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Shinobu Asagoe

JPN Age 50 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1997–2006

Shinobu Asagoe represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 21. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 95–121 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

21 (Apr 18, 2005)

Elo peak

1761 (69th percentile)

Singles record

95–121 (44.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,662,261

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Shinobu Asagoe's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jelena Kostanic Tosic #71	4-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 2006*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Tamarine Tanasugarn #164	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 2006*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Maria Kirilenko #20	6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2006*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Shenay Perry #92	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 30, 2006*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Aiko Nakamura #55	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 25, 2006*	R32	Strasbourg Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Shinobu Asagoe's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ai Sugiyama	1	5	6	Oct 21, 2004	H2H
Maria Sharapova	1	4	5	Sep 24, 2005	H2H
Lisa Raymond	1	4	5	Jun 16, 2005	H2H
Patty Schnyder	2	2	4	Jan 19, 2006	H2H
Alina Jidkova	3	1	4	Aug 18, 2005	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Shinobu Asagoe Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Els Callens #85 def. Shinobu Asagoe #75 6-0 6-4	H2H	Match data
2004	Athens Olympics	First Round	0	1	Francesca Schiavone #17 def. Shinobu Asagoe #59 6-3 7-6(4)	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Shinobu Asagoe career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1997	21	1	1	2	50.0%	379	158
1998	22	0	3	3	0.0%	158	157
1999	23	3	3	6	50.0%	157	122
2000	24	9	9	18	50.0%	122	72
2001	25	10	20	30	33.3%	72	108
2002	26	5	9	14	35.7%	108	96
2003	27	19	15	34	55.9%	96	45
2004	28	19	22	41	46.3%	45	37
2005	29	25	25	50	50.0%	37	38
2006	30	4	14	18	22.2%	38	215
Career		95	121	216	44.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Shinobu Asagoe career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	21	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1998	22	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1999	23	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
2000	24	6	5	11	54.5%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	9	18	50.0%
2001	25	5	13	18	27.8%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	10	20	30	33.3%
2002	26	3	7	10	30.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
2003	27	8	11	19	42.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	—	—	—	—	19	15	34	55.9%
2004	28	13	15	28	46.4%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	19	22	41	46.3%
2005	29	15	16	31	48.4%	6	5	11	54.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	25	25	50	50.0%
2006	30	3	7	10	30.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	14	18	22.2%
Career	—	57	80	137	41.6%	14	20	34	41.2%	16	14	30	53.3%	8	7	15	53.3%	95	121	216	44.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Shinobu Asagoe career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1998	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1999	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
2000	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	9	9	18	50.0%
2001	25	1	3	4	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	10	20	30	33.3%
2002	26	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	7	7	0.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
2003	27	1	2	3	33.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	8	8	16	50.0%	7	1	8	87.5%	19	15	34	55.9%
2004	28	0	2	2	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	11	8	19	57.9%	3	5	8	37.5%	19	22	41	46.3%
2005	29	2	3	5	40.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	14	15	29	48.3%	6	1	7	85.7%	25	25	50	50.0%
2006	30	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	13	17	23.5%
Career		4	13	17	23.5%	15	31	46	32.6%	47	60	107	43.9%	29	16	45	64.4%	95	120	215	44.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 215/216 (99.5%) of Shinobu Asagoe's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Shinobu Asagoe performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	27	8/34	0.8	2.0	71.8%	61.9%	43.1%	49.0%	39.1%	56.6%	41.6%
2004	28	10/41	1.2	2.2	70.5%	55.1%	48.0%	45.9%	52.2%	53.2%	42.0%
2005	29	8/50	1.1	2.1	69.5%	62.7%	45.8%	46.7%	49.0%	57.9%	44.9%
2006	30	13/18	0.9	4.2	61.9%	57.1%	37.4%	48.7%	55.5%	49.9%	42.1%
Career		39/216	1.0	2.8	67.7%	58.7%	43.0%	47.6%	50.0%	53.8%	42.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 39/216 (18.1%) of Shinobu Asagoe's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Shinobu Asagoe advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1997	21	1526	110.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.75	—	—	—	-0.11
1998	22	1486	97.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.43	0–1	—	—	+0.03
1999	23	1508	112.7	—	—	—	—	+48	—	—	53.8%	+0.38	0–1	—	—	+0.71
2000	24	1581	117.7	—	—	—	—	+9	—	+37	47.8%	-0.28	6–4 (60%)	—	—	+1.09
2001	25	1536	116.8	—	—	—	—	+31	-47	—	37.0%	-1.04	6–7 (46%)	4–5 (44%)	97.8	-0.76
2002	26	1521	114.2	—	—	—	—	+9	—	—	41.2%	-0.09	2–4 (33%)	0–4 (0%)	94.9	+0.18
2003	27	1666	120.4	+0.37	-0.93	0.956	48.9%	-107	-121	+142	51.9%	-0.18	8–3 (73%)	8–2 (80%)	109.8	+0.32
2004	28	1634	121.9	-0.67	-0.92	0.898	47.5%	-54	-33	+147	45.2%	-0.45	7–6 (54%)	2–5 (29%)	100.7	+0.66
2005	29	1630	136.0	+0.96	+0.30	1.068	51.2%	+17	-25	+68	48.1%	+0.09	4–6 (40%)	5–10 (33%)	93.3	+1.21
2006	30	1530	106.1	-3.53	-1.20	0.839	46.4%	+60	-24	—	26.8%	-1.73	2–5 (29%)	1–2 (33%)	95.4	-0.69
Career		1761	126.0	-1.08	-0.77	0.919	48.2%	-7	-44	+107	43.9%	-0.46	35–37 (49%)	20–28 (42%)	95.6	+1.23

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Shinobu Asagoe Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2000	24	—	—	R64	R32	3–2 (60%)
2001	25	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
2002	26	R128	R64	—	R128	1–3 (25%)
2003	27	R128	R128	R16	R32	5–4 (56%)
2004	28	R128	R16	R128	QF	7–4 (64%)
2005	29	R64	R64	R128	R32	4–4 (50%)
2006	30	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
W-L		2–6 (25%)	5–6 (45%)	5–6 (45%)	10–7 (59%)	22–25 (47%)

WTA 1000

Shinobu Asagoe WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	SDG	PAN	CAN	CHA	PAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
2000	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	25	R128	R128	—	—	—	R32	R64	QF	—	3–5 (38%)
2003	27	R64	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2004	28	R128	R64	—	R32	R32	R32	R64	—	R32	3–7 (30%)
2005	29	R64	R16	R64	R64	SF	R16	R16	—	R32	9–8 (53%)
2006	30	R64	R64	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	2–4 (33%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	5–5 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	19–28 (40%)

WTA 500

Shinobu Asagoe WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	DOH	DUB	EAS	SDG	AME	LIN	LOS	SCO	SYD	TOY	W-L Win %
1997	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
2000	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	2–1 (67%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R64	R32	—	R32	1–5 (17%)
2002	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2003	27	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2004	28	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2005	29	QF	R32	R32	R32	—	QF	R32	R64	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
2006	30	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	12–23 (34%)

WTA 250

Shinobu Asagoe WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	KOR	SHA	JAP	BAL	BAN	BIR	CAN	HOB	LUX	MEM	OKL	OKL	PAT	QUE	STR	W-L Win %
1998	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	2–2 (50%)
2000	24	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
2001	25	—	R16	—	—	R32	QF	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	6–6 (50%)
2002	26	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	4–5 (44%)
2003	27	SF	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	11–6 (65%)
2004	28	R16	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–7 (53%)
2005	29	—	F	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	7–6 (54%)
2006	30	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	0–4 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	4–8 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	11–7 (61%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	42–43 (49%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 18, 2005

First Top 100

Jul 10, 2000

First Top 50

Sep 8, 2003

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Shinobu Asagoe ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1995	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	934	942	956	970
1996	20	963	961	953	946	951	621	606	607	617	478	365	380
1997	21	376	366	370	379	331	276	275	259	158	153	157	158
1998	22	156	155	141	146	135	133	130	127	151	154	156	157
1999	23	156	162	164	131	157	165	149	141	134	141	122	122
2000	24	113	109	116	126	119	106	92	94	84	69	72	72
2001	25	77	52	53	54	55	62	73	71	90	108	108	108
2002	26	108	171	168	139	119	89	86	98	110	102	96	96
2003	27	82	90	69	83	85	81	58	55	39	43	45	45
2004	28	41	41	50	49	52	44	69	62	42	39	37	37
2005	29	32	26	26	21	21	24	23	25	34	39	38	38
2006	30	38	58	53	91	90	110	95	113	191	221	221	215
2007	31	215	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Tatiana Panova	RUS	20	1,782	0	326	130	196	39.9%	1994–2006	Match log
Alexandra Stevenson	USA	18	1,844	0	214	86	128	40.2%	1996–2011	Match log
Tathiana Garbin	ITA	22	1,726	1	377	168	209	44.6%	1998–2011	Match log
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	CRO	20	1,798	3	302	136	166	45.0%	1997–2018	Match log
Lina Krasnoroutskaya	RUS	25	1,807	0	135	65	70	48.1%	1999–2005	Match log
Anne-Gaelle Sidot	FRA	24	1,750	0	215	90	125	41.9%	1996–2002	Match log
Kveta Peschke	CZE	26	1,806	1	208	92	116	44.2%	1993–2007	Match log
Anne Kremer	LUX	18	1,810	2	333	148	185	44.4%	1995–2011	Match log
Henrieta Nagyova	SVK	21	1,943	9	372	200	172	53.8%	1995–2006	Match log
Maria Vento-Kabchi	VEN	26	1,718	0	255	97	158	38.0%	1992–2006	Match log
Joannette Kruger	RSA	21	1,860	2	310	147	163	47.4%	1992–2003	Match log
Laura Granville	USA	28	1,699	0	194	86	108	44.3%	1998–2010	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Shinobu Asagoe?: Shinobu Asagoe is 50 years old, born on June 28, 1976.
Which country does Shinobu Asagoe represent?: Shinobu Asagoe represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Shinobu Asagoe?: Shinobu Asagoe is 170 cm / 5'7".
Does Shinobu Asagoe use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Shinobu Asagoe uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Shinobu Asagoe left-handed or right-handed?: Shinobu Asagoe plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Shinobu Asagoe won?: Shinobu Asagoe has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Shinobu Asagoe won?: TennisDB does not group any of Shinobu Asagoe's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Shinobu Asagoe's highest WTA ranking?: Shinobu Asagoe's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 21, first achieved on April 18, 2005.
What is Shinobu Asagoe's career win-loss record?: Shinobu Asagoe has a career WTA singles record of 95 wins and 121 losses (44.0%).
How much career prize money has Shinobu Asagoe earned?: Shinobu Asagoe has earned at least $1,662,261 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Shinobu Asagoe's career appear in TennisDB?: Shinobu Asagoe appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1997 through 2006.
On which surface does Shinobu Asagoe have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Shinobu Asagoe's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 53.3% (16–14).
Who has Shinobu Asagoe faced most often?: Shinobu Asagoe's most frequent opponent is Ai Sugiyama, with a head-to-head record of 1–5 across 6 meetings.