Kaoru Shibata

Kaoru Shibata
Full nameKaoru Shibata
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1973-06-25) 25 June 1973 (age 51)
Tokyo, Japan
Prize money$52,885
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 252 (30 September 1996)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 117 (22 September 1997)

Kaoru Shibata (born 25 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Biography

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Shibata was born in Tokyo, but grew up in the United States, where she moved to as a child in 1975. She attended Libertyville High School in Chicago.[1]

During the 1990s she competed on the professional tour, reaching career best rankings of 252 in singles and 117 in doubles.

At the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka she won a gold medal in the singles competition.[2]

ITF finals

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments

Doubles (3–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 4 May 1997 Gifu, Japan Hard Japan Saori Obata Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Japan Yasuko Nishimata
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 1 19 May 1997 Sochi, Russia Hard Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Russia Ekaterina Sysoeva
6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Winner 2. 27 July 1997 Peachtree City, United States Hard Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Amanda Wainwright
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 3 August 1997 Lexington, United States Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik United States Elly Hakami
Australia Danielle Jones
2–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 8 June 1998 Sochi, Russia Hard Japan Saori Obata Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova
3–6, 6–4, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "Libertyville Gets Best of Both Worlds". Chicago Tribune. 28 September 1987. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Sabrina Santamaria takes silver in World University Games tennis". Daily Breeze. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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