Kotomi Takahata (tennis)

Kotomi Takahata (高畑 寿弥, Takahata Kotomi, born 17 November 1989) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Kotomi Takahata
高畑 寿弥

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Kawanishi, Japan
Born	(1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 Hamamatsu, Japan
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Left (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$78,813
Singles
Career record	145–137
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 562 (25 October 2010)
Doubles
Career record	219–125
Career titles	2 WTA Challenger, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 108 (10 October 2016)

On 25 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of 562. She achieved her best doubles ranking of No. 108 on 10 October 2016.

Takahata made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Japan Women's Open, where she received a wildcard for the doubles tournament with Shuko Aoyama. Aoyama and Takahata lost to the fourth seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai in a tight three-setter.

At the 2014 Japan Women's Open, she also received a wildcard into the main draw with Kyōka Okamura. They defeated Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina in the first round, but lost to Darija Jurak and Megan Moulton-Levy in the quarterfinals.

At the 2015 Taipei Challenger, she won the doubles title, alongside Kanae Hisami. In the final, they defeated Marina Melnikova and Elise Mertens in straight sets.

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Nov 2015	Taipei Open, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Kanae Hisami	Marina Melnikova Elise Mertens	6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	Sep 2016	Dalian Open, China	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Jessy Rompies	6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	Nov 2009	ITF Hyōgo, Japan	Carpet	Kazusa Ito	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 36 (25 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (16–9) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–1) Carpet (7–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Sep 2009	ITF Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Yuka Higashi	Kazusa Ito Yuka Mori	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	2.	Nov 2009	ITF Hyōgo, Japan	Carpet	Yoshimi Kawasaki	Maya Kato Natsumi Yokota	6–2, 6–2
Win	3.	9 May 2010	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Misaki Doi	Marina Erakovic Alexandra Panova	6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	2 August 2010	ITF Niigata, Japan	Carpet	Akari Inoue	Ayumi Oka Miki Miyamura	6–1, 6–4
Win	5.	29 August 2010	ITF Saitama, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura	6–3, 6–3
Win	6.	20 June 2011	ITF Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Emi Mutaguchi	Zhao Yijing Liang Chen	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	7.	23 October 2011	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Shuko Aoyama	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	6–2, 7–5
Win	8.	12 February 2012	Launceston International, Australia	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Hsieh Shu-ying Zheng Saisai	6–4, 6–4
Win	9.	23 March 2012	ITF Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Ayumi Oka	Eri Hozumi Remi Tezuka	6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win	10.	24 March 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Susanne Celik	Barbora Krejčíková İpek Soylu	6–4, 6–3
Win	11.	13 April 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Cemre Anıl	Yuliya Kalabina Mayya Katsitadze	2–6, 7–6(5), [10–6]
Win	12.	20 April 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Tina Tehrani	Zhang Ying Zheng Wushuang	6–1, 6–3
Win	13.	23 June 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Yumi Miyazaki	Lee Pei-chi Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–3, 6–1
Win	14.	7 September 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Akiko Omae	Yumi Nakano Eden Silva	7–5, 6–2
Win	15.	13 September 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Akiko Omae	Varunya Wongteanchai Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–4, 6–2
Win	16.	21 September 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Yumi Nakano	Agnė Čepelytė Justina Mikulskytė	6–1, 7–5
Loss	1.	27 February 2015	ITF Clare, Australia	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Jessica Moore Jennifer Elie	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	29 March 2015	ITF Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Kyōka Okamura Akiko Yonemura	6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	17.	1 June 2015	ITF Ariake, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Yuki Kristina Chiang Nozomi Fujioka	6–4, 6–4
Win	18.	20 June 2015	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Miyu Kato	Choi Ji-hee Kim Na-ri	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	3.	6 July 2015	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	18 July 2015	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Akiko Omae Erika Sema	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	19.	17 October 2015	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Grass	Kanae Hisami	Yukina Saigo Ena Shibahara	6–4, 6–1
Loss	5.	24 October 2015	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Kanae Hisami	Mana Ayukawa Makoto Ninomiya	6–0, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss	6.	2 April 2016	ITF Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Shuko Aoyama Erina Hayashi	5–7, 5–7
Win	20.	12 June 2016	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Lizette Cabrera Miharu Imanishi	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7.	10 July 2016	Reinert Open, Germany	Clay	Kanae Hisami	Natela Dzalamidze Valeriya Strakhova	2–6, 1–6
Win	21.	2 October 2016	ITF Iizuka, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Miharu Imanishi Akiko Omae	6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	22.	25 March 2017	ITF Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Momoko Kobori	Shiho Akita Erika Sema	6–1, 6–2
Win	23.	13 May 2017	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Erina Hayashi Robu Kajitani	6–0, 6–7(3), [10–7]
Loss	8.	10 June 2017	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Momoko Kobori	Rika Fujiwara Kyōka Okamura	2–6, 0–6
Win	24.	16 June 2017	Hódmezővásárhely Open, Hungary	Clay	Prarthana Thombare	Ulrikke Eikeri Tereza Mrdeža	1–0 ret.
Loss	9.	23 June 2017	İzmir Cup, Turkey	Hard	Emma Laine	An-Sophie Mestach Nina Stojanović	4–6, 5–7
Win	25.	14 October 2017	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Miyabi Inoue	Yukina Saigo Ayano Shimizu	6–3, 7–5
Loss	10.	17 June 2018	ITF Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Megumi Nishimoto	Misaki Doi Misa Eguchi	3–6, 7–6(2), [8–10]
Loss	11.	28 July 2018	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Joanna Garland Lee Hua-chen	1–6, 6–3, [1–10]

External links

• Kotomi Takahata at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kotomi Takahata at the International Tennis Federation