Naho Sato

Naho Sato (born 23 January 2001) is a Japanese tennis player.^[1]

Naho Sato

Country (sports)	Japan
Born	23 January 2001 Tokyo, Japan
Plays	Right-Handed
Prize money	US$86,649
Singles
Career record	164–108
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 319 (21 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 327 (16 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record	114–63
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 195 (7 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 196 (16 December 2024)
Last updated on: 29 July 2024.

Naho Sato

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's Tennis
Youth Olympic Games
	2018 Buenos Aires	Doubles
Summer Universiade
	2019 Naples	Singles
	2019 Naples	Doubles
	2019 Naples	Team

Sato has been ranked as high as world No. 319 in singles and 195 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). On the ITF Junior Circuit, Naito's career-high ranking is world No. 7 (March 2018).

Career

In 2018, she was runner-up in the junior women's doubles at Roland Garros, along with her compatriot Yuki Naito, after losing the final against Caty McNally and Iga Świątek.^[2]

At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires, she won the silver medal in women's doubles, along with Naito. In the women's doubles final, Naito and Sato were defeated by the Slovenian Kaja Juvan and the Polish Iga Świątek, who competed in the mixed team modality owned by the Youth Olympians.^[3]

At the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy, she won the gold medal in women's singles and a bronze medal in women's doubles, along with Kanako Morisaki.^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner ups)

Legend W25/35 tournaments (0–1) W15 tournaments (5–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2018	ITF Manacor, Spain	W15	Clay	Alexandra Perper	1–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(3)
Win	2–1	Jun 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W15	Hard	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Mar 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Wu Meixu	0–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	4–1	Mar 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Paris Corley	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	4–2	Feb 2024	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W35	Hard	Amarni Banks	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–2	Mar 2024	ITF Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	W15	Hard	Yuan Chengyiyi	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 21 (15 titles, 6 runner ups)

Legend W100 tournaments W40/50 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W15 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (10–5) Clay (4–1) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2018	ITF Manacor, Spain	W15	Clay	Yukina Saigo	Alexandra Perper Lisa Ponomar	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	2–0	Nov 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Lisa Ponomar	Ioana Gașpar Oana Georgeta Simion	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–0	Mar 2020	Keio Challenger, Japan	W25	Hard	Robu Kajitani	Erina Hayashi Kanako Morisaki	1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	4–0	Aug 2021	ITF Frederiksberg, Denmark	W15	Clay	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Viktoriia Dema Ani Vangelova	6–0, 6–1
Loss	4–1	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Funa Kozaki	Miriam Kolodziejová Jesika Malecková	6–7(2), 6–7(4)
Win	5–1	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Funa Kozaki	Marie Benoit Nicoleta Dascălu	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–2	May 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W25	Hard	Misaki Matsuda	Momoko Kobori Luksika Kumkhum	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Jun 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W15	Hard	Anri Nagata	Liu Fangzhou Xun Fangying	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–3	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yasmine Mansouri	Saki Imamura Priska Madelyn Nugroho	1–6, 3–6
Win	7–3	Nov 2022	ITF Yokohama, Japan	W25	Hard	Saki Imamura	Han Na-lae Mai Hontama	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	8–3	Feb 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Leonie Küng	Eleni Christofi Paris Corley	6–2, 6–1
Win	9–3	Mar 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	Eleni Christofi Paris Corley	6–4, 6–1
Loss	9–4	Apr 2023	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	W15	Hard	Saki Imamura	Arianne Hartono Priscilla Hon	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	9–5	Sep 2023	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	W25	Hard	Misaki Matsuda	Punnin Kovapitukted Tang Qianhui	6–7(2), 6–1, [3–10]
Loss	9–6	Sep 2023	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Misaki Matsuda	Destanee Aiava Maddison Inglis	1–6, 4–6
Win	10–6	Oct 2023	ITF Cairns Australia	W25	Hard	Yuki Naito	Lizette Cabrera Maddison Inglis	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	11–6	Feb 2024	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	W35	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Feng Shuo Zheng Wushuang	6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	12–6	Feb 2024	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W35	Hard	Yuki Naito	Destanee Aiava Tenika McGiffin	6–1, 6–3
Win	13–6	Jul 2024	ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal	W100	Hard	Sayaka Ishii	Madeleine Brooks Sarah Beth Grey	7–6(1), 7–5
Win	14–6	Sep 2024	ITF Nanao, Japan	W50	Carpet	Aoi Ito	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	6–1, 6–3
Win	15–6	Dec 2024	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	W50	Hard	Kanako Morisaki	Riya Bhatia Zeel Desai	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	French Open	Clay	Yuki Naito	Caty McNally Iga Świątek	2–6, 5–7

Notes

References

1. "Naho Sato". www.tennisabstract.com.
2. "Roland Garros Junior French Championships 2018 - Draw". www.itftennis.com.
3. "Youth Olympic Games: Kaja Juvan wins two gold medals to write history". www.tennisworldusa.org.
4. "Japan and Chinese Taipei win women's and men's singles titles". www.fisu.net.

External links

• Naho Sato at the Women's Tennis Association
• Naho Sato at the International Tennis Federation

Sporting positions
Preceded by Olga Danilović / Anastasia Potapova	Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion 2017 With: Joanna Garland	Succeeded by Adrienn Nagy / Park So-hyun