Moyuka Uchijima (内島 萌夏, Uchijima Moyuka, born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles, achieved on 12 August 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached in 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.
Uchijima at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | |
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Born | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 11 August 2001
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$786,324 |
Singles | |
Career record | 224–139 |
Career titles | 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 59 (12 August 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 59 (12 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2023) |
French Open | 2R (2024) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
US Open | Q3 (2022, 2023) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 104–75 |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 101 (12 June 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 234 (15 July 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 6–3 |
Last updated on: 15 August 2024. |
Career
edit2019: WTA debut in doubles
editUchijima made her debut on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Japan Women's Open, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering with Erina Hayashi.
2023: Grand Slam and WTA 500 debuts
editFor her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the 2023 Australian Open. In doubles at the same tournament, she recorded her first Major win partnering Wang Xinyu over local wildcards Olivia Tjandramulia and Talia Gibson.
She also received a wildcard in singles at her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open. She entered the main draw of the following WTA 500, the Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser.
2024: Olympics and WTA 1000 debuts and first win, top 60
editIn May 2024, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings and making her the Japanese number one for the first time.
She qualified for the 2024 French Open making her debut at this Major[2] and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round. She then 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.
She qualified for the 2024 National Bank Open and recorded her first WTA 1000 win over Viktoriya Tomova before losing to previous year runner-up and sixth seed Liudmila Samsonova. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 59 on 12 August 2024.[3]
Personal life
editShe has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.[4]
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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
editCurrent through the 2024 French Open.
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
French Open | Q3 | Q3 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
US Open | Q3 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
National representation | ||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Billie Jean King Cup[a] | PO | PO | 0 / 0 | 6–3 | 67% | |
WTA 1000 | ||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Madrid Open | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Italian Open | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Guadalajara Open | A | A | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wuhan Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
China Open | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Career statistics | ||||||
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
Tournaments | 3 | 6 | 2 | Total: 11 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total: 0 | ||
Overall win–loss | 6–5 | 4–7 | 1–2 | 0 / 11 | 11–14 | 44% |
Year-end ranking[c] | 105 | 181 | $484,110 |
Doubles
editCurrent through the end of the 2023 season.
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Career statistics | |||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Total: 8 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |
Year-end ranking[d] | 850 | 262 | 240 | 312 | 124 | 145 |
WTA Challenger finals
editDoubles: 1 (runner-up)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2022 | Concord Open, United States | Hard | 3–6, 6–7(3) |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)
editLegend |
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W100 tournaments (3–0) |
W80 tournaments (0–1) |
W60/75 tournaments (3–2) |
W40/50 tournaments (2–0) |
W25 tournaments (2–1) |
W15 tournaments (3–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2018 | Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan | W80 | Hard | 2–6, 6–7(4) | |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 2019 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 7–5, 6–2 | |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Win | 4–1 | Dec 2021 | Pune Tennis Championships, India | W25 | Hard | 6–2, 7-5 | |
Win | 5–1 | Feb 2022 | Porto Indoor, Portugal | W25 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–1 | |
Win | 6–1 | Mar 2022 | Clay Court International, Australia | W60 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Loss | 6–2 | Jul 2022 | ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | W25 | Hard | 6–7(2), 2–6 | |
Win | 7–2 | Jul 2022 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | W60 | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(2) | |
Loss | 7–3 | Nov 2022 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | W60 | Hard (i) | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 | |
Loss | 7–4 | Mar 2023 | Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan | W60 | Hard (i) | 1–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 8–4 | Dec 2023 | ITF Navi Mumbai, India | W40 | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | |
Win | 9–4 | Jan 2024 | Pune Tennis Championships, India | W50 | Hard | 6–4, 6–0 | |
Win | 10–4 | Apr 2024 | Zaragoza Open, Spain | W100 | Clay | 6–1, 6–2 | |
Win | 11–4 | Apr 2024 | Kangaroo Cup, Japan | W100 | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Win | 12–4 | May 2024 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | W75 | Clay | 7–6(3), 6–3 | |
Win | 13–4 | May 2024 | Open Villa de Madrid, Spain | W100 | Clay | 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 |
Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner–ups)
editLegend |
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W100 tournaments (1–0) |
W60 tournaments (6–3) |
W50 tournaments (1–0) |
W25 tournaments (2–2) |
W15 tournaments (1–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2019 | All Japan Indoor Championships | W60 | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 1–1 | May 2019 | Kurume Cup, Japan | W60 | Carpet | 6–0, 4–6, [5–10] | ||
Win | 2–1 | Jun 2019 | Internacional de Barcelona, Spain | W60 | Clay | 7–6(7), 6–4 | ||
Loss | 2–2 | Jun 2019 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | W25 | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, [9–11] | ||
Loss | 2–3 | Jan 2020 | ITF Hong Kong, China SAR | W25 | Hard | 6–7(2), 1–6 | ||
Win | 3–3 | Feb 2020 | All Japan Indoor Championships (2) | W60 | Hard (i) | 7–5, 5–7, [10–6] | ||
Win | 4–3 | Sep 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 2–6, [10–6] | ||
Win | 5–3 | Nov 2021 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | W25 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 1–6, [10–5] | ||
Win | 6–3 | Dec 2021 | ITF Selva Gardena, Italy | W25 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6-1 | ||
Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2022 | Clay Court International, Australia | W60 | Clay | 6–3, 2–6, [5–10] | ||
Loss | 6–5 | Jul 2022 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | W60 | Hard | 6–4, 1–6, [4–10] | ||
Win | 7–5 | Mar 2023 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | W60 | Hard | 6–0, 6–2 | ||
Win | 8–5 | Jun 2023 | Internazionali di Brescia, Italy | W60 | Clay | 6–1, 6–0 | ||
Win | 9–5 | Jun 2023 | Internazionali di Caserta, Italy | W60 | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Win | 10–5 | Oct 2023 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | W100 | Hard | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
Win | 11–5 | Feb 2024 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | W50 | Hard (i) | 6–4, 7–6(3) |
Notes
edit- ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 2017: WTA ranking–807, 2018: WTA ranking–394, 2019: WTA ranking–583, 2020: WTA ranking–492, 2021: WTA ranking–499.
- ^ 2017: WTA ranking–1261.
References
edit- ^ Profile of Moyuka Uchijima at the Japan Tennis Association
- ^ "Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers". 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Rankings Watch: Anisimova back inside Top 50, Shnaider cracks Top 20". 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "UCHIJIMA Moyuka | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.