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Miyu Kato

JPN Age 31 156 cm / 5'1" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2015–2019

Miyu Kato represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 122. In TennisDB's records, Miyu Kato finished with a career record of 7–17 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

122 (Jan 15, 2018)

Elo peak

1597 (35th percentile)

Career record

7–17 (29.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$2,203,506

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 →

Miyu Kato's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Mai Hontama #126	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 2024	Q1 Q	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 500	Hard
Timea Babos #183	7-6(2) 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2023	Q1 Q	Zhengzhou	WTA 500	Hard
Tamara Korpatsch #78	6-3 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2023	Q1 Q	Tennis In the Land	WTA 250	Hard
Emina Bektas #184	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 2023	Q1 Q	Libéma Open	WTA 250	Grass
Ekaterina Makarova #230	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2023	Q2 Q	Hua Hin	WTA 250	Hard

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Miyu Kato's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Daria Saville	2	2	Oct 12, 2017	H2H
Victoria Azarenka	1	1	Apr 4, 2019	H2H
Lin Zhu	1	1	Sep 13, 2018	H2H
Saisai Zheng	1	1	Jul 26, 2018	H2H
Valentini Grammatikopoulou	1	1	Apr 12, 2018	H2H

Career Results

Miyu Kato career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2015	20	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	405	189
2016	21	Qualifying Q	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—
2016	21	WTA	2	4	6	33.3%	189	184
2017	22	Qualifying Q	8	3	11	72.7%	—	—
2017	22	WTA	5	7	12	41.7%	182	128
2018	23	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
2018	23	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	129	365
2019	24	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—
2019	24	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	386	780
2023	28	Qualifying Q	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
2024	29	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	7	17	24	29.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Miyu Kato 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 %
2015	20	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2016	21	Qualifying Q	5	1	6	83.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%
2016	21	WTA	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2017	22	Qualifying Q	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	8	3	11	72.7%
2017	22	WTA	5	5	10	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
2018	23	Qualifying Q	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2018	23	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
2019	24	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
2019	24	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2023	28	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
2024	29	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	7	14	21	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	17	24	29.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Miyu Kato 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 %
2015	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2016	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
2017	22	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
2018	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2019	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	3	9	12	25.0%	7	17	24	29.2%

Performance Stats

Miyu Kato 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%
2016	21	6/6	0.2	2.0	66.0%	52.5%	41.3%	27.1%	51.5%	48.6%	42.1%
2017	22	12/12	0.7	1.7	66.5%	55.7%	42.5%	48.9%	39.1%	51.4%	39.8%
2018	23	4/4	1.0	5.0	57.7%	52.5%	39.5%	44.1%	60.0%	47.1%	40.8%
2019	24	1/1	0.0	1.0	56.4%	67.7%	41.7%	42.9%	100.0%	56.4%	33.3%
Career		23/24	0.6	2.3	64.4%	54.8%	41.6%	42.1%	48.6%	50.2%	40.3%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 23/24 (95.8%) of Miyu Kato's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Miyu Kato 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
2015	20	1491	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	1–0	—	-0.08
2016	21	1488	103.0	-2.38	-1.41	0.820	45.8%	+30	—	—	35.7%	-1.50	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.38
2017	22	1589	105.7	-2.11	-1.54	0.818	45.4%	+13	—	—	38.5%	-1.19	2–0	1–1	—	-0.18
2018	23	1501	104.2	-2.85	-2.69	0.772	44.1%	+35	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–2	0–1	—	+0.08
2019	24	1536	105.0	+3.11	-0.63	0.764	45.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.22
2023	28	1487	98.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	29	1476	99.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1597	105.0	-2.08	-1.67	0.808	45.2%	+22	—	—	32.7%	-1.49	3–4 (43%)	4–3 (57%)	100.7	-0.08

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Miyu Kato Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W-L Win %
2017	22	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 1000

Miyu Kato WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	MAD	W-L Win %
2018	23	Q1	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 500

Miyu Kato WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DUB	PAN	BIR	STA	PAN	ZHE	W-L Win %
2016	21	—	—	—	—	Q3	—	1–1 (50%)
2017	22	—	—	Q2	Q1	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2018	23	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2023	28	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	0–1 (0%)
2024	29	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–6 (33%)

WTA 250

Miyu Kato WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	LIB	HKG	MAL	BOG	TEN	HUA	JAP	JAP	JIA	KAO	KUA	MON	JIA	PRA	TAI	W-L Win %
2015	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2016	21	—	Q1	—	Q1	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	5–6 (45%)
2017	22	Q1	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	12–7 (63%)
2018	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	Q2	R32	Q1	R32	1–6 (14%)
2019	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
2023	28	—	Q1	—	—	—	Q1	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	7–1 (88%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	22–24 (48%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

122

Career-high date

Jan 15, 2018

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

Miyu Kato ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2011	16	—	—	—	—	984	991	1022	1018	958	922	912	918
2012	17	915	926	788	794	970	949	919	914	857	848	725	726
2013	18	708	701	791	783	769	752	748	644	453	432	405	417
2014	19	415	405	393	375	373	355	337	301	374	389	415	409
2015	20	403	405	405	421	369	256	207	218	214	199	191	189
2016	21	184	171	165	145	153	172	214	200	181	193	185	184
2017	22	188	201	178	209	199	173	165	179	125	125	128	—
2018	23	129	127	144	139	142	165	169	171	346	391	389	365
2019	24	395	426	434	497	513	528	655	820	836	839	858	780
2020	25	783	766	771	—	—	—	—	773	783	785	794	801
2021	26	808	782	784	1063	998	1000	1006	1014	1046	1058	1079	1186
2022	27	1286	1215	1207	1193	1186	1180	1146	1152	1123	1087	671	397
2023	28	396	387	395	393	410	417	428	431	433	432	502	1032
2024	29	1025	1358	1352	1367	1353	1367	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Miyu Kato's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Varvara Flink	RUS	122	1,595	18	5	13	27.8%	2012–2020	Match log
Allie Kiick	USA	126	1,567	17	5	12	29.4%	2013–2022	Match log
Antonia Lottner	GER	128	1,652	37	11	26	29.7%	2014–2020	Match log
Elitsa Kostova	BUL	130	1,546	26	8	18	30.8%	2012–2019	Match log
Katie Swan	GBR	118	1,577	23	6	17	26.1%	2015–2026	Match log
Sabina Sharipova	UZB	122	1,504	17	4	13	23.5%	2009–2019	Match log
Fangzhou Liu	CHN	127	1,530	23	8	15	34.8%	2014–2024	Match log
Su Jeong Jang	KOR	114	1,600	26	6	20	23.1%	2013–2024	Match log
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	NED	135	1,587	28	7	21	25.0%	2013–2023	Match log
Storm Hunter	AUS	114	1,726	60	18	42	30.0%	2014–2026	Match log
Francoise Abanda	CAN	111	1,602	29	10	19	34.5%	2014–2021	Match log
Asia Muhammad	USA	124	1,555	22	4	18	18.2%	2007–2023	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Miyu Kato?: Miyu Kato is 31 years old, born on November 21, 1994.
Which country does Miyu Kato represent?: Miyu Kato represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Miyu Kato?: Miyu Kato is 156 cm / 5'1".
Is Miyu Kato left-handed or right-handed?: Miyu Kato plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Miyu Kato won?: Miyu Kato has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Miyu Kato won?: TennisDB does not group any of Miyu Kato's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Miyu Kato's highest WTA ranking?: Miyu Kato's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 122, first achieved on January 15, 2018.
What is Miyu Kato's career win-loss record?: Miyu Kato has a career WTA singles record of 7 wins and 17 losses (29.2%).
How much career prize money has Miyu Kato earned?: Miyu Kato has earned at least $2,203,506 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Miyu Kato's career appear in TennisDB?: Miyu Kato appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2015 through 2019.
On which surface does Miyu Kato have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Miyu Kato's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 33.3% (7–14).
Who has Miyu Kato faced most often?: Miyu Kato's most frequent opponent is Daria Saville, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.