Junri Namigata

Junri Namigata
波形純理

Country	Japan
Residence	Saitama, Japan
Born	(1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 Koshigaya Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$389,480
Singles
Career record	313–235
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 105 (28 February 2011)
Current ranking	No. 290 (28 July 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2010)
US Open	Q3 (2006)
Doubles
Career record	192–120
Career titles	1 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	109 (14 April 2008)
Current ranking	135 (28 July 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2008)
Last updated on: 28 July 2014.

Junri Namigata (Japanese: 波形純理, born 5 July 1982 in Koshigaya) is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached on 28 February 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 109, set on 14 April 2008.

Professional career

Namigata has appeared at two Grand Slam occasions so far, at the 2011 Australian Open and the 2011 French Open, losing in round one of both events to Rebecca Marino and Aleksandra Wozniak, respectively.

WTA and WTA 125 Series Finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	7 October 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayumi Morita	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	w/o
Winner	1.	27 July 2014	Nanchang, China	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan	7–6(7–4), 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 19 (6–13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	3 Jul 2004	Inchon, South Korea	Hard	Eun-Jeong Lee	0–6 6–3 0–6
Runner-up	2.	21 May 2006	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Katarina Kachlikova	4–6 4–6
Winner	3.	15 July 2007	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Shuai Zhang	6–4 6–2
Runner-up	4.	28 October 2007	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Yanina Wickmayer	6–4 4–6 2–6
Runner-up	5.	26 Apr 2009	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Elena Baltacha	3–6 1–6
Winner	6.	31 May 2009	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Hsu Wen-hsin	6–1 6–1
Winner	7.	19 July 2009	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Shiho Akita	7–6(6) 6–2
Runner-up	8.	2 August 2009	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Kurumi Nara	6–7(7) 6–4 4–6
Winner	9.	9 May 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Nikola Hofmanova	6–1 6–2
Runner-up	10.	30 May 2010	Kusatsu, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	4–6 6–7(4)
Winner	11.	8 August 2010	Beijing, China	Hard	Shuai Zhang	7–6(3) 6–2
Runner-up	12.	28 November 2010	Toyota, Japan	Carpet	Misaki Doi	7–5 6–2
Runner-up	13.	30 October 2011	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Karolina Pliskova	2–6 6–7(4)
Runner-up	14.	27 May 2012	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Marta Sirotkina	4–6 6–2 4–6
Runner-up	15.	26 May 2013	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	6–7 3–6
Runner-up	16.	26 May 2014	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Hong Hyun-hui	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	09 June 2014	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Riko Sawayanagi	4–6 6–7
Winner	18.	31 August 2014	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	6–0 7–6
Runner-up	19.	26 October 2014	Hamamatsu, Japan	Carpet	Riko Sawayanagi	6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles 35 (18–17)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	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) 6–2 6–2
Runner-up	3.	31 July 2005	Lexington, USA	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Vilmarie Castellvi Samantha Reeves	2–6 1–6
Runner-up	4.	17 February 2006	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Ayumi Morita	Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	2–6 1–6
Winner	5.	28 May 2006	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Remi Tezuka Tomoko Yonemura	6–3 7–6(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) 6–3 6–2
Runner-up	8.	14 April 2007	Jackson, USA	Clay	Yurika Sema	Eva Hrdinová Michaela Paštiková	6–7(5) 6–7(3)
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.	7 July 2007	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Ayumi Morita Akiko Yonemura	7–6(3) 6–0
Winner	12.	13 September 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura	3–6 7–6(4) [10–5]
Runner-up	13.	2 August 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Christina Fusano	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	7–6(4) 1–6 [5–10]
Winner	14.	19 October 2008	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Natsumi Hamamura	Chae Kyung-yee Han Xinyun	7–5 7–6(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(3) [3–10]
Winner	17.	12 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)
Runner-up	19.	10 April 2010	Gimhae, South Korea	Hard	Misaki Doi	Kyung-Mi Chang Jin-A Lee	6–1 4–6 [8–10]
Runner-up	20.	19 April 2010	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Misaki Doi	Chang Kyung-mi Lee Jin-a	7–5 3–6 [8–10]
Runner-up	21.	2 May 2011	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Aiko Nakamura	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–7(3) 0–6
Runner-up	22.	17 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.	28 April 2013	Wenshan, China	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Miki Miyamura Varatchaya Wongteanchai	5–7 3–6
Winner	27.	6 May 2013	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Erika Sema	Rika Fujiwara Akiko Omae	7–5 3–6 [10–7]
Winner	28.	27 October 2013	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Shuko Aoyama	Belinda Bencic Sofia Shapatava	6–4 6–3
Winner	29.	24 March 2014	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Choi Ji-hee Akari Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	30.	12 May 2014	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Akiko Yonemura	Jarmila Gajdošová Arina Rodionova	4–6 2–6
Winner	31.	19 May 2014	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Akiko Yonemura	Kanae Hisami Chiaki Okadaue	6–2 7–5
Winner	32.	29 May 2014	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Lee Ye-ra Kim So-jung	7–6 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.	8 February 2015	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Han Xinyun	Irina Falconi Petra Martić	2-6 4-6
Winner	16.	13 February 2015	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Han Xinyun	Wang Yafan Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]

External links

• Junri Namigata at the Women's Tennis Association
• Junri Namigata at the International Tennis Federation

Women's Tennis Association: Top Japanese female doubles tennis players as of 23 February 2015 1. Kimiko Date-Krumm (37 1) 2. Shuko Aoyama (44 1) 3. Junri Namigata (112 1) 4. Misaki Doi (124 1) 5. Hiroko Kuwata (128 1) 6. Eri Hozumi (135 2) 7. Makoto Ninomiya (170 5) 8. Miki Miyamura (187 4) 9. Miyabi Inoue (210 5) 10. Rika Fujiwara (221 1)