| Moyuka Uchijima 内島 萌夏 | |
| Birth Date: | 2001 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Height: | 1.74 m[1] |
| Plays: | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$786,324 |
| Singlestitles: | 13 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 59 (12 August 2024) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 59 (12 August 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | 1R (2023) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2024) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (2024) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (2024) |
| Othertournaments: | yes |
| Olympicsresult: | 1R (2024) |
| Doublestitles: | 11 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 101 (12 June 2023) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 234 (15 July 2024) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (2023) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (2024) |
| Team: | yes |
| Fedcupresult: | 6–3 |
| Updated: | 15 August 2024 |
is a Japanese professional tennis player.She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles, achieved on 12 August 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached in June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is the current Japanese No. 1 player.
Uchijima made her debut on the WTA Tour at the 2019 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. In doubles at the same tournament, she recorded her first Major win partnering Wang Xinyu over local wildcards Olivia Tjandramulia and Talia Gibson.
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, the Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser.
In May 2024, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings and making her the Japanese number one for the first time.
She qualified for the 2024 French Open making her debut at this Major[2] and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round. She then lost in the second round to the No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets, ending a run of 19 consecutive professional match wins for Uchijima.
She qualified for the 2024 National Bank Open and recorded her first WTA 1000 win over Viktoriya Tomova before losing to previous year runner-up and sixth seed Liudmila Samsonova. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 59 on 12 August 2024.[3]
She has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.[4]
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.
Current through the 2024 French Open.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Win % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| style=text-align:left | Australian Open | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
| style=text-align:left | French Open | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q3 | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q3 | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| style=text-align:left | Wimbledon | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q1 | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q2 | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| style=text-align:left | US Open | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q3 | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | ||||
| National representation | ||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Billie Jean King Cup | style=background:#ecf2ff | PO | style=background:#ecf2ff | PO | 0 / 0 | 6–3 | |||
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||
| style=text-align:left | Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Miami Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Madrid Open | A | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Italian Open | A | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Canadian Open | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Cincinnati Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Guadalajara Open | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Wuhan Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| style=text-align:left | China Open | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Win % | |||||||
| style=text-align:left | Tournaments | 3 | 6 | 2 | Total: 11 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total: 0 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total: 0 | |||||
| style=text-align:left | Overall win–loss | 6–5 | 4–7 | 1–2 | 0 / 11 | 11–14 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Year-end ranking | 105 | 181 | $484,110 | ||||||
Current through the end of the 2023 season.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Win % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 850 | 262 | 240 | 312 | 124 | 145 | ||||
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| W100 tournaments (3–0) | |
| W80 tournaments (0–1) | |
| W60/75 tournaments (3–2) | |
| 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 Tennis 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 Tennis Championships, India | W50 | Hard | Tina Nadine Smith | 6–4, 6–0 | |
| Win | 10–4 | Apr 2024 | Zaragoza Open, Spain | W100 | Clay |  Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 11–4 | Apr 2024 | Kangaroo Cup, Japan | W100 | Hard | Arina Rodionova | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Win | 12–4 | May 2024 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | W75 | Clay | Mona Barthel | 7–6(3), 6–3 | |
| Win | 13–4 | May 2024 | Open Villa de Madrid, Spain | W100 | Clay | Leyre Romero Gormaz | 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 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) |