Ayano Shimizu

is a Japanese tennis player.

Shimizu has a career-high singles ranking of 175 by the WTA, reached on 13 May 2019, and a best doubles ranking of 106, achieved on 20 October 2025. Shimizu has won eight singles titles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She won her biggest title to date at the 2018 Kurume Cup, defeating Abbie Myers in the final.

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay Momoko Kobori Estelle Cascino Feng Shuo 2–6, 7–6(7), [7–10]Loss 0–2 Huzhou Open, China Clay Momoko Kobori Veronika Erjavec Zhibek Kulambayeva 4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (1–0)W40/50 tournaments (0–3)W25/35 tournaments (5–3)W10/15 tournaments (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Carpet (6–5)

Doubles: 38 (24 titles, 14 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (4–1) W60/75 tournaments (1–3)W40/50 tournaments (6–2)W25/35 tournaments (10–6)W10/15 tournaments (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (15–8)Clay (4–0)Carpet (3–7)Grass (2–0)