Birth Date: | 10 June 1996 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Turnedpro: | 2014 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singlesrecord: | 265-174 |
Singlestitles: | 24 |
Currentsinglesranking: | No. 12 (24 June 2024) |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 7 (30 January 2023) |
Australianopenresult: | SF (2023) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (2023, 2024) |
Usopenresult: | QF (2022) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Paralympicsresult: | 2R (2020) |
Doublesrecord: | 234-126 |
Doublestitles: | 47 |
Currentdoublesranking: | No. 8 (24 June 2024) |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 6 (30 January 2023) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | SF (2023, 2024) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | SF (2023, 2024) |
Usopendoublesresult: | SF (2022, 2023) |
Paralympicsdoublesresult: | QF (2020) |
Manami Tanaka (born 10 June 1996) is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player, she is world number 12 in singles and world number 8 in doubles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She is a 2023 Australian Open semifinalist in both singles and doubles, she also reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open in the doubles with partner Dana Mathewson.[1] [2]
Tanaka took up wheelchair tennis in high school after she severely injured her spine in a freak accident when she slipped and fell on ice-covered stairs outside of her house which left her paralyzed from the waist down.[3]