Japanese tennis player
1.54 m (5 ft
1 ⁄2 in)
[1] Plays Right (two-handed both sides) Prize money US$ 2,560,898 Singles Career record 230–199 (53.6%) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 182 (9 February 2015) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open Q1 (2015 ) French Open Q1 (2015 ) US Open Q2 (2016 ) Doubles Career record 495–312 (61.3%) Career titles 19 Highest ranking No. 4 (28 February 2022) Current ranking No. 26 (24 June 2024) Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open F (2023 ) French Open QF (2020 ) Wimbledon SF (2013 , 2021 ) US Open 3R (2017 , 2021 , 2022 ) Other doubles tournaments Tour Finals SF (2021 ) Olympic Games 1R (2021 , 2024 ) Grand Slam mixed doubles results French Open 1R (2022 , 2024 ) Team competitions Fed Cup 24–5 (82.8%) Last updated on: 30 June 2024. Shuko Aoyama at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships Shuko Aoyama (青山 修子 , Aoyama Shūko , born December 19, 1987) is a Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
Aoyama turned professional after graduating from Waseda University . She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 28 February 2022. She plays predominantly in doubles and has won 19 titles on the WTA Tour ,[2] having had her most successful Grand Slam appearances at the 2023 Australian Open final and at Wimbledon , reaching the semifinals at the 2013 [3] and 2021 tournaments. She has also won four singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit .
Personal life and background Aoyama started playing tennis at age 9. Her favorite surface is grass . She studied at Waseda University in Japan.[4]
Professional career 2007–12: First steps, first WTA Tour title in doubles Aoyama made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in the doubles event at Gifu in 2007. In March 2009, she won her first ITF title at the $10k Kōfu doubles event. In June 2010, she won her first singles ITF title at the $10k Tokyo event. In October 2010 at the Japan Women's Open , she made her debut at a WTA Tour main-draw event. She failed to qualify in singles and had more success in doubles, reaching her first WTA final. In late November 2010, she won the $75k Toyota doubles event. In June 2011, she made her WTA Tour singles debut at the Birmingham Classic as a qualifier. At the 2011 Wimbledon , she made her Grand Slam debut in doubles. At the 2012 Washington Open , she won her first WTA title in doubles. In September 2012 she won the $100k Ningbo Challenger . During the 2012 season, she also won two $50k events, the Lexington Challenger and the Bronx Open .
2013–16: More success in doubles, Wimbledon semifinalist As time passed, Aoyama became mainly a doubles player, playing in doubles events preferentially to singles. She made a strong start into the 2013 season reaching the semifinal in the first week of January at the Shenzhen Open . Soon after, she won her first Grand Slam match at the Australian Open , but then lost in the second round playing with Irina Falconi . In March, she won the Malaysian Open with Chang Kai-chen . She also had a strong start into the grass-court season, reaching the semifinals at the Rosmalen Championships . She achieved more success at Wimbledon , when she and Chanelle Scheepers reached semifinals. This was her first significant Grand Slam result.[5] In the semifinal match, they lost to Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai . In September, she won the Washington Open for the second year in a row. At the end of the year, she reached semifinals of the Korea Open and won the Toyota World Challenge .
During the next three seasons she did not have as good performances as in the 2013 season. In 2014, in singles, her only significant result came at the end of the year, when she reached the final of the Toyota World Challenge but lost to An-Sophie Mestach . In doubles, she won the Washington Open for the third year in a row, and later in October, she won the Japan Women's Open . During the year, she also had success on the ITF Women's Circuit. In May, she won the $50k Fukuoka International with Eri Hozumi , and later finished as runner-up at both the $50k Lexington Challenger and the $75k Toyota World Challenge . In the first week of the 2015 season, she reached the final at the Auckland Open with Renata Voráčová , they lost to Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci . A month later, she reached the final of the Thailand Open with Tamarine Tanasugarn . She then did not have significant results until September, before she reached semifinals at the Korea Open , and later winning two $100k events, in Nanjing and Tokyo . During 2016, she won one WTA doubles title at the Japan Women's Open , and finished runner-up at the Nuremberg Cup , Washington Open and Jiangxi International Open . She also won three $50k events, in Quanzhou , Shenzhen and Wuhan .
2019–20: New partnership, French Open quarterfinalist She reached the 2020 French Open quarterfinals, partnering compatriot Ena Shibahara .
2021: Miami Open & four more titles, Olympics & top 5 debut, WTA Finals semifinalist She reached the 2021 WTA Finals semifinals, also partnering Ena Shibahara.
2022: World No. 4, Australian Open semifinal Aoyama continued the partnership with Shibihara for the tournaments at the beginning of the year in Australia. At the Australian Open , they improved on their quarterfinal result the previous year by reaching the semifinal. Following this result, Aoyama reached her highest doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 28 February 2022.
For the three other majors during the year Aoyama partnered with Chan Hao-ching , reaching the quarterfinal stage at Wimbledon , and the third round at the US Open (losing to the eventual winners Krejčíková and Siniaková ).
Her final competition was at the Billie Jean King Cup where Aoyama partnered with Shibahara once again. They won each of the six doubles matches they played.
2023: Australian Open finalist, 30th tour final, Canadian champion, back to top 10 At the Australian Open , she reached the finals of a major for the fourth time in her career, again with Shibahara. The pair defeated second-seeded pair of Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the semifinal to reach their first major final.[6] However, they were defeated in straight sets by defending champions Krejčíková and Siniaková.[7] [8]
She won her 18th title at the Rosmalen Open [9] and the WTA 1000 title at the 2023 National Bank Open in Canada partnering Shibahara.
The pair qualified for the 2023 WTA Finals for the second time. Aoyama returned to the top 10 on 23 October 2023.
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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Doubles Current through the 2023 Indian Wells Open.
Grand Slam tournaments Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up) Other significant finals WTA Elite Trophy Doubles: 1 (runner–up) WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) WTA Tour finals Doubles: 32 (19 titles, 13 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam (0–1) WTA Elite Trophy (0–1) WTA 1000 (2–1) WTA 500 (5–3) WTA 250 (12–7)
Finals by surface Hard (16–12) Grass (3–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 Japan Women's Open , Japan International[d] Hard Rika Fujiwara Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh 0–6, 3–6 Win 1–1 Aug 2012 Washington Open, United States International Hard Chang Kai-chen Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers 7–5, 6–2 Win 2–1 Mar 2013 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Chang Kai-chen Janette Husárová Zhang Shuai 6–7(4) , 7–6(4) , [14–12] Win 3–1 Aug 2013 Washington Open, U.S. (2) International Hard Vera Dushevina Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend 6–3, 6–3 Win 4–1 Aug 2014 Washington Open, U.S. (3) International Hard Gabriela Dabrowski Hiroko Kuwata Kurumi Nara 6–1, 6–2 Win 5–1 Oct 2014 Japan Women's Open International Hard Renata Voráčová Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria 6–1, 6–2 Loss 5–2 Jan 2015 Auckland Classic , New Zealand International Hard Renata Voráčová Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 2–6, 1–6 Loss 5–3 Feb 2015 Pattaya Open, Thailand International Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–2, 4–6, [3–10] Loss 5–4 May 2016 Nuremberg Cup , Germany International Clay Renata Voráčová Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 3–6, 4–6 Loss 5–5 Jul 2016 Washington Open, U.S. International Hard Risa Ozaki Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer 4–6, 3–6 Loss 5–6 Aug 2016 Jiangxi International , China International Hard Makoto Ninomiya Liang Chen Lu Jingjing 6–3, 6–7(2) , [11–13] Win 6–6 Sep 2016 Japan Women's Open (2) International Hard Makoto Ninomiya Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith 6–3, 6–3 Win 7–6 Aug 2017 Washington Open, U.S. (4) International Hard Renata Voráčová Eugenie Bouchard Sloane Stephens 6–3, 6–2 Win 8–6 Sep 2017 Japan Women's Open (3) International Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders 6–0, 2–6, [10–5] Loss 8–7 Sep 2017 Wuhan Open , China Premier 5[e] Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 6–7(5) , 6–3, [4–10] Loss 8–8 Oct 2018 Hong Kong Open International Hard Lidziya Marozava Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai 4–6, 4–6 Loss 8–9 Nov 2018 WTA Elite Trophy , China Elite Hard (i) Lidziya Marozava Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] Win 9–9 Jun 2019 Rosmalen Open , Netherlands International Grass Aleksandra Krunić Lesley Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs 7–5, 6–3 Loss 9–10 Aug 2019 Silicon Valley Classic , U.S. Premier[f] Hard Ena Shibahara Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke 4–6, 4–6 Win 10–10 Oct 2019 Tianjin Open , China International Hard Ena Shibahara Nao Hibino Miyu Kato 6–3, 7–5 Win 11–10 Oct 2019 Kremlin Cup , Russia Premier Hard (i) Ena Shibahara Kirsten Flipkens Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–2, 6–1 Win 12–10 Feb 2020 St. Petersburg Trophy , Russia Premier Hard (i) Ena Shibahara Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi 4–6, 6–0, [10–3] Win 13–10 Jan 2021 Abu Dhabi Open , UAE WTA 500 Hard Ena Shibahara Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani 7–6(5) , 6–4 Win 14–10 Feb 2021 Yarra Valley Classic , Australia WTA 500 Hard Ena Shibahara Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová 6–3, 6–4 Win 15–10 Apr 2021 Miami Open, U.S. WTA 1000 Hard Ena Shibahara Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani 6–2, 7–5 Win 16–10 Jun 2021 Eastbourne International , UK WTA 500 Grass Ena Shibahara Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs 6–1, 6–4 Win 17–10 Aug 2021 Tennis in Cleveland , U.S. WTA 250 Hard Ena Shibahara Christina McHale Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–3 Loss 17–11 Aug 2022 Silicon Valley Classic, U.S. WTA 500 Hard Chan Hao-ching Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan 5–7, 0–6 Loss 17–12 Jan 2023 Australian Open , Australia Grand Slam Hard Ena Shibahara Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 4–6, 3–6 Loss 17–13 Feb 2023 Abu Dhabi Open, UAE WTA 500 Hard Chan Hao-ching Luisa Stefani Zhang Shuai 6–3, 2–6, [8–10] Win 18–13 Jun 2023 Rosmalen Open , Netherlands WTA 250 Grass Ena Shibahara Viktória Hrunčáková Tereza Mihalíková 6–3, 6–3 Win 19–13 Aug 2023 Canadian Open, Canada WTA 1000 Hard Ena Shibahara Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs 6–4, 4–6, [13–11]
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups) Legend $75,000 tournaments (0–1) $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments (3–4) $10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (2–1) Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jun 2010 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Erika Takao 7–6(3) , 6–3 Loss 1–1 Apr 2012 ITF Bundaberg, Australia 25,000 Clay Sandra Zaniewska 3–6, 2–6 Loss 1–2 Feb 2013 Launceston International , Australia 25,000 Hard Storm Sanders 4–6, 4–6 Win 2–2 Oct 2013 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Grass Eri Hozumi 7–6(7) , 6–1 Loss 2–3 Feb 2014 Rancho Santa Fe Open , United States 25,000 Hard Tamira Paszek 1–6, 1–6 Loss 2–4 Oct 2014 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Grass Tatjana Maria 1–6, 2–6 Loss 2–5 Nov 2014 Toyota World Challenge , Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) An-Sophie Mestach 1–6, 1–6 Win 3–5 Oct 2015 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Grass Miyu Kato 6–2, 6–1 Win 4–5 Oct 2016 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Carpet Ksenia Lykina 6–4, 6–4
Doubles: 39 (30 titles, 9 runner-ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments (5–1) $75,000 tournaments (2–1) $50,000 tournaments (8–3) $25,000 tournaments (12–4) $10,000 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface Hard (19–6) Clay (2–2) Grass (3–0) Carpet (6–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Mar 2009 Kōfu International Open , Japan 10,000 Hard Akari Inoue Maki Arai Miki Miyamura 7–5, 3–6, [10–8] Win 2–0 Jun 2010 ITF Komoro, Japan 10,000 Clay Maya Kato Kim Kun-hee Yu Min-hwa 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 Win 3–0 Jun 2010 ITF Tokyo, Japan 10,000 Hard Akari Inoue Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi 7–6(3) , 6–0 Loss 3–1 Sep 2010 ITF Noto, Japan 25,000 Carpet Akari Inoue Rika Fujiwara Tamarine Tanasugarn 3–6, 3–6 Win 4–1 Nov 2010 Toyota World Challenge , Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Rika Fujiwara Irina-Camelia Begu Mădălina Gojnea 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 5–1 Jan 2011 ITF Pingguo, China 25,000 Hard Rika Fujiwara Liu Wanting Sun Shengnan 6–4, 6–3 Loss 5–2 Feb 2011 Rancho Santa Fe Open , United States 25,000 Hard Remi Tezuka Julie Ditty Mervana Jugić-Salkić 0–6, 2–6 Win 6–2 Feb 2011 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard Remi Tezuka Mervana Jugić-Salkić Tetiana Luzhanska 6–3, 6–1 Win 7–2 Mar 2011 ITF Anning, China 25,000 Hard Rika Fujiwara Irina Buryachok Veronika Kapshay 6–3, 6–2 Win 8–2 Apr 2011 ITF Wenshan, China 50,000 Hard (i) Rika Fujiwara Liang Chen Tian Ran 6–4, 6–0 Win 9–2 May 2011 Fukuoka International , Japan 50,000 Carpet Rika Fujiwara Aiko Nakamura Junri Namigata 7–6(3) , 6–0 Win 10–2 May 2011 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Carpet Rika Fujiwara Natsumi Hamamura Ayumi Oka 6–4, 6–4 Win 11–2 Oct 2011 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Carpet Kotomi Takahata Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura 6–2, 7–5 Win 12–2 Feb 2012 Launceston International , Australia 25,000 Hard Kotomi Takahata Hsieh Shu-ying Zheng Saisai 6–4, 6–4 Loss 12–3 Mar 2012 ITF Ipswich, Australia 25,000 Clay Junri Namigata Monique Adamczak Sandra Zaniewska 5–7, 4–6 Win 13–3 Mar 2012 ITF Bundaberg, Australia 25,000 Clay Junri Namigata Sacha Jones Sally Peers 6–1, 7–5 Loss 13–4 Jul 2012 ITF Waterloo, Canada 50,000 Clay Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier 2–6, 5–7 Loss 13–5 Jul 2012 Challenger de Granby , Canada 25,000 Hard Miki Miyamura Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier 6–4, 5–7, [4–10] Win 14–5 Jul 2012 Lexington Challenger , United States 50,000 Hard Xu Yifan Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska 7–5, 6–7(7) , [10–4] Win 15–5 Aug 2012 Bronx Open , United States 50,000 Hard Erika Sema Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura 6–4, 7–6(4) Win 16–5 Sep 2012 Ningbo International , China 100,000 Hard Chang Kai-chen Tetiana Luzhanska Zheng Saisai 6–2, 7–5 Win 17–5 Oct 2012 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Grass Miki Miyamura Monique Adamczak Alexa Glatch 3–6, 6–4, [10–6] Win 18–5 Feb 2013 Burnie International , Australia 25,000 Hard Erika Sema Bojana Bobusic Jessica Moore w/o Win 19–5 Oct 2013 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Grass Junri Namigata Belinda Bencic Sofia Shapatava 6–4, 6–3 Win 20–5 Nov 2013 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Misaki Doi Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya 7–6(1) , 2–6, [11–9] Win 21–5 Feb 2014 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard Eri Hozumi Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold 6–3, 7–5 Win 22–5 May 2014 Fukuoka International, Japan 50,000 Carpet Eri Hozumi Naomi Broady Eleni Daniilidou 6–3, 6–4 Loss 22–6 Jul 2014 Lexington Challenger, United States 50,000 Hard Keri Wong Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith 4–6, 4–6 Loss 22–7 Nov 2014 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i) Junri Namigata Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya 3–6, 5–7 Win 23–7 Oct 2015 Nanjing Ladies Open , China 100,000 Hard Eri Hozumi Chan Chin-wei Zhang Kailin 7–5, 6–7(7) , [10–7] Win 24–7 Nov 2015 ITF Tokyo Open , Japan 100,000 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Eri Hozumi Kurumi Nara 3–6, 6–2, [10–7] Win 25–7 Mar 2016 Blossom Cup , China 50,000 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Lu Jingjing Zhang Yuxuan 6–3, 6–0 Win 26–7 Apr 2016 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard Erina Hayashi Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata 7–5, 7–5 Win 27–7 Apr 2016 Pingshan Open , China 50,000 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Liang Chen Wang Yafan 7–6(5) , 6–4 Win 28–7 Jul 2016 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Chang Kai-chen Duan Yingying 6–4, 6–4 Loss 28–8 Oct 2016 Bendigo International, Australia 50,000 Hard Risa Ozaki Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova 4–6, 3–6 Win 29–8 Jul 2017 Southsea Trophy , United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Yang Zhaoxuan Viktorija Golubic Lyudmyla Kichenok 6–7(7) , 6–3, [10–8] Loss 29–9 Nov 2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open , China 100,000 Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Jacqueline Cako Nina Stojanović 4–6, 2–6 Win 30–9 Nov 2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Choi Ji-hee Luksika Kumkhum 6–2, 6–3
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