Kaoru Shibata

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

Biography 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.

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.

ITF finals $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments Doubles (3–2) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1. 4 May 1997 Gifu, Japan Hard Saori Obata Shinobu Asagoe Yasuko Nishimata 6–3, 7–5Loss 1 Sochi, Russia Hard Nino Louarsabishvili Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva 6–3, 3–6, 0–6Win 2. 27 July 1997 Peachtree City, United States Hard Sonya Jeyaseelan Julie Pullin Amanda Wainwright 6–4, 6–1Loss 2. 3 August 1997 Lexington, United States Hard Katarina Srebotnik Elly Hakami Danielle Jones 2–6, 5–7Win 3. Sochi, Russia Hard Saori Obata Nino Louarsabishvili Elena Tatarkova 3–6, 6–4, 6–2