53 Facts About Misaki Doi

Misaki Doi is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Misaki Doi has made it to three WTA tournament finals.

Misaki Doi is managed by Muse Group, a sports marketing agency based in Tokyo.

Misaki Doi first distinguished herself in tennis as a middle-school student, reaching the semifinals of the All Japan Middle School Tennis Championships in both 2004 and 2006 and joining the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006.

In 2007, while enrolled as a freshman in Sundai Koei High School, Misaki Doi earned second place in the Japan Open Junior Championships in Nagoya.

Misaki Doi teamed with Romanian Elena Bogdan to place second in girls' doubles at the 2008 Australian Open.

Misaki Doi officially turned pro in June 2006, at the age of 15.

Misaki Doi was seeded sixth in the women's singles draw of the All Japan Tennis Championships.

Misaki Doi lost in straight sets to Akiko Morigami in the round of 16.

Misaki Doi appeared in the women's singles qualifiers for that year's Australian Open.

Misaki Doi's success continued in the qualifying rounds of the French Open, where she defeated Mandy Minella and upset Michelle Larcher de Brito to reach the qualifier finals.

Misaki Doi finished the year with a first-place performance in the All Japan Tennis Championships women's singles.

Misaki Doi went on to defeat Zheng Jie before losing in the third round to Sabine Lisicki.

Misaki Doi was defeated by her first-round opponent Arantxa Rus.

Misaki Doi lost in the first round in the other three major events.

At the Australian Open, Misaki Doi played the seventh seed Angelique Kerber in the first round, winning the first set and holding a match point in the second-set tie-break before eventually losing in three sets.

Misaki Doi competed at the Birmingham Classic, losing to Johanna Konta.

Misaki Doi then reached the last 16 of Wimbledon, beating Louisa Chirico, Karolina Pliskova and Anna-Lena Friedsam before losing to Kerber, in straight sets.

Misaki Doi was the first Japanese player to reach the fourth round of the ladies draw since Ai Sugiyama ten years earlier.

Misaki Doi made her top 30 debut on 10 October 2016.

Misaki Doi had a slow start to the year in Australia, beating world No 30, Ekaterina Makarova, in the first round of the Brisbane International, before then losing three matches in a row to Roberta Vinci, local wildcard in Hobart Lizette Cabrera and then falling in round one to Pauline Parmentier at the Australian Open.

Misaki Doi had a minor resurgence on clay, beating WR13 and ninth seed Madison Keys and qualifier Donna Vekic at the Mutua Madrid Open, and then reaching the semifinals at Nurnberg.

Misaki Doi then suffered a disappointing first-round exit at the French Open to Sara Errani, before exiting at the same stage at Wimbledon to Kirsten Flipkens.

Misaki Doi suffered further first-round losses to Irina Khromacheva in Hua Hin and world No 79 and top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the $125k event in Taipei, Doi ended the year with just one more win in Hawaii, and ended the year ranked 119.

Misaki Doi beat Tamara Zidansek in the first round of qualifying at the Brisbane International before falling to Heather Watson in straight sets.

Misaki Doi's ranking having dropped to 144, Doi dropped down to $25k event in Surprise, Arizona but was shocked in the second round by a French qualifier ranked 499.

Misaki Doi then played three ITF and Challenger events, reaching a $25k quarterfinal in Rancho Santa Fe, and qualifying for the Oracle Challenger Indian Wells before falling in a final-set tiebreaker to Varvara Lepchenko.

Misaki Doi then lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open in straight sets to Rebecca Peterson.

Misaki Doi's ranking having plunged to 328, she returned to Asia to play a series of $25k events.

Misaki Doi then continued her improved form in the US, reaching a quarterfinal of a $60k event in Honolulu, losing to Jessica Pegula, before reaching a semifinal in Ashland, Kentucky, beating the top seed Caroline Dolehide on route, for her best ranking win of the season.

Misaki Doi then had a breakthrough in her season, by qualifying and winning a $100,000 ITF event in Vancouver, beating Heather Watson in the final.

Misaki Doi then lost in the second round to Timea Bacsinszky.

Misaki Doi ended season with a first-round loss to wildcard Sabine Lisicki in the WTA 125 event in Taipei.

Misaki Doi played her first event of the year at the Australian Open qualifying event, and carried on the good form of the end of 2018 by winning through three qualifying rounds to the main draw, though the highest-ranked opponent she faced was world No 248.

Misaki Doi then lost in straight sets to Madison Brengle.

Misaki Doi lost to Christina McHale in three sets, to Margarita Gasparyan in straight sets, in a third-set tiebreak to Georgina Garcia Perez in Japan's Fed Cup World Group II tie against Spain, in three sets to Magdalena Frech in Dubai, and in straight sets to Donna Vekic.

Misaki Doi's sole win during this run was a three-set victory over Han Xinyun in Dubai.

Misaki Doi repeated the feat in Miami, beating 71st-ranked Anastasia Potapova and Mandy Minella in qualifying, before defeating wildcard Wang Xinyu in the first round.

Misaki Doi then lost in two tight sets to Polona Hercog.

Misaki Doi then hit a barren spell with six tour losses in a row, including a first-round loss at the French Open to seventh-ranked Sloane Stephens.

Misaki Doi lost in the first round of the Birmingham Classic to Viktoriya Tomova, before falling in the second round of qualifying at Wimbledon.

Misaki Doi then lost in the first round of the $100k Vancouver Open, before losing in straight sets in the US Open to tenth seed Madison Keys.

Misaki Doi continued her good form with a run to the final in Hiroshima, beating both qualifier Junri Namigata and Australian qualifier Zoe Hives in a three-setter, as well as seventh seed Sara Sorribes Tormo, and second seed Veronika Kudermetova each one in straight sets.

Misaki Doi then reached the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open, including beating world No 21, Donna Vekic, in the second round.

Misaki Doi lost to top seed Kiki Bertens in the main draw.

Misaki Doi's year-end ranking had improved by 65 places on the previous year, ending the year ranked 74.

Misaki Doi started 2020 with four straight losses, including a final set tiebreak loss in the Australian Open to qualifier Harriet Dart and a singles tie loss to Carla Suarez Navarro in the Fed Cup tie with Spain.

Misaki Doi entered the main draw of the Qatar Open as a lucky loser, but lost for the second time to Tereza Martincova, who had beaten her in qualifying.

Misaki Doi then lost in the first round to fourth seed and eventual champion Naomi Osaka in the US Open.

Misaki Doi then lost in the first round of the re-organised French Open in straight sets to 13th seed Petra Martic.

Misaki Doi played her final tournaments at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka, and the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Misaki Doi's most admired players are Justine Henin and Shingo Kunieda.

Misaki Doi uses a Srixon racquet and ASICS shoes, prefers to play on hardcourts, and favors her forehand and serve.