Kotomi Takahata (tennis)

Kotomi Takahata
高畑 寿弥
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceKawanishi, Japan
Born (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 35)
Hamamatsu, Japan
Turned pro2009
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$78,813
Singles
Career record145–137
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 562 (25 October 2010)
Doubles
Career record219–125
Career titles2 WTA Challenger, 25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 108 (10 October 2016)

Kotomi Takahata (高畑 寿弥, Takahata Kotomi, born 17 November 1989) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

On 25 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of 562. She achieved her best doubles ranking of No. 108 on 10 October 2016.

Takahata made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Japan Women's Open, where she received a wildcard for the doubles tournament with Shuko Aoyama. Aoyama and Takahata lost to the fourth seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai in a tight three-setter.

At the 2014 Japan Women's Open, she also received a wildcard into the main draw with Kyōka Okamura. They defeated Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina in the first round, but lost to Darija Jurak and Megan Moulton-Levy in the quarterfinals.

At the 2015 Taipei Challenger, she won the doubles title, alongside Kanae Hisami. In the final, they defeated Marina Melnikova and Elise Mertens in straight sets.

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Nov 2015 Taipei Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) Kanae Hisami Marina Melnikova
Elise Mertens 		6–1, 6–2
Win 2. Sep 2016 Dalian Open, China Hard Lee Ya-hsuan Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Jessy Rompies 		6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win Nov 2009 ITF Hyōgo, Japan Carpet Kazusa Ito 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 36 (25 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (16–9)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (7–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Sep 2009 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Yuka Higashi Kazusa Ito
Yuka Mori 		3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 2. Nov 2009 ITF Hyōgo, Japan Carpet Yoshimi Kawasaki Maya Kato
Natsumi Yokota 		6–2, 6–2
Win 3. 9 May 2010 Fukuoka International, Japan Carpet Misaki Doi Marina Erakovic
Alexandra Panova 		6–4, 6–4
Win 4. 2 August 2010 ITF Niigata, Japan Carpet Akari Inoue Ayumi Oka
Miki Miyamura 		6–1, 6–4
Win 5. 29 August 2010 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Akari Inoue Kumiko Iijima
Akiko Yonemura 		6–3, 6–3
Win 6. 20 June 2011 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Emi Mutaguchi Zhao Yijing
Liang Chen 		4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 7. 23 October 2011 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Shuko Aoyama Junri Namigata
Akiko Yonemura 		6–2, 7–5
Win 8. 12 February 2012 Launceston International, Australia Hard Shuko Aoyama Hsieh Shu-ying
Zheng Saisai 		6–4, 6–4
Win 9. 23 March 2012 ITF Kōfu, Japan Hard Ayumi Oka Eri Hozumi
Remi Tezuka 		6–4, 5–7, [10–3]
Win 10. 24 March 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Susanne Celik Barbora Krejčíková
İpek Soylu 		6–4, 6–3
Win 11. 13 April 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Cemre Anıl Yuliya Kalabina
Mayya Katsitadze 		2–6, 7–6(5), [10–6]
Win 12. 20 April 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Tina Tehrani Zhang Ying
Zheng Wushuang 		6–1, 6–3
Win 13. 23 June 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Yumi Miyazaki Lee Pei-chi
Nungnadda Wannasuk 		6–3, 6–1
Win 14. 7 September 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Akiko Omae Yumi Nakano
Eden Silva 		7–5, 6–2
Win 15. 13 September 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Akiko Omae Varunya Wongteanchai
Nungnadda Wannasuk 		6–4, 6–2
Win 16. 21 September 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Yumi Nakano Agnė Čepelytė
Justina Mikulskytė 		6–1, 7–5
Loss 1. 27 February 2015 ITF Clare, Australia Hard Mana Ayukawa Jessica Moore
Jennifer Elie 		3–6, 5–7
Loss 2. 29 March 2015 ITF Nishitama, Japan Hard Kanae Hisami Kyōka Okamura
Akiko Yonemura 		6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 17. 1 June 2015 ITF Ariake, Japan Hard Kanae Hisami Yuki Kristina Chiang
Nozomi Fujioka 		6–4, 6–4
Win 18. 20 June 2015 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Miyu Kato Choi Ji-hee
Kim Na-ri 		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 3. 6 July 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Kanae Hisami Han Xinyun
Zhang Kailin 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 18 July 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Kanae Hisami Akiko Omae
Erika Sema 		6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 19. 17 October 2015 ITF Makinohara, Japan Grass Kanae Hisami Yukina Saigo
Ena Shibahara 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 5. 24 October 2015 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan Grass Kanae Hisami Mana Ayukawa
Makoto Ninomiya 		6–0, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 6. 2 April 2016 ITF Kōfu, Japan Hard Kanae Hisami Shuko Aoyama
Erina Hayashi 		5–7, 5–7
Win 20. 12 June 2016 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Kanae Hisami Lizette Cabrera
Miharu Imanishi 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 7. 10 July 2016 Reinert Open, Germany Clay Kanae Hisami Natela Dzalamidze
Valeriya Strakhova 		2–6, 1–6
Win 21. 2 October 2016 ITF Iizuka, Japan Hard Kanae Hisami Miharu Imanishi
Akiko Omae 		6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 22. 25 March 2017 ITF Nishitama, Japan Hard Momoko Kobori Shiho Akita
Erika Sema 		6–1, 6–2
Win 23. 13 May 2017 Fukuoka International, Japan Carpet Junri Namigata Erina Hayashi
Robu Kajitani 		6–0, 6–7(3), [10–7]
Loss 8. 10 June 2017 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Momoko Kobori Rika Fujiwara
Kyōka Okamura 		2–6, 0–6
Win 24. 16 June 2017 Hódmezővásárhely Open,
Hungary 		Clay Prarthana Thombare Ulrikke Eikeri
Tereza Mrdeža 		1–0 ret.
Loss 9. 23 June 2017 İzmir Cup, Turkey Hard Emma Laine An-Sophie Mestach
Nina Stojanović 		4–6, 5–7
Win 25. 14 October 2017 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Miyabi Inoue Yukina Saigo
Ayano Shimizu 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 10. 17 June 2018 ITF Kōfu, Japan Hard Megumi Nishimoto Misaki Doi
Misa Eguchi 		3–6, 7–6(2), [8–10]
Loss 11. 28 July 2018 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Chan Chin-wei Joanna Garland
Lee Hua-chen 		1–6, 6–3, [1–10]