Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino (日比野 菜緒, Hibino Nao, born 28 November 1994) is a Japanese tennis player. On 18 January 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 56. On 31 July 2017, she peaked at No. 43 in the doubles rankings. In 2015, she won her first WTA Tour title at the Tashkent Open.

Nao Hibino
日比野 菜緒
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceIchinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Born (1994-11-28) November 28, 1994
Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,746,039
Singles
Career record263–190 (58.1%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 56 (18 January 2016)
Current rankingNo. 72 (23 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French Open2R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2016, 2017)
US Open2R (2017)
Doubles
Career record155–131 (54.2%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 43 (31 July 2017)
Current rankingNo. 68 (23 November 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
French Open2R (2016, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon1R (2016)
US Open3R (2016, 2018)
Last updated on: 23 November 2020.

Career

2014: WTA doubles debut

Hibino made her WTA main-draw debut at the 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 four singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2014, she made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open where she defeated Anna Tatishvili in the first qualifying round.[1]

2015: First WTA singles title

In 2015, Hibino reached the final of the Fukuoka International Women's Cup where she lost to Kristýna Plíšková. The following week she won the Kurume Best Amenity Cup, defeating Eri Hozumi in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Hibino made her debut at Wimbledon, defeating Ayumi Morita in the first qualifying round before losing to Anna Tatishvili.[1] Her second $50K title came at the Stockton Challenge, defeating Belgian An-Sophie Mestach in the final.[2] This was Hibino's first singles title outside Japan.[1] Her rise continued when she continued her good results at the Gold River Challenge and the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, reaching the semifinals and winning the title, respectively. At the US Open, Hibino reached the final qualifying round, defeating Tereza Martincová and Eri Hozumi before losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.[1]

At the Japan Open, Hibino won her first singles WTA main-draw match defeating Hiroko Kuwata in three sets,[1] before she lost to Madison Brengle.[3] Her success on the WTA Tour continued when she won her first WTA title at the Tashkent Open without dropping a set. Her wins were over Anhelina Kalinina, Kateryna Kozlova, Bojana Jovanovski and Donna Vekić in the final.[4] This title gave Hibino a career-high ranking, breaking into the top 100 for the first time in her career.[5]

2016: Grand Slam main-draw debut

Hibino made Grand Slam main-draw debut at the Australian Open, where she lost to Maria Sharapova in the first round.[6]

2017: First WTA doubles title, first Grand Slam win

In late February, Hibino reached final of the Malaysian Open where she lost to qualifer Ashleigh Barty.[7] Later, she reached another singles final at the WTA Tour, at the Jiangxi Open, but failed to win the trophy, losing to Peng Shuai. At the US Open, she recorded her first Grand Slam win, defeating CiCi Bellis in the three sets in the first round.[8]

Hibino had better performances in doubles. In April, she reached and also won her first WTA final at the Monterrey Open, partnering with polish player Alicja Rosolska.[9] In September, she finished as runner-up at the Tashkent Open. Along with this, during the year, she reached semifinals at the Taiwan Open in February, Istanbul Cup in April, Jiangxi Open in July and Korea Open in September.[1]

2019: Second singles and doubles WTA titles

In September, Hibino won her second WTA singles title at the Japan Women's Open, defeating her countrymate Misaki Doi in the final.[10] There she also won title in doubles, partnering with Doi.[1]

2020: First top 10 win, two WTA singles semifinals

In the early season, Hibino reached semifinal of the Hua Hin Championships, where she also recorded her first top 10 win, defeating world No. 4 Elina Svitolina in the straight sets.[11] At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Hibino reached semifinal, defeating Sloane Stephens,[12] Zarina Diyas and Jeļena Ostapenko before she lost to Elena Rybakina.[13][14]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.[15]

Singles

Current after the 2020 season.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 1R Q1 2R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A 1R 1R Q1 Q3 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A Q2 1R 1R A Q1 NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open Q2 Q3 1R 2R Q2 Q2 1R 0 / 3 1–3 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–4 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 0 / 12 3–12 20%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open A A 2R Q1 A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A A 1R Q2 A 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami Open A A 1R Q1 A 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A A Q1 A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A Q2 A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A 1R Q1 A Q2 NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A Q1 A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 3 21 17 10 6 6 Career total: 63
Titles 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Career total: 2
Finals 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 Career total: 5
Overall Win–loss 0–0 5–2 16–21 10–17 5–9 8–6 9–6 2 / 63 53–61 46%
Year-end Ranking 207 78 84 92 119 102 $1,746,039

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2015 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Donna Vekić 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Oct 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Kristýna Plíšková 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Mar 2017 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Ashleigh Barty 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 2017 Jiangxi Open, China International Hard Peng Shuai 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Sep 2019 Japan Women's Open, Japan International Hard Misaki Doi 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2017 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Alicja Rosolska Dalila Jakupovic
Nadiia Kichenok		 6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss 1–1 Sep 2017 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Tímea Babos
Andrea Hlavackova		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 2018 Taiwan Open, Taiwan International Hard (i) Oksana Kalashnikova Duan Yingying
Wang Yafan		 6–7(4), 6–7(5)
Win 2–2 Sep 2019 Japan Women's Open, Japan International Hard Misaki Doi Christina McHale
Valeria Savinykh		 3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 2–3 Oct 2019 Tianjin Open, China International Hard Miyu Kato Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara		 3–6, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2012 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Mari Tanaka 6–0, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jun 2012 ITF Mie, Japan 10,000 Grass Yurina Koshino 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Sep 2012 ITF Kyoto, Japan 10,000 Carpet (i) Yuuki Tanaka 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win 4–0 Sep 2013 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Erika Sema 6–4, 7–6(2)
Loss 4–1 Jun 2014 ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Nigina Abduraimova 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–2 May 2015 ITF Fukuoka, Japan 50,000 Grass Kristýna Plíšková 5–7, 4–6
Win 5–2 May 2015 ITF Kurume, Japan 50,000 Grass Eri Hozumi 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–2 Jul 2015 ITF Stockton, United States 50,000 Hard An-Sophie Mestach 6–1, 7–6(6)
Win 7–2 Aug 2015 ITF Lexington, United States 50,000 Hard Samantha Crawford 6–2, 6–1
Loss 7–3 Nov 2015 ITF Tokyo, Japan 100,000 Hard Zhang Shuai 4–6, 1–6
Loss 7–4 Oct 2017 ITF Liuzhou, China 60,000 Hard Wang Yafan 6–3, 4–6, 3–3 ret.
Win 8–4 Jul 2018 ITF Honolulu, United States 60,000 Hard Jessica Pegula 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2012 ITF Kyoto, Japan 10,000 Carpet (i) Emi Mutaguchi Miyu Kato
Misaki Mori		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2013 ITF Gifu, Japan 50,000 Hard Riko Sawayanagi Luksika Kumkhum
Erika Sema		 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 May 2013 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard Akiko Omae Yoo Mi
Han Na-lae		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jun 2014 ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Prarthana Thombare Hiroko Kuwata
Mari Tanaka		 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Apr 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 15,000 Hard Miyu Kato Miyabi Inoue
Akiko Omae		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Apr 2015 ITF Ahmedabad, India 25,000 Hard Prarthana Thombare Peangtarn Plipuech
Nungnadda Wannasuk		 3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Loss 3–4 Jul 2015 ITF Sacramento, United States 50,000 Hard Rosie Johanson Ashley Weinhold
Caitlin Whoriskey		 4–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Win 4–4 Aug 2015 ITF Lexington, United States 50,000 Hard Emily Webley-Smith Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Peangtarn Plipuech		 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–4 Oct 2016 ITF Poitiers, France 100,000 Hard (i) Alicja Rosolska Alexandra Cadanțu
Nicola Geuer		 6–0, 6–0
Loss 5–5 Mar 2018 ITF Zhuhai, China 60,000 Hard Danka Kovinić Anna Blinkova
Lesley Kerkhove		 5–7, 4–6
Win 6–5 Oct 2018 ITF Suzhou, China 100,000 Hard Misaki Doi Luksika Kumkhum
Peangtarn Plipuech		 6–2, 6–3
Win 7–5 Aug 2019 ITF Vancouver, Canada 100,000 Hard Miyu Kato Naomi Broady
Erin Routliffe		 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–5 Nov 2019 ITF Shenzhen, China 100,000 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Sofia Shapatava
Emily Webley-Smith		 6–4, 6–0

Wins over top 10 players
Season 2020Total
Wins 11
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score NHR
2020
1. Elina Svitolina No. 4 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand Hard QF 6–4, 6–2 No. 84

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