Himeno Sakatsume

Himeno Sakatsume
Sakatsume at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Japan
Born (2001-08-03) 3 August 2001
Niigata Prefecture, Japan[1]
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) [1]
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$277,485
Singles
Career record217–143
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 164 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 227 (11 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record58–67
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 344 (27 April 2025)
Current rankingNo. 434 (11 August 2025)
Team competitions
BJK Cup2–0
Last updated on: 11 August 2025.

Himeno Sakatsume (坂詰 姫野, Sakatsume Himeno; born 3 August 2001) is a Japanese tennis player.

Sakatsume has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 164, achieved on 12 June 2023, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 344, set on 27 April 2025.[2]

Career

Sakatsume made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Championnats de Granby, after entering the singles tournament as a lucky loser, but was defeated by Jasmine Paolini in the first round.[3]

She made her debut for the Japan Billie Jean King Cup team on 13 April 2023 in a tie against Uzbekistan. She beat Sabrina Olimjanova and registered her first BJK Cup win.

Having made it through qualifying, Sakatsume reached the second round at the Japan Women's Open with a win over Alexandra Eala,[4] before losing to third seed Wang Xinyu.[5]

She made her WTA 500 debut at the 2023 Pan Pacific Open as a lucky loser, suffering a first round defeat to Linda Nosková.[6]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A Q3 A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A PO 0 / 0 2–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 2 Career total: 3
Overall win–loss 0–1 3–2 0–0 0 / 3 3–3
Year-end ranking[b] 294 178 $205,961

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2018 ITF Kyoto, Japan W15 Hard Japan Haruna Arakawa 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Dec 2019 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W15 Hard Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova 7–6(3), 5–7, 6–1
Win 3–0 May 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Japan Sakura Hosogi 6–4, 7–5
Win 4–0 Jun 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Japan Sakura Hosogi 7–5, 7–5
Loss 4–1 Aug 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Japan Ayumi Koshiishi 3–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 4–2 Jul 2022 ITF Charleston Pro, United States W100 Clay Canada Carol Zhao 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–3 Mar 2023 ITF Toronto, Canada W25 Hard (i) Canada Katherine Sebov 4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 4–4 Mar 2023 ITF Fredericton, Canada W25 Hard (i) Czech Republic Gabriela Knutson 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 May 2023 Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan W80 Hard United Kingdom Katie Boulter 7–5, 6–3
Win 6–4 Jun 2024 ITF Taipei, Taiwan W35 Hard Japan Kyoka Okamura 6–4, 6–0
Loss 6–5 Oct 2024 City of Playford Tennis International, Australia W75 Hard Australia Maddison Inglis 6–7(7), 7–5, 1–6
Loss 6–6 Nov 2024 ITF Caloundra, Australia W50 Hard Australia Priscilla Hon 4–6, 5–7
Loss 6–7 Mar 2025 ITF Kyoto, Japan W50 Hard (i) Japan Sara Saito 4–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 6–8 Mar 2025 Kōfu International Open, Japan W50 Hard Japan Haruka Kaji 6–7(2), 3–6
Loss 6–9 May 2025 Fukuoka International Women's Cup, Japan W35 Carpet Australia Emerson Jones 6–7(4), 4–6
Win 7–9 Aug 2025 Saskatoon Challenger, Canada W50 Hard Romania Anca Todoni 7–6(1), 6–3

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2020 Porto Open, Portugal W15 Hard Spain Júlia Payola Brazil Carolina Alves
Spain Marina Bassols Ribera 		3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Jun 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Japan Sakura Hosogi United States Emma Davis
United States Lauren Proctor 		7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 1–2 May 2024 Wiesbaden Open, Germany W100 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Wagner Brazil Laura Pigossi
United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan 		5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Sep 2024 ITF Redding, United States W35 Hard United States Clervie Ngounoue United States Ayana Akli
United States Eryn Cayetano 		2–6, 2–6

Notes

  1. ^ formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ 2018: WTA ranking–696, 2019: WTA ranking–736, 2020: WTA ranking–646, 2021: WTA ranking–598.

References

  1. ^ a b "坂詰姫野". TennisTribe.JP. 2023-03-07.
  2. ^ "Himeno Sakatsume | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Japan Open: Sakatsume advances to last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships: Wang moves into last eight". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament: Noskova moves into last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 December 2024.


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