Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player.
53 Facts About Nao Hibino
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Nao Hibino has been ranked as high as No 56 in singles and No 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association.
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Nao Hibino made her breakthrough in 2015, when she won her first WTA Tour title in singles at the Tashkent Open.
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Nao Hibino was the number-one-ranked Japanese player in the WTA rankings for five weeks starting on 11 January 2016, and reached this position again on 3 April 2023.
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Nao Hibino has represented Japan at national competitions, debuting in Fed Cup in 2016, and at the Summer Olympics in 2021.
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Nao Hibino was born on November 28,1994, in Ichinomiya, Japan.
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Nao Hibino enjoys spending time with her family because she rarely gets the chance to live with them.
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Nao Hibino likes reading and often reads in her spare time.
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Nao Hibino enjoys eating local foods and sightseeing at famous places while travelling on tour.
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Nao Hibino reached a career-high ranking of No 54 as a junior.
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Nao Hibino began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit in January 2009 at the age of 14.
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Nao Hibino had a better result in doubles, reaching the quarterfinal alongside Mana Ayukawa.
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At her next tournament, the Grade-1 Chang LTAT ITF Junior Championships in Nonthaburi, Nao Hibino achieved her most significant result to date in singles, getting to the semifinals.
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Nao Hibino played at the Australian Open but again had little success with only a second round appearance in singles and a first-round appearance in doubles.
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Nao Hibino began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in May 2012 at the age of 17.
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Nao Hibino played in the qualifying draw of the $25k tournament in Karuizawa in the singles event but failed to reach the main draw.
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Nao Hibino took advantage of the wildcard and won the title in her debut appearance.
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Nao Hibino's results improved in singles during the second half of the year.
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Nao Hibino faced 14th seed Ashleigh Barty but lost in straight sets.
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Nao Hibino made it through the first round of the qualifying draw, after beating her compatriot Miki Miyamura but then was beaten by Zarina Diyas.
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Nao Hibino failed to win the title against Kristyna Pliskova but then the following week, she won the $50k Kurume Cup beating Eri Hozumi in the final.
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Nao Hibino then lost in Wimbledon qualifying, but followed this up with another ITF singles title at the $50k Stockton Challenger.
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Nao Hibino then was really close to making her Grand Slam main-draw debut, reaching the final stage of qualifying of the US Open but did not manage to qualify losing to Kateryna Bondarenko, while she won only two games.
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Nao Hibino entered the main draw as a wildcard player and won her first WTA match, after defeating her compatriot Hiroko Kuwata.
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Nao Hibino began the year with a quarterfinal at the Auckland Open, after defeating two top 100 players but then lost to top 50 player Julia Gorges.
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Nao Hibino's improvement continued with her WTA 1000 debut at the Qatar Open, where she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova before losing to world No 5, Garbine Muguruza.
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Nao Hibino then suffered first-round losses at the WTA 1000 Indian Wells and Miami Open.
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Nao Hibino then did not perform well at either the French Open or Wimbledon, losing in the first round.
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Nao Hibino followed this performance by playing for Japan at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where this time she was able to defeat Begu but then lost to Muguruza.
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Nao Hibino closed the season with a final at the Tashkent Open in singles and the title of the $100k Poitiers tournament in doubles.
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Nao Hibino began the year of 2017 ranked No 93 in the world.
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Nao Hibino's losing in qualifying at WTA 1000 tournaments continued in Madrid and Rome.
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Nao Hibino did so at the Jiangxi Open in Nanchang but lost to Peng Shuai in the final.
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Nao Hibino spent almost all year inside the top 100 in singles, being outside for only four weeks.
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Nao Hibino lost in qualifying at all four Grand Slam tournaments and did not do well either in WTA 1000 tournaments such as the Indian Wells Open, the Miami Open, or the Canadian Open.
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Nao Hibino then lost to Elena Rybakina to miss the final.
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Nao Hibino closed out the year with her first win at the French Open, a victory over qualifier Marta Kostyuk in the first round.
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Nao Hibino started year with a Grand Slam match win over wildcard player Astra Sharma at the Australian Open.
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Nao Hibino then failed in reaching her first third round there, losing to Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets.
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Nao Hibino then had five consecutive first round losses, including one at the WTA 1000 Miami Open.
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Nao Hibino then continued with mostly first-round losses but managed to win one match at each of the French Open and Wimbledon.
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Nao Hibino lost in the opening round to Serbian player Nina Stojanovic.
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Nao Hibino entered the main draw of the new WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open as a lucky loser.
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Nao Hibino has played at the Fed Cup for Japan since 2016.
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Nao Hibino's debut was when Japan was in Zone Group I along with India, Thailand, and Uzbekistan.
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Against all three teams, Nao Hibino played one match but lost all of them.
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Nao Hibino won the first set against Hsieh Su-wei but then lost the next two sets.
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In Zone Group I, Nao Hibino won all of her three matches.
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Nao Hibino started with a set loss against Thailand's Kumkhum but then won the following two.
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Nao Hibino played in the opening match against Sara Sorribes Tormo and won in straight sets.
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Japan's situation improved in the play-offs against the Netherlands, when Nao Hibino defeated Bibiane Schoofs, letting her win only three games to help Japan win the tie.
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Nao Hibino prefers hardcourts, but her favorite tournament is Wimbledon that is played on grass.
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Nao Hibino has been sponsored by Le Coq Sportif for clothing.