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Natsumi Kawaguchi

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Natsumi Kawaguchi
川口夏実
Country (sports)Japan
Born (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 22)
Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan[1][2]
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$50,369
Singles
Career record89–59
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 346 (9 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 578 (9 September 2024)
Doubles
Career record55–42
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 232 (4 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 308 (9 September 2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Natsumi Kawaguchi (川口夏実, Kawaguchi Natsumi, born 28 June 2002) is a Japanese tennis player.[3]

On 9 October 2023, she has achieved career-high rankings of 346 in singles and on 4 December 2023 of 232 in doubles.

Kawaguchi and her partner Adrienn Nagy won the 2019 Australian girls' doubles title, beating Emma Navarro and Chloe Beck in the final.[4]

She qualified for the main draw of the WTA 500 2023 Pan Pacific Open at home in Tokyo but had to withdraw shortly after.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
W60 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard United Kingdom Emily Appleton 7–6(2), 6–7(2), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Austria Tamira Paszek 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Mar 2023 ITF Hinode, Japan W15 Hard Japan Aoi Ito 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 Apr 2023 ITF Osaka, Japan W15 Hard Japan Miho Kuramochi 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–1 May 2023 Fukuoka International, Japan W60 Carpet United Kingdom Katie Boulter w/o

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
W40 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard Israel Maya Tahan United Kingdom Emily Appleton
Mexico María Portillo Ramírez
6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Dec 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard Russia Nika Kukharchuk United States Madison Appel
United States Elle Christensen
w/o
Loss 1–2 Jun 2023 ITF Tokyo, Japan W25 Hard Australia Talia Gibson Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Japan Kanako Morisaki
6–1, 2–6, [3–10]
Loss 1–3 Jul 2023 ITF Hong Kong W40 Hard Japan Kanako Morisaki Hong Kong Eudice Chong
Hong Kong Cody Wong
5–7, 4–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2023 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan W25 Carpet Japan Hiromi Abe Japan Haruna Arakawa
Japan Aoi Ito
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss 2–4 Nov 2023 ITF Yokohama, Japan W40 Hard Japan Aoi Ito Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo
China Tang Qianhui
w/o
Win 3–4 Aug 2024 ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand W15 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Japan Honoka Kobayashi
Japan Yukina Saigo
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–5 Aug 2024 ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand W35 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Japan Kanako Morisaki
Japan Hikaru Sato
2–6, 3–6

Junior finals

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Girls' doubles

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2019 Australian Open Hard Hungary Adrienn Nagy United States Emma Navarro
United States Chloe Beck
6–4, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "NATSUMI KAWAGUCHI (川口夏実)". IMG Japan. 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "川口夏実". TennisTribe.JP. 7 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Natsumi Kawaguchi - ITF Profile".
  4. ^ "Kawaguchi takes inspiration from Japan's leading lights".
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