Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino
日比野 菜緒

Country (sports)  Japan
Residence Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Born (1994-11-28) November 28, 1994
Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Plays Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 244,836
Singles
Career record 137-73
Career titles 1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 56 (18 January 2016)
Current ranking No. 56 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2016)
Wimbledon Q2 (2015)
US Open Q3 (2015)
Doubles
Career record 57–49
Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 150 (18 January 2016)
Current ranking No. 156 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2016)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Nao Hibino (日比野 菜緒 Hibino Nao, born 28 November 1994) is a professional Japanese tennis player, and currently the women's Japanese and Asian number 1.[1] She is currently ranked 58th in singles and 157th in doubles - both career high rankings. In 2015 she won her maiden WTA title.

Career

2014

Hibino made her WTA main draw debut at the 2014 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 4 ITF singles titles and 2 ITF doubles titles. She made her grand slam debut at the 2015 US Open where she defeated Anna Tatishvili in the first qualifying round.

2015

In 2015, Hibino reached the final of the 2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup where she lost to Kristýna Plíšková. The following week she won the 2015 Kurume Best Amenity Cup, defeating Eri Hozumi in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Hibino made her debut at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, defeating Ayumi Morita in the first qualifying round before losing to Anna Tatishvili. Her second $50,000 title came at the 2015 Stockton Challenge, defeating Belgian An-Sophie Mestach in the final. This was Hibino's first singles title outside Japan. Her rise continued when she continued her good results at 2015 FSP Gold River Challenge and the 2015 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, reaching the semifinals and winning the title, respectively. At the 2015 US Open, Hibino reached the final qualifying round, defeating Tereza Martincová and Eri Hozumi in the first two rounds before losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.

At the 2015 Japan Women's Open Hibino won her first singles WTA main draw match defeating Hiroko Kuwata in three sets, before she lost to Madison Brengle in the second round. Her success on the WTA tour continued when she won her first WTA title at the 2015 Tashkent Open without dropping a set. Her wins were over Anhelina Kalinina, Kateryna Kozlova, Bojana Jovanovski and in the final Donna Vekić. This title gave Hibino a career high ranking, breaking into the top 100 for the first time in her career.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
Winner 1. 3 October 2015 Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Croatia Donna Vekić 6–2, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles Finals: 10 (7–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 11 June 2012 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Mari Tanaka 6–0, 6–2
Winner 2. 24 June 2012 Mie, Japan Grass Japan Yurina Koshino 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
Winner 3. 15 September 2012 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Yuuki Tanaka 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Winner 4. 1 September 2013 Tsukuba, Japan Hard Japan Erika Sema 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 5. 15 June 2014 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 10 May 2015 Fukuoka, Japan Grass Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková 5–7, 4–6
Winner 7. 17 May 2015 Kurume, Japan Grass Japan Eri Hozumi 6–3, 6–1
Winner 8. 19 July 2015 Stockton, USA Hard Belgium An-Sophie Mestach 6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 9. 2 August 2015 Lexington, USA Hard United States Samantha Crawford 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 10. 21 November 2015 Tokyo, Japan Hard China Zhang Shuai 4–6, 1–6

Doubles Finals: 8 (4–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 15 September 2012 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Emi Mutaguchi Japan Miyu Kato
Japan Misaki Mori
6–4, 6–3
Runner–up 2. 5 May 2013 Gifu, Japan Hard Japan Riko Sawayanagi Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Japan Erika Sema
4–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 20 May 2013 Goyang, South Korea Hard Japan Akiko Omae South Korea Yoo Mi
South Korea Han Na-lae
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 15 June 2014 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard India Prarthana Thombare Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Japan Mari Tanaka
1–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 4 April 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Japan Miyu Kato Japan Miyabi Inoue
Japan Akiko Omae
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 11 April 2015 Ahmedabad, India Hard India Prarthana Thombare Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Runner–up 7. 26 July 2015 Sacramento, USA Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith United States Ashley Weinhold
United States Caitlin Whoriskey
4–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Winner 8. 2 August 2015 Lexington, USA Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
6–2, 6–2
Year End Rank
2012 578
2013 291
2014 207
2015 78

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament2016SR W–L
Australian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon 0 / 0 0–0
US Open 0 / 0 0–0
Total0–10 / 10–1

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