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Naoko Kijimuta

JPN Age 54 164 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1989–1998

Naoko Kijimuta represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 44. In TennisDB's records, Naoko Kijimuta finished with a career record of 37–57 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

44 (Mar 3, 1997)

Elo peak

1697 (58th percentile)

Career record

37–57 (39.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$499,278

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 →

Naoko Kijimuta's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Anke Huber #21	3-6 6-3 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 1998*	R32	Toyota Princess Cup	WTA 500	Hard
Maria Vento-Kabchi #31	0-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1998*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Karin Miller #115	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1998*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Julie Halard-Decugis #63	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1998*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Yuka Yoshida #64	1-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1998*	R32	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Hard

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Naoko Kijimuta's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ai Sugiyama	2	2	4	May 23, 1997	H2H
Shi-Ting Wang	1	2	3	Sep 18, 1997	H2H
Yayuk Basuki	0	3	3	Aug 14, 1997	H2H
Amy Frazier	0	3	3	Jul 24, 1997	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	0	3	3	Mar 22, 1997	H2H

Career Results

Naoko Kijimuta career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	17	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1992	20	0	1	1	0.0%	441	315
1993	21	0	1	1	0.0%	315	303
1994	22	2	7	9	22.2%	188	156
1995	23	6	6	12	50.0%	155	87
1996	24	17	18	35	48.6%	80	45
1997	25	10	17	27	37.0%	47	74
1998	26	1	6	7	14.3%	71	279
Career		37	57	94	39.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Naoko Kijimuta 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 %
1989	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1992	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	22	2	7	9	22.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
1995	23	6	5	11	54.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%
1996	24	14	11	25	56.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	17	18	35	48.6%
1997	25	4	12	16	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
1998	26	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
Career	—	26	40	66	39.4%	6	6	12	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	37	57	94	39.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Naoko Kijimuta 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 %
1989	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1992	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%
1995	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	5	11	54.5%
1996	24	0	2	2	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	8	7	15	53.3%	6	0	6	100.0%	16	16	32	50.0%
1997	25	0	2	2	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
1998	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
Career		0	8	8	0.0%	6	15	21	28.6%	16	19	35	45.7%	13	8	21	61.9%	35	50	85	41.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 85/94 (90.4%) of Naoko Kijimuta's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Naoko Kijimuta 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
1989	17	1514	104.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	—	—	—	+0.25
1992	20	1497	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	—	—	+0.21
1993	21	1490	103.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	0.00
1994	22	1480	119.3	—	—	—	—	+27	—	—	25.0%	-1.40	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.38
1995	23	1556	125.1	—	—	—	—	+18	—	—	48.3%	+0.31	3–2 (60%)	0–2	—	+0.31
1996	24	1682	139.7	—	—	—	—	+22	-92	-129	50.0%	+0.20	5–7 (42%)	3–4 (43%)	100.8	-0.53
1997	25	1670	130.1	—	—	—	—	-56	-37	-27	40.9%	-0.74	5–7 (42%)	1–3 (25%)	99.4	-1.71
1998	26	1595	103.6	—	—	—	—	-39	—	—	27.8%	-2.11	1–3 (25%)	—	—	+0.31
Career		1697	134.7	—	—	—	—	-1	-67	-65	42.7%	-0.43	15–22 (41%)	5–11 (31%)	96.6	-1.64

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Naoko Kijimuta Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1994	22	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	23	R128	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1996	24	R128	R128	R128	R32	2–4 (33%)
1997	25	R128	R64	R32	R128	3–4 (43%)
1998	26	R128	R128	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–5 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–3 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	7–14 (33%)

WTA 1000

Naoko Kijimuta WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	CAN	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1996	24	R64	R16	R128	R32	2–4 (33%)
1997	25	R64	R32	R64	R32	2–4 (33%)
1998	26	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	4–9 (31%)

WTA 500

Naoko Kijimuta WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	TKY	MAN	STA	TOY	W-L Win %
1993	21	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	22	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	23	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1996	24	R16	—	R64	—	R16	2–3 (40%)
1997	25	—	—	R32	R32	R32	0–3 (0%)
1998	26	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	3–10 (23%)

WTA 250

Naoko Kijimuta WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	JAP	BIR	CAR	HOB	HOP	JAK	NAG	JAP	PAT	ROS	SIN	STR	SUR	TAI	W-L Win %
1989	17	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	22	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	2–5 (29%)
1995	23	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1996	24	QF	SF	R64	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	11–7 (61%)
1997	25	—	R16	R32	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	5–6 (45%)
1998	26	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	7–6 (54%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	23–24 (49%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Mar 3, 1997

First Top 100

Nov 20, 1995

First Top 50

Sep 9, 1996

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Naoko Kijimuta ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	433	432	442
1992	20	441	354	359	343	361	329	323	316	325	357	316	315
1993	21	315	324	322	329	338	396	286	298	303	—	—	—
1994	22	188	178	175	161	164	166	151	133	153	144	155	156
1995	23	150	152	150	162	156	164	168	173	122	118	87	87
1996	24	92	87	87	60	55	60	61	51	50	49	50	45
1997	25	46	45	44	61	61	55	49	57	74	75	74	74
1998	26	70	72	79	90	117	136	183	291	253	258	270	279
1999	27	279	279	286	288	303	308	534	538	—	—	—	—

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.

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Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Kristine Kunce	AUS	45	1,742	109	46	63	42.2%	1988–1998	Match log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	46	1,687	108	44	64	40.7%	1989–1997	Match log
Marketa Kochta	GER	45	1,635	99	32	67	32.3%	1990–1997	Match log
Christina Singer	GER	41	1,738	142	56	86	39.4%	1986–1997	Match log
Nana Smith	JPN	51	1,649	179	65	114	36.3%	1988–2000	Match log
Katarzyna Nowak	POL	47	1,659	77	26	51	33.8%	1989–1996	Match log
Els Callens	BEL	43	1,715	211	83	128	39.3%	1991–2005	Match log
Dally Randriantefy	MAD	44	1,684	112	43	69	38.4%	1992–2006	Match log
Karin Kschwendt	AUT	37	1,712	195	79	116	40.5%	1989–2000	Match log
Maureen Drake	CAN	47	1,586	133	40	93	30.1%	1988–2005	Match log
Silke Meier	GER	40	1,666	222	81	141	36.5%	1985–1997	Match log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	52	1,667	126	48	78	38.1%	1987–1997	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Naoko Kijimuta?: Naoko Kijimuta is 54 years old, born on March 26, 1972.
Which country does Naoko Kijimuta represent?: Naoko Kijimuta represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Naoko Kijimuta?: Naoko Kijimuta is 164 cm / 5'5".
Is Naoko Kijimuta left-handed or right-handed?: Naoko Kijimuta plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Naoko Kijimuta won?: Naoko Kijimuta has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Naoko Kijimuta won?: TennisDB does not group any of Naoko Kijimuta's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Naoko Kijimuta's highest WTA ranking?: Naoko Kijimuta's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 44, first achieved on March 3, 1997.
What is Naoko Kijimuta's career win-loss record?: Naoko Kijimuta has a career WTA singles record of 37 wins and 57 losses (39.4%).
How much career prize money has Naoko Kijimuta earned?: Naoko Kijimuta has earned at least $499,278 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Naoko Kijimuta's career appear in TennisDB?: Naoko Kijimuta appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1989 through 1998.
On which surface does Naoko Kijimuta have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Naoko Kijimuta's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 39.4% (26–40).
Who has Naoko Kijimuta faced most often?: Naoko Kijimuta's most frequent opponent is Ai Sugiyama, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.