Moyuka Uchijima
Moyuka Uchijima (内島 萌夏, Uchijima Moyuka, born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese tennis player.
.jpg.webp) Uchijima at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Japan |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 August 2001 Malaysia |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$481,706 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 174–124 (58.4%) |
| Career titles | 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 104 (21 November 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 182 (23 October 2023) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2023) |
| French Open | Q3 (2022, 2023) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2023) |
| US Open | Q3 (2022, 2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 95–66 (59.0%) |
| Career titles | 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 101 (12 June 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 127 (23 October 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2023) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 6–3 |
| Last updated on: 23 October 2023. | |
She has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.[2]
Uchijima has career-high WTA rankings of 104 in singles, achieved November 2022, and 101 in doubles, reached in June 2023. She has won seven singles titles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Career
Uchijima made her debut on the WTA Tour at the 2018 Japan Women's Open, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles draw, partnering with Erina Hayashi.
For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard at the 2023 Australian Open. She also received a wildcard in singles at her home tournament, the WTA 500 2023 Toray Pan Pacific Open. She entered the main draw of the next WTA 500 2023 Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser.
Performance timelines
| 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, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | Q3 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | Q3 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| National representation | |||||
| Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] | PO | PO | 0 / 0 | 6–3 | 67% |
| WTA 1000 | |||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 2] | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Canadian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | A | A | 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 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Career statistics | |||||
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Tournaments | 3 | 2 | Career total: 5 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 6–5 | 2–3 | 0 / 5 | 8–8 | 50% |
| Year–end ranking[lower-alpha 3] | 105 | $413,793 | |||
Doubles
Current after the 2023 Pan Pacific Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Career 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[lower-alpha 4] | 850 | 262 | 240 | 312 | 124 | ||||
WTA 125 finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2022 | Concord Open, United States | Hard |  Peangtarn Plipuech |
 Varvara Flink  CoCo Vandeweghe |
3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner–ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $40,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2018 | Kangaroo Cup, Japan | 80,000 | Hard | Kurumi Nara |
2–6, 6–7(4) |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 2019 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 15,000 | Hard | Mananchaya Sawangkaew |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Jenna DeFalco |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard |  Ingrid Gamarra Martins |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–1 | Dec 2021 | Pune Championships, India | 25,000 | Hard |  Diāna Marcinkēviča |
6–2, 7-5 |
| Win | 5–1 | Feb 2022 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Léolia Jeanjean |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–1 | Mar 2022 | Clay Court International, Australia | 60,000 | Clay | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Olivia Gadecki |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–2 | Jul 2022 | Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard |  Mariia Tkacheva |
6–7(2), 2–6 |
| Win | 7–2 | Jul 2022 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 60,000 | Hard |  Natalija Stevanović |
6–3, 7–6(2) |
| Loss | 7–3 | Nov 2022 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | 60,000 | Hard (i) |  Wang Xinyu |
6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Mar 2023 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 60,000 | Hard (i) |  Jang Su-jeong |
1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner–ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $40,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2019 | All Japan Indoor Championships | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Eri Hozumi |
 Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 2019 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | Erina Hayashi |
Hiroko Kuwata Ena Shibahara |
6–0, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | 60,000 | Clay | Kyoka Okamura |
 Marina Bassols Ribera Yvonne Cavallé Reimers |
7–6(7), 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jun 2019 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Laura Pigossi |
 Francisca Jorge Olga Parres Azcoitia |
4–6, 6–4, [9–11] |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jan 2020 | ITF Hong Kong | 25,000 | Hard | Zhang Ying |
 Eudice Chong Wu Fang-hsien |
6–7(2), 1–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Feb 2020 | All Japan Indoor Championships (2) | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Erina Hayashi |
Hsieh Yu-chieh Minori Yonehara |
7–5, 5–7, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Ma Yexin |
Ingrid Gamarra Martins  Jazmín Ortenzi |
6–2, 2–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 5–3 | Nov 2021 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Eudice Chong |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Susan Bandecchi Ylena In-Albon |
6–2, 1–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 6–3 | Dec 2021 | ITF Selva Gardena, Italy | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Eudice Chong |
 Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls |
6–2, 6-1 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2022 | Clay Court International, Australia | 60,000 | Clay | Yuki Naito |
Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong |
6–3, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Loss | 6–5 | Jul 2022 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 60,000 | Hard | Momoko Kobori |
Mariia Tkacheva Anastasia Zolotareva |
6–4, 1–6, [4–10] |
| Win | 7–5 | Mar 2023 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | 60,000 | Hard | Ma Yexin |
Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–5 | Jun 2023 | Internazionali di Brescia, Italy | 60,000 | Clay | Mai Hontama |
Alena Fomina-Klotz Olivia Tjandramulia |
6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 9–5 | Jun 2023 | Internazionali di Caserta, Italy | 60,000 | Clay | Anastasia Tikhonova |
 Despina Papamichail  Camilla Rosatello |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 10–5 | Oct 2023 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | Kristina Mladenovic |
 Tímea Babos  Kateryna Volodko |
6–2, 7–5 |
Notes
- 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
- Profile of Moyuka Uchijima at the Japan Tennis Association
- "UCHIJIMA Moyuka | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
External links
- Moyuka Uchijima at the Women's Tennis Association
- Moyuka Uchijima at the International Tennis Federation
- Moyuka Uchijima at the Billie Jean King Cup
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