Shiho Akita

Shiho Akita (秋田 史帆, Akita Shiho, born 18 January 1990) is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Shiho Akita
秋田 史帆

Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34) Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$151,469
Singles
Career record	384–284
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 221 (8 May 2017)
Current ranking	No. 515 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2007)
French Open Junior	2R (2007)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2007)
US Open Junior	1R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	88–105
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 369 (12 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 690 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2007)
French Open Junior	QF (2007)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2007)
US Open Junior	2R (2007)
Last updated on: 12 August 2024.

Akita has a career-high WTA rankings of 221 in singles and 369 in doubles. She has won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2012, she made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in the doubles event of Pattaya Open, partnering Nicole Rottmann. The pair reached the quarterfinals, losing to second seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Tamarine Tanasugarn.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–7) Carpet (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2008	ITF Tokyo, Japan	W10	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2009	ITF Miyazaki, Japan	W10	Carpet	Junri Namigata	6–7(6), 2–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2009	ITF Niigata, Japan	W10	Carpet	Remi Tezuka	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Aug 2009	ITF Saitama, Japan	W10	Hard	Sachie Ishizu	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Jul 2010	ITF Pattaya, Thailand	W10	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–4	Sep 2010	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	W25	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Jun 2017	ITF Makinohara, Japan	W25	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–5	Jun 2013	ITF Tokyo, Japan	W10	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–5	Sep 2016	ITF Noto, Japan	W25	Carpet	Ayano Shimizu	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–6	Sep 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	W25	Hard	Gao Xinyu	2–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss	4–7	Mar 2017	ITF Nishitama, Japan	W15	Hard	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–7	Nov 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Magdaléna Pantůčková	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–7	Mar 2020	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Irina Ramialison	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–8	May 2024	ITF Fukui, Japan	W15	Hard	Mio Mushika	5–7, 4–6
Loss	6–9	May 2024	ITF Tokyo, Japan	W15	Hard	Rina Saigo	6–4, 6–7(6), 5–7
Win	7–9	Jul 2024	ITF Sapporo, Japan	W15	Hard	Lee Eun-hye	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–1

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–4) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2013	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	W25	Grass	Sachie Ishizu	Miki Miyamura Erika Takao	7–5, 7–6(8)
Loss	1–1	Jun 2013	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	W10	Hard	Akari Inoue	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	2–1	Jan 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt	W10	Hard	Yuuki Tanaka	Kajsa Rinaldo Persson Caroline Rohde-Moe	6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss	2–2	Aug 2016	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	W25	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Lu Jiajing Akiko Omae	3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	2–3	Mar 2017	ITF Nishitama, Japan	W15	Hard	Erika Sema	Momoko Kobori Kotomi Takahata	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 2018	ITF Daegu, South Korea	W25	Hard	Misaki Doi	Chang Kai-chen Hsu Ching-wen	1–2 ret.
Win	3–4	Jul 2024	ITF Sapporo, Japan	W15	Hard	Choi Ji-hee	Ayumi Miyamoto Anri Nagata	7–6(5), 6–7(5), [10–8]

External links

• Shiho Akita at the Women's Tennis Association
• Shiho Akita at the International Tennis Federation