Junri Namigata

Junri Namigata (波形純理, Namigata Junri, born 5 July 1982) is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached in February 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 101, which she reached in May 2015.

Namigata was born in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture and started playing tennis when she was 6 years old. She completed elementary school at a school in Koshigaya and won a regional tournament when in the third grade. She attended Fujimura Girls' Junior High School and Horikoshi High School in Tokyo. In September 1997, when still in junior high school, she made her first appearance in an ITF doubles tournament. When she was in her first year of high school she reached the round of 16 at the All Japan Tennis Championship and won the All Japan Junior Championship title in her final year of high school. She enrolled in the School of Social Sciences at Waseda University and in 2001 won the intercollegiate doubles title, was runner-up in the singles title, and was a member of the Waseda team that took out the team event. In 2004 she won the intercollegiate singles title and also won her first ITF doubles titles in October.

Namigata turned professional in August 2005. after graduating from Waseda in April of the same year. Her goal was to finish her first year as a professional ranked in the top 200; she finished 2006 ranked 162 in singles. The first of her six singles titles came in July 2007.

In July 2014 Namigata won her first WTA event, the doubles tournmament of the inaugural Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, partnering with China's Chuang Chia-Jung. 2014 was the most successful year of her career thus far, winning three ITF doubles titles and her first singles title since 2010. She finished the year ranked 196 in singles and 145 in doubles, returning to the top 200 in each category for the first time since 2011.

Grand Slam appearances

In singles, Namigata has qualified for two Grand Slam tournaments so far. At the 2011 Australian Open she lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in the first round. Later in the same year, she lost in the first round of the French Open to Aleksandra Wozniak.

In doubles, she qualified for the 2008 Wimbledon tournament with fellow Japanese player Ayumi Morita, losing in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova and Selima Sfar. In January 2017, Namigata and Chan Chin-wei received wild-card entry into the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Tatjana Maria and Pauline Parmentier.

Federation Cup

Namigata represented Japan in the Asia/Oceania Group Stage of the 2011 Fed Cup.

Current as of 16 November 2015:

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	7 October 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayumi Morita	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	w/o
Winner	1.	27 July 2014	Nanchang, China	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan	7–6(7–4), 6–3

Current as of 16 November 2015:

Singles 19 (6–13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	3 Jul 2004	Inchon, South Korea	Hard	Lee Eun-jeong	0–6 6–3 0–6
Runner-up	2.	21 May 2006	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Katarína Kachlíková	4–6 4–6
Winner	3.	15 July 2007	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Zhang Shuai	6–4 6–2
Runner-up	4.	28 October 2007	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Yanina Wickmayer	6–4 4–6 2–6
Runner-up	5.	26 Apr 2009	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Elena Baltacha	3–6 1–6
Winner	6.	31 May 2009	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Hsu Wen-hsin	6–1 6–1
Winner	7.	19 July 2009	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Shiho Akita	7–6(6) 6–2
Runner-up	8.	2 August 2009	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Kurumi Nara	6–7(7) 6–4 4–6
Winner	9.	9 May 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Nikola Hofmanova	6–1 6–2
Runner-up	10.	30 May 2010	Kusatsu, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	4–6 6–7(4)
Winner	11.	8 August 2010	Beijing, China	Hard	Zhang Shuai	7–6(3) 6–2
Runner-up	12.	28 November 2010	Toyota, Japan	Carpet	Misaki Doi	7–5 6–2
Runner-up	13.	30 October 2011	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Karolína Plíšková	2–6 6–7(4)
Runner-up	14.	27 May 2012	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Marta Sirotkina	4–6 6–2 4–6
Runner-up	15.	26 May 2013	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	6–7 3–6
Runner-up	16.	26 May 2014	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Hong Hyun-hui	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	9 June 2014	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Riko Sawayanagi	4–6 6–7
Winner	18.	31 August 2014	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	6–0 7–6
Runner-up	19.	26 October 2014	Hamamatsu, Japan	Carpet	Riko Sawayanagi	6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles 38 (18–20)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	31 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Maki Arai Akiko Yonemura	6–3 6–1
Winner	2.	17 July 2005	Hamilton, Canada	Clay	Kumiko Iijima	Lauren Barnikow Lauren Breadmore	6–7(4) 6–2 6–2
Runner-up	3.	31 July 2005	Lexington, USA	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Vilmarie Castellvi Samantha Reeves	2–6 1–6
Runner-up	4.	17 February 2006	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Ayumi Morita	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	2–6 1–6
Winner	5.	28 May 2006	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Remi Tezuka Tomoko Yonemura	6–3 7–6(3)
Winner	6.	6 August 2006	Tokachi, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Shiho Hisamatsu Remi Tezuka	7–5 6–4
Winner	7.	23 September 2006	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa	6–7(4) 6–3 6–2
Runner-up	8.	14 April 2007	Jackson, USA	Clay	Yurika Sema	Eva Hrdinová Michaela Paštíková	6–7(5) 6–7(3)
Runner-up	9.	13 May 2007	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Ayumi Morita Akiko Yonemura	2–6 2–6
Winner	10.	7 July 2007	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Chang Kyung-mi Kim Jin-hee	6–2 3–6 6–4
Winner	11.	7 July 2007	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Ayumi Morita Akiko Yonemura	7–6(3) 6–0
Winner	12.	13 September 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura	3–6 7–6(4) [10–5]
Runner-up	13.	2 August 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Christina Fusano	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	7–6(4) 1–6 [5–10]
Winner	14.	19 October 2008	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Natsumi Hamamura	Chae Kyung-yee Han Xinyun	7–5 7–6(4)
Runner-up	15.	25 October 2008	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	Kanae Hisami Yurina Koshino	5–7 4–6
Runner-up	16.	10 May 2009	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Ayaka Maekawa	Akiko Yonemura Tomoko Yonemura	2–6 7–6(3) [3–10]
Winner	17.	12 May 2009	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	Tomoyo Takagishi Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1 6–4
Runner-up	18.	10 April 2010	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Misaki Doi	Irina-Camelia Begu Erika Sema	0–6 6–7(8)
Runner-up	19.	10 April 2010	Gimhae, South Korea	Hard	Misaki Doi	Chang Kyung-mi Lee Jin-a	6–1 4–6 [8–10]
Runner-up	20.	19 April 2010	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Misaki Doi	Chang Kyung-mi Lee Jin-a	7–5 3–6 [8–10]
Runner-up	21.	2 May 2011	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Aiko Nakamura	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–7(3) 0–6
Runner-up	22.	17 October 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	Shuko Aoyama Kotomi Takahata	2–6 5–7
Runner-up	23.	25 March 2012	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Shuko Aoyama	Monique Adamczak Sandra Zaniewska	5–7 4–6
Winner	24.	1 April 2012	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Shuko Aoyama	Sacha Jones Sally Peers	6–1 7–5
Winner	25.	8 July 2012	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Yurika Sema	Bernice Van de Velde Angelique Van der Meet	6–3 6–1
Runner-up	26.	28 April 2013	Wenshan, China	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Miki Miyamura Varatchaya Wongteanchai	5–7 3–6
Winner	27.	6 May 2013	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Erika Sema	Rika Fujiwara Akiko Omae	7–5 3–6 [10–7]
Winner	28.	27 October 2013	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Shuko Aoyama	Belinda Bencic Sofia Shapatava	6–4 6–3
Winner	29.	24 March 2014	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Choi Ji-hee Akari Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	30.	12 May 2014	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Akiko Yonemura	Jarmila Gajdošová Arina Rodionova	4–6 2–6
Winner	31.	19 May 2014	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Akiko Yonemura	Kanae Hisami Chiaki Okadaue	6–2 7–5
Winner	32.	29 May 2014	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Lee Ye-ra Kim So-jung	7–6 6–0
Runner-up	33.	22 November 2014	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Shuko Aoyama	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	3–6 5–7
Runner-up	34.	8 February 2015	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Han Xinyun	Irina Falconi Petra Martić	2–6 4–6
Winner	35.	13 February 2015	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Han Xinyun	Wang Yafan Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	36.	29 March 2015	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	3–6 7–6 (2) [2–10]
Runner-up	37.	10 May 2015	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Naomi Broady Kristýna Plíšková	3–6 4–6
Runner-up	38.	17 May 2015	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Makoto Ninomiya Riko Sawayanagi	6–7 (10) 3–6