Player data updated: 2026-10-17 16:37 UTC

Ayano Shimizu

JPN Age 28 Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2018–2026

Ayano Shimizu represents Japan on the WTA Tour and is ranked No. 483, having reached a career high of No. 175. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 0–3 and no singles titles.

Singles ranking

483

Career singles high

175 (May 13, 2019)

Elo peak

1512 (8th percentile)

Singles record

0–3 (0.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$357,592

YTD W-L

0–1

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 →

Ayano Shimizu's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Elisabetta Cocciaretto #80	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 2026	R32	Hobart International	WTA 250	Hard
Alycia Parks #78	2-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 2026	Q2 Q	Hobart International	WTA 250	Hard
Gabriella Da Silva Fick	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 2026	Q1 Q	Hobart International	WTA 250	Hard
Mai Hontama #126	6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2024	Q2 Q	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 500	Hard
Miho Kuramochi	5-7 7-6(0) 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 2024	Q1 Q	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 500	Hard

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Ayano Shimizu's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elisabetta Cocciaretto	1	1	Jan 12, 2026	H2H
Patricia Maria Tig	1	1	Sep 12, 2019	H2H
Sabina Sharipova	1	1	Jul 26, 2018	H2H

Career Results

Ayano Shimizu career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2016	18	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2017	19	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
2018	20	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2018	20	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	257	196
2019	21	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2019	21	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	196	288
2024	26	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2026	28	Qualifying Q	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—
2026	28	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	397	483
Career		—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ayano Shimizu 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 %
2016	18	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2017	19	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2018	20	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2018	20	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2019	21	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2019	21	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2024	26	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2026	28	Qualifying Q	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%
2026	28	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ayano Shimizu 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 %
2018	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2019	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2026	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%

Performance Stats

Ayano Shimizu 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%
2018	20	1/1	0.0	1.0	67.4%	44.8%	35.7%	44.4%	0.0%	41.9%	27.9%
2019	21	1/1	0.0	6.0	60.0%	42.4%	40.9%	40.0%	37.5%	41.8%	43.5%
2026	28	1/1	2.0	1.0	61.5%	62.5%	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	57.7%	26.3%
Career		3/3	0.7	2.7	63.0%	49.9%	42.2%	36.5%	20.8%	47.1%	32.6%

Advanced Stats

Ayano Shimizu 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
2016	18	1493	94.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	19	1446	92.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	20	1441	93.0	-1.47	-1.57	0.480	34.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.20
2019	21	1427	95.7	+0.30	+0.54	0.748	42.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.03
2024	26	1437	101.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	27	1411	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	28	1439	104.6	-0.78	-0.87	0.622	41.3%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.06
Career		1512	93.5	-0.65	-0.63	0.616	39.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+3.67

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 500

Ayano Shimizu WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	PAN	PAN	W-L Win %
2017	19	—	Q1	0–1 (0%)
2018	20	Q2	—	1–1 (50%)
2024	26	Q2	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)

WTA 250

Ayano Shimizu WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	HKG	HIR	HOB	HUA	JAP	JAP	JIA	TIA	W-L Win %
2016	18	—	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2017	19	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2018	20	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
2019	21	—	R32	—	Q2	—	—	—	Q1	1–3 (25%)
2026	28	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–8 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Current rank

483

Career high

175

Career-high date

May 13, 2019

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

Ayano Shimizu ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2015	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1271	1284
2016	18	1284	1292	1288	1142	1141	1100	954	728	462	404	358	360
2017	19	351	345	334	337	296	241	258	258	289	245	254	—
2018	20	239	236	245	229	198	228	218	219	177	187	199	196
2019	21	214	206	200	186	225	210	231	225	257	258	287	288
2020	22	286	272	271	—	—	—	—	274	287	289	289	291
2021	23	294	298	299	311	323	330	340	361	401	401	428	427
2022	24	426	496	499	552	614	687	709	784	1020	1112	772	762
2023	25	769	765	774	774	613	459	437	432	429	423	368	316
2024	26	319	322	319	319	306	340	328	335	298	295	278	321
2025	27	313	316	299	290	286	288	290	279	299	354	402	412
2026	28	397	405	429	465	475	483	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Ayano Shimizu's most statistically similar WTA players
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Ana Sofia Sanchez (active player)	MEX	#173	1,500	13	1	12	7.7%	$533,337	2013–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Kyoka Okamura (active player)	JPN	#178	1,646	6	1	5	16.7%	$514,896	2022–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Clervie Ngounoue (active player)	USA	#169	1,632	8	1	7	12.5%	$661,513	2023–2025	Rivalries	Match log
Yuliya Hatouka (active player)	BLR	#180	1,527	6	1	5	16.7%	$330,620	2021–2023	Rivalries	Match log
Carolina Alves (active player)	BRA	#165	1,548	8	1	7	12.5%	$470,364	2015–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Xiaodi You (active player)	CHN	#168	1,557	16	2	14	12.5%	$767,924	2016–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Ipek Oz (active player)	TUR	#163	1,520	9	1	8	11.1%	$451,974	2018–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Cadence Brace (active player)	CAN	#182	1,573	6	1	5	16.7%	$293,717	2022–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Barbora Palicova (active player)	CZE	#171	1,524	5	1	4	20.0%	$479,885	2022–2025	Rivalries	Match log
Berfu Cengiz (active player)	TUR	#190	1,501	6	1	5	16.7%	$302,423	2020–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Marina Melnikova	RUS	#170	1,541	19	2	17	10.5%	$702,277	2015–2024	Rivalries	Match log
Miriam Bulgaru (active player)	ROU	#168	1,603	10	2	8	20.0%	$566,390	2018–2026	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ayano Shimizu?: Ayano Shimizu is 28 years old, born on April 11, 1998.
Which country does Ayano Shimizu represent?: Ayano Shimizu represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
Does Ayano Shimizu use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Ayano Shimizu uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Ayano Shimizu left-handed or right-handed?: Ayano Shimizu plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Ayano Shimizu won?: Ayano Shimizu has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Ayano Shimizu won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ayano Shimizu's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Ayano Shimizu's highest WTA ranking?: Ayano Shimizu's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 175, first achieved on May 13, 2019.
What is Ayano Shimizu's career win-loss record?: Ayano Shimizu has a career WTA singles record of 0 wins and 3 losses (0.0%).
How much career prize money has Ayano Shimizu earned?: Ayano Shimizu has earned at least $357,592 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Ayano Shimizu's career appear in TennisDB?: Ayano Shimizu appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2018 through 2026.
Who has Ayano Shimizu faced most often?: Ayano Shimizu's most frequent opponent is Elisabetta Cocciaretto, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.