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Maya Kidowaki

JPN Age 57 167 cm / 5'6" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1988–1994

Maya Kidowaki represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 68. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 34–56 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

68 (Nov 4, 1991)

Elo peak

1659 (51st percentile)

Singles record

34–56 (37.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$286,615

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 →

Maya Kidowaki's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Romana Tedjakusuma #92	7-5 3-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1994*	R32	China Open	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Mana Endo #41	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 1994*	R32	Japan Women's Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet
Kristin Godridge #183	2-6 0-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 1993*	R16	Taipei	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Erika De Lone #173	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1993*	R32	Taipei	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 1993*	R32	Stratton Mountain	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Maya Kidowaki's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	0	3	3	Jul 29, 1993	H2H
Anne Minter	2	1	3	Jan 15, 1992	H2H
Mana Endo	0	2	2	Feb 11, 1994	H2H
Kimiko Date	0	2	2	Jun 17, 1992	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	0	2	2	May 14, 1992	H2H

Career Results

Maya Kidowaki career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	19	0	1	1	0.0%	220	247
1989	20	2	6	8	25.0%	245	138
1990	21	11	13	24	45.8%	138	93
1991	22	13	14	27	48.2%	88	73
1992	23	6	15	21	28.6%	80	148
1993	24	2	5	7	28.6%	144	200
1994	25	0	2	2	0.0%	200	553
Career		34	56	90	37.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Maya Kidowaki 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	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	20	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
1990	21	8	6	14	57.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	11	13	24	45.8%
1991	22	5	7	12	41.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	13	14	27	48.1%
1992	23	3	8	11	27.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	15	21	28.6%
1993	24	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1994	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	20	32	52	38.5%	8	10	18	44.4%	5	8	13	38.5%	1	6	7	14.3%	34	56	90	37.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Maya Kidowaki 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	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1990	21	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	1	6	83.3%	7	10	17	41.2%
1991	22	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	9	11	20	45.0%
1992	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
1993	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1994	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	7	7	0.0%	0	10	10	0.0%	11	24	35	31.4%	11	5	16	68.8%	22	46	68	32.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 68/90 (75.6%) of Maya Kidowaki's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Maya Kidowaki 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	19	1496	102.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.20
1989	20	1466	98.5	—	—	—	—	+31	—	—	33.3%	-1.56	0–2	1–1	—	+0.89
1990	21	1551	123.8	—	—	—	—	+33	—	+38	49.1%	-0.24	2–5 (29%)	3–2 (60%)	98.9	+0.78
1991	22	1640	120.6	—	—	—	—	-58	-60	+6	45.2%	-0.79	6–2 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	108.4	+0.12
1992	23	1575	106.0	—	—	—	—	-37	+30	-14	30.4%	-1.70	2–2 (50%)	1–0	—	-0.47
1993	24	1542	100.0	—	—	—	—	-31	—	—	42.9%	-0.93	0–2	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.32
1994	25	1520	101.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.17
Career		1659	116.5	—	—	—	—	-10	-21	+14	40.7%	-0.99	10–13 (43%)	10–7 (59%)	104.0	+1.41

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Maya Kidowaki Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1990	21	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1991	22	R64	R32	R64	R128	4–4 (50%)
1992	23	R64	R64	R128	—	2–3 (40%)
1993	24	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	3–3 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	7–12 (37%)

WTA 1000

Maya Kidowaki WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BOC	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1992	23	R32	R32	R32	R128	3–4 (43%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	5–5 (50%)

WTA 500

Maya Kidowaki WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	HAM	IW	TKY	LOS	STR	W-L Win %
1989	20	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1990	21	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	22	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1992	23	R64	—	R64	R32	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–10 (29%)

WTA 250

Maya Kidowaki WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	BEI	BRI	GEN	TKY	ALB	BIR	BRE	KUA	LUC	JAP	PAT	SIN	STR	TAI	W-L Win %
1988	19	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	20	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	2–4 (33%)
1990	21	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	7–5 (58%)
1991	22	R32	—	R16	QF	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	7–7 (50%)
1992	23	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	1–5 (17%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	1–3 (25%)
1994	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–5 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	18–27 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Nov 4, 1991

First Top 100

Apr 23, 1990

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Maya Kidowaki ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	17	290	290	294	298	306	304	299	284	265	304	310	310
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	283	254	239	236	219	220
1988	19	222	234	233	238	242	246	246	263	289	289	243	247
1989	20	231	222	222	198	174	169	172	166	167	151	136	138
1990	21	130	115	103	86	87	88	95	72	77	84	89	93
1991	22	87	105	111	162	126	102	92	92	70	70	73	73
1992	23	85	76	89	80	90	120	135	134	166	153	147	148
1993	24	140	157	157	152	173	219	201	195	200	—	200	200
1994	25	200	—	—	—	—	—	216	241	247	310	553	553
1995	26	594	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Similar Players

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

Maya Kidowaki's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Silke Frankl	GER	#67	1,649	119	42	77	35.3%	$286,468	1988–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Cristina Tessi	ARG	#70	1,612	62	25	37	40.3%	$130,417	1988–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Rika Hiraki	JPN	#72	1,589	141	48	93	34.0%	$852,103	1988–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Laura Lapi	ITA	#66	1,711	84	36	48	42.9%	$138,991	1987–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Rene Simpson	CAN	#70	1,663	127	44	83	34.6%	$485,389	1988–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Katrina Adams	USA	#67	1,607	169	55	114	32.5%	$1,294,235	1987–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Sarah Loosemore	GBR	#76	1,640	59	21	38	35.6%	$116,991	1988–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Natalia Egorova	RUS	#76	1,623	45	17	28	37.8%	$134,904	1987–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Nanne Dahlman	FIN	#59	1,604	98	35	63	35.7%	$344,314	1988–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Eugenia Maniokova	RUS	#66	1,589	73	24	49	32.9%	$429,742	1990–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Beate Reinstadler	AUT	#60	1,623	105	35	70	33.3%	$279,231	1986–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Kamstra	NED	#70	1,585	57	21	36	36.8%	$184,407	1990–1996	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Maya Kidowaki?: Maya Kidowaki is 57 years old, born on May 17, 1969.
Which country does Maya Kidowaki represent?: Maya Kidowaki represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Maya Kidowaki?: Maya Kidowaki is 167 cm / 5'6".
Is Maya Kidowaki left-handed or right-handed?: Maya Kidowaki plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Maya Kidowaki won?: Maya Kidowaki has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Maya Kidowaki won?: TennisDB does not group any of Maya Kidowaki's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Maya Kidowaki's highest WTA ranking?: Maya Kidowaki's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 68, first achieved on November 4, 1991.
What is Maya Kidowaki's career win-loss record?: Maya Kidowaki has a career WTA singles record of 34 wins and 56 losses (37.8%).
How much career prize money has Maya Kidowaki earned?: Maya Kidowaki has earned at least $286,615 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Maya Kidowaki's career appear in TennisDB?: Maya Kidowaki appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1988 through 1994.
On which surface does Maya Kidowaki have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Maya Kidowaki's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 38.5% (20–32).
Who has Maya Kidowaki faced most often?: Maya Kidowaki's most frequent opponent is Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.