Shuko Aoyama

Shuko Aoyama (青山 修子, Aoyama Shūko, born December 19, 1987) is a Japanese tennis player.

Shuko Aoyama

Shuko Aoyama playing at Roland Garros 2013
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1987-12-19) 19 December 1987 Osaka, Japan
Height	1.54 m (5 ft ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 1,229,956
Singles
Career record	230–199 (53.6%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 182 (9 February 2015)
Current ranking	No. 914 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2015)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	375–228 (62.2%)
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 21 (17 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 22 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
French Open	2R (2014)
Wimbledon	SF (2013)
US Open	3R (2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–4
Medal record Representing  Japan Women's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 28 April 2020.

Shuko Aoyama at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University. On 9 February 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 182. On 17 February 2020, she peaked at No. 21 in the doubles rankings. To date, she has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour,[2] and was a semifinalist in doubles at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.[3] She has also won four singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	5–8	38%
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R		1–6	14%
Wimbledon	1R	A	SF	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	NH	10–8	56%
US Open	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	2R		5–8	38%
Win–Loss	0–2	0–0	5–4	3–4	0–4	2–3	3–4	4–4	3–4	1–1	21–30	41%

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Hard (i)	Lidziya Marozava	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]

WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2017	Wuhan Open	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6–7, ^(5–7), 6–3, [4–10]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Elite Trophy (0–1) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1) Premier (2–1) International (10–7)

Finals by surface Hard (11–9) Grass (1–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2010	Japan Women's Open, Japan	International	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh	0–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2012	Washington Open, USA	International	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers	7–5, 6–2
Win	2–1	Mar 2013	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	International	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Janette Husárová Zhang Shuai	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), [14–12]
Win	3–1	Aug 2013	Washington Open, USA (2)	International	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–1	Aug 2014	Washington Open, USA (3)	International	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hiroko Kuwata Kurumi Nara	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–1	Oct 2014	Japan Women's Open, Japan	International	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Jan 2015	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5–3	Feb 2015	Thailand Open, Thailand	International	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6–2, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	5–4	May 2016	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Jul 2016	Washington Open, USA	International	Hard	Risa Ozaki	Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–6	Aug 2016	Jiangxi Open, China	International	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Liang Chen Lu Jingjing	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), [11–13]
Win	6–6	Sep 2016	Japan Women's Open, Japan (2)	International	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–6	Aug 2017	Washington Open, USA (4)	International	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Eugenie Bouchard Sloane Stephens	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–6	Sep 2017	Japan Women's Open, Japan (3)	International	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	8–7	Sep 2017	Wuhan Open, China	Premier 5	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	8–8	Oct 2018	Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong	International	Hard	Lidziya Marozava	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8–9	Nov 2018	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Elite	Hard (i)	Lidziya Marozava	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	9–9	Jun 2019	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Aleksandra Krunić	Lesley Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs	7–5, 6–3
Loss	9–10	Aug 2019	Silicon Valley Classic, USA	Premier	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–10	Oct 2019	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Nao Hibino Miyu Kato	6–3, 7–5
Win	11–10	Oct 2019	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Ena Shibahara	Kirsten Flipkens Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6–2, 6–1
Win	12–10	Feb 2020	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Ena Shibahara	Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi	4–6, 6–0, [10–3]

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (2–1) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2010	ITF Tokyo, Japan	10,000	Hard	Erika Takao	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Loss	1–1	Apr 2012	ITF Bundaberg, Australia	25,000	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Feb 2013	ITF Launceston, Australia	25,000	Hard	Storm Sanders	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Oct 2013	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Grass	Eri Hozumi	7–6^(9–7), 6–1
Loss	2–3	Feb 2014	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States	25,000	Hard	Tamira Paszek	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2014	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Tatjana Maria	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 2014	ITF Toyota, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	An-Sophie Mestach	1–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Oct 2015	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Grass	Miyu Kato	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–5	Oct 2016	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Ksenia Lykina	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 39 (30–9)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (19–6) Clay (2–2) Grass (5–0) Carpet (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	29 March 2009	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Maki Arai Miki Miyamura	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	2.	6 June 2010	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Maya Kato	Kim Kun-hee Yu Min-hwa	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	3.	13 June 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi	7–6^(7–3), 6–0
Runner-up	1.	12 September 2010	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Akari Inoue	Rika Fujiwara Tamarine Tanasugarn	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	27 November 2010	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Rika Fujiwara	Irina-Camelia Begu Mădălina Gojnea	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	15 January 2011	Pingguo, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Liu Wanting Sun Shengnan	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	6 February 2011	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Julie Ditty Mervana Jugić-Salkić	0–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	20 February 2011	Surprise, United States	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Tetiana Luzhanska	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	25 March 2011	Kunming, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Irina Buryachok Veronika Kapshay	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	1 April 2011	Wenshan, China	Hard (i)	Rika Fujiwara	Liang Chen Tian Ran	6–4, 6–0
Winner	9.	8 May 2011	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Rika Fujiwara	Aiko Nakamura Junri Namigata	7–6^(7–3), 6–0
Winner	10.	22 May 2011	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Natsumi Hamamura Ayumi Oka	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	22 October 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Kotomi Takahata	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	12 February 2012	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Kotomi Takahata	Hsieh Shu-ying Zheng Saisai	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	25 March 2012	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Junri Namigata	Monique Adamczak Sandra Zaniewska	5–7, 4–6
Winner	13.	31 March 2012	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Junri Namigata	Sacha Jones Sally Peers	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	15 July 2012	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	22 July 2012	Granby, Canada	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner	14.	29 July 2012	Lexington, United States	Hard	Xu Yifan	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7–5, 6–7^(7–9), [10–4]
Winner	15.	12 August 2012	Bronx, United States	Hard	Erika Sema	Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	16.	13 September 2012	Ningbo, China	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Tetiana Luzhanska Zheng Saisai	6–2, 7–5
Winner	17.	26 October 2012	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Monique Adamczak Alexa Glatch	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	18.	2 February 2013	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Bojana Bobusic Jessica Moore	w/o
Winner	19.	26 October 2013	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Junri Namigata	Belinda Bencic Sofia Shapatava	6–4, 6–3
Winner	20.	23 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Misaki Doi	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	7–6^(7–1), 2–6, [11–9]
Winner	21.	23 February 2014	Surprise, United States	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	6–3, 7–5
Winner	22.	11 May 2014	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	Naomi Broady Eleni Daniilidou	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	26 July 2014	Lexington, United States	Hard	Keri Wong	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	22 November 2014	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Junri Namigata	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 5–7
Winner	23.	31 October 2015	Nanjing, China	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Chan Chin-wei Zhang Kailin	7–5, 6–7^(7–9), [10–7]
Winner	24.	21 November 2015	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Eri Hozumi Kurumi Nara	3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	25.	26 March 2016	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Lu Jingjing Zhang Yuxuan	6–3, 6–0
Winner	26.	2 April 2016	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Erina Hayashi	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	7–5, 7–5
Winner	27.	16 April 2016	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Winner	28.	30 July 2016	Wuhan, China	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Chang Kai-chen Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	29 October 2016	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Risa Ozaki	Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	29.	1 July 2017	Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Yang Zhaoxuan	Viktorija Golubic Lyudmyla Kichenok	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	9.	11 November 2017	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Jacqueline Cako Nina Stojanović	4–6, 2–6
Winner	30.	10 November 2018	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Choi Ji-hee Luksika Kumkhum	6–2, 6–3

References

1. "青山　修子". Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
2. 'Shuko Aoyama / Kai-Chen Chang at matchstat'

External links

• Shuko Aoyama at the Women's Tennis Association
• Shuko Aoyama at the International Tennis Federation
• Shuko Aoyama at the Fed Cup
• Japan Tennis Association profile (in Japanese)