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Mai Hontama

Mai Hontama (本玉真唯) (born 30 August 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Hontama has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 116, achieved on 5 February 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 109, set on 6 November 2023.[3] She is currently the No. 2 Japanese player.

Mai Hontama
Hontama at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 24)[1]
Machida, Tokyo[2]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 725,138
Singles
Career record230–150 (60.5%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 106 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 119 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US OpenQ2 (2021, 2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record64–58 (52.5%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 109 (6 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 139 (1 April 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup8–2 (80.0%)
Last updated on: 16 February 2024.

Career edit

2021: WTA Tour debut and first quarterfinal edit

Hontama made her WTA Tour debut at the WTA 500 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic, after qualifying for the main draw. She reached the quarterfinals, defeating former world No. 4, Caroline Garcia in the first round, her first top 100 win,[4] 11th seed Anett Kontaveit by walkover and Shelby Rogers, before falling to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza.[5]

2022-2023: Major debut and first win edit

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships after qualifying where she recorded the first major match win in her career over Clara Tauson.[6][7][8][9]

At her home tournament, the WTA 500 2023 Pan Pacific Open, she reached the second round after qualifying and defeated compatriot Nao Hibino but lost to top seed Iga Świątek.[10]

2024: WTA 1000 debut and first win edit

She received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open making her main-draw debut at this major but lost to ninth seed Barbora Krejčíková.[11]

She made her WTA 1000 debut at the Indian Wells Open, after qualifying into the main draw and recorded her first win over Zhang Shuai at this level but lost to 31st seed Marta Kostyuk in the second round.

Sponsorship edit

Hontama wears Lacoste clothing, and uses Tecnifibre racquets.

Performance timeline edit

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 edit

Current through the 2023 Tunis Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q3 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A Q1 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open Q2 Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A[b] PO PO 0 / 0 7–1 88%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open 1R Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 2 4 4 Career total: 10
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 2–2 3–5 11–4 0 / 10 16–11 59%
Year-end ranking[d] 150 212 124 $555,639

Doubles edit

Current through the 2023 Pan Pacific Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] PO PO 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 2 Career total: 3
Titles 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–2 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Year–end ranking[e] 512

WTA Tour finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2023 Jasmin Open, Tunisia WTA 250 Hard   Natalija Stevanović   Sara Errani
  Jasmine Paolini 		6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 ITF Nanao, Japan 25,000 Carpet   Ayano Shimizu 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2020 ITF Yokohama, Japan 25,000 Hard   Yuriko Miyazaki 5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Cristina Dinu 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–4 May 2021 ITF Salinas, Ecuador 25,000 Hard   Carol Zhao 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–4 Jun 2021 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard   Anastasia Tikhonova 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–4 Nov 2022 Sydney Challenger, Australia 60,000 Hard   Petra Hule 7–6(1), 3–6, 7–5
Win 4–4 Mar 2023 Maribor Open, Slovenia 40,000 Hard   Clara Tauson 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Yukina Saigo   Nudnida Luangnam
  Varunya Wongteanchai 		5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2022 ITF Santarém, Portugal 25,000 Hard   Maddison Inglis   Suzan Lamens
  Anastasia Tikhonova 		6–0, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 2022 ITF Yokohama, Japan 25,000 Hard   Han Na-lae   Saki Imamura
  Naho Sato 		4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 1–3 Nov 2022 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 60,000 Hard (i)   Junri Namigata   Hsieh Yu-chieh
  Jessy Rompies 		4–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Eri Hozumi   Ena Shibahara
  Arina Rodionova 		4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 3–3 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa 60,000 Hard   Alice Tubello   Sofia Costoulas
  Dalila Spiteri 		6–3, 6–3
Win 4–3 May 2023 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain 100,000 Hard   Eri Hozumi   Eleni Christofi
  Despina Papamichail 		6–0, 7–5
Win 5–3 Jun 2023 ITF Brescia, Italy 60,000 Clay   Moyuka Uchijima   Alena Fomina-Klotz
  Olivia Tjandramulia 		6–1, 6–0
Loss 5–4 Aug 2023 Landisville Challenge, United States 100,000 Hard   Olivia Gadecki   Sophie Chang
  Yulia Starodubtseva 		w/o

Head-to-head record edit

Record against top 10 players edit

  • She has a 0–2 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2021
Loss 0–1   Garbiñe Muguruza No. 9 Chicago Classic, United States Hard QF 3–6, 2–6 No. 200
2023
Loss 0–2   Iga Świątek No. 2 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Hard 2R 4–6, 5–7 No. 148

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 2016: WTA ranking–734, 2017: WTA ranking–916, 2018: WTA ranking–402, 2019: WTA ranking–381, 2020: WTA ranking–330.
  5. ^ 2017: WTA ranking–1094, 2018: WTA ranking–833, 2019: WTA ranking–506, 2020: WTA ranking–553, 2021: WTA ranking–576.

References edit

  1. ^ "Mai Hontama". www.tennisexplorer.com.
  2. ^ "本玉真唯". Japan Tennis Association. 2023-02-03.
  3. ^ "Nagi Hanatani | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
  4. ^ "Qualifier Hontama routs Garcia for first Top 100 win on WTA debut: Chicago Highlights". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes".
  6. ^ "Bjorklund, Contreras Gomez battle through Wimbledon qualifying".
  7. ^ "Wimbledon 2022's Grand Slam debuts: Hontama, Chwalinska, Kartal and more".
  8. ^ "Tennis: Japanese qualifier Hontama through to Wimbledon 2nd round". 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Mai Hontama Qualifies for the Main Draw in a Grand Slam Competition in Singles!".
  10. ^ "Swiatek survives spirited challenge from Hontama in Tokyo". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  11. ^ "Krejcikova, Fernandez, Anisimova battle to Australian Open first-round wins". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-26.

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