Masako Yanagi

JPN Age 66 191 cm / 6'3" Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1980–1993

Masako Yanagi represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 89. In TennisDB's records, Masako Yanagi finished with a career record of 46–73 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

89 (Apr 2, 1984)

Elo peak

1623 (42nd percentile)

Career record

46–73 (38.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$155,263

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 →

Masako Yanagi's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kristie Boogert #111	7-5 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 30, 1993*	R16	Jakarta	WTA 250	Hard
Eva Sviglerova #170	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 1993*	R32	Jakarta	WTA 250	Hard
Fang Li #108	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1993*	R32	Tokyo Japan Open	WTA 250	Hard
Magdalena Maleeva #16	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 1993*	R16	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Carpet
Sung-Hee Park #185	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 12, 1993*	R32	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Masako Yanagi's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Pilar Vasquez	2	1	3	Aug 17, 1988	H2H
Barbara Gerken	2	1	3	Jun 22, 1988	H2H
Etsuko Inoue	1	2	3	Oct 9, 1986	H2H
Elizabeth Minter	1	2	3	Mar 6, 1986	H2H
Sabine Appelmans	0	2	2	Apr 11, 1991	H2H

Career Results

Masako Yanagi career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	20	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
1981	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1982	22	12	7	19	63.2%	—	—
1983	23	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—
1984	24	4	6	10	40.0%	151	103
1985	25	4	12	16	25.0%	104	104
1986	26	6	13	19	31.6%	119	113
1987	27	0	4	4	0.0%	117	242
1988	28	9	12	21	42.9%	172	102
1989	29	2	8	10	20.0%	114	209
1991	31	0	1	1	0.0%	419	479
1993	33	2	3	5	40.0%	371	190
Career		46	73	119	38.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Masako Yanagi 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 %
1980	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1981	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	22	2	2	4	50.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	12	7	19	63.2%
1983	23	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%
1984	24	3	3	6	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%
1985	25	2	6	8	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%
1986	26	4	8	12	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1987	27	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1988	28	3	7	10	30.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	9	12	21	42.9%
1989	29	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1991	31	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	33	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career	—	19	39	58	32.8%	10	9	19	52.6%	7	16	23	30.4%	2	5	7	28.6%	46	73	119	38.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Masako Yanagi 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 %
1984	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1985	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1986	26	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1987	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1988	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
1989	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1991	31	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	33	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	4	15	19	21.1%	7	6	13	53.8%	11	31	42	26.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 42/119 (35.3%) of Masako Yanagi's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Masako Yanagi 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
1980	20	1508	101.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.4%	-1.09	1–0	—	—	-0.30
1981	21	1497	99.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	+0.09
1982	22	1562	107.6	—	—	—	—	-15	+19	—	61.5%	+0.72	1–0	0–1	—	+2.51
1983	23	1604	105.2	—	—	—	—	-17	—	—	50.0%	-0.40	4–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	106.1	+0.50
1984	24	1573	108.0	—	—	—	—	+5	+41	—	44.0%	-0.56	2–3 (40%)	0–1	—	+1.16
1985	25	1523	110.1	—	—	—	—	+25	+64	-5	32.4%	-1.05	1–4 (20%)	0–3 (0%)	93.6	+0.76
1986	26	1515	107.6	—	—	—	—	+6	—	—	36.2%	-0.77	4–5 (44%)	3–4 (43%)	98.8	+1.81
1987	27	1480	91.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.1%	-3.33	0–1	—	—	-0.10
1988	28	1525	114.3	—	—	—	—	-63	+99	-30	44.9%	-0.27	3–4 (43%)	1–2 (33%)	99.6	+1.43
1989	29	1483	89.4	—	—	—	—	-34	—	—	15.0%	-2.70	1–1	1–0	—	+0.58
1991	31	1478	102.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.14
1993	33	1482	100.7	—	—	—	—	-27	—	—	41.7%	-1.42	1–1	1–0	—	+0.30
Career		1623	108.2	—	—	—	—	-14	+47	-20	40.1%	-0.76	18–20 (47%)	9–13 (41%)	97.2	+7.23

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Masako Yanagi Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1984	24	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1985	25	R32	R128	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1986	26	—	R64	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1987	27	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	28	R128	R32	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
1989	29	R128	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	4–4 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	6–13 (32%)

WTA 500

Masako Yanagi WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	SDG	PAN	BER	CAN	LOS	MAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	23	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	24	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1985	25	R64	R128	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	0–4 (0%)
1986	26	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1987	27	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	28	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32	4–5 (44%)
1989	29	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–6 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–17 (23%)

WTA 250

Masako Yanagi WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	HOU	RIO	TKY	AUS	BEC	BIR	BOC	GLA	HAM	HER	JAK	KEY	KYO	LEE	MAH	NAG	OKL	JAP	SIN	TAI	WES	W-L Win %
1980	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1981	21	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	22	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	SF	F	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	12–6 (67%)
1983	23	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1984	24	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1985	25	R16	—	R16	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1986	26	—	—	SF	—	—	R64	R128	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	5–8 (38%)
1987	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1988	28	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1989	29	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	2–4 (33%)
1991	31	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	33	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	11–12 (48%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	33–39 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 2, 1984

First Top 100

Mar 5, 1984

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Masako Yanagi ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	24	147	137	91	110	137	124	125	123	120	94	100	103
1985	25	—	104	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	26	121	121	115	118	122	115	116	126	124	112	112	113
1987	27	120	131	142	151	151	159	152	149	153	238	237	242
1988	28	159	161	160	134	131	99	92	110	106	99	100	102
1989	29	128	138	139	146	132	171	190	193	193	198	204	209
1990	30	208	203	198	451	460	481	499	588	597	597	412	418
1991	31	426	431	431	353	347	371	387	396	401	491	467	479
1992	32	503	533	545	548	—	—	—	—	—	562	434	371
1993	33	363	205	211	188	169	184	183	194	198	199	189	190
1994	34	194	—	—	329	420	424	496	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

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

Masako Yanagi's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Eva Krapl	SUI	94	1,559	0	102	35	67	34.3%	1981–1990	Match log
Kim Steinmetz	USA	99	1,649	0	126	48	78	38.1%	1978–1991	Match log
Ann Devries	BEL	77	1,619	0	89	35	54	39.3%	1986–1993	Match log
Ronni Reis	USA	78	1,607	0	80	28	52	35.0%	1983–1990	Match log
Louise Field	AUS	96	1,550	0	179	58	121	32.4%	1982–1994	Match log
Cammy Macgregor	USA	75	1,604	0	135	48	87	35.6%	1985–1993	Match log
Karen Schimper	RSA	75	1,650	0	67	24	43	35.8%	1987–1990	Match log
Andrea Holikova	TCH	112	1,652	0	94	33	61	35.1%	1985–1989	Match log
Sarah Loosemore	GBR	76	1,640	0	59	21	38	35.6%	1988–1992	Match log
Jennifer Santrock	USA	103	1,515	0	66	20	46	30.3%	1987–1993	Match log
Cristina Tessi	ARG	70	1,612	0	62	25	37	40.3%	1988–1992	Match log
Kaoru Okamoto	JPN	75	1,589	1	67	23	44	34.3%	1978–1992	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Masako Yanagi?: Masako Yanagi is 66 years old, born on November 11, 1959.
Which country does Masako Yanagi represent?: Masako Yanagi represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Masako Yanagi?: Masako Yanagi is 191 cm / 6'3".
Is Masako Yanagi left-handed or right-handed?: Masako Yanagi plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Masako Yanagi won?: Masako Yanagi has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Masako Yanagi won?: TennisDB does not group any of Masako Yanagi's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Masako Yanagi's highest WTA ranking?: Masako Yanagi's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 89, first achieved on April 2, 1984.
What is Masako Yanagi's career win-loss record?: Masako Yanagi has a career WTA singles record of 46 wins and 73 losses (38.7%).
How much career prize money has Masako Yanagi earned?: Masako Yanagi has earned at least $155,263 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Masako Yanagi's career appear in TennisDB?: Masako Yanagi appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1980 through 1993.
On which surface does Masako Yanagi have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Masako Yanagi's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 32.8% (19–39).
Who has Masako Yanagi faced most often?: Masako Yanagi's most frequent opponent is Pilar Vasquez, with a head-to-head record of 2–1 across 3 meetings.