Rina Saigo

Rina Saigo

Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$79,424
Singles
Career record	176–138
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 330 (9 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 330 (9 September 2024)
Doubles
Career record	102–84
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 317 (26 February 2024)
Current ranking	No. 450 (9 September 2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Rina Saigo (西郷里奈, Saigō Rina, born 17 October 2000) is a Japanese tennis player.

Saigo has a career-high singles ranking of 330 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 9 September 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 317, set on 26 February 2024.

Career

Saigo made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Pan Pacific Open, after qualifying for the singles main draw.

She also qualified for the 2023 Pan Pacific Open.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend W35 tournaments (1–0) W15 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (1–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Daria Lodikova	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–0	May 2024	ITF Tokyo, Japan	W15	Hard	Shiho Akita	4–6, 7–6(6), 7–5
Win	3–0	Aug 2024	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	W35	Hard	Vaidehi Chaudhari	7–5, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend W60 tournaments (0–1) W40 tournaments (0–1) W25 tournaments (1–1) W15 tournaments (5–8)

Finals by surface Hard (4–5) Clay (2–5) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	ITF Kyoto, Japan	W15	Hard	Miyu Nakashima	Chinatsu Shimizu Minami Shumo	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2019	ITF Manacor, Spain	W15	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Claudia Hoste Ferrer Rebeka Masarova	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Barbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	1–3	Sep 2019	ITF Yeongwol, Korea	W15	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Jeong Su-nam Kim Na-ri	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Sep 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Svenja Ochsner Joanne Kuger	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Sep 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Weronika Falkowska Martyna Kubka	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	3–4	Oct 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Anna Kubareva Nika Shytkouskaya	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Mar 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Isabelle Haverlag Anastasia Pribylova	3–6, 1–6
Win	4–5	Dec 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Yasmine Mansouri Alessandra Simone	6–0, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	4–6	Apr 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Misaki Matsuda Riko Sawayanagi	6–7, 2–6
Loss	4–7	May 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Ksenia Laskutova Misaki Matsuda	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–8	May 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Dia Evtimova Inês Murta	0–6, 2–6
Win	5–8	Aug 2022	ITF Danderyd, Sweden	W25	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Ashley Lahey Lisa Zaar	2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	5–9	Mar 2023	Arcadia Open, United States	W60	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Francesca Di Lorenzo Christina Rosca	1–6, 1–6
Loss	5–10	Sep 2023	ITF Skopje, North Macedonia	W40	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Zhibek Kulambayeva Justina Mikulskytė	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–11	Oct 2023	ITF Makinohara, Japan	W25	Carpet	Yukina Saigo	Hiromi Abe Anri Nagata	6–1, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	6–11	Feb 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Selina Dal Stéphanie Visscher	6–3, 7–5

External links

• Rina Saigo at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rina Saigo at the International Tennis Federation
• Rina Saigo Official Blog (in Japanese)