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Naomi Osaka BIOGRAPHY:

Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player from Japan. She was born on October 16, 1997, in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan, and is of Haitian and Japanese descent. Osaka gained widespread recognition and fame for her exceptional tennis skills and achievements.

Naomi Osaka: Biography, Record

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Some key points about Naomi Osaka:

Tennis Career: Naomi Osaka is known for her powerful baseline game, aggressive play, and strong serves. She turned professional in 2013 and quickly rose through the ranks.
Grand Slam Titles: As of my last update, she had won several major titles, including four Grand Slam singles championships:
- US Open: 2018, 2020
- Australian Open: 2019, 2021
World Number One: Osaka achieved the world No. 1 ranking in women’s singles tennis for the first time in January 2019 after winning the Australian Open.
Representation and Identity: Naomi Osaka has been an advocate for diversity and representation in sports. She has openly discussed her multicultural background and has become a role model for many young athletes, particularly those of mixed heritage.
Mental Health Advocacy: Osaka has been vocal about mental health challenges faced by athletes. In 2021, she withdrew from the French Open and skipped Wimbledon to focus on her mental well-being.
Social Activism: Naomi Osaka has also used her platform to raise awareness about social issues and participated in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournament
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	2R	4R	W	3R	W	3R	2 / 7	24–5	83%
French Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	3R	A	2R	1R	0 / 6	7–5	58%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	3R	3R	1R	NH	A	A	0 / 3	4–3	57%
US Open	A	A	Q2	3R	3R	W	4R	W	3R	1R	2 / 7	22–5	81%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–3	5–4	14–3	12–3	9–1	9–1	2–3	4 / 23	57–18	76%
Year-end championship
WTA Finals	DNQ					RR	RR	NH	DNQ		0 / 2	1–3	25%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH			A	NH				3R		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Billie Jean King Cup^[a]	A	A	A	A	Z1	PO	A	QR			0 / 0	5–2	71%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	Q2	3R	W	4R	NH	A	2R	1 / 4	12–3	80%
Miami Open	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	3R	NH	QF	F	0 / 6	12–6	67%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	QF	NH	2R	2R	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	QF	A	2R	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	Q1	3R	1R	QF	NH	A	1R	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	1R	QF	F	3R	1R	0 / 5	7–4	64%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open^[c]	Q1	A	A	A	1R	A	A	NH			0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	A	A	A	Q1	1R	SF	W	NH			1 / 3	10–2	83%
Career statistics
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Career
Tournaments	0	2	2	13	22	20	17	4	8	11	Career total: 99
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	Career total: 7
Finals	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	1	1	Career total: 11
Hard win–loss	0–0	2–2	0–2	18–11	12–13	29–13	30–7	16–2	16–4	12–7	7 / 70	134–60	69%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–5	5–4	9–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	0 / 19	21–17	55%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	6–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 9	11–9	55%
Overall win–loss	0–0	2–2	0–2	20–13	18–22	40–20	40–11	16–3	19–6	13–9	7 / 99	168–87	66%
Win (%)	–	50%	0%	61%	45%	67%	78%	84%	76%	59%	Career total: 66%
Year-end ranking^[d]	430	250	203	40	68	5	3	3	13	42	$20,076,456

Doubles

Tournament	2016	2017	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	1–2	0–3	0–0	0 / 5	1–5	17%
WTA 1000
Miami Open	A	1R	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	5	0	Career total: 7
Overall W–L	1–2	0–5	0–0	0 / 7	1–7	13%
Win (%)	33%	0%	–	Career total: 13%
Year-end ranking	374	699

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2018	US Open	Hard	Serena Williams	6–2, 6–4
Win	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Petra Kvitová	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
Win	2020	US Open (2)	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	2021	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Jennifer Brady	6–4, 6–3

WTA 1000 finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2018	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
Win	2019	China Open	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2020	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	w/o
Loss	2022	Miami Open	Hard	Iga Świątek	4–6, 0–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend Grand Slam (4–0) Premier 5 & Mandatory / WTA 1000 (2–2) Premier / WTA 500 (1–2) WTA 250 (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (7–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sept 2017	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Premier	Hard	Caroline Wozniacki	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2018	Indian Wells Open, United States	Premier M	Hard	Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Sept 2018	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Serena Williams	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Sept 2018	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Premier	Hard (i)	Karolína Plíšková	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Jan 2018	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Petra Kvitová	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
Win	4–2	Sept 2019	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Premier	Hard	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–2	Oct 2019	China Open, China	Premier M	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Aug 2020	Cincinnati Open, United States	Premier 5	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	w/o
Win	6–3	Sep 2020	US Open, United States (2)	Grand Slam	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	7–3	Feb 2021	Australian Open, Australia (2)	Grand Slam	Hard	Jennifer Brady	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Apr 2022	Miami Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Iga Świątek	4–6, 0–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner–ups)

Legend $75,000 tournaments (0–1) $50,000 tournaments (0–1) $25,000 tournaments (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2013	ITF El Paso, United States	25,000	Hard	Sanaz Marand	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2014	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Indy de Vroome	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	May 2015	ITF Gifu, Japan	75,000	Hard	Zheng Saisai	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2015	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Vitalia Diatchenko	6–7^(5–7), 0–6

WTA Tour career earnings

Current as of 15 November 2021

Year	Grand Slam singles titles	WTA singles titles	Total singles titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
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	6,394,289	2
2019	1	2	3	6,788,282	3
2020	1	0	1	3,352,755	2
2021	1	0	1	2,306,222	8
Career	4	3	7	20,076,456	21

Career Grand Slam tournament seedings

The tournaments won by Naomi Osaka are in boldface.

Legend (slams won / times seeded) seeded No. 1 (0 / 2) seeded No. 2 (0 / 2) seeded No. 3 (1 / 3) seeded No. 4–10 (2 / 2) seeded No. 11–32 (1 / 3) unseeded/WC (0 / 8)

Longest streak 1 1 1 1 3 6

Year	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
2015	did not play	did not play	did not play	did not play
2016	not seeded	not seeded	did not play	not seeded
2017	not seeded	not seeded	not seeded	not seeded
2018	not seeded	21st	18th	20th (1)
2019	4th (2)	1st	2nd	1st
2020	3rd	did not play	cancelled	4th (3)
2021	3rd (4)	2nd	did not play	3rd
2022	13th	not seeded	did not play	not seeded
2023	did not play

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

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Osaka’s record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[3]

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
No. 1 ranked players
Garbiñe Muguruza	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 6–4, 7–5) at 2021 Australian Open
Maria Sharapova	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2018 Indian Wells
Victoria Azarenka	3–1	75%	1–1	2–0	–	Won (1–6, 6–3, 6–3) at 2020 US Open
Serena Williams	3–1	75%	3–1	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2021 Australian Open
Ashleigh Barty	2–2	50%	2–1	–	0–1	Won (3–6, 6–3, 6–2) at 2019 Beijing
Iga Świątek	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 0–6) at 2022 Miami
Venus Williams	1–1	50%	1–0	–	0–1	Won (7–5, 6–2) at 2017 Hong Kong
Karolína Plíšková	2–3	40%	2–3	–	–	Lost (7–6^(12–10), 6–7^(3–7), 2–6) at 2020 Brisbane
Angelique Kerber	2–4	33%	2–3	–	0–1	Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2022 Miami
Caroline Wozniacki	1–2	33%	1–1	–	0–1	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2019 Beijing
Simona Halep	1–4	20%	1–2	0–2	–	Lost (1–6, 0–6) at 2018 Rome
No. 2 ranked players
Anett Kontaveit	5–0	100%	4–0	–	1–0	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2020 US Open
Petra Kvitová	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	Won (7–6^(7–1), 4–6, 6–4) at 2019 WTA Finals
Ons Jabeur	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2021 Australian Open
Barbora Krejčíková	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–0) at 2017 Toronto
Agnieszka Radwańska	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2018 Indian Wells
Aryna Sabalenka	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 2–6, 6–4) at 2018 US Open
Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–2, 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)) at 2016 Tianjin
No. 3 ranked players
Maria Sakkari	3–2	60%	2–2	–	1–0	Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2021 Miami
Elina Svitolina	3–3	50%	3–3	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2019 Australian Open
Jessica Pegula	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–	Lost (6–7^(2–7), 2–6) at 2021 Rome
Sloane Stephens	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Won (3–6, 6–1, 6–2) at 2022 Indian Wells
No. 4 ranked players
Dominika Cibulková	4–0	100%	2–0	2–0	–	Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2019 Rome
Bianca Andreescu	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (5–7, 6–3, 6–4) at 2019 Beijing
Caroline Garcia	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2021 Australian Open
Samantha Stosur	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 7–5) at 2014 Stanford
Kiki Bertens	2–1	67%	2–1	–	–	Won (6–3, 3–6, 6–3) at 2020 Brisbane
Coco Gauff	2–2	50%	2–2	–	–	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 San Jose
Sofia Kenin	2–2	50%	1–1	1–1	–	Won (6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 6–1) at 2020 Brisbane
Belinda Bencic	2–3	40%	1–3	1–1	–	Won (4–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2022 Miami
KImiko DATE	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 3–6) at 2015 Stanford
Johanna Konta	0–4	0%	0–3	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2018 Fed Cup
No. 5 ranked players
Sara Errani	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2016 Miami
Daniela Hantuchová	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–2, 7–5) at 2016 Stuttgart
Jeļena Ostapenko	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–4, 7–5) at 2016 French Open
Lucie Šafářová	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2017 Birmingham
No. 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (6–7^(2–7), 2–6) at 2018 Montréal
No. 7 ranked players
Danielle Collins	3–1	75%	3–1	–	–	Lost (6–7, 3–6) at 2022 US Open
Madison Keys	1–3	25%	1–2	0–1	–	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2018 US Open
No. 8 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2018 Indian Wells
No. 9 ranked players
CoCo Vandeweghe	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–4) at 2016 US Open
Julia Görges	2–1	67%	2–0	0–1	–	Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2018 Beijing
Andrea Petkovic	2–1	67%	2–1	–	–	Won (6–1, 7–5) at 2022 Melbourne
Veronika Kudermetova	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2022 Indian Wells
No. 10 ranked players
Kristina Mladenovic	2–1	67%	2–1	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2019 Indian Wells
Total	67–53	56%	57–39 (59%)	8–9 (47%)	2–5 (29%)	Current after the 2022 US Open

No. 1 wins

#	Player	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Result
1.	Simona Halep	2018 Indian Wells Open	Hard	SF	6–3, 6–0	W
2.	Ashleigh Barty	2019 China Open	Hard	F	3–6, 6–3, 6–2	W

Top 10 wins

Osaka has a 12–20 (37.5%) W–L record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total
Wins	2	3	6	1	0	0	12

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	NOR
2017
1.	Angelique Kerber	No. 6	US Open, United States	Hard	1R	6–3, 6–1	No. 45
2.	Venus Williams	No. 5	Hong Kong Open, China	Hard	2R	7–5, 6–2	No. 64
2018
3.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 5	Indian Wells Open, U.S.	Hard	QF	6–2, 6–3	No. 44
4.	Simona Halep	No. 1	Indian Wells Open, U.S.	Hard	SF	6–3, 6–0	No. 44
5.	Julia Görges	No. 10	China Open, China	Hard	3R	6–1, 6–2	No. 6
2019
6.	Elina Svitolina	No. 7	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	QF	6–4, 6–1	No. 4
7.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 8	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	SF	6–2, 4–6, 6–4	No. 4
8.	Petra Kvitová	No. 6	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	F	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–4	No. 4
9.	Bianca Andreescu	No. 6	China Open, China	Hard	QF	5–7, 6–3, 6–4	No. 4
10.	Ashleigh Barty	No. 1	China Open, China	Hard	F	3–6, 6–3, 6–2	No. 4
11.	Petra Kvitová	No. 6	WTA Finals, China	Hard (i)	RR	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, 6–4	No. 3
2020
12.	Kiki Bertens	No. 9	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	QF	6–3, 3–6, 6–3	No. 4

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)

Result	Year	No.	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Rank	Rd	NOR
Win	2013	1.	ITF Rock Hill, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Gail Falkenberg	–	Q1	No. 501
Win	2018	2.	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	No. 33	3R	No. 19

National and international representation

Fed Cup: 6 (5–1)

Group membership World Group 2 Play-off (1–1) Asia/Oceania Group (4–0)

Matches by surface Hard (5–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (5–1) Doubles (0–0)

Matches by setting Indoors (5–1) Outdoors (0–0)

Singles: 6 (5–1)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2017	Z1 RR	8 Feb 2017	Astana (KAZ)	India	Hard (i)	Karman Thandi	W	6–2, 6–2
		9 Feb 2017		Philippines		Khim Iglupas	W	6–2, 6–1
		10 Feb 2017		China		Zhang Kailin	W	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
	Z1 P/O	11 Feb 2017		Kazakhstan		Galina Voskoboeva	W	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2018	WG2 P/O	21 Apr 2018	Miki (JPN)	Great Britain	Hard (i)	Heather Watson	W	6–2, 6–3
2018	WG2 P/O	22 Apr 2018	Miki (JPN)	Great Britain	Hard (i)	Johanna Konta	L	3–6, 3–6

Longest winning streaks

23 match win streak (2020–21)

#	Tournament	Category	Start date	Surface	Rd	Opponent	Rank	Score
–	Billie Jean King Cup	Billie Jean King Cup	7 February 2020	Clay	QR	Sara Sorribes Tormo	No. 78	0–6, 3–6
1	Cincinnati Open	Premier 5	24 August 2020	Hard	2R	Karolína Muchová	No. 26	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
2					3R	Dayana Yastremska (16)	No. 25	6–3, 6–1
3					QF	Anett Kontaveit (12)	No. 20	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
4					SF	Elise Mertens (14)	No. 22	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
–					F	Victoria Azarenka	No. 59	w/o
5	US Open	Grand Slam	31 August 2020	Hard	1R	Misaki Doi	No. 81	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
6					2R	Camila Giorgi	No. 74	6–1, 6–2
7					3R	Marta Kostyuk	No. 137	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
8					4R	Anett Kontaveit (14)	No. 21	6–3, 6–4
9					QF	Shelby Rogers	No. 93	6–3, 6–4
10					SF	Jennifer Brady (28)	No. 41	7–6^(7–1), 3–6, 6–3
11					F	Victoria Azarenka	No. 27	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
12	Gippsland Trophy	WTA 500	31 January 2021	Hard	2R	Alizé Cornet	No. 53	6–2, 6–2
13					3R	Katie Boulter (PR)	No. 371	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
14					QF	Irina-Camelia Begu	No. 79	7–5, 6–1
–					SF	Elise Mertens (7)	No. 20	w/o
15	Australian Open	Grand Slam	8 February 2021	Hard	1R	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	No. 39	6–1, 6–2
16					2R	Caroline Garcia	No. 43	6–2, 6–3
17					3R	Ons Jabeur (27)	No. 30	6–3, 6–2
18					4R	Garbiñe Muguruza (14)	No. 14	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
19					QF	Hsieh Su-wei	No. 71	6–2, 6–2
20					SF	Serena Williams (10)	No. 11	6–3, 6–4
21					F	Jennifer Brady (22)	No. 24	6–4, 6–3
22	Miami Open	WTA 1000	23 March 2021	Hard	2R	Ajla Tomljanović	No. 77	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
–					3R	Nina Stojanović (Q)	No. 95	w/o
23					4R	Elise Mertens (16)	No. 17	6–3, 6–3
–					QF	Maria Sakkari (23)	No. 25	0–6, 4–6

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