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Nao Hibino

Hibino at the 2019 Wimbledon Qualifying
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Born	(1994-11-28) November 28, 1994 (age 26) Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,746,039
Singles
Career record	263-190 (58.1%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 56 (18 January 2016)
Current ranking	No. 72 (23 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2016, 2017)
US Open	2R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	155-131 (54.2%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 43 (31 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 68 (23 November 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2016, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	3R (2016, 2018)
Last updated on: 23 November 2020.

Nao Hibino ( , 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.

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 Plí?ková. 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 Veki? 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 Je?ena Ostapenko before she lost to Elena Rybakina.^[13][14]

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win-Loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2020 season.

Notes

• Source^[15]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Oct 2015	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Donna Veki?	6-2, 6-2
Loss	1-1	Oct 2016	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Kristýna Plí?ková	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)

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)

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 Plí?ková	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)

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 Cadan?u Nicola Geuer	6-0, 6-0
Loss	5-5	Mar 2018	ITF Zhuhai, China	60,000	Hard	Danka Kovini?	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

#	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

References

External links

• Nao Hibino at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nao Hibino at the International Tennis Federation