Shuko Aoyama

Shuko Aoyama

Shuko Aoyama playing at Roland Garros 2013
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1987-12-19) December 19, 1987 Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 432,640
Singles
Career record	187–143
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 182 (February 9, 2015)
Current ranking	No. 232 (29 August 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2015)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	241–127
Career titles	5 WTA, 24 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (November 25, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 79 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	SF (2013)
US Open	1R (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–2
Medal record Representing  Japan Women's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Shuko Aoyama at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

Shuko Aoyama (青山 修子, Aoyama Shūko, born December 19, 1987) is a Japanese professional tennis player.

On 9 February 2015, she reached her career high singles WTA ranking of no. 182. On 25 November 2013, she reached her career high doubles WTA ranking of no. 31. She has won 3 ITF singles title and 24 ITF doubles titles. In her career, she has won five WTA Tour doubles titles.,^[2] and was a semi-finalist in doubles at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.^[3]

Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	17 October 2010	International	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh	0–6, 3–6
Winner	3 August 2012	International	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers	7–5, 6–2
Winner	3 March 2013	International	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Janette Husárová Zhang Shuai	6-7(4-7), 7-6(7-4), [14-12]
Winner	3 August 2013	International	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3 August 2014	International	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hiroko Kuwata Kurumi Nara	6–1, 6–2
Winner	12 October 2014	International	Japan Women's Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	10 January 2015	International	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15 February 2015	International	PTT Thailand Open, Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6–2, 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	21 May 2016	International	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nürnberg, Germany	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	24 July 2016	International	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Risa Ozaki	Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7 August 2016	International	Jiangxi Open, Nanchang, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Liang Chen Lu Jingjing	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [11–13]
Winner	12 September 2016	International	Japan Women's Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–3, 6–3

ITF finals (33–11)

Singles (5–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 June 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Takao	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1 April 2012	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	10 February 2013	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Storm Sanders	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	27 October 2013	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Runner-up	3.	16 February 2014	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Tamira Paszek	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	13 October 2014	Makinohara, Japan	Grass	Tatjana Maria	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	17 November 2014	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	An-Sophie Mestach	1–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	24 October 2015	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Miyu Kato	6–2, 6–1
Winner	4.	23 October 2016	Hamamatsu, Japan	Carpet	Ksenia Lykina	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 36 (28–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	29 March 2009	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Maki Arai Miki Miyamura	7-5 3-6 [10-8]
Winner	2.	6 June 2010	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Maya Kato	Kim Kun-hee Yu Min-hwa	2-6 6-2 7-5
Winner	3.	13 June 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi	7-6(7–3) 6-0
Runner-up	1.	12 September 2010	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Akari Inoue	Rika Fujiwara Tamarine Tanasugarn	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	28 November 2010	Toyota, Japan	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Irina-Camelia Begu Mădălina Gojnea	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	16 January 2011	Pingguo, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Liu Wanting Sun Shengnan	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	6 February 2011	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Julie Ditty Mervana Jugić-Salkić	0–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	20 February 2011	Surprise, United States	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Tetiana Luzhanska	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	27 March 2011	Kunming, China	Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Irina Buryachok Veronika Kapshay	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	3 April 2011	Wenshan, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Liang Chen Tian Ran	6–4, 6–0
Winner	9.	8 May 2011	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Aiko Nakamura Junri Namigata	7–6(7–3), 6–0
Winner	10.	22 May 2011	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet (i)	Rika Fujiwara	Natsumi Hamamura Ayumi Oka	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	23 October 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Kotomi Takahata	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	12 February 2012	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Kotomi Takahata	Hsieh Shu-ying Zheng Saisai	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	25 March 2012	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Junri Namigata	Monique Adamczak Sandra Zaniewska	5–7, 4–6
Winner	13.	1 April 2012	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Junri Namigata	Sacha Jones Sally Peers	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	15 July 2012	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	22 July 2012	Granby, Canada	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner	14.	29 July 2012	Lexington, United States	Hard	Xu Yifan	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7–5, 6–7(7–9), [10–4]
Winner	15.	12 August 2012	Bronx, United States	Hard	Erika Sema	Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	16.	16 September 2012	Ningbo, China	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Tetiana Luzhanska Zheng Saisai	6–2, 7–5
Winner	17.	28 October 2012	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Monique Adamczak Alexa Glatch	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	18.	3 February 2013	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Bojana Bobusic Jessica Moore	W/O
Winner	19.	27 October 2013	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Junri Namigata	Belinda Bencic Sofia Shapatava	6–4, 6–3
Winner	20.	24 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Misaki Doi	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	7-6(7–1) 2-6 11-9
Winner	21.	17 February 2014	Surprise, United States	Hard (i)	Eri Hozumi	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	6–3, 7–5
Winner	22.	5 May 2014	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Naomi Broady Eleni Daniilidou	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	26 July 2014	Lexington, United States	Hard	Keri Wong	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	22 November 2014	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Junri Namigata	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 5–7
Winner	23.	31 October 2015	Nanjing, China	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Chan Chin-wei Zhang Kailin	7–5, 6–7(7–9), [10–7]
Winner	24.	21 November 2015	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Eri Hozumi Kurumi Nara	3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	25.	26 March 2016	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Lu Jingjing Zhang Yuxuan	6–3, 6–0
Winner	26.	2 April 2016	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Erina Hayashi	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	7–5, 7–5
Winner	27.	16 April 2016	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner	28.	30 July 2016	Wuhan, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Chang Kai-chen Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	30 October 2016	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Risa Ozaki	Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova	4–6, 3–6

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Shuko Aoyama at the Women's Tennis Association
• Shuko Aoyama at the International Tennis Federation
• Shuko Aoyama at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Shuko Aoyama at the Fed Cup
  
• Japan Tennis Association profile (Japanese)

Women's Tennis Association: Top Japanese female singles tennis players as of 10 October 2016
1. Misaki Doi (30 ) 2. Naomi Osaka (42 ) 3. Kurumi Nara (77 ) 4. Nao Hibino (84 ) 5. Misa Eguchi (110 )
6. Risa Ozaki (117 ) 7. Hiroko Kuwata (161 ) 8. Miyu Kato (180 ) 9. Eri Hozumi (187 ) 10. Shuko Aoyama (201 )

Women's Tennis Association: Top Japanese female doubles tennis players as of 10 October 2016
1. Eri Hozumi (50 ) 2. Shuko Aoyama (51 ) 3. Miyu Kato (61 ) 4. Makoto Ninomiya (65 ) 5. Nao Hibino (88 )
6. Kotomi Takahata (108 ) 7. Akiko Omae (113 ) 8. Hiroko Kuwata (132 ) 9. Kanae Hisami (139 ) 10. Misaki Doi (157 )