had the biggest win of her career to this point, defeating defending champion Angelique Kerber in straight sets in the first round.[31] She then defeated Denisa Allertová in three sets before falling to six-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist Kaia Kanepi.[32] In October, she beat Venus Williams in the second round of the Hong Kong Open before being beaten in the quarter-final by the eventual winner, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[33][34]

2018: Indian Wells and US Open Champion

Osaka at the 2018 French Open

Osaka entered the 2018 season ranked 68. Since the beginning of the year, she has been coached by Aleksander Bajin.[35]

After triumphs over Kristína Kučová and 16th seed Elena Vesnina, Osaka reached the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time when she beat Ashleigh Barty in the third round of the 2018 Australian Open.[36] She was beaten by Simona Halep in the fourth round.[37] Competing as a wildcard in the Dubai Tennis Championships, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic and Anett Kontaveit before losing to Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinal.[38]

In the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, she beat former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova in the first round. She said afterward, "There are three people I wanted to play, Venus [Williams], [Sharapova] and Serena. Now I'm just waiting to play Serena."[39] She continued her good form with straight-set wins over 31st seed Agnieszka Radwańska and qualifier Sachia Vickery to advance to the fourth round, where she battled through three tough sets to overcome Maria Sakkari, thus advancing to her first Premier Mandatory tournament quarterfinal, where she upset former world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková in straight sets to advance to her first Premier Mandatory semifinal. She then beat world No. 1 Simona Halep in straight sets to advance to the biggest final of her career to date. Osaka won BNP Paribas Open by defeating Russian 20th seed Daria Kasatkina in straight sets.[40]

In March 2018, Osaka finally drew a spot against her idol, former world No. 1 Serena Williams, in the first round of the Miami Open.[41] Osaka, ranked world No. 22, was unseeded, as was Williams, who was playing her fourth comeback match following the birth of her first child. Osaka won in straight sets. She then lost in the second round to fourth seed Elina Svitolina.[42]

By May 2018, Osaka had been training at Evert Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Florida, while playing for Japan.[43]

Osaka matched her 2017 performance at the French Open, reaching the third round before losing to 13th seed Madison Keys.[44] In the grass season, she reached the semifinals of the Nottingham Open,[45] where she lost to top seed Ashleigh Barty.[46] She was seeded eighteenth at Wimbledon, and matched her 2017 performance by reaching the third round where she was defeated by eleventh seed and eventual champion Angelique Kerber.[47][48]

After a string of early losses at Washington, the Rogers Cup, and Cincinnati, Osaka saw a return to form at the US Open, defeating Laura Siegemund and Julia Glushko to match her 2016 and 2017 third-round performances. She then recorded a victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich where she lost no games, her best ever match win. In the fourth round, she overcame 26th seed Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.[49] In the quarterfinals, Osaka beat unseeded Lesia Tsurenko in just 58 minutes, yielding only two games. With this win, she reached her first major semifinal.[50] In the semifinals, she defeated Madison Keys in straight sets, becoming the first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final.[51]

She defeated her idol Serena Williams in straight sets to claim the 2018 US Open trophy.[52] During the award ceremony, Osaka stated, "I just want to say thank you for watching the match. It was always my dream to play Serena in the US Open finals so I'm really glad I was able to do that. Thank you."[52][53][54] She became the first Japanese tennis player to win a Grand Slam.[55]

Playing style and equipment

Osaka is an aggressive, offensive baseline player. She is able to hit winners off both sides. She likes to attack with her big forehand, but she can plant her feet and rip her backhand for winners as well. Her serve is consistent and very strong – up to 125 miles per hour (200 km/h).[56]

Osaka plays with the Yonex EZONE 98 racquet. Her strings are Yonex POLYTOUR PRO 125 and REXIS 130.[57]

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2018 US Open Hard United States Serena Williams 6–2, 6–4

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2018 Indian Wells Open Hard Russia Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–2

WTA finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0)
Premier (0–1)
International (0–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Premier Hard Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2018 Indian Wells Open, United States Premier M Hard Russia Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 Sep 2018 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard United States Serena Williams 6–2, 6–4

WTA 125 series

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2015 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand 125K Hard Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 4–6

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2013 ITF El Paso, United States 25,000 Hard United States Sanaz Marand 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2014 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Hard Netherlands Indy de Vroome 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 May 2015 Kangaroo Cup, Japan 75,000 Hard China Zheng Saisai 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2015 Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom 50,000 Grass Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 6–7(5–7), 0–6

Career statistics

Career tournament Singles 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.

Current through 2018 US Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 3R 2R 4R 0 / 3 6–3 67%
French Open A A A A 3R 1R 3R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A 3R 3R 0 / 2 4–2 67%
US Open A A A Q2 3R 3R W 1 / 3 11–2 85%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–3 5–4 14–3 1 / 11 25–10 71%
WTA Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells Open A A A A Q2 3R W 1 / 2 9–1 90%
Miami Open A A A A 3R 2R 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Madrid Open A A A A Q2 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open A A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Opens A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canadian Open A A A A Q1 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 67%
Cincinnati Open A A A A Q2 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
National representation
Fed Cup A A A A A Z1 PO 0 / 2 5–1 83%
Career Statistics
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 7 15 15 18 22 22 17 116
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
Hardcourt W-L 1–3 17–9 11–10 19–12 28–17 14–13 22–8 2 / 74 112–72 61%
Clay W-L 6–4 8–5 2–3 5–3 5–4 5–5 5–4 0 / 28 36–28 56%
Grass W-L 0–0 0–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 4–4 6–3 0 / 12 17–12 59%
Carpet W-L 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Overall W-L 7–7 25–15 15–15 31–18 34–22 23–22 33–15 2 / 116 168–114 60%
Win (%) 50% 63% 50% 63% 61% 51% 69% 59.57%
Year-end ranking 1028 430 250 203 40 68 $2,858,946

Career tournament Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 0–1 0%
French Open A A A A 2R 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A 1R 1R 0–2 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–5 17%
WTA Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A A 1R 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A 0–0  – 
Career Statistics
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 W–L Win %
Tournaments 4 1 2 0 2 5 14
Hardcourt W-L 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–10 9%
Clay W-L 0–2 1–1 1–3 25%
Grass W-L 0–1 0–1 0%
Overall W-L 1–4 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–5 2–14 13%
Win (%) 20% 0% 0% 33% 0% 12.5%
Year-end ranking 1279 374 699

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Osaka's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (as of 16 March 2018):

Player Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
United States Serena Williams 2–0 100% 2–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2018 US Open
Russia Maria Sharapova 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2018 Indian Wells
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 0–0 Won (6–0, 6–3) at 2018 Rome
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2018 Indian Wells
United States Venus Williams 1–1 50% 1–0 0–0 0–1 Won (7–5, 6–2) at 2017 Hong Kong
Germany Angelique Kerber 1–3 25% 1–2 0–0 0–1 Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2018 Wimbledon
Romania Simona Halep 1–4 20% 1–2 0–2 0–0 Lost (1–6, 0–6) at 2018 Rome
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 0–2 0% 0–1 0–0 0–1 Lost (2–6, 6–7(5–7)) at 2017 Eastbourne
Number 2 ranked players
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2016 Tianjin
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2018 Indian Wells
Number 3 ranked players
Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2–3 40% 2–3 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2018 Miami
Number 4 ranked players
Australia Samantha Stosur 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–5) at 2014 Stanford
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–1) at 2016 Tokyo
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (7–6(7–3), 4–6, 3–6) at 2015 Stanford
United Kingdom Johanna Konta 0–3 0% 0–2 0–1 0–0 Lost (6–7(5–7), 6–3, 1–6) at 2017 Stuttgart
Number 5 ranked players
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 7–5) at 2016 Stuttgart
Italy Sara Errani 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2016 Miami
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2017 Birmingham
Number 6 ranked players
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 7–5) at 2016 French Open
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2017 Strasbourg
Number 7 ranked players
Switzerland Belinda Bencic 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2013 Pelham
United States Madison Keys 1–3 25% 1–2 0–1 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2018 US Open
Number 9 ranked players
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4) at 2016 US Open
Germany Andrea Petkovic 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2014 Stanford
Number 10 ranked players
Germany Julia Görges 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2016 Cincinnati
France Kristina Mladenovic 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2018 Dubai
Total 22–17 56.41% 18–12
(60%) 		3–2
(60%) 		0–3
(0%)

Wins over top 10 players per season

Season 2017 2018 Total
Wins 2 2 4
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score
2017
1. Germany Angelique Kerber No. 6 US Open, New York, United States Hard 1st Round 6–3, 6–1
2. United States Venus Williams No. 5 Hong Kong Tennis Open, Hong Kong Hard 2nd Round 7–5, 6–2
2018
3. Czech Republic Karolina Plíšková No. 5 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States Hard Quarterfinals 6–2, 6–3
4. Romania Simona Halep No. 1 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, United States Hard Semifinals 6–3, 6–0

WTA Tour career earnings

Year Grand Slam
singles titles		 WTA
singles titles		 Total
singles titles		 Earnings ($) Money list rank
2012–13 0 0 0 24,330 100+
2014 0 0 0 22,166 319
2015 0 0 0 45,820 248
2016 0 0 0 548,680 62
2017 0 0 0 593,912 56
2018 1 1 2 5,797,826 2
Career* 1 1 2 7,032,734 65

*as of 10 September 2018

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