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WTABest WTA ranking No. 1

Naomi Osaka

JPN28 yrs5' 11" (1.80 m)

Best WTA ranking No. 1

Four Grand Slam finals, four titles. The first Asian world No. 1.

Plays
Right-handed, two-handed backhand

Figures as of 30 September 2026.

Profile & career

A phenomenal ball-striker chasing her best level.

Born in Osaka and raised in the United States, Naomi Osaka is a former world No. 1 and a four-time Grand Slam champion, with titles between 2018 and 2021. A phenomenal ball-striker, she has been working to return to that level since giving birth to a daughter in 2023, and began working with Patrick Mouratoglou in September 2024.

She has won seven WTA titles, including four Grand Slams and two WTA 1000 events (Indian Wells 2018, Beijing 2019). She has beaten top-10 players 13 times, including two wins over the reigning world No. 1: Simona Halep at Indian Wells in 2018 and Ash Barty in Beijing in 2019.

Did you know?She was the first Asian player to be ranked world No. 1 in singles.

Naomi Osaka hitting a forehand on a blue hard court

GRAND SLAMS

Naomi & the Grand Slams.

Four Grand Slam titles, all on hard courts, from four finals.

Australian OpenHard courtBest resultChampion2019, 2021
Roland-GarrosClay courtBest result3rd round2016, 2018, 2019
WimbledonGrass courtBest result3rd round2017, 2018
US OpenHard courtBest resultChampion2018, 2020

CAREER

Titles, year by year.

Naomi Osaka made an immediate impact on the WTA Tour: in her first professional match, at Stanford in 2014, aged 16, she beat world No. 19 Samantha Stosur. Two years later she broke into the top 100, then the top 50. By winning the 2018 US Open, beating Serena Williams in the final, she became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam tournament, and the following year she became the first Asian player to reach world No. 1. She has won seven of her 11 WTA finals; the last, in Miami in 2022, was lost to Iga Świątek. A regular in the top 10 from 2018 to 2022, she then slipped down the rankings because of poor results, mental health issues, a subject she helped bring into the open alongside athletes such as Simone Biles, and an Achilles tendon injury. She missed the whole 2023 season during her first pregnancy and returned to competition in January 2024. She has yet to find her best form on clay and grass.

WTA titles

  1. 2018

    Indian Wells · US Open

  2. 2019

    Australian Open · Osaka · Beijing

  3. 2020

    US Open

  4. 2021

    Australian Open

STATISTICS & RECORDS

Milestones of a champion.

4

Perfect in Grand Slam finals

Four Grand Slam titles from four finals.

2021

Sportswoman of the Year

Named Sportswoman of the Year in 2021.

1st

Olympic flame

The first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron.

Naomi Osaka and Patrick Mouratoglou smiling together courtside

MOURATOGLOU ACADEMY

Her link with Patrick Mouratoglou.

Naomi Osaka began working with Patrick Mouratoglou in September 2024, with their first sessions together in Los Angeles, after parting ways with her previous coach Wim Fissette. “He's a very good coach. I'm very happy that he accepted this project,” she said at the WTA 1000 in Beijing, where an injury in the last 16 against Coco Gauff ended her 2024 season.

“I'm very excited because I think she's playing incredibly well,” Patrick Mouratoglou said at UTS Frankfurt. “I sense a real motivation in her to get back to the top. It's my challenge to bring her back to her best level and do even better if possible.”

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Naomi Osaka's full tennis training ritual

GAME & EQUIPMENT

How Naomi plays.

Her game

Naomi Osaka is a powerful baseliner with one of the best serves on the WTA Tour. Her hitting speed is almost unrivalled in women's tennis, with only the likes of Serena Williams and Aryna Sabalenka standing comparison. Her high-risk game lets her put huge pressure on opponents from the baseline and produce spectacular winners.

Her equipment

Naomi Osaka plays with a Yonex Ezone 98 strung with Polytour Strike 125, a highly durable monofilament.

Train in the gear of the Academy: rackets, apparel and accessories.

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OFF THE COURT

Personal life & interests.

Naomi Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1997, and moved to the United States with her family four years later. Her older sister, Mari, is a former tennis player. She is in a relationship with the American rapper Cordae, with whom she had a daughter, Shai, in 2023. In 2021 she became a co-owner of the North Carolina Courage, a club in the NWSL, the American women's football league.

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ON COURT

Train where Naomi trained.

The same courts, coaches and methodology, on the French Riviera: camps for juniors and adults, all year round.

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Aerial view of the Mouratoglou Academy clay and hard courts on the French Riviera