Moyuka Uchijima (内島 萌夏, Uchijima Moyuka, born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese tennis player.

Moyuka Uchijima
内島 萌夏
Country (sports) Japan
Born (2001-08-11) 11 August 2001 (age 22)
Malaysia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$557,094
Singles
Career record201–134 (60.0%)
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 104 (21 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 110 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French OpenQ3 (2022, 2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US OpenQ3 (2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record102–72 (58.6%)
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 101 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 169 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–3
Last updated on: 15 April 2024.

She has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.[2]

Uchijima has career-high WTA rankings of 104 in singles, achieved November 2022, and 101 in doubles, reached in June 2023. She has won nine titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit.

Career edit

Uchijima made her debut on the WTA Tour at the 2018 Japan Women's Open, after receiving a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering with Erina Hayashi.

For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the 2023 Australian Open. She also received a wildcard in singles at her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open. She entered the main draw of the following WTA 500 Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser.

Performance timelines 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 end of 2023 season.

Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open Q3 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] PO PO 0 / 0 6–3 67%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 3 6 Total: 9
Titles 0 0 Total: 0
Finals 0 0 Total: 0
Overall win–loss 6–5 4–7 0 / 9 10–12 45%
Year-end ranking[c] 105 181 $484,110

Doubles edit

Current through the end of the 2023 season.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 0 2 4 Total: 8
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–4 0 / 8 4–8 33%
Year-end ranking[d] 850 262 240 312 124 145

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 Concord Open, United States Hard   Peangtarn Plipuech   Varvara Flink
  CoCo Vandeweghe
3–6, 6–7(3)

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 15 (11 titles, 4 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W100 tournaments (2–0)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60 tournaments (2–2)
W40/50 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan W80 Hard   Kurumi Nara 2–6, 6–7(4)
Win 1–1 Oct 2019 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand W15 Hard   Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–1 Aug 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Jenna DeFalco 7–5, 6–2
Win 3–1 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Ingrid Martins 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Dec 2021 Pune Championships, India W25 Hard   Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–2, 7-5
Win 5–1 Feb 2022 Porto Indoor, Portugal W25 Hard (i)   Léolia Jeanjean 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–1 Mar 2022 Clay Court International, Australia W60 Clay   Olivia Gadecki 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–2 Jul 2022 ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan W25 Hard   Mariia Tkacheva 6–7(2), 2–6
Win 7–2 Jul 2022 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W60 Hard   Natalija Stevanović 6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss 7–3 Nov 2022 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan W60 Hard (i)   Wang Xinyu 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Mar 2023 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan W60 Hard (i)   Jang Su-jeong 1–6, 4–6
Win 8–4 Dec 2023 ITF Navi Mumbai, India W40 Hard   Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 6–1
Win 9–4 Jan 2024 Pune Championships, India W50 Hard   Tina Nadine Smith 6–4, 6–0
Win 10–4 Apr 2024 Zaragoza Open, Spain W100 Clay   Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6–1, 6–2
Win 11–4 May 2024 Kangaroo Cup, Japan W100 Hard   Arina Rodionova 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W60 tournaments (6–3)
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2019 All Japan Indoor Championships W60 Hard (i)   Eri Hozumi   Chen Pei-hsuan
  Wu Fang-hsien
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2019 Kurume Cup, Japan W60 Carpet   Erina Hayashi   Hiroko Kuwata
  Ena Shibahara
6–0, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 2–1 Jun 2019 Internacional de Barcelona, Spain W60 Clay   Kyoka Okamura   Marina Bassols Ribera
  Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
7–6(7), 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jun 2019 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal W25 Hard   Laura Pigossi   Francisca Jorge
  Olga Parres Azcoitia
4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 2–3 Jan 2020 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR W25 Hard   Zhang Ying   Eudice Chong
  Wu Fang-hsien
6–7(2), 1–6
Win 3–3 Feb 2020 All Japan Indoor Championships (2) W60 Hard (i)   Erina Hayashi   Hsieh Yu-chieh
  Minori Yonehara
7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 4–3 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Ma Yexin   Ingrid Martins
  Jazmín Ortenzi
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Win 5–3 Nov 2021 ITF Ortisei, Italy W25 Hard (i)   Eudice Chong   Susan Bandecchi
  Ylena In-Albon
6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Win 6–3 Dec 2021 ITF Selva Gardena, Italy W25 Hard (i)   Eudice Chong   Alicia Barnett
  Olivia Nicholls
6–2, 6-1
Loss 6–4 Mar 2022 Clay Court International, Australia W60 Clay   Yuki Naito   Han Na-lae
  Jang Su-jeong
6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss 6–5 Jul 2022 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W60 Hard   Momoko Kobori   Mariia Tkacheva
  Anastasia Zolotareva
6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Win 7–5 Mar 2023 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia W60 Hard   Ma Yexin   Luksika Kumkhum
  Peangtarn Plipuech
6–0, 6–2
Win 8–5 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy W60 Clay   Mai Hontama   Alena Fomina-Klotz
  Olivia Tjandramulia
6–1, 6–0
Win 9–5 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Caserta, Italy W60 Clay   Anastasia Tikhonova   Despina Papamichail
  Camilla Rosatello
6–4, 6–2
Win 10–5 Oct 2023 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China W100 Hard   Kristina Mladenovic   Tímea Babos
  Kateryna Volodko
6–2, 7–5
Win 11–5 Feb 2024 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W50 Hard (i)   Lulu Sun   Weronika Falkowska
  Fanny Stollár
6–4, 7–6(3)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 2017: WTA ranking–807, 2018: WTA ranking–394, 2019: WTA ranking–583, 2020: WTA ranking–492, 2021: WTA ranking–499.
  4. ^ 2017: WTA ranking–1261.

References edit

  1. ^ Profile of Moyuka Uchijima at the Japan Tennis Association
  2. ^ "UCHIJIMA Moyuka | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

External links edit