HIBINO Nao

Date of Birth: 28 Nov 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.63/5'4''

Place of birth: ICHINOMIYA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Tennis	Women's Singles	33
	Women's Doubles JPN Hibino / Ninomiya	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 4	Women's Singles First Round SRB STOJANOVIC NSTOJANOVIC Nina 6 6 JPN HIBINO NHIBINO Nao 3 3	Finished
3rd on Court 5	Ariake Tennis Park Court 5	Women's Doubles First Round JPN Hibino / Ninomiya 1 2 AUS Barty / Sanders 6 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Grand Slams

	Aus Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
Year	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2021	R64	R64	R64	R32	R64	R32	-	-
2020	R64	R32	R64	R64	-	-	R128	R32
2019	-	R16	-	R64	-	R64	-	R64
2018	R128	R64	-	R32	-	-	-	R16
2017	R128	R32	R128	R16	R128	R64	R64	R32
2016	R128	R64	R128	R32	R128	R64	R128	R16

2021 Tournament Results - Doubles

Result
Winner	-
Runner-up	Istanbul
Semifinal	-

Olympic Games - Singles
2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Phase	Result	Opponent	Result
R64	Won	BEGU Irina (ROU)	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
R32	Lost	MUGURUZA Garbinye (ESP)	1-6, 1-6

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Eiji Takeuchi, JPN, from 2012

Right (thetennisdaily.jp, 01 Mar 2016)

Turned professional in 2013

In February 2021, she underwent surgery to remove a cyst on her right shoulder. (Instagram profile, 26 Feb 2021)

In 2017 she suffered a sprained right ankle during the final of the Bank of Liuzhou Cup in the People's Republic of China and withdrew during the third set. (zamst.jp, 30 Aug 2019; lineblog.me, 30 Oct 2017)

In April 2016 she sustained a right shoulder injury. (news.tennis365.net, 28 Apr 2016)

She began the sport at age ten. (sponichi.co.jp, 01 Jul 2016)

Her parents sent her brother to a tennis school, so she wanted to play too. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 07 Oct 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (descente.co.jp, 17 Aug 2020)

In 2019, she received an Outstanding Player Award from the Japanese Tennis Association. (jta-tennis.or.jp, 01 Jan 2020)

She received an Excellence Award at the 2014 Tennis Japan League awards. (tennis-jl.jp, 15 Feb 2015)

General Interest

General
NAME
Her parents are fans of tennis and named her Nao after Japanese tennis player Naoko Sawamatsu. Her brother's name, Shujo, was inspired by tennis player Shujo Matsuoka. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 07 Oct 2015)

Social Media

Athlete Blog: https://lineblog.me/naohibino_official
https://www.facebook.com/nao.hibino.7
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Nao-Hibino-%E6%97%A5%E6%AF%94%E9%87%8E%E8%8F%9C%E7%B7%92-421749844648094/
https://instagram.com/naohibino_1128
Athlete Website: https://nao-hibino.com

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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