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Yuka Yoshida

JPN Age 50 160 cm / 5'3" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1993–2005

Yuka Yoshida represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 52. In TennisDB's records, Yuka Yoshida finished with a career record of 39–64 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

52 (Sep 8, 1997)

Elo peak

1626 (43rd percentile)

Career record

39–64 (37.9%)

Career titles

Prize money

$669,605

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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Recent & Upcoming WTA Matches full match log →

Yuka Yoshida's recent and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Evgenia Linetskaya #57	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 2005*	R16	Memphis	WTA 250	Hard
Katerina Bohmova	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2005*	R32	Memphis	WTA 250	Hard
Shinobu Asagoe #32	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 4, 2005*	R32	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 1000	Carpet
Lucie Safarova #216	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 2005*	R32	ASB Classic	WTA 250	Hard
Silvija Talaja #115	6-4 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 1, 2004*	R16	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard

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Yuka Yoshida's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Shi-Ting Wang	2	3	5	Apr 16, 1999	H2H
Tamarine Tanasugarn	0	4	4	Sep 24, 1998	H2H
Naoko Sawamatsu	0	4	4	Apr 28, 1997	H2H
Saori Obata	2	1	3	Sep 30, 2004	H2H
Ai Sugiyama	0	3	3	Oct 3, 2003	H2H

Career Results

Yuka Yoshida career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	17	0	1	1	0.0%	420	357
1994	18	2	3	5	40.0%	357	207
1995	19	1	5	6	16.7%	206	201
1996	20	7	5	12	58.3%	197	102
1997	21	11	13	24	45.8%	100	70
1998	22	9	16	25	36.0%	70	103
1999	23	2	3	5	40.0%	103	146
2000	24	1	4	5	20.0%	146	125
2001	25	0	2	2	0.0%	125	226
2002	26	2	1	3	66.7%	226	227
2003	27	1	2	3	33.3%	227	136
2004	28	2	6	8	25.0%	136	158
2005	29	1	3	4	25.0%	158	286
Career		39	64	103	37.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Yuka Yoshida 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 %
1993	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	18	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1995	19	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
1996	20	7	5	12	58.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	5	12	58.3%
1997	21	9	9	18	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	11	13	24	45.8%
1998	22	6	10	16	37.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	16	25	36.0%
1999	23	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
2000	24	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
2001	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	26	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
2003	27	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2004	28	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
2005	29	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	33	46	79	41.8%	2	6	8	25.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	2	5	7	28.6%	39	64	103	37.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Yuka Yoshida 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 %
1993	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	18	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1995	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
1996	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	6	5	11	54.5%
1997	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	10	10	20	50.0%
1998	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	7	11	18	38.9%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	16	24	33.3%
1999	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
2000	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
2001	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
2003	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2004	28	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
2005	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	0	15	15	0.0%	20	28	48	41.7%	14	14	28	50.0%	34	60	94	36.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 94/103 (91.3%) of Yuka Yoshida's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Yuka Yoshida 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%
2005	29	1/4	1.0	3.0	50.8%	45.5%	40.6%	66.7%	12.5%	43.1%	37.5%
Career		1/103	1.0	3.0	50.8%	45.5%	40.6%	66.7%	12.5%	43.1%	37.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1/103 (1.0%) of Yuka Yoshida's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Yuka Yoshida 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
1993	17	1491	98.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.08
1994	18	1502	99.7	—	—	—	—	+26	—	—	41.7%	-0.92	1–1	0–1	—	+0.29
1995	19	1486	112.3	—	—	—	—	+16	—	—	21.4%	-1.71	1–1	1–0	—	-0.17
1996	20	1559	107.4	—	—	—	—	+18	—	—	48.0%	-0.68	3–0 (100%)	—	—	+1.10
1997	21	1560	109.4	—	—	—	—	+32	-18	+46	45.3%	-0.55	3–6 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	98.6	+2.11
1998	22	1533	115.8	—	—	—	—	+34	-27	+78	35.7%	-0.75	4–2 (67%)	2–5 (29%)	100.2	+0.02
1999	23	1536	104.4	—	—	—	—	+28	—	—	41.7%	-0.92	1–1	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.58
2000	24	1499	89.9	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	33.3%	-1.42	0–2	0–1	—	+0.44
2001	25	1467	97.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–2	—	—	+0.24
2002	26	1494	108.0	—	—	—	—	+32	—	—	57.1%	+0.86	1–0	0–1	—	+0.17
2003	27	1496	107.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42.9%	-0.43	0–1	0–1	—	-0.14
2004	28	1473	96.4	—	—	—	—	+29	—	—	20.0%	-2.73	0–1	—	—	+0.13
2005	29	1460	90.9	-1.31	-0.17	0.659	40.5%	+23	—	—	22.2%	-2.67	1–0	—	—	+0.17
Career		1626	109.1	-1.31	-0.17	0.659	40.5%	+27	-23	+62	37.8%	-0.98	15–17 (47%)	9–11 (45%)	98.9	+4.72

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Yuka Yoshida Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1995	19	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	21	R64	R64	R64	R64	4–4 (50%)
1998	22	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1999	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	24	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	5–11 (31%)

WTA 1000

Yuka Yoshida WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	PAN	CAN	CHA	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1997	21	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	22	—	—	—	R64	R16	2–2 (50%)
2004	28	R32	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2005	29	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–6 (33%)

WTA 500

Yuka Yoshida WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	STA	TOY	W-L Win %
1994	18	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	19	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1996	20	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1997	21	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1998	22	—	R32	R32	0–2 (0%)
1999	23	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
2000	24	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–6 (33%)	4–8 (33%)

WTA 250

Yuka Yoshida WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	LIB	MAD	KOR	SHA	JAP	BIR	BOL	BOS	CAN	CAR	HOB	HYD	JAK	MEM	NAG	OKL	JAP	PAT	ROS	SUR	VAN	W-L Win %
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1995	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1996	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	6–4 (60%)
1997	21	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	6–7 (46%)
1998	22	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	6–8 (43%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2000	24	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2002	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2003	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2004	28	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	2–4 (33%)
2005	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	7–10 (41%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	27–39 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 8, 1997

First Top 100

Jan 6, 1997

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Yuka Yoshida ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	393	—	371	327	346	357
1994	18	357	354	—	—	—	—	260	254	217	206	206	207
1995	19	193	205	201	203	178	157	178	182	196	198	203	201
1996	20	210	213	183	163	170	168	171	172	163	143	126	102
1997	21	84	89	86	68	73	67	65	61	58	65	69	70
1998	22	78	64	62	77	77	85	87	105	122	118	104	103
1999	23	109	143	166	167	169	180	169	174	125	133	145	146
2000	24	143	117	118	127	128	135	133	134	141	134	126	125
2001	25	122	141	139	140	145	139	139	139	169	202	225	226
2002	26	283	304	269	273	253	251	270	264	269	219	226	227
2003	27	218	221	213	191	182	181	168	167	154	150	135	136
2004	28	133	125	131	130	128	130	145	149	146	160	160	158
2005	29	144	135	138	145	163	157	170	167	195	257	284	286
2006	30	364	860	863	906	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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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Jennifer Hopkins	USA	52	1,633	0	108	37	71	34.3%	1999–2005	Match log
Rossana De Los Ríos	PAR	51	1,622	0	184	64	120	34.8%	1991–2010	Match log
Olga Barabanschikova	BLR	49	1,671	0	130	54	76	41.5%	1996–2003	Match log
Marissa Irvin	USA	51	1,603	0	117	37	80	31.6%	1998–2005	Match log
Mashona Washington	USA	50	1,645	0	118	42	76	35.6%	1994–2010	Match log
Miho Saeki	JPN	56	1,579	0	83	26	57	31.3%	1995–2005	Match log
Amelie Cocheteux	FRA	55	1,583	0	81	28	53	34.6%	1995–2000	Match log
Sung-Hee Park	KOR	57	1,626	0	81	29	52	35.8%	1993–1999	Match log
Dally Randriantefy	MAD	44	1,684	0	112	43	69	38.4%	1992–2006	Match log
Adriana Rikl Gersi	CZE	48	1,644	1	145	54	91	37.2%	1996–2002	Match log
Flora Perfetti	ITA	54	1,600	0	90	31	59	34.4%	1992–1999	Match log
Lubomira Kurhajcova	SVK	59	1,615	0	71	27	44	38.0%	2001–2005	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Yuka Yoshida?: Yuka Yoshida is 50 years old, born on April 1, 1976.
Which country does Yuka Yoshida represent?: Yuka Yoshida represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Yuka Yoshida?: Yuka Yoshida is 160 cm / 5'3".
Does Yuka Yoshida use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Yuka Yoshida uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Yuka Yoshida left-handed or right-handed?: Yuka Yoshida plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Yuka Yoshida won?: Yuka Yoshida has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Yuka Yoshida won?: TennisDB does not group any of Yuka Yoshida's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Yuka Yoshida's highest WTA ranking?: Yuka Yoshida's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 52, first achieved on September 8, 1997.
What is Yuka Yoshida's career win-loss record?: Yuka Yoshida has a career WTA singles record of 39 wins and 64 losses (37.9%).
How much career prize money has Yuka Yoshida earned?: Yuka Yoshida has earned at least $669,605 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Yuka Yoshida's career appear in TennisDB?: Yuka Yoshida appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1993 through 2005.
On which surface does Yuka Yoshida have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Yuka Yoshida's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 41.8% (33–46).
Who has Yuka Yoshida faced most often?: Yuka Yoshida's most frequent opponent is Shi-Ting Wang, with a head-to-head record of 2–3 across 5 meetings.