Hiroko Kuwata

Hiroko Kuwata (; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player.

Kuwata has won one WTA 125 doubles title, as well as seven singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 112 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career Kuwata made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Washington Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Sanaz Marand and Stéphanie Dubois for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against world No. 45, Alison Riske, and defeated the American in straight sets, losing five games in the process. It was Kuwata's first main-draw win at the WTA Tour-level. She also competed in the doubles event, partnering with Kurumi Nara to defeat Nicola Slater and Emily Webley-Smith in the first round. The Japanese advanced to the final of the event, losing to Shuko Aoyama and Gabriela Dabrowski.

Partnering with Jessica Failla, Kuwata won the doubles title at the WTA 125 2024 Barranquilla Open, defeating Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in the final, in three sets.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Washington Open, United States International Hard Kurumi Nara Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski 1–6, 2–6

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (1–1)W50 tournaments (0–1)W25 tournaments (1–2)W10/15 tournaments (5–7)Finals by surfaceHard (6–10)Carpet (1–1)

Doubles: 49 (25 titles, 24 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–2)75,000 tournaments (0–2)W50/60/75 tournaments (5–7)W40/50 tournaments (1–3)W25/35 tournaments (13–7)W10/15 tournaments (6–3)Finals by surfaceHard (20–21)Clay (0–3)Grass (3–0)Carpet (2–0)