Naomi Osaka ( Jap. 大 坂 な お み Osaka Naomi , born , ) - Japanese tennis player . Winner of two Grand Slam singles tournaments ( US Open 2018 , Australian Open 2019 ), winner of three WTA singles tournaments; The second racket of the world in women's singles.
| Naomi Osaka | |
|---|---|
| Player gender | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Citizenship | |
| Place of residence | Boca Raton , United States |
| Growth | 180 cm |
| Weight | 69 kg |
| Carier start | 2012 |
| Working hand | right |
| Backhand | two handed |
| Trainer | Jermain jenkins |
| Prize money | 11 351 973 |
| Singles | |
| Matches | |
| Titles | 3 WTA |
| Highest position | 1 (January 27, 2019) |
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |
| Australia | victory (2019) |
| France | 3rd round (2016, 2018-19) |
| Wimbledon | 3rd round (2017-18) |
| USA | victory (2018) |
| Double discharge | |
| Matches | |
| Highest position | 324 (April 3, 2017) |
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |
| Australia | 1st round (2017) |
| France | 2nd round (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1st round (2017) |
Content
General Information
Osaka from an international family: her father Leonard Francois is from Haiti , and Tamaki’s mother is Japanese . The tennis player has an older sister, Marie , who also plays tennis professionally [3] .
Naomi's favorite coating is hard; the best blow is forehand; kids idol in sports - Serena Williams ; The goal of a career is to rise in the WTA ranking . If Osaka had not become a professional tennis player, she would probably have chosen the profession of a sports agent. Prefers an aggressive style of playing on the court. He trains at the Tennis Institute of Harold Solomon .
Sports career
Most tennis professionals became known in the summer of 2014 , when at the Stanford tournament, Osaka for the first time became the basis for the WTA tournament , and then, again for the first time in their career, beat the 1st racket of the world, former US Open champion in singles Samantu Stosur .
2018
At the Australian Open in singles, Naomi Osaka achieved the best result in his career, coming out in the fourth round of the Grand Slam tournament. She gave the first racket of the tournament Simone Halep from Romania. In the course of the tournament, she was able to beat Christina Kuchova from Slovakia, Russian Elena Vesnina and Ashley Barty from Australia.
In mid-February, at the Dubai Open, the Japanese athlete managed to reach the quarterfinal in singles, but there she lost to the first seeding number, Elina Svitolina .
Triumphantly ended for the 2018 US Open Tennis Championship for Naomi. In the final, she beat American tennis player Serena Williams [4] in two sets and became the first Grand Slam champion from Japan.
At the Pan Pancific Open (the next tournament in which she took part) ended with her defeat over Katerina Plishkova, a Czech tennis player, in which she led 6: 4, 6: 4.
At the next tournament, she withdrew from participation, at the China Open worsened the result, remaining in the semifinals, in the final was Anastasia Sevastova.
2019
At the beginning of the year at Brisbane International, she remained the same as last time, in the semifinals, where she was beaten by Ukrainian Lesya Turenko. A little earlier, in the quarterfinal, she beat Anastasia Sevastova with a score of 6: 3. 0: 6, 4: 6.
At the Australian Open , in January 2019, Naomi managed to win and win the title on the second Grand Slam in a row. In the final, she was stronger than the Czech athlete Petra Kvitova in three sets.
In April 2019, Naomi took part in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix , where she reached the semifinals, but lost to Anette Kontayte, a tennis player from Estonia, without going to court and abandoning further struggle in the tournament.
On March 13, she will finish Indian Wells in the 1/8 finals, in which she lost to the Swiss athlete Belinda Benchich.
At the Madrid Open and Italian Open reached the quarterfinals, but at the last tournament mentioned, she refused the match, and her opponent automatically went further.
On June 1, Naomi retired in the third round of Rolan Garossa tournament, losing to Czech Katerina Sinyakova 6: 4, 6: 2.
At the end of the month at the Birmingham Classic, she will not be able to go further into the 1/8 finals, in which the same Julia Putintseva will win her, who will soon also not give her the opportunity to perform further, having already won at Wimbledon.
In July, in the Wimbledon tournament in the first round, she lost to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva , losing with a total score of 2: 0.
WTA ranking by years
| Year | Single rating | Doubles rating |
| 2018 | five | |
| 2017 | 68 | 699 |
| 2016 | 40 | 374 |
| 2015 | 203 | |
| 2014 | 250 | 1,279 |
| 2013 | 430 | |
| 2012 | 1,028 |
According to the official WTA website for the last week of the year [5] .
Tournament appearances
Singles Grand Slam Finals (2)
Victory (2)
| No | Year | Tournament | Coating | Rival in the final | Score |
| one. | 2018 | US Open | Hard | Serena williams | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2 | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Petra Kvitova | 7-6 (2) 5-7 6-4 |
WTA Finals Singles Tournaments (5)
Victory (3)
| Legend: |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (2) |
| Olympiad (0) |
| Final Championship of the Year (0) |
| Premier Mandatory (1) |
| Premier 5 (0) |
| Premier (0) |
| International (0) |
| Titles by coatings | Titles by location holding tournament matches |
|---|---|
| Hard (3) | Hall (0) |
| Ground (0) | |
| Grass (0) | Outdoor Air (3) |
| Carpet (0) |
| No | date | Tournament | Coating | Rival in the final | Score |
| one. | March 18, 2018 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | Daria Kasatkina | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2 | September 8, 2018 | US Open | Hard | Serena williams | 6-2 6-4 |
| 3 | January 26, 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Petra Kvitova | 7-6 (2) 5-7 6-4 |
Defeats (2)
| No | date | Tournament | Coating | Rival in the final | Score |
| one. | September 25, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Caroline Wozniacki | 5-7 3-6 |
| 2 | September 23, 2018 | Tokyo, Japan (2) | Hard | Carolina Plushkova | 4-6 4-6 |
WTA 125 and ITF Singles Finals (5)
Defeats (5)
| Legend: |
|---|
| WTA 125 (0) |
| 100,000 USD (0) |
| 80.000 (75.000 *) USD (0) |
| 60.000 (50.000 *) USD (0) |
| 25.000 USD (0) |
| 15.000 (10.000 *) USD (0) |
* prize pool until 2017
| Titles by coatings | Titles by location holding tournament matches |
|---|---|
| Hard (0) | Hall (0) |
| Ground (0) | |
| Grass (0) | Outdoor air (0) |
| Carpet (0) |
| No | date | Tournament | Coating | Rival in the final | Score |
| one. | June 2, 2013 | El Paso , United States | Hard | Sanaz Marand | 4-6 4-6 [6] |
| 2 | March 9, 2014 | Irapuato , Mexico | Hard | Indie de Vrome | 6-3 4-6 1-6 |
| 3 | May 3, 2015 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | Zheng saisai | 6-3 5-7 4-6 |
| four. | June 14, 2015 | Serbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | Vitaly Dyachenko | 6-7 (5) 0-6 |
| five. | November 15, 2015 | Hua Hin , Thailand | Hard (i) | Jaroslava Shvedova | 4-6 7-6 (8) 4-6 |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 ＯＰ 東京 の 星 星 」１６ 歳 １ メ メ ー ト ル ８０ 大 坂 初 戦 突破 ジ ャ パ 女 女子 ＯＰ - Sports Nippon , 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 WTA website
- Мари Marie Osaki's profile on the ITF website (English) . The appeal date is August 21, 2015.
- ↑ Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams in the US Open final (September 9, 2018). The appeal date is September 13, 2018.
- ↑ admin. Naomi Osaka (Eng.) . WTA Tennis (16 July 2018). The appeal date is February 26, 2019.
- Start the tournament with qualification.