Kotomi Takahata (tennis)

Kotomi Takahata
高畑 寿弥
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceKawanishi, Japan
Born (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 34)
Hamamatsu, Japan
Turned pro2009
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$78,813
Singles
Career record145–137 (51.4%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 562 (25 October 2010)
Doubles
Career record219–125 (63.7%)
Career titles2 WTA Challenger, 25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 108 (10 October 2016)

Kotomi Takahata (高畑 寿弥, Takahata Kotomi, born 17 November 1989) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

On 25 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of 562. She achieved her best doubles ranking of No. 108 on 10 October 2016.

Takahata made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Japan Women's Open, where she received a wildcard for the doubles tournament with Shuko Aoyama. Aoyama and Takahata lost to the fourth seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai in a tight three-setter.

At the 2014 Japan Women's Open, she also received a wildcard into the main draw with Kyōka Okamura. They defeated Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina in the first round, but lost to Darija Jurak and Megan Moulton-Levy in the quarterfinals.

At the 2015 Taipei Challenger, she won the doubles title, alongside Kanae Hisami. In the final, they defeated Marina Melnikova and Elise Mertens in straight sets.


WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Nov 2015 Taipei Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) Japan Kanae Hisami Russia Marina Melnikova
Belgium Elise Mertens
6–1, 6–2
Win 2. Sep 2016 Dalian Open, China Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Indonesia Jessy Rompies
6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win Nov 2009 ITF Hyōgo, Japan Carpet Japan Kazusa Ito 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 36 (25 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (16–9)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (7–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Sep 2009 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Yuka Higashi Japan Kazusa Ito
Japan Yuka Mori
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 2. Nov 2009 ITF Hyōgo, Japan Carpet Japan Yoshimi Kawasaki Japan Maya Kato
Japan Natsumi Yokota
6–2, 6–2
Win 3. 9 May 2010 Fukuoka International, Japan Carpet Japan Misaki Doi New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Russia Alexandra Panova
6–4, 6–4
Win 4. 2 August 2010 ITF Niigata, Japan Carpet Japan Akari Inoue Japan Ayumi Oka
Japan Miki Miyamura
6–1, 6–4
Win 5. 29 August 2010 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Akari Inoue Japan Kumiko Iijima
Japan Akiko Yonemura
6–3, 6–3
Win 6. 20 June 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Japan Emi Mutaguchi China Zhao Yijing
China Liang Chen
4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 7. 23 October 2011 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan Shuko Aoyama Japan Junri Namigata
Japan Akiko Yonemura
6–2, 7–5
Win 8. 12 February 2012 Launceston International, Australia Hard Japan Shuko Aoyama Chinese Taipei Hsieh Shu-ying
China Zheng Saisai
6–4, 6–4
Win 9. 23 March 2012 ITF Kōfu, Japan Hard Japan Ayumi Oka Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Remi Tezuka
6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win 10. 24 March 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Sweden Susanne Celik Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Turkey İpek Soylu
6–4, 6–3
Win 11. 13 April 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Turkey Cemre Anıl Russia Yuliya Kalabina
Russia Mayya Katsitadze
2–6, 7–6(5), [10–6]
Win 12. 20 April 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard United States Tina Tehrani China Zhang Ying
China Zheng Wushuang
6–1, 6–3
Win 13. 23 June 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Japan Yumi Miyazaki Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
6–3, 6–1
Win 14. 7 September 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Japan Akiko Omae Japan Yumi Nakano
United Kingdom Eden Silva
7–5, 6–2
Win 15. 13 September 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Japan Akiko Omae Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
6–4, 6–2
Win 16. 21 September 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Japan Yumi Nakano Lithuania Agnė Čepelytė
Lithuania Justina Mikulskytė
6–1, 7–5
Loss 1. 27 February 2015 ITF Clare, Australia Hard Japan Mana Ayukawa Australia Jessica Moore
United States Jennifer Elie
3–6, 5–7
Loss 2. 29 March 2015 ITF Nishitama, Japan Hard Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Kyōka Okamura
Japan Akiko Yonemura
6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 17. 1 June 2015 ITF Ariake, Japan Hard Japan Kanae Hisami United States Yuki Kristina Chiang
Japan Nozomi Fujioka
6–4, 6–4
Win 18. 20 June 2015 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Japan Miyu Kato South Korea Choi Ji-hee
South Korea Kim Na-ri
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 3. 6 July 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Japan Kanae Hisami China Han Xinyun
China Zhang Kailin
3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 18 July 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Akiko Omae
Japan Erika Sema
6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 19. 17 October 2015 ITF Makinohara, Japan Grass Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Yukina Saigo
United States Ena Shibahara
6–4, 6–1
Loss 5. 24 October 2015 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan Grass Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Mana Ayukawa
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
6–0, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 6. 2 April 2016 ITF Kōfu, Japan Hard Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Erina Hayashi
5–7, 5–7
Win 20. 12 June 2016 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Kanae Hisami Australia Lizette Cabrera
Japan Miharu Imanishi
6–1, 6–4
Loss 7. 10 July 2016 Reinert Open, Germany Clay Japan Kanae Hisami Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
2–6, 1–6
Win 21. 2 October 2016 ITF Iizuka, Japan Hard Japan Kanae Hisami Japan Miharu Imanishi
Japan Akiko Omae
6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 22. 25 March 2017 ITF Nishitama, Japan Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Japan Shiho Akita
Japan Erika Sema
6–1, 6–2
Win 23. 13 May 2017 Fukuoka International, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata Japan Erina Hayashi
Japan Robu Kajitani
6–0, 6–7(3), [10–7]
Loss 8. 10 June 2017 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Kyōka Okamura
2–6, 0–6
Win 24. 16 June 2017 Hódmezővásárhely Open,
Hungary
Clay India Prarthana Thombare Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Croatia Tereza Mrdeža
1–0 ret.
Loss 9. 23 June 2017 İzmir Cup, Turkey Hard Finland Emma Laine Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
Serbia Nina Stojanović
4–6, 5–7
Win 25. 14 October 2017 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan Miyabi Inoue Japan Yukina Saigo
Japan Ayano Shimizu
6–3, 7–5
Loss 10. 17 June 2018 ITF Kōfu, Japan Hard Japan Megumi Nishimoto Japan Misaki Doi
Japan Misa Eguchi
3–6, 7–6(2), [8–10]
Loss 11. 28 July 2018 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland
Chinese Taipei Lee Hua-chen
1–6, 6–3, [1–10]

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