Country (sports) Japan Name Nao Hibino Turned pro April 2013 Career titles 1 WTA, 7 ITF Weight 57 kg | Career record 122-65 Height 1.63 m Prize money $134,519 Role Tennis Player | |
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Residence Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan Born November 28, 1994 (age 29)
Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan ( 1994-11-28 ) Plays Right (two-handed backhand) Similar People Luksika Kumkhum, Naomi Osaka, Elizaveta Kulichkova, Erika Sema | ||
Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2016 - Nao Hibino vs Kristina Mladenovic (Singles)
Nao Hibino (日比野 菜緒, Hibino Nao, born 28 November 1994) is a professional Japanese tennis player, and currently the women's Japanese number 2. She is currently ranked 89th in singles and 105th in doubles. In 2015, she won her first WTA title.
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- Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2016 Nao Hibino vs Kristina Mladenovic Singles
- Nao hibino serve slow motion japanese woman young tennis player
- 2014
- 2015
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Nao hibino serve slow motion japanese woman young tennis player
2014
Hibino made her WTA main draw debut at the 2014 Japan Women's Open, in the doubles event where she partnered Riko Sawayanagi. They lost in the first round to Yurika Sema and Erika Sema. Prior to her main draw debut she had won 4 ITF singles titles and 2 ITF doubles titles. She made her grand slam debut at the 2015 US Open where she defeated Anna Tatishvili in the first qualifying round.
2015
In 2015, Hibino reached the final of the 2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup where she lost to Kristýna Plíšková. The following week she won the 2015 Kurume Best Amenity Cup, defeating Eri Hozumi in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Hibino made her debut at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, defeating Ayumi Morita in the first qualifying round before losing to Anna Tatishvili. Her second $50,000 title came at the 2015 Stockton Challenge, defeating Belgian An-Sophie Mestach in the final. This was Hibino's first singles title outside Japan. Her rise continued when she continued her good results at 2015 FSP Gold River Challenge and the 2015 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, reaching the semifinals and winning the title, respectively. At the 2015 US Open, Hibino reached the final qualifying round, defeating Tereza Martincová and Eri Hozumi in the first two rounds before losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.
At the 2015 Japan Women's Open, Hibino won her first singles WTA main draw match defeating Hiroko Kuwata in three sets, before she lost to Madison Brengle in the second round. Her success on the WTA tour continued when she won her first WTA title at the 2015 Tashkent Open without dropping a set. Her wins were over Anhelina Kalinina, Kateryna Kozlova, Bojana Jovanovski and Donna Vekić in the final. This title gave Hibino a career high ranking, breaking into the top 100 for the first time in her career.
