Naho Sato

Naho Sato (born 23 January 2001) is a Japanese tennis player.

Sato has been ranked as high as world No. 319 in singles and 195 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). On the ITF Junior Circuit, Sato's career-high ranking is world No. 7 (March 2018).

Career In 2018, she was runner-up in the junior women's doubles at Roland Garros, along with her compatriot Yuki Naito, after losing the final against Caty McNally and Iga Świątek.

At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires, she won the silver medal in women's doubles, along with Naito. In the women's doubles final, Naito and Sato were defeated by the Slovenian Kaja Juvan and the Polish Iga Świątek, who competed in the mixed team modality owned by the Youth Olympians.

At the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy, she won the gold medal in women's singles and a bronze medal in women's doubles, along with Kanako Morisaki.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner ups) Legend W25/35 tournaments (0–1) W15 tournaments (5–1)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (1–1)

Doubles: 27 (19 titles, 8 runner ups) Legend W100 tournaments W40/50 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (14–7)Clay (4–1)Carpet (1–0)

Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2018 French Open Clay Yuki Naito Caty McNally Iga Świątek 2–6, 5–7