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Nao Hibino 日比野 菜緒 Country (sports) Japan Residence Ichinomiya, Aichi , JapanBorn (1994-11-28 ) November 28, 1994 (age 29) Ichinomiya, Aichi , JapanPlays Right (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 134,519Career record 122-65 Career titles 1 WTA, 7 ITF Highest ranking No. 77 (5 October 2015) Current ranking No. 77 (5 October 2015) Wimbledon Q2 (2015 ) US Open Q3 (2015 ) Career record 52–41 Career titles 4 ITF Highest ranking No. 185 (21 September 2015) Current ranking No. 194 (28 September 2015) Last updated on: 28 September 2015.
Nao Hibino (日比野 菜緒 , Hibino Nao , born 28 November 1994) is a professional Japanese tennis player.
On 5 October 2015, after her first WTA singles title, she reached her highest singles ranking of 77. On 21 September 2015, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 185.
Career
2014
Hibino made her WTA main draw debut at the 2014 Japan Women's Open , in the doubles event where she partnered Riko Sawayanagi . They lost in the first round to Yurika Sema and Erika Sema . Prior to her main draw debut she had won 4 ITF singles titles and 2 ITF doubles titles. She made her grand slam debut at the 2015 US Open where she defeated Anna Tatishvili in the first qualifying round.
2015
In 2015, Hibino reached the final of the 2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup where she lost to Kristýna Plíšková . The following week she won the 2015 Kurume Best Amenity Cup , defeating Eri Hozumi in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Hibino made her debut at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships , defeating Ayumi Morita in the first qualifying round before losing to Anna Tatishvili . Her second $50,000 title came at the 2015 Stockton Challenge , defeating Belgian An-Sophie Mestach in the final. This was Hibino's first singles title outside of Japan. Her rise continued when she continued her good results at 2015 FSP Gold River Challenge and the 2015 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships , reaching the semifinals and winning the title, respectively. At the 2015 US Open , Hibino reached the final qualifying round, defeating Tereza Martincová and Eri Hozumi in the first two rounds before losing to Kateryna Bondarenko .
At the 2015 Japan Women's Open Hibino won her first singles WTA main draw match defeating Hiroko Kuwata in three sets, before she lost to Madison Brengle in the second round. Her success on the WTA tour continued when she won her first WTA title at the 2015 Tashkent Open without dropping a set. Her wins were over Anhelina Kalinina , Kateryna Kozlova , Bojana Jovanovski and in the final Donna Vekić . This title gave Hibino a career high ranking, breaking into the top 100 for the first time in her career.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in final
Score in final
Winner
1.
3 October 2015
Tashkent Open , Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Hard
Donna Vekić
6–2, 6–2
ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Singles Finals: 9 (7–2)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
11 June 2012
Tokyo , Japan
Hard
Mari Tanaka
6–0, 6–2
Winner
2.
24 June 2012
Mie , Japan
Grass
Yurina Koshino
6–2, 0–6, 6–3
Winner
3.
15 September 2012
Kyoto , Japan
Carpet (i)
Yuuki Tanaka
6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Winner
4.
1 September 2013
Tsukuba , Japan
Hard
Erika Sema
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up
5.
15 June 2014
Fergana , Uzbekistan
Hard
Nigina Abduraimova
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
6.
10 May 2015
Fukuoka , Japan
Grass
Kristýna Plíšková
5–7, 4–6
Winner
7.
17 May 2015
Kurume , Japan
Grass
Eri Hozumi
6–3, 6–1
Winner
8.
19 July 2015
Stockton , USA
Hard
An-Sophie Mestach
6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Winner
9.
2 August 2015
Lexington , USA
Hard
Samantha Crawford
6–2, 6–1
Doubles Finals: 8 (4–4)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner
1.
15 September 2012
Kyoto , Japan
Carpet (i)
Emi Mutaguchi
Miyu Kato Misaki Mori
6–4, 6–3
Runner–up
2.
5 May 2013
Gifu , Japan
Hard
Riko Sawayanagi
Luksika Kumkhum Erika Sema
4–6, 3–6
Winner
3.
20 May 2013
Goyang , South Korea
Hard
Akiko Omae
Yoo Mi Han Na-lae
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up
4.
15 June 2014
Fergana , Uzbekistan
Hard
Prarthana Thombare
Hiroko Kuwata Mari Tanaka
1–6, 4–6
Winner
5.
4 April 2015
Bangkok , Thailand
Hard
Miyu Kato
Miyabi Inoue Akiko Omae
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up
6.
11 April 2015
Ahmedabad , India
Hard
Prarthana G. Thombare
Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk
3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Runner–up
7.
26 July 2015
Sacramento , USA
Hard
Emily Webley-Smith
Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey
4–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Winner
8.
2 August 2015
Lexington , USA
Hard
Emily Webley-Smith
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech
6–2, 6–2
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