![]() Namigata at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships | |
Native name | 波形純理 |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Saitama, Japan |
Born | Koshigaya, Japan | 5 July 1982
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 2005 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
College | Waseda University |
Coach | Toshihisa Tsuchihashi[1] |
Prize money | US$ 639,251 |
Singles | |
Career record | 495–411 |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 105 (28 February 2011) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2011) |
French Open | 1R (2011) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2010, 2011) |
US Open | Q3 (2006, 2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 336–231 |
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 25 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 101 (25 May 2015) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2008) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 5–0 |
Junri Namigata (波形 純理, Namigata Junri, born 5 July 1982) is a Japanese inactive tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached in February 2011.[2] Her career-high doubles ranking is 101, achieved May 2015.[2]
Early life and amateur career
Namigata was born in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture and started playing tennis when she was six years old. She completed elementary school at a school in Koshigaya and won a regional tournament when in the third grade.[3] She attended Fujimura Girls' Junior High School and Horikoshi High School in Tokyo.[1] In September 1997, when still in junior high school, she made her first appearance in an ITF doubles tournament.[4] In her first year of high school,[3] she reached the round of 16 at the All Japan Tennis Championship[5] and won the All Japan Junior Championship title in her final year of high school.[3] She enrolled in the School of Social Sciences at Waseda University and in 2001 won the intercollegiate doubles title, was runner-up in the singles title, and was a member of the Waseda team that took out the team event.[3] In 2004, she won the intercollegiate singles title[3] and also won her first ITF doubles titles in October.[4]
Professional career
Namigata turned professional in August 2005,[1] after graduating from Waseda in April of the same year. Her goal was to finish her first year as a professional ranked in the top 200;[3] she finished 2006 ranked 162 in singles.[2] The first of her six singles titles came in July 2007.
In July 2014, Namigata won her first WTA event, the doubles tournament of the inaugural Jiangxi International Open, partnering with Chuang Chia-jung.[6] 2014 was the most successful year of her career thus far, winning three doubles titles and her first singles title on the ITF Circuit since 2010.[2] She finished the year ranked 196 in singles and 145 in doubles, returning to the top 200 in each category for the first time since 2011.[2]
Grand Slam appearances
In singles, Namigata has qualified for two major tournaments. At the 2011 Australian Open, she lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in the first round.[7] Later in the year, at the French Open, she lost in the first round to Aleksandra Wozniak.[8]
In doubles, she qualified for the 2008 Wimbledon Championships with fellow Japanese player Ayumi Morita, losing in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova and Selima Sfar.[4]
In 2017, Namigata and Chan Chin-wei received wildcard entry into the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Tatjana Maria and Pauline Parmentier.[9]
Fed Cup
Namigata represented Japan in the Asia/Oceania group of the 2011 Fed Cup.[10]
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner–up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam |
WTA 1000 |
WTA 500 |
WTA 250 (0–1) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2007 | Bangkok Open, Thailand | Tier III[a] | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2014 | Jiangxi International, China | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 23 (7 titles, 16 runner–ups)
Legend |
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$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2004 | ITF Inchon, South Korea | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2006 | ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jul 2007 | ITF Miyazaki, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2007 | ITF Hamanako, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2009 | ITF Changwon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2–4 | May 2009 | ITF Gunma, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 3–4 | Jul 2009 | ITF Miyazaki, Japan | 10,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
7–6(6), 6–2 |
Loss | 3–5 | Aug 2009 | ITF Obihiro, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
6–7(4), 6–4, 4–6 |
Win | 4–5 | May 2010 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–6 | May 2010 | ITF Kusatsu, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7(4) |
Win | 5–6 | Aug 2010 | Beijing Challenger, China | 75,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(3), 6–2 |
Loss | 5–6 | Nov 2010 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–8 | Oct 2011 | ITF Hamanako, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
2–6, 6–7(4) |
Loss | 5–9 | May 2012 | ITF Karuizawa, Japan | 25,000 | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Loss | 5–10 | May 2013 | ITF Karuizawa, Japan | 25,000 | Grass | ![]() |
6–7(5), 3–6 |
Loss | 5–11 | Jun 2014 | ITF Changwon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–12 | Jun 2014 | ITF Kashiwa, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7(5) |
Win | 6–12 | Aug 2014 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 7–6(3) |
Loss | 6–13 | Oct 2014 | ITF Hamamatsu, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 6–14 | May 2017 | ITF Karuizawa, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
6–0, 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6–15 | Sep 2017 | ITF Nanao, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 6–16 | Oct 2018 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–16 | Sep 2019 | ITF Nanao, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
7–6(5), 4–6, 6–2 |
Doubles: 52 (25 titles, 27 runner–ups)
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75/80,000 tournaments |
$50/60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2004 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2005 | ITF Hamilton, Canada | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2005 | Lexington Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2006 | ITF Sydney, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 3–2 | May 2006 | ITF Nagano, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(3) |
Win | 4–2 | Aug 2006 | ITF Tokachi, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 5–2 | Sep 2006 | ITF Ibaraki, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2007 | ITF Jackson, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5), 6–7(3) |
Loss | 5–4 | May 2007 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 50,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6–4 | Jul 2007 | ITF Nagoya, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 7–4 | Aug 2007 | ITF Obihiro, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 6–0 |
Win | 8–4 | Sep 2007 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(4), [10–5] |
Loss | 8–5 | Aug 2008 | Vancouver Open, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(4), 1–6, [5–10] |
Win | 9–5 | Oct 2008 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 9–6 | Oct 2008 | ITF Hamanako, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 9–7 | May 2009 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–6(3), [3–10] |
Win | 10–7 | May 2009 | ITF Nagano, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 10–8 | Apr 2010 | ITF Incheon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–7(8) |
Loss | 10–9 | Apr 2010 | ITF Gimhae, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 10–10 | Apr 2010 | ITF Changwon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 10–11 | May 2011 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 0–6 |
Loss | 10–12 | Oct 2011 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 10–13 | Mar 2012 | ITF Ipswich, Australia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 11–13 | Apr 2012 | ITF Bundaberg, Australia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 12–13 | Jul 2012 | ITF Middelburg, Netherlands | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 12–14 | Apr 2013 | ITF Wenshan, China | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 13–14 | May 2013 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
Win | 14–14 | Oct 2013 | ITF Hamamatsu, Japan | 25,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 15–14 | Mar 2014 | ITF Nishitama, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 15–15 | May 2014 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 16–15 | May 2014 | ITF Karuizawa, Japan | 25,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 17–15 | May 2014 | ITF Changwon, Korea | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 6–0 |
Loss | 17–16 | Nov 2014 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 75,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 17–17 | Feb 2015 | Burnie International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 18–17 | Feb 2015 | Launceston International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 18–18 | Mar 2015 | Blossom Cup, China | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(2), [2–10] |
Loss | 18–19 | May 2015 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 18–20 | May 2015 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(10), 3–6 |
Win | 19–20 | Feb 2017 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 4–6, [11–9] |
Win | 20–20 | Feb 2017 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
Win | 21–20 | May 2017 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–7(3), [10–7] |
Loss | 21–21 | Nov 2017 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | 100,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 22–21 | Nov 2017 | Toyota World Challenge, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 22–22 | Jan 2018 | Playford International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [5–10] |
Loss | 22–23 | June 2018 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
Win | 23–23 | Jun 2019 | ITF Hong Kong | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [10–6] |
Win | 24–23 | Jun 2019 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, [10–7] |
Win | 25–23 | Jul 2019 | Challenger de Granby, Canada | 80,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 5–7, [10–8] |
Loss | 25–24 | Nov 2019 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | 100,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 25–25 | Sep 2022 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, [11–13] |
Loss | 25–26 | Nov 2022 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 25–27 | May 2023 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 60,000 | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Notes
- ^ The WTA Tier III tournaments, WTA Tier IV tournaments and WTA Tier V tournaments were reclassified as WTA International tournaments in 2009 and later as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
References
- ^ a b c "波形 純理" [Namigata Junri] (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "ITF Tennis – Pro Circuit – Player Profile – NAMIGATA, Junri (JPN)". Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "目指すはプロテニスプレーヤー!" [My goal is a pro tennis player!] (in Japanese). 4 November 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "Junri Namagata". Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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