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Hiroko Kuwata

JPN Age 35 Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2014–2019

Hiroko Kuwata represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 150. In TennisDB's records, Hiroko Kuwata finished with a career record of 1–8 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

150 (May 9, 2016)

Elo peak

1523 (12th percentile)

Career record

1–8 (11.1%)

Career titles

Prize money

$424,529

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 →

Hiroko Kuwata's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Renata Zarazua #79	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 2026	Q1 Q	Hobart International	WTA 250	Hard
Thasaporn Naklo #483	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2025	Q1 Q	Chennai Open	WTA 250	Hard
Meiling Wang #762	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 2019	Q1 Q	Zhengzhou	WTA 500	Hard
Jil Teichmann #58	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2019	Q1 Q	Bronx	WTA 250	Hard
Coco Gauff #143	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 2019	Q2 Q	Washington Open	WTA 250	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Hiroko Kuwata's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sachia Vickery	1	1	Apr 11, 2019	H2H
Fangzhou Liu	1	1	Jul 26, 2018	H2H
Denisa Satralova	1	1	Sep 28, 2016	H2H
Caroline Wozniacki	1	1	Jul 20, 2016	H2H
Yuxuan Zhang	1	1	Feb 11, 2016	H2H

Career Results

Hiroko Kuwata career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2014	23	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	287	190
2015	24	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	189	183
2016	25	Qualifying Q	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—
2016	25	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	181	201
2017	26	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
2018	27	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2018	27	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	282	272
2019	28	Qualifying Q	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—
2019	28	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	272	337
2025	34	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2026	35	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	1	8	9	11.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Hiroko Kuwata career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2014	23	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2015	24	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2016	25	Qualifying Q	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
2016	25	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2017	26	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2018	27	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2018	27	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2019	28	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%
2019	28	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2025	34	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2026	35	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	8	9	11.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Hiroko Kuwata 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 %
2014	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2015	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2016	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2018	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2019	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%

Performance Stats

Hiroko Kuwata 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%
2014	23	3/3	0.0	2.0	60.3%	55.8%	44.3%	48.9%	46.8%	51.8%	49.2%
2016	25	2/3	2.0	4.5	62.7%	57.6%	35.7%	50.3%	71.4%	49.4%	42.1%
2018	27	1/1	2.0	2.0	57.3%	51.2%	53.1%	54.5%	42.9%	52.0%	40.5%
2019	28	1/1	0.0	2.0	62.5%	36.7%	22.2%	0.0%	50.0%	31.3%	47.5%
Career		7/9	0.9	2.7	60.9%	52.9%	40.0%	43.1%	53.7%	48.2%	45.7%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 7/9 (77.8%) of Hiroko Kuwata's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Hiroko Kuwata 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
2014	23	1506	111.0	-1.61	+0.78	1.021	50.6%	+17	—	—	42.9%	+0.57	0–1	0–1	—	-0.34
2015	24	1490	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	—	—	+0.13
2016	25	1427	94.8	-0.09	+0.18	0.830	45.7%	+5	—	—	14.3%	-2.57	0–1	0–1	—	+0.04
2017	26	1420	96.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27	1398	97.2	-1.37	-2.40	0.845	46.3%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.19
2019	28	1387	91.9	-2.62	-1.60	0.690	40.2%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.04
2024	33	1376	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	34	1365	95.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	35	1318	95.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1523	94.2	-1.29	-0.19	0.882	47.1%	+11	—	—	23.8%	-1.24	0–3 (0%)	0–2	—	+0.67

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 500

Hiroko Kuwata WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ZHE	W-L Win %
2019	28	Q1	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 250

Hiroko Kuwata WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	CHN	WAS	BOG	BRO	GUA	HOB	JAP	JAP	KAO	MON	JIA	JAP	TAS	TIA	W-L Win %
2014	23	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2015	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2016	25	—	R64	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	R32	Q1	—	—	R32	Q2	4–7 (36%)
2017	26	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	1–3 (25%)
2018	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	Q2	1–2 (33%)
2019	28	—	Q2	R32	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
2025	34	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2026	35	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	10–22 (31%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

150

Career-high date

May 9, 2016

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Hiroko Kuwata ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2010	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	646	657	—
2011	20	701	692	698	699	656	653	713	707	708	1116	1084	1091
2012	21	1094	889	892	716	720	729	656	660	595	598	600	595
2013	22	600	668	674	743	691	601	611	512	471	420	279	287
2014	23	281	280	261	262	251	236	200	179	171	165	193	190
2015	24	181	166	169	168	174	173	187	224	217	211	183	183
2016	25	186	199	197	204	152	158	154	154	157	160	199	201
2017	26	193	182	181	176	268	253	282	261	257	272	279	—
2018	27	291	295	300	340	335	293	262	287	268	279	270	272
2019	28	265	267	252	245	247	281	294	301	313	323	335	337
2020	29	336	336	337	—	—	—	—	344	351	351	351	352
2021	30	353	356	363	428	423	455	487	526	501	483	541	544
2022	31	541	537	554	482	497	480	462	456	444	457	451	448
2023	32	454	449	455	544	550	579	664	675	722	587	563	544
2024	33	547	532	527	517	523	491	455	459	452	514	500	499
2025	34	500	498	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Hiroko Kuwata's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Marcela Zacarias	MEX	159	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2014–2022	Match log
Giulia Gatto-Monticone	ITA	148	1,573	21	4	17	19.0%	2013–2021	Match log
Barbora Stefkova	CZE	154	1,564	5	1	4	20.0%	2016–2018	Match log
Barbara Haas	AUT	133	1,544	21	2	19	9.5%	2012–2021	Match log
Conny Perrin	SUI	134	1,584	14	2	12	14.3%	2011–2021	Match log
Danielle Lao	USA	152	1,551	10	1	9	10.0%	2016–2021	Match log
Gabriela Dabrowski	CAN	164	1,524	12	2	10	16.7%	2014–2021	Match log
Amandine Hesse	FRA	154	1,544	21	4	17	19.0%	2014–2023	Match log
Eri Hozumi	JPN	144	1,546	12	3	9	25.0%	2014–2022	Match log
Zhaoxuan Yang	CHN	151	1,533	9	2	7	22.2%	2015–2021	Match log
Pemra Ozgen	TUR	182	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	2005–2022	Match log
Na Lae Han	KOR	149	1,521	17	4	13	23.5%	2014–2023	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Hiroko Kuwata?: Hiroko Kuwata is 35 years old, born on December 18, 1990.
Which country does Hiroko Kuwata represent?: Hiroko Kuwata represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
Does Hiroko Kuwata use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Hiroko Kuwata uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Hiroko Kuwata left-handed or right-handed?: Hiroko Kuwata plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Hiroko Kuwata won?: Hiroko Kuwata has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Hiroko Kuwata won?: TennisDB does not group any of Hiroko Kuwata's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Hiroko Kuwata's highest WTA ranking?: Hiroko Kuwata's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 150, first achieved on May 9, 2016.
What is Hiroko Kuwata's career win-loss record?: Hiroko Kuwata has a career WTA singles record of 1 wins and 8 losses (11.1%).
How much career prize money has Hiroko Kuwata earned?: Hiroko Kuwata has earned at least $424,529 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Hiroko Kuwata's career appear in TennisDB?: Hiroko Kuwata appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2014 through 2019.
Who has Hiroko Kuwata faced most often?: Hiroko Kuwata's most frequent opponent is Sachia Vickery, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.