Makoto Ninomiya

Makoto Ninomiya
Ninomiya at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994
Hiroshima, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,410,260
Singles
Career record160–139
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 280 (22 February 2016)
Doubles
Career record378–293
Career titles6 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 20 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 58 (5 May 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
French OpenF (2018)
WimbledonSF (2017)
US Open2R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2022)
French Open1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2017, 2019)
US Open1R (2018)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's Tennis
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta Doubles
Last updated on: 5 May 2025.

Makoto Ninomiya (二宮 真琴, Ninomiya Makoto; born 28 May 1994) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 20 on 22 October 2018, and peaked at No. 280 in singles on 22 February 2016. Partnered with Eri Hozumi, she reached the final of the 2018 French Open.

In doubles, she has won six titles on the WTA Tour, one title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 21 ITF titles. In singles, she has won one ITF Circuit title.

Playing for Japan Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 5–1 as of June 2024.

Career

Ninomiya began playing tennis on ITF events in 2009.

She reached her biggest final at the 2018 French Open with partner Eri Hozumi,[1] losing to sixth seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.[2] The pair also reached the final of the 2023 Jiangxi Open where they lost to second seeds Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva.[3][4]

Alongside Nao Hibino, she was runner-up in the doubles at the 2024 Hong Kong 125 Open, losing to Monica Niculescu and Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the final.[5]

Partnering Ulrikke Eikeri, she won the doubles title at the 2024 Hong Kong Open, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[6]

Alongside Maia Lumsden, Ninomiya won the doubles title at the 2025 WTA 125 Saint-Malo Open, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova and Angelica Moratelli in the final.[7][8]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records and career statistics.

Doubles

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3–8
French Open A A F 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 6–6
Wimbledon 2R SF 1R 2R NH 2R A 1R 7–6
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0–8
Win–loss 1–3 4–3 5–4 1–4 1–3 2–4 1–3 1–4 16–28
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy RR NH 0–2
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A QF 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 5–6
Indian Wells Open A A A 1R NH QF 2R 3–3
Miami Open A A A 1R NH A 2R 1–2
Madrid Open A A A 1R NH 1R 1R 0–3
Italian Open A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 2–4
Canadian Open A A 2R 2R NH 1R 1R 2–4
Cincinnati Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R 0–3
Wuhan Open A 2R 1R SF NH 4–3
China Open 1R 1R 1R 1R NH 0–4
Career statistics
Titles 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 Total: 6
Year-end ranking[b] 62 46 20 64 66 47 39 $1,015,939

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2018 French Open Clay Eri Hozumi Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková 		3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (6–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
Grass (2–0)
Clay (1–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2016 Jiangxi International, China International[c] Hard Shuko Aoyama Liang Chen
Lu Jingjing 		6–3, 6–7(2), [11–13]
Win 1–1 Sep 2016 Japan Women's Open, Japan International Hard Shuko Aoyama Jocelyn Rae
Anna Smith 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Mar 2017 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Nicole Melichar Ashleigh Barty
Casey Dellacqua 		6–7(5), 3–6
Loss 1–3 Jan 2018 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Lyudmyla Kichenok Elise Mertens
Demi Schuurs 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Jun 2018 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Eri Hozumi Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Sep 2018 Japan Women's Open International Hard Miyu Kato Eri Hozumi
Zhang Shuai 		2–6, 4–6
Win 2–5 Sep 2018 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Premier[d] Hard (i) Miyu Kato Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–6 Apr 2021 İstanbul Cup, Turkey WTA 250 Clay Nao Hibino Veronika Kudermetova
Elise Mertens 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 2–7 May 2021 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay Yang Zhaoxuan Alexa Guarachi
Desirae Krawczyk 		2–6, 3–6
Win 3–7 Jun 2021 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom WTA 250 Grass Lyudmyla Kichenok Caroline Dolehide
Storm Sanders 		6–4, 6–7(3), [10–8]
Loss 3–8 Aug 2021 Chicago Open, United States WTA 250 Hard Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok
Raluca Olaru 		6–7(6), 7–5, [8–10]
Win 4–8 Jan 2022 Adelaide International, Australia WTA 250 Hard Eri Hozumi Tereza Martincová
Markéta Vondroušová 		1–6, 7–6(4), [10–7]
Win 5–8 May 2022 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay Eri Hozumi Monica Niculescu
Alexandra Panova 		6–7(7), 6–3, [10–8]
Win 6–8 Jun 2022 Bad Homburg Open, Germany WTA 250 Grass Eri Hozumi Alicja Rosolska
Erin Routliffe 		6–4, 6–7(5), [10–5]
Loss 6–9 Sep 2023 Guangzhou Open, China WTA 250 Hard Eri Hozumi Guo Hanyu
Jiang Xinyu 		3–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 6–10 Oct 2023 Jiangxi Open, China WTA 250 Hard Eri Hozumi Laura Siegemund
Vera Zvonareva 		4–6, 2–6
Win 7–10 Oct 2024 Hong Kong Open (tennis), China SAR WTA 250 Hard Ulrikke Eikeri Shuko Aoyama
Eri Hozumi 		6–4, 4–6, [11–9]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 title, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2022 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Eri Hozumi Estelle Cascino
Jessika Ponchet 		7–6(1), 6–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 2024 Hong Kong 125 Open, Hong Kong Clay Nao Hibino Monica Niculescu
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 		3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 2–1 May 2025 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Maia Lumsden Oksana Kalashnikova
Angelica Moratelli 		7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2012 ITF Miyazaki, Japan 10,000 Grass Yumi Miyazaki 6–0, 6–7(5), 6–0
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass Miyu Kato 6–7(5), 7–5, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 2015 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard Lee So-ra 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 33 (21 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$75,000 tournaments (2–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (6–2)
$25,000 tournaments (6–5)
$10,000 tournaments (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (15–7)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (4–2)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2011 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Riko Sawayanagi Caroline Garcia
Michaëlla Krajicek 		w/o
Loss 1–1 Mar 2013 ITF Nishitama, Japan 10,000 Hard Eri Hozumi Han Na-lae
Kang Seo-kyung 		4–6, 7–6(4), [6–10]
Win 2–1 Jun 2013 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Eri Hozumi Angelina Gabueva
Veronika Kapshay 		3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 3–1 Jun 2013 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Yuka Mori Kumiko Iijima
Akiko Yonemura 		6–4, 6–3
Win 4–1 Sep 2013 ITF Noto, Japan 25,000 Grass Eri Hozumi Kazusa Ito
Yuka Mori 		6–4, 6–4
Win 5–1 Oct 2013 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Grass Eri Hozumi Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Peangtarn Plipuech 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 5–2 Nov 2013 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Eri Hozumi Shuko Aoyama
Misaki Doi 		6–7(1), 6–2, [9–11]
Win 6–2 Jun 2014 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Mana Ayukawa Yurina Koshino
Akiko Omae 		3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 6–3 Jun 2014 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 10,000 Hard Yuuki Tanaka Yuki Chiang
Aki Yamasoto 		7–5, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 6–4 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, Korea 10,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Kim So-jung
Lee Ye-ra 		5–7, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 7–4 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, Korea 10,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae
Yoo Mi 		6–3, 7–6(6)
Loss 7–5 Jul 2014 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard Miyu Kato Han Xinyun
Zhang Kailin 		4–6, 2–6
Win 8–5 Sep 2014 ITF Kyoto, Japan 10,000 Hard (i) Kyōka Okamura Ayaka Okuno
Michika Ozeki 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 8–6 Oct 2014 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Grass Mari Tanaka Tatjana Maria
Miki Miyamura 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 8–7 Oct 2014 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Carpet Mari Tanaka Tatjana Maria
Miki Miyamura 		7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 9–7 Nov 2014 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Eri Hozumi Shuko Aoyama
Junri Namigata 		6–3, 7–5
Win 10–7 Jan 2015 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR 10,000 Hard Mana Ayukawa Tang Haochen
Ye Qiuyu 		7–6, 2–6, [10–7]
Win 11–7 Mar 2015 Blossom Cup, China 50,000 Hard Eri Hozumi Hiroko Kuwata
Junri Namigata 		6–3, 6–7(2), [10–2]
Win 12–7 May 2015 Kurume Cup, Japan 50,000 Grass Riko Sawayanagi Eri Hozumi
Junri Namigata 		7–6(10), 6–3
Loss 12–8 May 2015 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass Mana Ayukawa Rika Fujiwara
Miyu Kato 		2–6, 0–6
Loss 12–9 May 2015 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard (i) Mana Ayukawa Han Na-lae
Yoo Mi 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 12–10 Jun 2015 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Mana Ayukawa Miyu Kato
Akiko Omae 		2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 12–11 Aug 2015 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard Han Sung-hee Cao Siqi
Xun Fangying 		6–7(2), 4–6
Win 13–11 Aug 2015 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Lee Ya-hsuan Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Peangtarn Plipuech 		7–6(4), 6–7(2), [6–10]
Win 14–11 Oct 2015 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Grass Mana Ayukawa Kanae Hisami
Kotomi Takahata 		0–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 15–11 Nov 2015 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 100,000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi
Kurumi Nara 		3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win 16–11 Mar 2016 Blossom Cup, China 50,000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Lu Jingjing
Zhang Yuxuan 		6–3, 6–0
Win 17–11 Apr 2016 Pingshan Open, China 50,000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Liang Chen
Wang Yafan 		7–6(5), 6–4
Win 18–11 May 2016 ITF Incheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Han Sung-hee Kamonwan Buayam
Lee Pei-chi 		6–3, 6–1
Win 19–11 Jul 2016 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen
Duan Yingying 		6–4, 6–4
Win 20–11 Oct 2017 Liuzhou Open China 60,000 Hard Han Xinyun Jacqueline Cako
Laura Robson 		6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss 20–12 Mar 2018 Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay Miyu Kato Priscilla Hon
Dalila Jakupović 		4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 21–12 Nov 2019 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard Nao Hibino Sofia Shapatava
Emily Webley-Smith 		6–4, 6–0

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 2013 WTA ranking– 226, 2014 WTA ranking– 187, 2015 WTA ranking– 100.
  3. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Tennis: Eri Hozumi, Makoto Ninomiya reach French Open women's doubles final". Kyodo News. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Krejcikova and Siniakova win first Grand Slam title in Paris". Women's Tennis Association. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Nanchang - Siniakova wins WTA 250 Jiangxi Open in marathon final". Tennis Threads. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Siniakova saves match points in Nanchang, wins longest final of 2023". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Tomljanovic battles past Tauson to claim WTA 125 Hong Kong title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Shnaider rolls to fourth title of the season in Hong Kong". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Osaka wins Saint Malo 125 title; Galfi extends winning streak at Vic 125". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Jack Draper reaches Madrid Open final, Maia Lumsden wins WTA 125 title & Brits star in Nottingham". Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
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