Lily Miyazaki

British tennis player

Lily Miyazaki

Miyazaki at the 2023 French Open

ITF name| Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
Country (sports)|  Japan (2013–2022)
Great Britain (2022–)
Residence| London, England
Born|  (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28)[1]
Tokyo, Japan
Height| 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays| Right (two-handed backhand)
College| Oklahoma (2014–2018)
Prize money| $748,203
Singles
Career record| 254–176
Career titles| 7 ITF
Highest ranking| No. 132 (22 July 2024)
Current ranking| No. 157 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open| Q3 (2023)
French Open| Q2 (2022)
Wimbledon| 2R (2024)
US Open| 2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record| 97–91
Career titles| 8 ITF
Highest ranking| No. 184 (22 July 2024)
Current ranking| No. 233 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon| 2R (2024)
Last updated on: 24 September 2024.

Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (born 11 November 1995) is a Japanese-born British tennis player. Miyazaki has career-high rankings by the WTA of 132 in singles and 184 in doubles.[2] She has won seven singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

## Early life, junior and college career

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Miyazaki settled in London aged 10, having previously lived in Tokyo and then Switzerland. She trained at Sutton Tennis Academy up until the age of 18. She switched to British nationality in March 2022, as Japanese citizens are not allowed to hold dual citizenship.[3][4]

Miyazaki attended the University of Oklahoma (2014–2019), where she completed an undergraduate degree in mathematics followed by a master's degree in information technology management.[3] She played No. 1 singles all four years at Oklahoma, recording an overall record of 96–35, and was named to the All-Big 12 first team three times.[5]

## Professional

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Miyazaki made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Anastasia Gasanova in the doubles tournament. She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2022 Lyon Open, after qualifying for the main draw.[6] Miyazaki switched from representing Japan to Great Britain in March 2022.[4]

In June 2022, it was announced that Miyazaki had been awarded a main-draw wildcard for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she made her Grand Slam debut.[7][8]

In October 2022, Miyazaki won her first $60k title in Glasgow beating former top 40 player, compatriot Heather Watson, in the final, coming back from a set and a double break down.[9]

In September 2023, she made her debut at the US Open and recorded her first win at this major as a qualifier. She had her breakthrough by coming through three rounds of qualifying defeating 23rd seed Daria Snigur, and Valeria Savinykh in straight sets, and ninth seed Viktória Hrunčáková in the final round.[10] In the first round of the main draw, she drew former top-50 player Margarita Betova, who had entered on a protected ranking following injuries and a maternity break. Miyazaki won in straight sets, achieving her first ever Grand Slam singles win. She subsequently lost in the second round to 15th seed Belinda Bencic winning three games in each set,[11] and rose to a career-high ranking of No. 154 on 11 September 2023, after the event.[12]

Given a wildcard entry into the main draw at Wimbledon, Miyazaki won her first-round match against Tamara Korpatsch 6–2, 6–1,[13] [14] before being double-bagelled by 12th seed Daria Kasatkina in round two.[15][16]

## Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key  W |  F | SF  | QF  | #R  | RR | Q#  | P#  | DNQ  | A  | Z#  | PO  | G | S  | B  | NMS  | NTI  | P  | NH

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(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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

### Singles

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Tournament  | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win %

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Australian Open | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0  | 0–0  |  –
French Open | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0  | 0–0  |  –
Wimbledon | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 2  | 1–2  | 33%
US Open | Q1 | 2R | Q3  | 0 / 1  | 1–1  | 50%
Win–loss  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0 / 3  | 2–3  | 40%

## ITF Circuit finals

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### Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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| Legend

W60/75 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
| Finals by surface

Hard (7–5)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1 | May 2014  | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  | W10  | Hard  |  Anastasiya Saitova  | 3–6, 2–6
Loss  | 0–2 | Dec 2019  | ITF Monastir, Tunisia  | W15  | Hard  |  Anastasia Kulikova | 6–7(6), 4–6
Win  | 1–2 | Dec 2019  | ITF Monastir, Tunisia  | W15  | Hard  |  Yana Karpovich  | 6–0, 6–3
Win  | 2–2 | Mar 2020  | Yokohama Challenger, Japan  | W25  | Hard  |  Mai Hontama | 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Win  | 3–2 | Mar 2021  | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  | W15  | Hard  |  Momoko Kobori | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win  | 4–2 | Mar 2021  | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  | W15  | Hard  |  Matilda Mutavdzic  | 6–3, 6–3
Loss  | 4–3 | Aug 2021  | ITF Vigo, Spain  | W25  | Hard  |  Olivia Gadecki | 2–6, 4–6
Loss  | 4–4 | Oct 2021 | Las Vegas Open, United States  | W60  | Hard  |  Emina Bektas | 1–6, 1–6
Win  | 5–4 | Oct 2022 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK  | W60  | Hard (i)  |  Heather Watson | 5–7, 7–6(6), 6–2
Loss  | 5–5 | Dec 2022 | Indoor Championships Kyoto, Japan  | W60  | Hard (i)  |  Miyu Kato | 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win  | 6–5 | Jan 2024  | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France  | W75  | Hard (i)  |  Jessika Ponchet | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win  | 7–5 | Mar 2024 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France  | W75  | Hard (i)  |  Mona Barthel | 6–4, 7–5

### Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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| Legend

W60 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
| Finals by surface

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Result  | W–L  | Date  | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Win  | 1–0 | Jun 2017  | ITF Guimarães, Portugal  | W15  | Hard  |  Arianne Hartono |  Maria Masini
Olga Parres Azcoitia  | 7–5, 6–0
Loss  | 1–1 | Apr 2019  | ITF Cancún, Mexico  | W15  | Hard  |  Mathilde Armitano  |  Victoria Rodríguez
Marcela Zacarías | 2–6, 0–6
Loss  | 1–2 | Oct 2019  | ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France  | W15  | Hard (i)  |  Emily Appleton |  Valentina Losciale
Carla Touly  | 5–7, 3–6
Win  | 2–2 | Nov 2020  | Lousada Indoor Open, Portugal  | W15  | Hard (i)  |  Arianne Hartono  |  Riya Bhatia
Inês Murta | 6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss  | 2–3 | Feb 2021  | Open de l'Isère, France  | W25  | Hard (i)  |  Arianne Hartono  |  Ioana Loredana Roșca
Kimberley Zimmermann | 1–6, 5–7
Loss  | 2–4 | Mar 2021  | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  | W15  | Hard  |  Alicia Barnett |  Momoko Kobori
Ayano Shimizu | 4–6, 1–6
Win  | 3–4 | Mar 2021  | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  | W15  | Hard  |  Alicia Barnett  |  Ku Yeon-woo
Raphaëlle Lacasse  | 6–4, 6–1
Win  | 4–4 | Jun 2021  | ITF Porto, Portugal  | W25  | Hard  |  Arianne Hartono  |  Mana Ayukawa
Akiko Omae | 7–5, 6–2
Win  | 5–4 | Oct 2021  | ITF Florence, United States  | W25  | Hard  |  Emily Appleton  |  Robin Anderson
Elysia Bolton  | 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Win  | 6–4 | Feb 2022 | Open de l'Isère, France  | W60  | Hard (i)  |  Prarthana Thombare |  Alicia Barnett
Olivia Nicholls | 6–3, 6–3
Win  | 7–4 | Aug 2023  | ITF Roehampton, UK  | W25  | Hard  |  Mariam Bolkvadze |  Talia Gibson
Petra Hule | 7–5, 6–3
Win  | 8–4 | Oct 2023 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France  | W60  | Hard (i)  |  Ali Collins |  Emily Appleton
Isabelle Haverlag | 7–6(4), 6–2
Loss  | 8–5 | Feb 2024  | ITF Edgbaston, UK  | W50  | Hard (i)  |  Ali Collins  |  Magali Kempen
Lara Salden | 6–7(6), 2–6

## References

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1. ^ "Yuriko Miyazaki". Tennisexplorer.com.
2. ^ "Yuriko Miyazaki | Player Stats & More". Wtatennis.com.
3. ^ a b "Wimbledon 2022: Britwatch - which British players are competing?". LTA. Lawn Tennis Association. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
4. ^ a b "Miyazaki to represent Great Britain". BBC Sport.
5. ^ "Lily Miyazaki – 2017-18 – Women's Tennis". University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
6. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
7. ^ "Initial Wild Cards for The Championships 2022". Wimbledon.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
8. ^ "Wimbledon 2022's Grand Slam debuts: Hontama, Chwalinska, Kartal and more". Wtatennis.com.
9. ^ "W60 Glasgow 2022 ITF". International Tennis Federation. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
10. ^ "Meet the 2023 US Open women's qualifiers".
11. ^ "US Open 2023 results: Lily Miyazaki loses to Belinda Bencic in New York". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
12. ^ "Djokovic and Swiatek through at US Open as Tsitsipas and Miyazaki depart".
13. ^ "Lily Miyazaki in the money after 'one of the best wins' in her career". The Independent. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
14. ^ "Kartal and Miyazaki pull off Wimbledon wins but Broom and Watson go out". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
15. ^ "Wild card Lily Miyazaki beaten 6-0 6-0 at start of big day for British tennis". Express and Star. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
16. ^ "Briton Miyazaki beaten by Kasatkina in 50 minutes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

## External links

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* Lily Miyazaki at the Women's Tennis Association
* Lily Miyazaki at the International Tennis Federation

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Women's Tennis Association:  Top British female singles tennis players

As of 15 July 2024

* 1\. Katie Boulter (33 4)
* 2\. Harriet Dart (84 16)
* 3\. Emma Raducanu (94 41)
* 4\. Lily Miyazaki (136 12)
* 5\. Jodie Burrage (188 29)

* 6\. Sonay Kartal (193 105)
* 7\. Heather Watson (203 4)
* 8\. Francesca Jones (207 8)
* 9\. Amarni Banks (242 16)
* 10\. Katy Dunne (330 1)

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