Eri Hozumi - Misplaced Pages

On 10 November 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 144. On 27 May 2019, she peaked at No. 28 in the WTA doubles rankings. Partnering with Makoto Ninomiya, she reached the final of the 2018 French Open.

Career

Hozumi won her first WTA Tour doubles title in 2016, at the Katowice Open alongside Miyu Kato. With Kato she also reached the semifinals of the 2017 Australian Open.

She reached her biggest final at the 2018 French Open with partner Makoto Ninomiya, losing to sixth seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.

Alongside Jang Su-jeong, Hozumi was runner-up in the doubles at the 2023 Swedish Open, losing to Misaki Doi and Rebecca Peterson in the final. Back playing with Makoto Ninomiya she reached the final of the 2023 Jiangxi Open where they lost to second seeds Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva.

Partnering with Shuko Aoyama, Hozumi won the doubles title at the 2024 Pan Pacific Open, defeating Ena Shibahara and Laura Siegemund in the final. The pair were runners-up at the 2024 Hong Kong Open, losing to Ulrikke Eikeri and Makoto Ninomiya in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.

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 and career statistics.

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	Q2	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup	A	PO	Z1	Z1	A	WG2	PO	0 / 0	3–1
WTA 1000
Canadian Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	Career total: 7
Overall win-loss	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	6–8
Year-end ranking	170	193	215	172	293	361		$1,128,428

Doubles

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Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	SF	2R	2R	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 5	7–5	58%
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	F	1R	A	A	1R	2R	0 / 6	8–6	57%
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	NH	A	A	2R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	A	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	4–3	6–4	6–4	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–4	0 / 22	21–22	50%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH		2R	NH				A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	NH	A	1R		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Guadalajara Open	NH								2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments	4	5	14	11	8	10	1	11	25	5	Career total: 88
Titles	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	Career total: 5
Finals	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	3	0	Career total: 10
Overall win-loss	1–4	7–5	21–14	15–12	14–7	11–10	0–1	16–10	19-23	3–4	5 / 91	107–90	54%
Year-end ranking	142	83	54	43	31	83	144	67	37		$913,031

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	French Open	Clay	Makoto Ninomiya	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (1–1)
WTA 250 (5–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2016	Taipei Open, Taiwan	International	Hard	Miyu Kato	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2016	Katowice Open, Poland	International	Hard (i)	Miyu Kato	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova	3–6, 7–5,
Loss	1–2	Jan 2018	Auckland Classic, New Zealand	International	Hard	Miyu Kato	Sara Errani Bibiane Schoofs	5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2018	French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Makoto Ninomiya	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	3–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Sep 2018	Japan Women's Open, Japan	International	Hard	Zhang Shuai	Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–4	Jan 2019	Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Alicja Rosolska	Aleksandra Krunić Kateřina Siniaková	1–6, 6–7
Loss	2–5	Oct 2021	Courmayeur Open, Italy	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Zhang Shuai	Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai	4–6, 6–3,
Win	3–5	Jan 2022	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Tereza Martincová Markéta Vondroušová	1–6, 7–6,
Win	4–5	May 2022	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Makoto Ninomiya	Monica Niculescu Alexandra Panova	6–7, 6–3,
Win	5–5	Jun 2022	Bad Homburg Open, Germany	WTA 250	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	Alicja Rosolska Erin Routliffe	6–4, 6–7,
Loss	5–6	Jun 2023	Bad Homburg Open, Germany	WTA 250	Grass	Monica Niculescu	Ingrid Martins Lidziya Marozava	0–6, 6–7
Loss	5–7	Sep 2023	Guangzhou Open, China	WTA 250	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Guo Hanyu Jiang Xinyu	3–6, 6–7
Loss	5–8	Oct 2023	Jiangxi Open, China	WTA 250	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 2–6
Loss	5–9	Aug 2024	Tennis in the Land, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Cristina Bucșa Xu Yifan	6–3, 3–6,
Win	6–9	Oct 2024	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	WTA 500	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Ena Shibahara Laura Siegemund	6-4, 7-6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2013	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Tímea Babos Michaëlla Krajicek	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2014	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	Hard	Misa Eguchi	Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung	1–6, 6–3,
Win	1–2	Nov 2016	Hawaii Open, United States	Hard	Miyu Kato	Nicole Gibbs Asia Muhammad	6–7, 6–3,
Loss	1–3	Nov 2017	Hawaii Open, United States	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Shu-ying	1–6, 6–7
Win	2–3	Aug 2021	Chicago Challenger, United States	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	Mona Barthel Hsieh Yu-chieh	7–5, 6–2
Win	3–3	May 2022	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Makoto Ninomiya	Estelle Cascino Jessika Ponchet	7–6, 6–1
Loss	3–4	May 2023	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Greet Minnen Bibiane Schoofs	6–7, 6–7
Loss	3–5	Jul 2023	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	Jang Su-jeong	Irina Khromacheva Panna Udvardy	6–4, 3–6,

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–4)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$15,000 tournaments (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2013	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Grass	Junri Namigata	7–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 2013	ITF Noto, Japan	25,000	Grass	Doroteja Erić	0–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2013	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Shuko Aoyama	6–7, 1–6
Loss	1–3	May 2014	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Wang Qiang	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–3	Nov 2014	Bendigo International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Risa Ozaki	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	2–4	May 2015	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Nao Hibino	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 2015	Canberra International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–5	Mar 2016	Clay Court International, Australia	25,000	Clay	Destanee Aiava	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	3–6	Jun 2017	Ízmir Cup, Turkey	60,000	Hard	Mihaela Buzărnescu	1–6, 0–6
Win	4–6	Oct 2017	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Astra Sharma	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–6	Oct 2019	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Paula Badosa	7–6, 4–5 ret.
Loss	5–7	Mar 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Sakura Hosogi	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 43 (23 titles, 21 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (3–4)
$75/80,000 tournaments (3–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (5–8)
$25,000 tournaments (10–4)
$10,000 tournaments (2–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2012	ITF Kofu, Japan	10,000	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Ayumi Oka Kotomi Takahata	4–6, 7–5,
Win	1–1	Mar 2012	ITF Nishitama, Japan	10,000	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Kazusa Ito Yuka Mori	6–4, 6–7,
Win	2–1	Jul 2012	ITF Pattaya, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Dianne Hollands Tyra Calderwood	4–6, 6–4,
Loss	2–2	Aug 2012	Bronx Open, United States	50,000	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Shuko Aoyama Erika Sema	4–6, 6–7
Win	3–2	Oct 2012	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Miyu Kato	Monique Adamczak Caroline Garcia	7–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Jan 2013	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	10,000	Hard	Miyu Kato	Tian Ran Tang Haochen	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3–4	Jan 2013	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	10,000	Hard	Miyu Kato	Xin Wen Li Yihong	6–4, 1–6,
Loss	3–5	Mar 2013	ITF Nishitama, Japan	10,000	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Han Na-lae Kang Seo-kyung	4–6, 7–6,
Win	4–5	Jun 2013	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Angelina Gabueva Veronika Kapshay	3–6, 7–5,
Loss	4–6	Jul 2013	ITF Waterloo, Canada	50,000	Clay	Misa Eguchi	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	6–7, 3–6
Win	5–6	Sep 2013	ITF Noto, Japan	25,000	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	Kazusa Ito Yuka Mori	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–6	Oct 2013	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–7	Nov 2013	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	Makoto Ninomiya	Shuko Aoyama Misaki Doi	6–7, 6–2,
Win	7–7	Jan 2014	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	25,000	Hard	Misa Eguchi	Zarina Diyas Zhang Ling	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Jan 2014	Burnie International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Jarmila Gajdošová Storm Sanders	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–8	Feb 2014	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Shuko Aoyama	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	6–3, 7–5
Win	9–8	May 2014	Fukuoka International, Japan	50,000	Carpet	Shuko Aoyama	Naomi Broady Eleni Daniilidou	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–8	Nov 2014	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	Makoto Ninomiya	Shuko Aoyama Junri Namigata	6–3, 7–5
Win	11–8	Mar 2015	Blossom Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Hiroko Kuwata Junri Namigata	6–3, 6–7,
Loss	11–9	May 2015	Fukuoka International, Japan	50,000	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Naomi Broady Kristýna Plíšková	3–6, 4–6
Loss	11–10	May 2015	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Junri Namigata	Makoto Ninomiya Riko Sawayanagi	6–7, 3–6
Win	12–10	Oct 2015	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Misa Eguchi	Veronica Corning Jessica Wacnik	4–6, 7–5,
Win	13–10	Oct 2015	Nanjing Ladies Open, China	100,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Chan Chin-wei Zhang Kailin	7–5, 6–7,
Win	14–10	Nov 2015	Canberra International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Misa Eguchi	Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad	7–6, 1–6,
Loss	14–11	Nov 2015	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	100,000	Hard	Kurumi Nara	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	6–3, 2–6,
Loss	14–12	Mar 2016	Clay Court International, Australia	25,000	Clay	Miyu Kato	Ashleigh Barty Arina Rodionova	7–5, 3–6,
Win	15–12	May 2016	Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan	75,000	Hard	Miyu Kato	Hiroko Kuwata Ayaka Okuno	6–1, 6–2
Loss	15–13	Mar 2017	Pingshan Open, China	60,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 4–6
Win	16–13	May 2017	Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan (2)	80,000	Hard	Miyu Kato	Katy Dunne Julia Glushko	6–4, 6–2
Win	17–13	May 2017	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Miyu Kato	Ekaterine Gorgodze Melanie Stokke	6–1, 6–4
Loss	17–14	Oct 2017	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	60,000	Hard	Miyu Kato	Jacqueline Cako Nina Stojanović	6–2, 5–7,
Loss	17–15	Nov 2017	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	100,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	Yuki Naito Rika Fujiwara	1–6, 3–6
Loss	17–16	Oct 2018	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Risa Ozaki	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	5–7, 1–6
Loss	17–17	Feb 2019	ITF Jodhpur, India	25,000	Hard	Miyabi Inoue	Mana Ayukawa Haruka Kaji	6–7, 6–4,
Win	18–17	Feb 2019	Indoor Championships, Japan	60,000	Hard (i)	Moyuka Uchijima	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–4, 6–3
Win	19–17	Oct 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Yuki Naito	Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc	6–4, 7–6
Loss	19–18	May 2021	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	100,000	Clay	Miyu Kato	Caty McNally Storm Sanders	5–7, 6–4,
Loss	19–19	May 2021	ITF Bonita Springs, United States	100,000	Clay	Miyu Kato	Erin Routliffe Aldila Sutjiadi	3–6, 6–4,
Loss	19–20	Jun 2021	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Akiko Omae	Ulrikke Eikeri Valentini Grammatikopoulou	1–6, 0–6
Win	20–20	Jul 2021	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	25,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Himari Sato Lulu Sun	7–6, 6–3
Win	21–20	Feb 2023	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Mai Hontama	Ena Shibahara Arina Rodionova	4–6, 6–3,
Loss	21–21	Apr 2023	ITF Kofu, Japan	25,000	Hard	Georgina Garcia-Perez	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	0–6, 4–6
Win	22–21	Apr 2023	Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal	100,000	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	4–6, 6–4,
Win	23–21	May 2023	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	100,000	Clay	Mai Hontama	Eleni Christofi Despina Papamichail	6–0, 7–5

Notes

During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played in the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
2012: WTA ranking - 403, 2013: WTA ranking - 218, ... 2020: WTA ranking - 373, 2021: WTA ranking - 402, 2022: WTA ranking - 572.
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.
The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References

"Players WTA Tennis English". wtatennis.com. WTA. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
"Tennis: Eri Hozumi, Makoto Ninomiya reach French Open women's doubles final". Kyodo News. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
"Krejcikova and Siniakova win first Grand Slam title in Paris". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
"Danilovic takes down top seed Navarro to win Bastad 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
"Nanchang - Siniakova wins WTA 250 Jiangxi Open in marathon final". Tennis Threads. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
"Siniakova saves match points in Nanchang, wins longest final of 2023". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
"Zheng powers past Kenin in Tokyo, wins third title of year". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
"Shnaider rolls to fourth title of the season in Hong Kong". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

External links

Eri Hozumi at the Women's Tennis Association
Eri Hozumi at the International Tennis Federation
Eri Hozumi at the Billie Jean King Cup
Eri Hozumi at Wimbledon
Eri Hozumi at ESPN.com
Eri Hozumi at Olympedia (archive)
Eri Hozumi at Olympics.com

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female doubles tennis players of countries in the Asian Tennis Federation
as of 20 May 2024
1. Hsieh Su-wei (2) 2. Wang Xinyu (16) 3. Shuko Aoyama (21) 4. Chan Hao-ching (23)
5. Ena Shibahara (26) 6. Miyu Kato (35) 7. Aldila Sutjiadi (36) 8. Guo Hanyu (40) 9. Xu Yifan (44) 10. Eri Hozumi (47)

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)

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