Country (sports) Japan Name Kotomi Takahata Prize money $27,028 Role Tennis Player | Career record 78–64 Turned pro 2009 Career titles 1 ITF | |
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Residence Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan Born November 17, 1989 (age 34)
Hamamatsu, Japan ( 1989-11-17 ) Plays Left handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
Kotomi Takahata (高畑 寿弥, Takahata Kotomi, born 17 November 1989) is a professional Japanese tennis player. On 25 October 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 562. On 10 November 2014, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 301.
Takahata was born in Hamamatsu, and made her WTA main draw debut at the 2011 HP Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles event with Shuko Aoyama. Aoyama and Takahata put up a good fight but lost to the fourth seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [8–10].
At the 2014 Japan Women's Open she received a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Kyōka Okamura. They defeated Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina in the first round, 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]. They lost to Darija Jurak and Megan Moulton-Levy in the quarterfinals.
At the 2015 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger she won the doubles title, along with Kanae Hisami. In the final they defeated Russian Marina Melnikova and Belgian Elise Mertens, 6–1 and 6–2.