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Osaka WMQ15 (6) (19957109051)

Osaka in June 2015

Naomi Osaka (大坂なおみ, Ōsaka Naomi, born 16 October 1997) is a professional tennis player. She won the 2018 US Open, defeating American Serena Williams in the final. This made her the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament. In 2019 she won the Australian Open and became world number 1. She turned professional in September 2013.

Osaka is Haitian-American-Japanese. She was born in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Her father is Haitian-American and her mother is Japanese. She grew up in the United States. She has both Japanese and American citizenship.

Naomi Osaka at the International Tennis Federation

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World number 1 singles players

Chris Evert (1975 – 260 weeks)
Evonne Goolagong (1976 – 2 weeks)
Martina Navratilova (1978 – 331 weeks)
Tracy Austin (1980 – 22 weeks)
Steffi Graf (1987 – 377 weeks)
// Monica Seles (1991 – 178 weeks)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 – 12 weeks)

Martina Hingis (1997 – 209 weeks)
Lindsay Davenport (1998 – 98 weeks)
Venus Williams (2002 – 11 weeks)
Serena Williams (2002 – 309 weeks)
Kim Clijsters (2003 – 20 weeks)
Justine Henin (2003 – 117 weeks)
Amélie Mauresmo (2004 – 39 weeks)

Maria Sharapova (2005 – 17 weeks)
Ana Ivanović (2008 – 12 weeks)
Jelena Janković (2008 – 18 weeks)
Dinara Safina (2009 – 26 weeks)
Caroline Wozniacki (2010 – 67 weeks)
Victoria Azarenka (2012 – 51 weeks)
Angelique Kerber (2016 – 5 weeks)

WTA rankings began on November 3, 1975 · (year first held – number of weeks (w)) • current No. 1 in bold, as of 10 October 2016

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Osaka interviewed at the 2014 Stanford Classic alongside Serena Williams
Naomi Osaka at the 2016 US Open
Osaka at the 2018 Nottingham Open
Osaka serving

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