Hiroko Kuwata


Hiroko Kuwata is a Japanese tennis player.
Kuwata has won seven singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 112 in the doubles rankings.

Career

Kuwata made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Citi Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Sanaz Marand and Stéphanie Dubois for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against world No. 45 Alison Riske and defeated the American in straight sets, losing five games in the process. It was Kuwata's first main-draw win at the WTA level. She also competed in the doubles event, partnering with Kurumi Nara to defeat Nicola Slater and Emily Webley-Smith in the first round. The Japanese advanced to the final of the event, losing to Shuko Aoyama and Gabriela Dabrowski.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12014 Citi Open – Women's Doubles|Citi Open,
United States		InternationalHard Kurumi Nara Shuko Aoyama
Gabriela Dabrowski		1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 2012ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal10,000Hard Estelle Guisard2–6, 1–6
Win1–1Mar 2012ITF Kōfu, Japan10,000Hard Liu Fangzhou6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Loss1–2Mar 2013ITF Kōfu, Japan10,000Hard Yuuki Tanaka3–6, 1–6
Win2–2Aug 2013ITF Uşak, Turkey10,000Hard Michaela Frlicka7–6, 6–2
Win3–2Sep 2013ITF Kyoto, Japan10,000Carpet Akiko Yonemura6–1, 6–2
Loss3–3Nov 2013ITF Toyota, Japan75,000Carpet Luksika Kumkhum6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss3–4Mar 2014ITF Port Pirie, Australia15,000Hard Misa Eguchi1–6, 2–6
Loss3–5Oct 2014ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Rebecca Peterson3–6, 0–6
Win4–5Sep 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand15,000Hard Bunyawi Thamchaiwat6–3, 7–6
Win5–5Oct 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand15,000Hard Valeriya Strakhova7–5, 6–4
Loss5–6Nov 2015ITF Bendigo, Australia50,000Hard Misa Eguchi6–7, 3–6
Win6–6May 2016ITF Gifu, Japan75,000Hard Wang Qiang6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Loss6–7Dec 2017ITF Hong Kong, China15,000Hard Haruka Kaja6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Loss6–8Jan 2018ITF Hong Kong, China15,000Hard Lee Ya-hsuan4–6, 4–6
Win7–8Jun 2018ITF Singapore, Singapore25,000Hard Jovana Jaksic7–6, 6–0

Doubles: 30 (18 titles, 12 runner–ups)

ResultW-LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Mar 2012ITF Miyazaki, Japan10,000Grass Akari Inoue Kanae Hisami
Yumi Miyazaki		6–3, 6–0
Loss1–1Jun 2012ITF Tokyo, Japan10,000Hard Akari Inoue Maiko Inoue
Kaori Onishi		7–5, 5–7,
Win2–1Jun 2012ITF Mie, Japan10,000Grass Yuuki Tanaka Akari Inoue
Kaori Onishi		6–3, 3–6,
Win3–1Mar 2013ITF Kōfu, Japan10,000Hard Akari Inoue Han Na-lae
Yang Zi		3–6, 7–5,
Loss3–2Aug 2013ITF Vienna, Austria10,000Clay Hirono Watanabe Michaela Pochabová
Rebecca Šramková		5–7, 2–6
Win4–2Sep 2013ITF Kyoto, Japan10,000Carpet Miyu Kato Mana Ayukawa
Emi Mutaguchi		6–4, 6–2
Loss4–3Mar 2014ITF Port Pirie, Australia15,000Hard Miyabi Inoue Jessica Moore
Aleksandrina Naydenova		4–6, 3–6
Win5–3Jun 2014ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Mari Tanaka Nao Hibino
Prarthana Thombare		6–1, 6–4
Win6–3Jul 2014ITF Gatineau, Canada25,000Hard Chiaki Okadaue Mana Ayukawa
Justyna Jegiołka		6–1, 6–4
Win7–3Jul 2014ITF Granby, Canada25,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi Erin Routliffe
Carol Zhao		w/o
Win8–3Feb 2015ITF Grenoble, France25,000Hard Demi Schuurs Manon Arcangioli
Cindy Burger		6–1, 6–3
Win9–3Mar 2015ITF Mildura, Australia15,000Grass Yuuki Tanaka Tian Ran
Wang Yan		6–2, 6–0
Loss9–4Mar 2015ITF Quanzhou, China50,000Hard Junri Namigata Eri Hozumi
Makoto Ninomiya		3–6, 7–6,
Win10–4Jun 2015ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Nigina Abduraimova Veronika Kudermetova
Ksenia Lykina		4–6, 7–6,
Win11–4Sep 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand15,000Hard Ayaka Okuno Mana Ayukawa
Yuuki Tanaka		2–6, 6–1,
Loss11–5Nov 2015ITF Bendigo, Australia50,000Hard Natela Dzalamidze Lauren Embree
Asia Muhammad		5–7, 3–6
Loss11–6May 2016ITF Gifu, Japan75,000Hard Ayaka Okuno Eri Hozumi
Miyu Kato		1–6, 2–6
Win12–6Jul 2016ITF Lexington, United States50,000Hard Zhu Lin Sophie Chang
Alexandra Mueller		6–0, 7–5
Win13–6Oct 2016ITF Suzhou, China50,000Hard Akiko Omae Jacqueline Cako
Sabina Sharipova		6–1, 6–3
Win14–6Jan 2017ITF Hong Kong25,000Hard Akiko Omae Ksenia Lykina
Riko Sawayanagi		6–1, 6–0
Loss14–7Mar 2017ITF Quanzhou, China60,000Hard Zhu Lin Han Xinyun
Ye Qiuyu		3–6, 3–6
Loss14–8Jun 2017ITF Kōfu, Japan25,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi Rika Fujiwara
Kyōka Okamura		6–7, 3–6
Win15–8Jul 2017ITF Winnipeg, Canada25,000Hard Valeria Savinykh Kimberly Birrell
Caroline Dolehide		6–4, 7–6
Win16–8Jul 2017ITF Gatineau, Canada25,000Hard Valeria Savinykh Kimberly Birrell
Emily Webley-Smith		4–6, 6–3,
Loss16–9Aug 2017ITF Lexington, United States60,000Hard Valeria Savinykh Priscilla Hon
Vera Lapko		3–6, 4–6
Loss16–10Aug 2018ITF Tsukuba, Japan25,000Hard Naiktha Bains Akiko Omae
You Xiaodi		0–6, 6–7
Win17–10Sep 2018ITF Darwin, Australia60,000Hard Rutuja Bhosale Kimberly Birrell
Katy Dunne		6–2, 6–4
Loss17–11Jan 2019ITF Hong Kong25,000Hard Robu Kajtani Chen Pei-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien		3–6, 3–6
Loss17–12Mar 2019ITF Shenzhen, China60,000Hard Sabina Sharipova Liang En-shuo
Xun Fangying		4–6, 1–6
Win18–12May 2019ITF Kurume, Japan60,000Carpet Ena Shibahara Erina Hayashi
Moyuka Uchijima		0–6, 6–4,