Riko Sawayanagi

Riko Sawayanagi (澤柳 璃子, Sawayanagi Riko, born 25 October 1994) is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Riko Sawayanagi

Riko at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 28) Hakodate, Hokkaido^[1]
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 182,583
Singles
Career record	226–180 (55.7%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 178 (5 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 852 (28 November 2022)
Doubles
Career record	155–116 (57.2%)
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 142 (17 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 554 (28 November 2022)
Last updated on: 2 December 2022.

Primarily, Sawayanagi has played mostly on the ITF Circuit where she has won 14 titles, including a $75K doubles tournament in Japan.

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Clay Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2011	ITF Mie, Japan	10,000	Carpet	Miharu Imanishi	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2014	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	10,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2014	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Junri Namigata	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2015	Seoul Open, South Korea	50,000^[a]	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jun 2015	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	25,000	Hard	Erika Sema	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Oct 2015	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Katarzyna Kawa	7–6^(6), 2–6, 6–7^(6)
Loss	3–4	Oct 2016	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Ksenia Lykina	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 2016	ITF Chenzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	0–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6	Nov 2016	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2011	ITF Mie, Japan	10,000	Carpet	Chihiro Takayama	Shiori Araki   Risa Hasegawa	3–6, 6–7^(3)
Win	1–1	Sep 2011	ITF Kyoto, Japan	10,000	Carpet	Miyu Kato	Kazusa Ito   Tomoko Taira	6–4, 7–6^(5)
Win	2–1	Nov 2011	ITF Toyota, Japan	75,000^[b]	Carpet (i)	Makoto Ninomiya	Caroline Garcia   Michaëlla Krajicek	w/o
Loss	2–2	May 2013	Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan	50,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	Luksika Kumkhum   Erika Sema	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2013	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	Kim Na-ri   Lee Ye-ra	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 2013	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	Kang Seo-kyung   Kim Ji-young	5–7, 1–6
Win	3–4	Jul 2014	Granby Challenger, Canada	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Erin Routliffe   Carol Zhao	w/o
Win	4–4	Sep 2014	ITF Noto, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Miyabi Inoue	Miki Miyamura   Chihiro Nunome	6–3, 7–6^(2)
Win	5–4	May 2015	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Eri Hozumi   Junri Namigata	7–6^(10), 6–3
Win	6–4	Feb 2016	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Ashleigh Barty   Casey Dellacqua	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–4	Oct 2016	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Ksenia Lykina	Rika Fujiwara   Erika Sema	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7–5	Jan 2017	ITF Hong Kong, China	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Hiroko Kuwata   Akiko Omae	1–6, 0–6
Win	8–5	Feb 2017	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Barbora Štefková	Alison Bai   Varatchaya Wongteanchai	7–6^(6), 4–6, [10–7]
Win	9–5	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	Irina Bara   Prarthana Thombare	7–6^(5), 4–6, [11–9]
Win	10–5	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	Tammi Patterson   Olivia Rogowska	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	10–6	Jun 2017	Kōfu International Open, Japan	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Rika Fujiwara   Kyōka Okamura	6–7^(4), 3–6
Loss	10–7	Sep 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Nefedova	Giorgia Pinto   Gaia Squarcialupi	4–6, 6–0, [5–10]
Win	11–7	Apr 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Misaki Matsuda	Rina Saigo   Yukina Saigo	7–6, 6–2
Loss	11–8	Sep 2022	ITF Yeongwol, South Korea	15,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	Back Da-yeon   Lee Eun-hye	5–7, 6–3, [11–13]
Loss	11–9	Oct 2022	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Mana Ayukawa	Mayuka Aikawa   Momoko Kobori	4–6, 5–7, [7–10]

Notes

1. The $50,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
2. The $75,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $80,000 in 2017.

References

1. (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

External links

• Riko Sawayanagi at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Riko Sawayanagi at the International Tennis Federation  
• (in Japanese)