Japanese tennis player (born 2006)
Sara Saito (斎藤咲良, Saitō Sara, born 3 October 2006) is a Japanese tennis player.
She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 156, achieved on 22 July 2024. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of No. 484 on 18 March 2024.[1]
Career
2023: Juniors
She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of 2, achieved on 29 May 2023.[2] She had a disappointing performance in the singles draw of the 2023 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Australian wildcard Stefani Webb.[3] She reached the final of the doubles with fellow Japanese Hayu Kinoshita, losing to Renáta Jamrichová and Federica Urgesi.[4] She was top seeded in the girls' singles tournament at the 2023 French Open, after winning two titles in South America.[5]
2024: First quarterfinal on WTA Tour debut
Saito made her WTA Tour main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2024 Japan Women's Open,[6] defeating Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro[7] and fifth seed Elina Avanesyan[8][9] to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where her run was ended in straight sets by Kimberly Birrell.[10]
She entered the WTA 500 2024 Toray Pan Pacific Open as a lucky loser, making her debut at this WTA level but lost to qualifier and compatriot Sayaka Ishii.[11]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| W100 tournaments (1–0)
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| W75 tournaments (0–1)
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| W50 tournaments (0–1)
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| W25 tournaments (1–0)
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| Finals by surface
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| Hard (0–2)
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| Clay (1–0)
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| Carpet (1–0)
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