Yuriko Miyazaki

Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (born 11 November 1995) is a Japanese-born British tennis player. Miyazaki has career-high rankings by the WTA of 132 in singles and 184 in doubles. She has won eight singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life, junior and college years Miyazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan, and lived there before moving to Switzerland and settling in London aged 10. She trained at Sutton Tennis Academy up until the age of 18. She switched to British nationality in March 2022, as Japanese citizens are not allowed to hold dual citizenship.

Professional Miyazaki made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Anastasia Gasanova in the doubles tournament. She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2022 Lyon Open, after qualifying for the main draw. Miyazaki switched from representing Japan to Great Britain in March 2022.

In June 2022, it was announced that Miyazaki had been awarded a main-draw wildcard for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she made her major debut.

In October 2022, Miyazaki won her first $60k title in Glasgow beating former top 40 player, compatriot Heather Watson, in the final, coming back from a set and a double break down.

In September 2023, she made her debut at the US Open and recorded her first win at this major as a qualifier. She had her breakthrough by coming through three rounds of qualifying defeating 23rd seed Daria Snigur, and Valeria Savinykh in straight sets, and ninth seed Viktória Hrunčáková in the final round. In the first round of the main draw, she drew former top-50 player Margarita Betova, who had entered on a protected ranking following injuries and a maternity break. Miyazaki won in straight sets, achieving her first ever singles win at a major. She subsequently lost in the second round to 15th seed Belinda Bencic winning three games in each set, and rose to a career-high ranking of No. 154 on 11 September 2023, after the event.

Given a wildcard entry into the main draw at Wimbledon, Miyazaki won her first-round match against Tamara Korpatsch 6–2, 6–1, before being double-bagelled by 12th seed Daria Kasatkina in round two. Partnering with Emily Appleton, she was also given a wildcard entry into the women's doubles, reaching the second round with a win over Wang Xiyu and Zhu Lin in a deciding set tie-break, before losing to top seeds Elise Mertens and Hsieh Su-wei.

At the 2024 Jasmin Open in Monastir, Tunisia, Miyazaki defeated Alycia Parks, in the first round, before losing to Antonia Ružić.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (8–6)

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments W60 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (8–7)