Moyuka Uchijima (内島 萌夏, Uchijima Moyuka, born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese professional tennis player.
She has career-high a WTA singles ranking of world No. 59, achieved in August 2024, and a doubles No. 101, reached in June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is the current Japanese No. 1 player.
Career
2023: Grand Slam debut
For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the Australian Open but lost in the first round to Bernarda Pera.[2]
2024: WTA 1000 debut, Major wins and top 60 in singles, WTA Tour doubles final
In May 2024, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings[2] and making her the Japanese No. 1 female singles player for the first time.
She qualified for the 2024 French Open, making her debut at this major[2][3] and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round.[4] She lost in the second round to the No. 2 seed, Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets, ending a run of 19 consecutive professional match wins for Uchijima.[5]
She qualified for the Canadian Open and recorded her first WTA 1000 win, over Viktoriya Tomova,[6] before losing to sixth seed Liudmila Samsonova.[7] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 59 on 12 August 2024.[8]
(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.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^2017: WTA ranking–807, 2018: WTA ranking–394, 2019: WTA ranking–583, 2020: WTA ranking–492, 2021: WTA ranking–499.