Junri Namigata

Junri Namigata (波形 純理, Namigata Junri, born 5 July 1982) is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached in February 2011.[2] Her career-high doubles ranking is 101, which she reached in May 2015.[2]

Junri Namigata
Namigata competing in the first round of the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying
Native name波形純理
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceSaitama, Japan
Born (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982
Koshigaya Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight (double-handed backhand)
CollegeWaseda University
CoachToshihisa Tsuchihashi[1]
Prize money$597,152
Singles
Career record449–354
Career titles0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 105 (28 February 2011)
Current rankingNo. 329 (15 July 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2011)
French Open1R (2011)
WimbledonQ3 (2010, 2011)
US OpenQ3 (2006, 2010)
Doubles
Career record289–190
Career titles1 WTA 125K, 25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 101 (25 May 2015)
Current rankingNo. 317 (24 June 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2017)
Wimbledon1R (2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–0
Last updated on: 26 June 2019.

Early life and amateur career

Namigata was born in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture and started playing tennis when she was six years old. She completed elementary school at a school in Koshigaya and won a regional tournament when in the third grade.[3] She attended Fujimura Girls' Junior High School and Horikoshi High School in Tokyo.[1] In September 1997, when still in junior high school, she made her first appearance in an ITF doubles tournament.[4] When she was in her first year of high school[3] she reached the round of 16 at the All Japan Tennis Championship[5] and won the All Japan Junior Championship title in her final year of high school.[3] She enrolled in the School of Social Sciences at Waseda University and in 2001 won the intercollegiate doubles title, was runner-up in the singles title, and was a member of the Waseda team that took out the team event.[3] In 2004, she won the intercollegiate singles title[3] and also won her first ITF doubles titles in October.[4]

Professional career

Namigata turned professional in August 2005.[1] after graduating from Waseda in April of the same year. Her goal was to finish her first year as a professional ranked in the top 200;[3] she finished 2006 ranked 162 in singles.[2] The first of her six singles titles came in July 2007.

In July 2014 Namigata won her first WTA event, the doubles tournament of the inaugural Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, partnering with China's Chuang Chia-Jung.[6] 2014 was the most successful year of her career thus far, winning three ITF doubles titles and her first singles title since 2010.[2] She finished the year ranked 196 in singles and 145 in doubles, returning to the top 200 in each category for the first time since 2011.[2]

Grand Slam appearances

In singles, Namigata has qualified for two Grand Slam tournaments so far. At the 2011 Australian Open, she lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in the first round.[7] Later in the same year, she lost in the first round of the French Open to Aleksandra Wozniak.[8]

In doubles, she qualified for the 2008 Wimbledon tournament with fellow Japanese player Ayumi Morita, losing in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova and Selima Sfar.[4] In January 2017, Namigata and Chan Chin-wei received wild-card entry into the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Tatjana Maria and Pauline Parmentier.[9]

Fed Cup

Namigata represented Japan in the Asia/Oceania group of the 2011 Fed Cup.[10]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2007 Bangkok Open, Thailand Tier III Hard Ayumi Morita Sun Tiantian
Yan Zi		 w/o

WTA 125 series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2014 Jiangxi Open, China 125K Hard Chuang Chia-jung Chan Chin-wei
Xu Yifan		 7–6(7–4), 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 23 (7 titles, 16 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/80,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2004 ITF Inchon, South Korea 10,000 Hard Lee Eun-jeong 0–6, 6–3, 0–6
Loss 0–2 May 2006 ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 25,000 Hard Katarína Kachlíková 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2007 ITF Miyazaki, Japan 25,000 Carpet Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–3 Oct 2007 ITF Hamanako, Japan 25,000 Carpet Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2009 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Elena Baltacha 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–4 May 2009 ITF Gunma, Japan 25,000 Carpet Hsu Wen-hsin 6–1, 6–1
Win 3–4 Jul 2009 ITF Miyazaki, Japan 10,000 Carpet Shiho Akita 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 3–5 Aug 2009 ITF Obihiro, Japan 25,000 Carpet Kurumi Nara 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 4–6
Win 4–5 May 2010 ITF Fukuoka, Japan 50,000 Grass Nikola Hofmanova 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–6 May 2010 ITF Kusatsu, Japan 25,000 Carpet Akiko Yonemura 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 5–6 Aug 2010 ITF Beijing, China 75,000 Hard Zhang Shuai 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 5–6 Nov 2010 ITF Toyota, Japan 75,000 Carpet Misaki Doi 7–5, 6–2
Loss 5–8 Oct 2011 ITF Hamanako, Japan 25,000 Carpet Karolína Plíšková 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 5–9 May 2012 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass Marta Sirotkina 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 5–10 May 2013 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass Eri Hozumi 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 5–11 Jun 2014 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Hong Hyun-hui 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–12 Jun 2014 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 10,000 Hard Riko Sawayanagi 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 6–12 Aug 2014 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Chang Kai-chen 6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–13 Oct 2014 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Carpet Riko Sawayanagi 6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 6–14 May 2017 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Carpet Ayano Shimizu 6–0, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 6–15 Sep 2017 ITF Nanao, Japan 25,000 Carpet Carol Zhao 3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–16 Oct 2018 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Carpet Momoko Kobori 2–6, 3–6
Win 7–16 Sep 2019 ITF Nanao, Japan 25,000 Carpet Ayano Shimizu 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–2

Doubles (25–24)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 31 October 2004 Tokyo, Japan Hard Kumiko Iijima Maki Arai
Akiko Yonemura		 6–3, 6–1
Winner 2. 17 July 2005 Hamilton, Canada Clay Kumiko Iijima Lauren Barnikow
Lauren Breadmore		 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 31 July 2005 Lexington, United States Hard Kumiko Iijima Vilmarie Castellvi
Samantha Reeves		 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 17 February 2006 Sydney, Australia Hard Ayumi Morita Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung		 2–6, 1–6
Winner 5. 28 May 2006 Nagano, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima Remi Tezuka
Tomoko Yonemura		 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 6. 6 August 2006 Tokachi, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima Shiho Hisamatsu
Remi Tezuka		 7–5, 6–4
Winner 7. 23 September 2006 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Kumiko Iijima Natsumi Hamamura
Ayaka Maekawa		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 14 April 2007 Jackson, United States Clay Yurika Sema Eva Hrdinová
Michaela Paštíková		 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up 9. 13 May 2007 Fukuoka, Japan Carpet Rika Fujiwara Ayumi Morita
Akiko Yonemura		 2–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 7 July 2007 Nagoya, Japan Hard Akiko Yonemura Chang Kyung-mi
Kim Jin-hee		 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 11. 5 August 2007 Obihiro, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima Ayumi Morita
Akiko Yonemura		 7–6(7–3), 6–0
Winner 12. 13 September 2007 Tokyo, Japan Hard Rika Fujiwara Kumiko Iijima
Akiko Yonemura		 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–5]
Runner-up 13. 2 August 2008 Vancouver, Canada Hard Christina Fusano Carly Gullickson
Nicole Kriz		 7–6(7–4), 1–6, [5–10]
Winner 14. 19 October 2008 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Natsumi Hamamura Chae Kyung-yee
Han Xinyun		 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 15. 25 October 2008 Hamanako, Japan Carpet Akiko Yonemura Kanae Hisami
Yurina Koshino		 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 16. 10 May 2009 Fukuoka, Japan Carpet Ayaka Maekawa Akiko Yonemura
Tomoko Yonemura		 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [3–10]
Winner 17. 24 May 2009 Nagano, Japan Carpet Akiko Yonemura Tomoyo Takagishi
Varatchaya Wongteanchai		 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 18. 10 April 2010 Incheon, South Korea Hard Misaki Doi Irina-Camelia Begu
Erika Sema		 0–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up 19. 18 April 2010 Gimhae, South Korea Hard Misaki Doi Chang Kyung-mi
Lee Jin-a		 6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 20. 25 April 2010 Changwon, South Korea Hard Misaki Doi Chang Kyung-mi
Lee Jin-a		 7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 21. 8 May 2011 Fukuoka, Japan Grass Aiko Nakamura Shuko Aoyama
Rika Fujiwara		 6–7(3–7), 0–6
Runner-up 22. 21 October 2011 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Akiko Yonemura Shuko Aoyama
Kotomi Takahata		 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 23. 25 March 2012 Ipswich, Australia Clay Shuko Aoyama Monique Adamczak
Sandra Zaniewska		 5–7, 4–6
Winner 24. 1 April 2012 Bundaberg, Australia Clay Shuko Aoyama Sacha Jones
Sally Peers		 6–1, 7–5
Winner 25. 8 July 2012 Middelburg, Netherlands Clay Yurika Sema Bernice van de Velde
Angelique van der Meet		 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 26. 26 April 2013 Wenshan, China Hard Rika Fujiwara Miki Miyamura
Varatchaya Wongteanchai		 5–7, 3–6
Winner 27. 11 May 2013 Fukuoka, Japan Grass Erika Sema Rika Fujiwara
Akiko Omae		 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner 28. 26 October 2013 Hamamatsu, Japan Grass Shuko Aoyama Belinda Bencic
Sofia Shapatava		 6–4, 6–3
Winner 29. 29 March 2014 Nishitama, Japan Hard Akiko Yonemura Choi Ji-hee
Akari Inoue		 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 30. 18 May 2014 Kurume, Japan Grass Akiko Yonemura Jarmila Gajdošová
Arina Rodionova		 4–6, 2–6
Winner 31. 24 May 2014 Karuizawa, Japan Grass Akiko Yonemura Kanae Hisami
Chiaki Okadaue		 6–2, 7–5
Winner 32. 31 May 2014 Changwon, Korea Hard Chuang Chia-jung Lee Ye-ra
Kim So-jung		 7–6(7–5), 6–0
Runner-up 33. 22 November 2014 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi
Makoto Ninomiya		 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 34. 6 February 2015 Burnie, Australia Hard Han Xinyun Irina Falconi
Petra Martić		 2–6, 4–6
Winner 35. 13 February 2015 Launceston, Australia Hard Han Xinyun Wang Yafan
Yang Zhaoxuan		 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up 36. 27 March 2015 Quanzhou, China Hard Hiroko Kuwata Eri Hozumi
Makoto Ninomiya		 3–6, 7–6(7–2), [2–10]
Runner-up 37. 10 May 2015 Fukuoka, Japan Grass Eri Hozumi Naomi Broady
Kristýna Plíšková		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 38. 17 May 2015 Kurume, Japan Grass Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya
Riko Sawayanagi		 6–7(10–12), 3–6
Winner 39. 17 February 2017 Perth, Australia Hard Riko Sawayanagi Irina Bara
Prarthana Thombare		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [11–9]
Winner 40. 24 February 2017 Perth, Australia Hard Riko Sawayanagi Tammi Patterson
Olivia Rogowska		 4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Winner 41. 14 May 2017 Fukuoka, Japan Grass Kotomi Takahata Erina Hayashi
Robu Kajitani		 6–0, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Runner–up 42. 11 November 2017 Tokyo, Japan Hard Eri Hozumi Yuki Naito
Rika Fujiwara		 1–6, 3–6
Winner 43. 18 November 2017 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Ksenia Lykina Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Peangtarn Plipuech		 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner-up 44. 5 January 2018 Playford, Australia Hard Erika Sema Dalila Jakupović
Irina Khromacheva		 6–2, 5–7, [5–10]
Runner-up 45. 8 June 2018 Singapore Hard Miyabi Inoue Zoe Hives
Olivia Tjandramulia		 4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Winner 46. 2 June 2019 Hong Kong Hard Abigail Tere-Apisah Erina Hayashi
Momoko Kobori		 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner 47. 23 June 2019 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Haruka Kaji Beatrice Gumulya
Jessy Rompies		 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner 48. 27 July 2019 Granby, Canada Hard Haruka Kaji Quinn Gleason
Ingrid Neel		 7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up 49. November 2019 Tokyo, Japan Hard Haruka Kaji Choi Ji-hee
Han Na-lae		 3–6, 3–6

References
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