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Rika Hiraki

JPN Age 54 157 cm / 5'2" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1988–2001

Rika Hiraki represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 72. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 48–93 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

72 (Jan 27, 1997)

Elo peak

1589 (33rd percentile)

Singles record

48–93 (34.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$852,103

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 →

Rika Hiraki's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Lisa Raymond #25	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 2001*	R64	Charleston Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Clay
Shi-Ting Wang #63	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1998*	R16	Japan Women's Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Shiho Hisamatsu #551	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1998*	R32	Japan Women's Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Francesca Lubiani #88	6-4 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 26, 1998*	R32	Oklahoma	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1998*	R32	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Rika Hiraki's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Kimiko Date	0	4	4	Apr 18, 1996	H2H
Misumi Miyauchi	3	1	4	Jan 5, 1994	H2H
Lisa Raymond	0	3	3	Apr 18, 2001	H2H
Yuka Yoshida	1	2	3	Sep 18, 1997	H2H
Mana Endo	1	2	3	Mar 21, 1997	H2H

Career Results

Rika Hiraki career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	16	0	2	2	0.0%	286	305
1990	18	0	2	2	0.0%	189	248
1991	19	8	8	16	50.0%	246	105
1992	20	8	15	23	34.8%	109	122
1993	21	8	18	26	30.8%	119	134
1994	22	2	8	10	20.0%	134	187
1995	23	4	7	11	36.4%	186	152
1996	24	6	12	18	33.3%	146	103
1997	25	9	16	25	36.0%	87	93
1998	26	3	4	7	42.9%	99	168
2001	29	0	1	1	0.0%	422	339
Career		48	93	141	34.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Rika Hiraki 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 %
1988	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1990	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1991	19	8	6	14	57.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	8	8	16	50.0%
1992	20	4	10	14	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	15	23	34.8%
1993	21	4	10	14	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	8	18	26	30.8%
1994	22	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1995	23	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1996	24	5	8	13	38.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	12	18	33.3%
1997	25	9	10	19	47.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	16	25	36.0%
1998	26	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2001	29	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	36	59	95	37.9%	0	7	7	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%	8	18	26	30.8%	48	93	141	34.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Rika Hiraki 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 %
1988	16	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1991	19	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	1	5	80.0%	6	7	13	46.2%
1992	20	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	8	11	19	42.1%
1993	21	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	16	19	15.8%
1994	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%
1995	23	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1996	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
1997	25	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	8	8	16	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1998	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
2001	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	10	10	0.0%	1	14	15	6.7%	21	37	58	36.2%	14	18	32	43.8%	36	79	115	31.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 115/141 (81.6%) of Rika Hiraki's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Rika Hiraki 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
1988	16	1477	92.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.25	—	0–1	—	+0.24
1990	18	1451	94.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.25	—	0–1	—	+0.44
1991	19	1545	126.7	—	—	—	—	+44	—	—	48.6%	0.00	3–2 (60%)	1–4 (20%)	99.8	+0.95
1992	20	1571	120.5	—	—	—	—	-4	—	+15	34.6%	-0.92	4–2 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	102.2	+0.83
1993	21	1550	120.0	—	—	—	—	+13	—	—	32.1%	-1.05	2–2 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	98.9	-0.09
1994	22	1503	101.3	—	—	—	—	+8	—	—	20.0%	-2.50	0–2	—	—	-0.29
1995	23	1525	113.7	—	—	—	—	-16	—	—	41.7%	-0.96	0–2	1–0	—	-0.64
1996	24	1511	111.5	—	—	—	—	+3	—	+70	36.8%	-1.05	2–2 (50%)	1–1	—	+0.55
1997	25	1485	109.9	—	—	—	—	+51	—	—	41.2%	-0.62	8–10 (44%)	1–4 (20%)	98.1	+1.58
1998	26	1501	113.1	—	—	—	—	+42	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	0–2	1–0	—	+0.59
2001	29	1497	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.17
Career		1589	119.5	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+43	36.8%	-0.95	19–24 (44%)	8–18 (31%)	94.7	+2.83

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Rika Hiraki Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1991	19	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1992	20	R128	R128	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
1993	21	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1994	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1995	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	24	R32	R128	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
1997	25	R32	R128	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1998	26	R32	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		6–6 (50%)	0–5 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	1–4 (20%)	10–20 (33%)

WTA 1000

Rika Hiraki WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	CAN	CHA	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1991	19	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	20	—	R32	—	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	21	QF	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1994	22	R32	—	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1995	23	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1996	24	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1997	25	—	—	—	R64	R32	1–2 (33%)
2001	29	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	5–11 (31%)

WTA 500

Rika Hiraki WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	IW	SDG	TKY	BRI	CHI	MAN	OAK	TOY	W-L Win %
1990	18	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	20	—	R64	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1993	21	R64	R32	R64	R32	R32	—	R32	R16	—	3–7 (30%)
1994	22	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1996	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1997	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	7–17 (29%)

WTA 250

Rika Hiraki WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	BRI	MAD	JAP	BIR	JAK	KUA	NAG	OKL	JAP	PAT	QUE	SAN	SAP	SIN	SUR	TAI	W-L Win %
1988	16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1990	18	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	19	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	6–3 (67%)
1992	20	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1993	21	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	3–7 (30%)
1994	22	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1995	23	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	4–5 (44%)
1996	24	—	R32	—	—	R32	R64	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	3–5 (38%)
1997	25	QF	—	—	R32	R16	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	4–9 (31%)
1998	26	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	6–9 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	1–3 (25%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	26–44 (37%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 27, 1997

First Top 100

Oct 21, 1991

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Rika Hiraki ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	306	282	286
1988	16	284	295	287	277	243	243	241	268	269	300	295	305
1989	17	299	299	289	286	322	324	275	274	278	181	185	189
1990	18	185	182	192	187	182	182	185	188	187	243	246	248
1991	19	251	252	243	106	104	110	116	122	113	100	104	105
1992	20	114	98	93	152	148	143	134	125	124	120	124	122
1993	21	115	115	98	92	97	102	128	141	149	148	134	134
1994	22	114	153	159	155	152	142	148	152	152	158	184	187
1995	23	191	161	174	178	180	165	147	145	151	157	150	152
1996	24	127	131	112	95	95	110	94	96	109	107	105	103
1997	25	72	78	76	80	80	83	95	105	88	91	91	93
1998	26	138	116	128	143	143	148	146	147	178	182	179	168
1999	27	167	211	221	240	234	243	240	238	271	223	216	238
2000	28	256	249	250	267	269	277	284	276	266	335	356	422
2001	29	428	421	430	370	362	358	355	370	369	332	345	339
2002	30	335	364	360	424	402	401	403	412	433	572	566	595
2003	31	590	620	631	721	980	958	938	965	965	—	—	—

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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Rika Hiraki's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Jolene Watanabe	USA	#72	1,619	125	45	80	36.0%	$517,164	1991–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Lea Ghirardi	FRA	#73	1,549	69	23	46	33.3%	$355,867	1993–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Rene Simpson	CAN	#70	1,663	127	44	83	34.6%	$485,389	1988–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Christina Papadaki	GRE	#72	1,549	51	16	35	31.4%	$300,093	1989–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Thoren	FIN	#73	1,628	94	31	63	33.0%	$247,349	1989–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Natalia Baudone	ITA	#71	1,682	96	38	58	39.6%	—	1990–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Maya Kidowaki	JPN	#68	1,658	90	34	56	37.8%	$286,615	1988–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Sandra Dopfer	AUT	#70	1,577	103	31	72	30.1%	$382,801	1989–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Kamstra	NED	#70	1,585	57	21	36	36.8%	$184,407	1990–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Audra Keller	USA	#77	1,645	130	42	88	32.3%	$365,726	1989–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Tatjana Jecmenica	SRB	#72	1,633	35	14	21	40.0%	$163,876	1993–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Silke Frankl	GER	#67	1,649	119	42	77	35.3%	$286,468	1988–1995	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Rika Hiraki?: Rika Hiraki is 54 years old, born on December 6, 1971.
Which country does Rika Hiraki represent?: Rika Hiraki represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Rika Hiraki?: Rika Hiraki is 157 cm / 5'2".
Does Rika Hiraki use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Rika Hiraki uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Rika Hiraki left-handed or right-handed?: Rika Hiraki plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Rika Hiraki won?: Rika Hiraki has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Rika Hiraki won?: TennisDB does not group any of Rika Hiraki's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Rika Hiraki's highest WTA ranking?: Rika Hiraki's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 72, first achieved on January 27, 1997.
What is Rika Hiraki's career win-loss record?: Rika Hiraki has a career WTA singles record of 48 wins and 93 losses (34.0%).
How much career prize money has Rika Hiraki earned?: Rika Hiraki has earned at least $852,103 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Rika Hiraki's career appear in TennisDB?: Rika Hiraki appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1988 through 2001.
On which surface does Rika Hiraki have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Rika Hiraki's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 37.9% (36–59).
Who has Rika Hiraki faced most often?: Rika Hiraki's most frequent opponent is Kimiko Date, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.