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Aoi Itō

Native name	伊藤 あおい
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 (age 20)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$112,855
Singles
Career record	148–69
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 127 (2 December 2024)
Current ranking	No. 127 (2 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record	85–40
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (16 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 233 (2 December 2024)
Last updated on: 10 December 2024.

Aoi Itō (Japanese: 伊藤 あおい, Hepburn: Itō Aoi, born 21 May 2004) is a Japanese tennis player. Ito has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 127, by the WTA achieved on 2 December 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 180, achieved on 16 September 2024.

Career

In September 2024, Ito won her third singles and eighth doubles ITF titles at the W50 in Nanao, Japan.

On her WTA debut at the 2024 Japan Open, where she qualified for the main draw, Ito reached her first WTA Tour semifinal defeating Sofia Kenin and upsetting eighth seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto, for her first top 50 career win. She then defeated lucky loser Eva Lys in the quarterfinals, before losing in the last four to Kimberly Birrell.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2023	ITF Hinode, Japan	W15	Hard	Natsumi Kawaguchi	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2023	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	W15	Hard	Kisa Yoshioka	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Feb 2024	Burnie International, Australia	W75	Hard	Maya Joint	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3	Mar 2024	ITF Hinode, Japan	W15	Hard	Maegan Manasse	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	May 2024	ITF Goyang, South Korea	W50	Hard	Hanna Chang	6–7, 4–6
Win	2–4	Jun 2024	ITF Kawaguchi, Japan	W15	Hard	Mao Mushika	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–4	Sep 2024	ITF Nanao, Japan	W50	Carpet	Ayano Shimizu	6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–5	Nov 2024	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	W35	Carpet	Mei Yamaguchi	6–4, 3–5 ret.
Win	4–5	Nov 2024	Takasaki Open, Japan	W100	Hard	Wei Sijia	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2022	ITF Caloundra, Australia	W15	Hard	Nanari Katsumi	Monique Barry Vivian Yang	2–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Jul 2022	ITF Caloundra, Australia	W15	Hard	Nanari Katsumi	Monique Barry Stefani Webb	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Oct 2022	ITF Nanao, Japan	W25	Carpet	Rinon Okuwaki	Funa Kozaki Ikumi Yamazaki	6–3, 6–7,
Win	2–2	Oct 2022	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	W25	Carpet	Haruna Arakawa	Erina Hayashi Kanako Morisaki	6–1, 7–6
Win	3–2	Apr 2023	ITF Osaka, Japan	W15	Hard	Mio Mushika	Choi Ji-hee Lee Ya-hsuan	6–4, 6–7,
Win	4–2	Jun 2023	ITF Kawaguchi, Japan	W15	Hard	Miyu Nakashima	Ayumi Miyamoto Lisa-Marie Rioux	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–2	Jul 2023	ITF Hong Kong, China	W25	Hard	Erika Sema	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	5–7, 6–3,
Loss	5–3	Aug 2023	ITF Hong Kong, China	W40	Hard	Erika Sema	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	6–3, 3–6,
Win	6–3	Sep 2023	ITF Kyoto, Japan	W25	Hard	Tsao Chia-yi	Hiromi Abe Anri Nagata	6–2, 6–1
Win	7–3	Oct 2023	ITF Nanao, Japan	W40	Carpet	Erika Sema	Miho Kuramochi Kanako Morisaki	6–2, 7–5
Loss	7–4	Oct 2023	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	W25	Carpet	Haruna Arakawa	Hiromi Abe Natsumi Kawaguchi	6–3, 4–6,
Loss	7–5	Nov 2023	ITF Yokohama, Japan	W40	Hard	Natsumi Kawaguchi	Liang En-shuo Tang Qianhui	walkover
Loss	7–6	Mar 2024	ITF Swan Hill, Australia	W35	Grass	Alana Parnaby	Sakura Hosogi Misaki Matsuda	2–6, 2–6
Loss	7–7	May 2024	Fukuoka, Japan	W75	Carpet	Haruna Arakawa	Rutuja Bhosale Paige Hourigan	6–3, 3–6,
Loss	7–8	Sep 2024	Incheon Open, South Korea	W100	Hard	Feng Shuo	Tang Qianhui Zheng Wushuang	2–6, 3–6
Win	8–8	Sep 2024	ITF Nanao, Japan	W50	Carpet	Naho Sato	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	6–1, 6–3

References

1. "Players Guide: 伊藤あおい" (PDF). Japan Tennis Association. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
2. "Aoi Ito | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
3. "Photos: Aoi Ito and all of 2024's WTA main-draw debuts". WTATennis. 20 October 2024.
4. "Osaka Open: Ito downs Kenin in first round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
5. "WTA roundup: Unheralded Aoi Ito upsets Italian at Japan Open". Reuters. 16 October 2024.
6. "Inspired by Hsieh, Aoi Ito takes her 'unique game' into Osaka semifinals". 16 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
7. "Qualifier Birrell stops Ito to make first WTA final in Osaka". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

External links

• Aoi Ito at the Women's Tennis Association
• Aoi Ito at the International Tennis Federation

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Japanese female singles tennis players
as of 2 December 2024
1. Moyuka Uchijima (56 1) 2. Naomi Osaka (60 ) 3. Aoi Ito (127 2) 4. Ena Shibahara (137 3) 5. Nao Hibino (147 3)
6. Sara Saito (154 3) 7. Mai Hontama (156 1) 8. Sayaka Ishii (204 1) 9. Kyōka Okamura (236 1) 10. Haruka Kaji (249 6)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Japanese female doubles tennis players
as of 7 October 2024
1. Ena Shibahara (33) 2. Miyu Kato (36) 3. Shuko Aoyama (42) 4. Makoto Ninomiya (55) 5. Eri Hozumi (59)
6. Moyuka Uchijima (136) 7. Nao Hibino (145) 8. Ayano Shimizu (185) 9. Naho Sato (195) 10. Aoi Ito (210)

• 2004 births
• Living people
• Japanese female tennis players
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen