Yuriko Miyazaki

Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (born 11 November 1995) is a Japanese-born British tennis player.

Yuriko Miyazaki
Miyazaki at the 2023 French Open
Full nameYuriko Lily Miyazaki
Country (sports) Japan (2013–2022)
 Great Britain (2022–)
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995[1]
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Oklahoma
Prize money$472,696
Singles
Career record213–143 (59.8%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 154 (11 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 154 (11 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2023)
French OpenQ2 (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record80–77 (51.0%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 223 (13 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 371 (14 August 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2022)
Last updated on: 14 September 2023.

Miyazaki has career-high rankings by the WTA of 154 in singles and 223 in doubles.[2] She has won five singles titles and seven doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Personal life

Miyazaki settled in London aged 10, having previously lived in Tokyo and then Switzerland. She trained at Sutton Tennis Academy up until the age of 18. She switched to British nationality in March 2022, as Japanese citizens are not allowed to hold dual citizenship.[3][4]

Miyazaki attended the University of Oklahoma (2014–2019), where she completed an undergraduate degree in Mathematics followed by a Masters in Information Technology Management.[3]

Career

Miyazaki made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Anastasia Gasanova in the doubles tournament. She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2022 Lyon Open, after qualifying for the main draw.[5] Miyazaki switched from representing Japan to Great Britain in March 2022.[4]

In June 2022, it was announced that Miyazaki had been awarded a main-draw wildcard for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she made her Grand Slam debut.[6][7]

In October 2022, Miyazaki won her first $60k title in Glasgow beating former top 40 player and compatriot, Heather Watson, in the final, coming back from a set and a double break down.[8]

In September 2023, she made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open and recorded her first win at this major as a qualifier.[9] She made her breakthrough by coming through three rounds of qualifying defeating 23rd seed Daria Snigur, and Valeria Savinykh in straight sets, and ninth seed Viktória Hrunčáková in the final round. In the first round of the main draw, she drew former top-50 player Margarita Betova, who had entered on a protected ranking following injuries and a maternity break. Miyazaki won in straight sets, achieving her first ever Grand Slam singles win. She subsequently lost in the second round to Swiss 15th seed Belinda Bencic winning three games in each set,[10] and rose to a career-high ranking after the event.[11]

Grand Slam performance timelines
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.

Singles
Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Anastasiya Saitova 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Finland Anastasia Kulikova 6–7(6), 4–6
Win 1–2 Dec 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Russia Yana Karpovich 6–0, 6–3
Win 2–2 Mar 2020 Yokohama Challenger, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Mai Hontama 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Win 3–2 Mar 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 4–2 Mar 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Matilda Mutavdzic 6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Aug 2021 ITF Vigo, Spain 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki 2–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Oct 2021 Las Vegas Open, U.S. 60,000 Hard United States Emina Bektas 1–6, 1–6
Win 5–4 Oct 2022 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 60,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Heather Watson 5–7, 7–6(6), 6–2
Loss 5–5 Dec 2022 Indoor Championships, Japan 60,000 Hard (i) Japan Miyu Kato 4–6, 6–2, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2017 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 15,000 Hard Netherlands Arianne Hartono Italy Maria Masini
Spain Olga Parres Azcoitia		 7–5, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Apr 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard France Mathilde Armitano Mexico Victoria Rodríguez
Mexico Marcela Zacarías		 2–6, 0–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2019 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Emily Appleton Italy Valentina Losciale
France Carla Touly		 5–7, 3–6
Win 2–2 Nov 2020 ITF Lousada, Portugal 15,000 Hard Netherlands Arianne Hartono India Riya Bhatia
Portugal Inês Murta		 6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 2–3 Feb 2021 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Arianne Hartono Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann		 1–6, 5–7
Loss 2–4 Mar 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Alicia Barnett Japan Momoko Kobori
Japan Ayano Shimizu		 4–6, 1–6
Win 3–4 Mar 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Alicia Barnett South Korea Ku Yeon-woo
Canada Raphaëlle Lacasse		 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–4 Jun 2021 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard Netherlands Arianne Hartono Japan Mana Ayukawa
Japan Akiko Omae		 7–5, 6–2
Win 5–4 Oct 2021 ITF Florence, United States 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Emily Appleton United States Robin Anderson
United States Elysia Bolton		 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Win 6–4 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, France 60,000 Hard (i) India Prarthana Thombare United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls		 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–4 Aug 2023 ITF Roehampton, UK 25,000 Hard Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze Australia Talia Gibson
Australia Petra Hule		 7–5, 6–3

Notes

    References
    1. "Yuriko Miyazaki". Tennisexplorer.com.
    2. "Yuriko Miyazaki | Player Stats & More". Wtatennis.com.
    3. "Wimbledon 2022: Britwatch - which British players are competing?". LTA. Lawn Tennis Association. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
    4. "Miyazaki to represent Great Britain". BBC Sport.
    5. "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
    6. "Initial Wild Cards for The Championships 2022". Wimbledon.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
    7. "Wimbledon 2022's Grand Slam debuts: Hontama, Chwalinska, Kartal and more". Wtatennis.com.
    8. "W60 Glasgow 2022 ITF". International Tennis Federation. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
    9. https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-08-26/meet_the_2023_us_open_womens_qualifiers.html
    10. "US Open 2023 results: Lily Miyazaki loses to Belinda Bencic in New York". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
    11. "Djokovic and Swiatek through at US Open as Tsitsipas and Miyazaki depart". The Guardian.
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