Lily Miyazaki

Miyazaki at the 2023 French Open
Full name	Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
Country (sports)	Japan (2013–2022)  Great Britain (2022–)
Residence	London, England
Born	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995[1] Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
College	Oklahoma (2014–2018)
Prize money	$477,288
Singles
Career record	221–149 (59.7%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 154 (11 September 2023)
Current ranking	No. 191 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2023)
French Open	Q2 (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	85–80 (51.5%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 223 (13 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 349 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 23 October 2023.

Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (born 11 November 1995) is a Japanese-born British tennis player.

Miyazaki has career-high rankings by the WTA of 154 in singles and 223 in doubles.^[2] She has won five singles titles and seven doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Early life, junior and college career

Miyazaki settled in London aged 10, having previously lived in Tokyo and then Switzerland. 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.^[3][4]

Miyazaki attended the University of Oklahoma (2014–2019), where she completed an undergraduate degree in mathematics followed by a master's degree in information technology management.^[3] She played No. 1 singles all four years at Oklahoma, recording an overall record of 96–35, and was named to the All-Big 12 first team three times.^[5]

Professional career

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.^[6] Miyazaki switched from representing Japan to Great Britain in March 2022.^[4]

In June 2022, it was announced that Miyazaki had been awarded a main-draw wildcard for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she made her Grand Slam debut.^[7][8]

In October 2022, Miyazaki won her first $60k title in Glasgow beating former top 40 player and compatriot, Heather Watson, in the final, coming back from a set and a double break down.^[9]

In September 2023, she made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open and recorded her first win at this major as a qualifier.^[10] She made 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 Grand Slam singles win. She subsequently lost in the second round to Swiss 15th seed Belinda Bencic winning three games in each set,^[11] and rose to a career-high ranking after the event.^[12]

Grand Slam performance timelines

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Anastasiya Saitova	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Kulikova	6–7(6), 4–6
Win	1–2	Dec 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Yana Karpovich	6–0, 6–3
Win	2–2	Mar 2020	Yokohama Challenger, Japan	25,000	Hard	Mai Hontama	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Win	3–2	Mar 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Momoko Kobori	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	4–2	Mar 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Matilda Mutavdzic	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Aug 2021	ITF Vigo, Spain	25,000	Hard	Olivia Gadecki	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Oct 2021	Las Vegas Open, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Emina Bektas	1–6, 1–6
Win	5–4	Oct 2022	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	60,000	Hard (i)	Heather Watson	5–7, 7–6(6), 6–2
Loss	5–5	Dec 2022	Indoor Championships Kyoto, Japan	60,000	Hard (i)	Miyu Kato	4–6, 6–2, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (8–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2017	ITF Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Maria Masini Olga Parres Azcoitia	7–5, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Apr 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Mathilde Armitano	Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2019	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	15,000	Hard	Emily Appleton	Valentina Losciale Carla Touly	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–2	Nov 2020	ITF Lousada, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Riya Bhatia Inês Murta	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	2–3	Feb 2021	Open de l'Isère, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Arianne Hartono	Ioana Loredana Roșca Kimberley Zimmermann	1–6, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Mar 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Alicia Barnett	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	Mar 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Alicia Barnett	Ku Yeon-woo Raphaëlle Lacasse	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–4	Jun 2021	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Arianne Hartono	Mana Ayukawa Akiko Omae	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–4	Oct 2021	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Emily Appleton	Robin Anderson Elysia Bolton	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Win	6–4	Feb 2022	Open de l'Isère, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Prarthana Thombare	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–4	Aug 2023	ITF Roehampton, UK	25,000	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	Talia Gibson Petra Hule	7–5, 6–3
Win	8–4	Oct 2023	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Ali Collins	Emily Appleton Isabelle Haverlag	7–6(4), 6–2

Notes

References

External links

• Lily Miyazaki at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lily Miyazaki at the International Tennis Federation