Mai Hontama

Mai Hontama
Hontama at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 25)[1]
Machida, Tokyo[2]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 880,808
Singles
Career record246–167
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 105 (5 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 137 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US OpenQ2 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record67–61
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 109 (6 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 523 (21 October 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup8–2
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Mai Hontama (本玉真唯) (born 30 August 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Hontama has a career-high singles ranking of 105 by the WTA, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of 109, set on 6 November 2023.[3]

Career

2021: WTA Tour debut and first quarterfinal

Hontama made her WTA Tour debut at the WTA 500 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic, after qualifying for the main draw. She reached the quarterfinals, defeating former world No. 4, Caroline Garcia in the first round, her first top 100 win,[4] 11th seed Anett Kontaveit by walkover and Shelby Rogers, before falling to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza.[5]

2022-2023: Major debut and first win

She made her Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships after qualifying, where she recorded the first major match win in her career, over Clara Tauson.[6][7][8][9]

At her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open, she reached the second round in 2023, after qualifying and defeating compatriot Nao Hibino before she lost to the top seed Iga Świątek.[10]

2024: WTA 1000 debut

She received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open making her main-draw debut at this major but lost to ninth seed Barbora Krejčíková.[11]

She made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells, after qualifying into the main draw, and recorded her first win at this level defeating Zhang Shuai,[12] but lost to 31st seed Marta Kostyuk, in the second round.[13]

Ranked No. 116, she also made her debut at the WTA 1000 China Open, as a lucky loser, after the late withdrawal of Amanda Anisimova, losing in the first round to Wang Xinyu.[14]

Sponsorship

Hontama wears Lacoste clothing, and uses Tecnifibre racquets.

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q3 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q1 Q3 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 2R Q1 Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open Q2 Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A[b] PO PO 0 / 0 7–1 88%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open 1R Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 2 4 4 Career total: 10
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 2–2 3–5 11–4 0 / 10 16–11 59%
Year-end ranking[d] 150 212 124 $555,639

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Pan Pacific Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] PO PO 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 2 Career total: 3
Titles 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–2 0 / 3 1–3
Year–end ranking[e] 512

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2023 Jasmin Open,
Tunisia 		WTA 250 Hard Serbia Natalija Stevanović Italy Sara Errani
Italy Jasmine Paolini 		6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 ITF Nanao, Japan 25,000 Carpet Japan Ayano Shimizu 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2020 ITF Yokohama, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Yuriko Miyazaki 5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–4 May 2021 ITF Salinas, Ecuador 25,000 Hard Canada Carol Zhao 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–4 Jun 2021 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard Russia Anastasia Tikhonova 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–4 Nov 2022 Sydney Challenger, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Petra Hule 7–6(1), 3–6, 7–5
Win 4–4 Mar 2023 Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia 40,000 Hard (i) Denmark Clara Tauson 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 10,000 Hard Japan Yukina Saigo Thailand Nudnida Luangnam
Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai 		5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2022 ITF Santarém, Portugal 25,000 Hard Australia Maddison Inglis Netherlands Suzan Lamens
Anastasia Tikhonova 		6–0, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 2022 Yokohama Challenger, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae Japan Saki Imamura
Japan Naho Sato 		4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 1–3 Nov 2022 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 60,000 Hard (i) Japan Junri Namigata Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-chieh
Indonesia Jessy Rompies 		4–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Japan Eri Hozumi Japan Ena Shibahara
Australia Arina Rodionova 		4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 3–3 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa 60,000 Hard France Alice Tubello Belgium Sofia Costoulas
Italy Dalila Spiteri 		6–3, 6–3
Win 4–3 May 2023 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain 100,000 Hard Japan Eri Hozumi Greece Eleni Christofi
Greece Despina Papamichail 		6–0, 7–5
Win 5–3 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy 60,000 Clay Japan Moyuka Uchijima Alena Fomina-Klotz
Australia Olivia Tjandramulia 		6–1, 6–0
Loss 5–4 Aug 2023 Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States 100,000 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki United States Sophie Chang
Ukraine Yulia Starodubtseva 		w/o

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 0–2 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2021
Loss 0–1 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza No. 9 Chicago Classic, United States Hard QF 3–6, 2–6 No. 200
2023
Loss 0–2 Poland Iga Świątek No. 2 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Hard 2R 4–6, 5–7 No. 148

Notes

  1. ^ a b Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ 2016: WTA ranking–734, 2017: WTA ranking–916, 2018: WTA ranking–402, 2019: WTA ranking–381, 2020: WTA ranking–330.
  5. ^ 2017: WTA ranking–1094, 2018: WTA ranking–833, 2019: WTA ranking–506, 2020: WTA ranking–553, 2021: WTA ranking–576.

References

  1. ^ "Mai Hontama". www.tennisexplorer.com.
  2. ^ "本玉真唯". Japan Tennis Association. 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Nagi Hanatani | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
  4. ^ "Qualifier Hontama routs Garcia for first Top 100 win on WTA debut: Chicago Highlights". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes".
  6. ^ "Bjorklund, Contreras Gomez battle through Wimbledon qualifying".
  7. ^ "Wimbledon 2022's Grand Slam debuts: Hontama, Chwalinska, Kartal and more".
  8. ^ "Tennis: Japanese qualifier Hontama through to Wimbledon 2nd round". 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Mai Hontama Qualifies for the Main Draw in a Grand Slam Competition in Singles!".
  10. ^ "Swiatek survives spirited challenge from Hontama in Tokyo". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Krejcikova, Fernandez, Anisimova battle to Australian Open first-round wins". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Qualifier Hontama through to second round at Indian Wells". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Indian Wells: Kostyuk moves into third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  14. ^ "China Open: Local favourite Wang sets up Kudermetova clash in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 September 2024.