Shiho Akita Explained

Shiho Akita
秋田 史帆
Birth Date:18 January 1990
Birth Place:Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Careerprizemoney:US$151,469
Height:1.55m (05.09feet)
Singlestitles:6 ITF
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Highestsinglesranking:No. 221 (8 May 2017)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 515 (12 August 2024)
Australianopenjuniorresult:2R (2007)
Frenchopenjuniorresult:2R (2007)
Wimbledonjuniorresult:1R (2007)
Usopenjuniorresult:1R (2007)
Doublestitles:2 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 369 (12 September 2016)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 690 (12 August 2024)
Australianopendoublesjuniorresult:1R (2007)
Frenchopendoublesjuniorresult:QF (2007)
Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult:1R (2007)
Usopendoublesjuniorresult:2R (2007)
Updated:12 August 2024

is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Akita has a career-high WTA rankings of 221 in singles and 369 in doubles. She has won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2012, she made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in the doubles event of Pattaya Open, partnering Nicole Rottmann. The pair reached the quarterfinals, losing to second seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Tamarine Tanasugarn.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Carpet (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2008ITF Tokyo, JapanW10Hard Kimiko Date-Krumm3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Jul 2009ITF Miyazaki, JapanW10Carpet Junri Namigata6–7(6), 2–6
Win1–2Aug 2009ITF Niigata, JapanW10Carpet Remi Tezuka6–4, 6–4
Loss1–3Aug 2009ITF Saitama, JapanW10Hard Sachie Ishizu3–6, 4–6
Win2–3Jul 2010ITF Pattaya, ThailandW10Hard Nudnida Luangnam6–3, 6–4
Loss2–4Sep 2010ITF Tsukuba, JapanW25Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn4–6, 1–6
Loss2–5Jun 2017ITF Makinohara, JapanW25Carpet Kumiko Iijima1–6, 2–6
Win3–5Jun 2013ITF Tokyo, JapanW10Hard Akiko Yonemura6–4, 6–4
Win4–5Sep 2016ITF Noto, JapanW25Carpet Ayano Shimizu6–4, 6–4
Loss4–6Sep 2016ITF Hua Hin, ThailandW25Hard Gao Xinyu2–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss4–7Mar 2017ITF Nishitama, JapanW15Hard Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic4–6, 5–7
Win5–7Nov 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Hard Magdaléna Pantůčková6–2, 6–4
Win6–7Mar 2020ITF Perth, AustraliaW25Hard Irina Ramialison6–3, 6–3
Loss6–8May 2024ITF Fukui, JapanW15Hard Mio Mushika5–7, 4–6
Loss6–9May 2024ITF Tokyo, JapanW15Hard Rina Saigo6–4, 6–7(6), 5–7
Win7–9Jul 2024ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Lee Eun-hye3–6, 7–6(4), 6–1

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Grass (1–0)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2013ITF Karuizawa, JapanW25Grass Sachie Ishizu Miki Miyamura
Erika Takao
7–5, 7–6(8)
Loss1–1Jun 2013ITF Bangkok, ThailandW10Hard Akari Inoue Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Lavinia Tananta
6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Win2–1Jan 2015ITF Sharm El Sheik, EgyptW10Hard Yuuki Tanaka Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
Caroline Rohde-Moe
6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss2–2Aug 2016ITF Tsukuba, JapanW25Hard Miki Miyamura Lu Jiajing
Akiko Omae
3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss2–3Mar 2017ITF Nishitama, JapanW15Hard Erika Sema Momoko Kobori
Kotomi Takahata
1–6, 2–6
Loss2–4Jun 2018ITF Daegu, South KoreaW25Hard Misaki Doi Chang Kai-chen
Hsu Ching-wen
1–2 ret.
Win3–4Jul 2024ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Choi Ji-hee Ayumi Miyamoto
Anri Nagata
7–6(5), 6–7(5), [10–8]