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Moyuka Uchijima
Japanese tennis player (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Moyuka Uchijima (内島 萌夏, Uchijima Moyuka; born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 52, achieved on 3 March 2025, and a doubles No. 101, reached on 12 June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is the current Japanese No. 1 player.
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2023: Major debut
For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the Australian Open but lost in the first round to Bernarda Pera.[2]
2024: Major wins and top 60 in singles, first WTA doubles title
In May, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings[2] and making her the Japanese No. 1 female singles player for the first time.[citation needed]
She qualified for the French Open, making her debut at this major[2][3] and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round.[4] She lost in the second round to the No. 2 seed, Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets, ending a run of 19 consecutive professional match wins for Uchijima.[5]
She qualified for the Canadian Open and recorded her first WTA 1000 win, over Viktoriya Tomova,[6] before losing to sixth seed Liudmila Samsonova.[7] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 59 on 12 August 2024.[8]
Making her debut at the US Open, Uchijima defeated Tamara Korpatsch[9][10] in the first round, before losing her next match to Jule Niemeier.[11]
In September at the WTA 250 Thailand Open 2, Uchijima reached her first WTA Tour doubles final partnering with Eudice Chong but lost to top seeds Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva in the championship match.[12]
Partnering Guo Hanyu, she won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the Jiangxi Open, defeating Katarzyna Piter and Fanny Stollár in the final.[13]
2025: First WTA 1000 quarterfinal, Australian Open second round
Ranked world No. 63, Uchijima defeated Magda Linette to reach the second round at the Australian Open,[14] where she lost to 14th seed Mirra Andreeva in a match which went to a deciding set tiebreak.[15]
In February, at the Dubai Tennis Championships, Uchijima qualified for the main draw and recorded her first win against a top-30 ranked opponent by defeating world No. 26 Jeļena Ostapenko,[16] before losing in the second round to sixth seed Elena Rybakina.[17]
At the Madrid Open in April, Uchijima reached her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal with wins over wildcard entrant Robin Montgomery[18] and 26th seed Ons Jabeur,[19] then defeating world No. 3 Jessica Pegula for her first victory over a top-25 ranked player,[20] before overcoming 21st seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the fourth round.[21][22] She lost in the last eight to 17th seed Elina Svitolina.[23]
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2025 Madrid Open.
Doubles
Current through the end of the 2024 season.
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WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner–ups)
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Top 10 wins
She has a 1–6 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10
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Personal life
She has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.[25]
Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
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