Hiroko Kuwata

Hiroko Kuwata (Japanese: 桑田寛子; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player.

Kuwata has won three singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 15 September 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 169. On 25 August 2014, she peaked at world number 146 in the doubles rankings.

Kuwata made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Citi Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Sanaz Marand and Stéphanie Dubois for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against world number 45 Alison Riske and defeated the American in straight sets, losing five games in the process. It was Kuwata's first main draw win at the WTA level. She also competed in the doubles event, partnering with Kurumi Nara to defeat Nicola Slater and Emily Webley-Smith in the first round. The Japanese advanced to the final of the event, losing to Shuko Aoyama and Gabriela Dabrowski.

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	August 3, 2014	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Kurumi Nara	Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski	1–6, 2–6

Singles (6–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 February 2012	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Estelle Guisard	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	24 March 2012	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up	2.	23 March 2013	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Yuuki Tanaka	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	17 August 2013	Uşak, Turkey	Hard	Michaela Frlicka	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	3.	14 September 2013	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Akiko Yonemura	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	24 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Luksika Kumkhum	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	2 March 2014	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Misa Eguchi	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	26 October 2014	Perth, Australia	Hard	Rebecca Peterson	3–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	26 September 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Bunyawi Thamchaiwat	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	5.	31 October 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Valeriya Strakhova	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	14 November 2015	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner	6.	8 May 2016	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Qiang Wang	6–2, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles (14–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	18 March 2012	Miyazaki, Japan	Grass	Akari Inoue	Kanae Hisami Yumi Miyazaki	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	17 June 2012	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Miyabi Inoue Kaori Onishi	7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	2.	24 June 2012	Mie, Japan	Grass	Yuuki Tanaka	Akari Inoue Kaori Onishi	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	3.	23 March 2013	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Han Na-lae Yang Zi	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	10 August 2013	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Hirono Watanabe	Michaela Pochabová Rebecca Šramková	5–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	14 September 2013	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Miyu Kato	Mana Ayukawa Emi Mutaguchi	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	2 March 2014	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Miyabi Inoue	Jessica Moore Aleksandrina Naydenova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	15 June 2014	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Nao Hibino Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	13 July 2014	Gatineau, Canada	Hard	Chiaki Okadaue	Mana Ayukawa Justyna Jegiołka	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	20 July 2014	Granby, Canada	Hard	Riko Sawayanagi	Erin Routliffe Carol Zhao	w/o
Winner	8.	8 February 2015	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Demi Schuurs	Manon Arcangioli Cindy Burger	6–1, 6–3
Winner	9.	15 March 2015	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Yuuki Tanaka	Tian Ran Wang Yan	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	28 March 2015	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Junri Namigata	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 7–6(7–2), [2–10]
Winner	10.	5 June 2015	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	Veronika Kudermetova Ksenia Lykina	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Winner	11.	25 September 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ayaka Okuno	Mana Ayukawa Yuuki Tanaka	2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner-up	5.	14 November 2015	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Lauren Embree Asia Muhammad	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	8 May 2016	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Ayaka Okuno	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	1–6, 2–6
Winner	12.	30 July 2016	Lexington, United States	Hard	Zhu Lin	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–0, 7–5
Winner	13.	23 October 2016	Suzhou, China	Hard	Akiko Omae	Jacqueline Cako Sabina Sharipova	6–1, 6–3
Winner	14.	6 January 2017	Hong Kong	Hard	Akiko Omae	Ksenia Lykina Riko Sawayanagi	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	27 March 2017	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Zhu Lin	Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu	3–6, 3–6