Moyuka Uchijima

Moyuka Uchijima
内島萌夏
	Uchijima at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	11 August 2001 (age 23); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$786,324
Singles
Career record	224–139
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (12 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 59 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	1R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	104–75
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 101 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 234 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–3
	Last updated on: 15 August 2024.

Moyuka Uchijima (内島萌夏, Uchijima Moyuka, born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles, achieved on 12 August 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached in June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is the current Japanese No. 1 player.

Career

2019: WTA debut in doubles

Uchijima made her debut on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Japan Women's Open, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering with Erina Hayashi.

2023: Grand Slam and WTA 500 debuts

For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the 2023 Australian Open. In doubles at the same tournament, she recorded her first Major win partnering Wang Xinyu over local wildcards Olivia Tjandramulia and Talia Gibson.

She also received a wildcard in singles at her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open. She entered the main draw of the following WTA 500, the Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser.

2024: Olympics and WTA 1000 debuts and first win, top 60

In May 2024, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings and making her the Japanese number one for the first time.

She qualified for the 2024 French Open making her debut at this Major^[2] and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round. She then lost in the second round to the No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets, ending a run of 19 consecutive professional match wins for Uchijima.

She qualified for the 2024 National Bank Open and recorded her first WTA 1000 win over Viktoriya Tomova before losing to previous year runner-up and sixth seed Liudmila Samsonova. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 59 on 12 August 2024.^[3]

Personal life

She has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.^[4]

Performance timelines

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 2024 French Open.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	Q3	Q3	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q3	Q3		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–2	0 / 3	1–3	25%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Billie Jean King Cup^[a]	PO	PO		0 / 0	6–3	67%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[b]	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati Open	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	A	A	NMS	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	NH			0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	NH	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	3	6	2	Total: 11
Titles	0	0	0	Total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	Total: 0
Overall win–loss	6–5	4–7	1–2	0 / 11	11–14	44%
Year-end ranking^[c]	105	181		$484,110

Doubles

Current through the end of the 2023 season.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	0	0	2	4	Total: 8
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–4	0 / 8	4–8	33%
Year-end ranking^[d]	850	262	240	312	124	145

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2022	Concord Open, United States	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Varvara Flink CoCo Vandeweghe	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (3–0)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (3–2)
W40/50 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (3–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2018	Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan	W80	Hard	Kurumi Nara	2–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	1–1	Oct 2019	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	W15	Hard	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–1	Aug 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Jenna DeFalco	7–5, 6–2
Win	3–1	Sep 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Ingrid Martins	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Dec 2021	Pune Tennis Championships, India	W25	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–2, 7-5
Win	5–1	Feb 2022	Porto Indoor, Portugal	W25	Hard (i)	Léolia Jeanjean	6–3, 6–1
Win	6–1	Mar 2022	Clay Court International, Australia	W60	Clay	Olivia Gadecki	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–2	Jul 2022	ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	W25	Hard	Mariia Tkacheva	6–7⁽²⁾, 2–6
Win	7–2	Jul 2022	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	W60	Hard	Natalija Stevanović	6–3, 7–6⁽²⁾
Loss	7–3	Nov 2022	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	W60	Hard (i)	Wang Xinyu	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Mar 2023	Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan	W60	Hard (i)	Jang Su-jeong	1–6, 4–6
Win	8–4	Dec 2023	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	W40	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	6–4, 6–1
Win	9–4	Jan 2024	Pune Tennis Championships, India	W50	Hard	Tina Nadine Smith	6–4, 6–0
Win	10–4	Apr 2024	Zaragoza Open, Spain	W100	Clay	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	6–1, 6–2
Win	11–4	Apr 2024	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	W100	Hard	Arina Rodionova	6–3, 6–3
Win	12–4	May 2024	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	W75	Clay	Mona Barthel	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Win	13–4	May 2024	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	W100	Clay	Leyre Romero Gormaz	5–7, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W60 tournaments (6–3)
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2019	All Japan Indoor Championships	W60	Hard (i)	Eri Hozumi	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	May 2019	Kurume Cup, Japan	W60	Carpet	Erina Hayashi	Hiroko Kuwata Ena Shibahara	6–0, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	2–1	Jun 2019	Internacional de Barcelona, Spain	W60	Clay	Kyoka Okamura	Marina Bassols Ribera Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 2019	ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal	W25	Hard	Laura Pigossi	Francisca Jorge Olga Parres Azcoitia	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss	2–3	Jan 2020	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	W25	Hard	Zhang Ying	Eudice Chong Wu Fang-hsien	6–7⁽²⁾, 1–6
Win	3–3	Feb 2020	All Japan Indoor Championships (2)	W60	Hard (i)	Erina Hayashi	Hsieh Yu-chieh Minori Yonehara	7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
Win	4–3	Sep 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Ma Yexin	Ingrid Martins Jazmín Ortenzi	6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	5–3	Nov 2021	ITF Ortisei, Italy	W25	Hard (i)	Eudice Chong	Susan Bandecchi Ylena In-Albon	6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Win	6–3	Dec 2021	ITF Selva Gardena, Italy	W25	Hard (i)	Eudice Chong	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	6–2, 6-1
Loss	6–4	Mar 2022	Clay Court International, Australia	W60	Clay	Yuki Naito	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss	6–5	Jul 2022	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	W60	Hard	Momoko Kobori	Mariia Tkacheva Anastasia Zolotareva	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Win	7–5	Mar 2023	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	W60	Hard	Ma Yexin	Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech	6–0, 6–2
Win	8–5	Jun 2023	Internazionali di Brescia, Italy	W60	Clay	Mai Hontama	Alena Fomina-Klotz Olivia Tjandramulia	6–1, 6–0
Win	9–5	Jun 2023	Internazionali di Caserta, Italy	W60	Clay	Anastasia Tikhonova	Despina Papamichail Camilla Rosatello	6–4, 6–2
Win	10–5	Oct 2023	Shenzhen Longhua Open, China	W100	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Tímea Babos Kateryna Volodko	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–5	Feb 2024	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	W50	Hard (i)	Lulu Sun	Weronika Falkowska Fanny Stollár	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾

Notes

^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
^ 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.
^ 2017: WTA ranking–807, 2018: WTA ranking–394, 2019: WTA ranking–583, 2020: WTA ranking–492, 2021: WTA ranking–499.
^ 2017: WTA ranking–1261.