Player

Naoko Sato

JPNBorn: January 2, 1955

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72–11538.5% wins in the database

Latest rankingNo. 551October 29, 1990

Best rankingNo. 332December 7, 1987

Record72–11538.5% wins

Titles00 finals · 0 Grand Slams

Prize Money—awaiting a verified source

Height163 cm

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The year in motion

Season 2026

WTAno matches recorded in 2026

Naoko Sato has not played a match in the 2026 season.

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Career path

Ranking progression

15 months represented

Monthly snapshots · the higher the line, the better the ranking.

Seasons

12 most recent

19860–10% · 0 titles 19850–10% · 0 titles 19840–10% · 0 titles 19830–50% · 0 titles 19821–233.3% · 0 titles 19813–730% · 0 titles 198014–1253.8% · 0 titles 19799–1047.4% · 0 titles 19787–943.8% · 0 titles 197712–1741.4% · 0 titles 19766–1726.1% · 0 titles 19757–846.7% · 0 titles

Recent finals

0 career titles

FPrague Test 1979 Betsy Nagelsen FShenzhen 1979 Betsy Nagelsen FBarranquilla 1972Carpet Kazuko Sawamatsu

0best-of-five matches

0reached a fifth set

0comebacks from 0–2

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Performance by surface

Grass36–5389 matches · 40.4% wins Clay16–3046 matches · 34.8% wins Unknown14–1125 matches · 56% wins Hard4–1418 matches · 22.2% wins Carpet2–79 matches · 22.2% wins

Frequent opponents

Betsy NagelsenUSA4 matches0–4 Paulina PeisachovISR4 matches2–2 Belinda ThompsonGBR3 matches3–0 Ingrid BentzerSWE3 matches0–3 Julie AnthonyUSA3 matches0–3 Linky BoshoffRSA3 matches0–3 Pam WhytcrossAUS3 matches1–2 Regina MarsikovaCZE3 matches0–3 Sharon Walsh PeteUSA3 matches1–2 Wendy TurnbullAUS3 matches0–3 Ann Kiyomura HayashiUSA2 matches0–2 Candy ReynoldsUSA2 matches2–0

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Matches

16 found

Source dates represent the start of each tournament; daily filtering is consistent but does not claim the exact day of a round.

Australian Open 1978WTA · Grass · Third round

vs. Heidi Eisterlehner view H2H

6-2 6-4

Adelaide 1978WTA · Grass · Third round

vs. Lea Antonoplis view H2H

6-3 4-6 7-5

Adelaide 1978WTA · Grass · Second round

vs. Wendy Gilchrist view H2H

6-4 6-4

Sydney 1978WTA · Grass · Second round

vs. Regina Marsikova view H2H

6-4 6-3

Fed Cup WG R1: BEL vs CRO 1978WTA · Round robin

vs. Paulina Peisachov view H2H

6-1 6-4

Fed Cup G1 RR: RSA vs UKR 1978WTA · Round robin

vs. Kerry Reid view H2H

6-2 6-3

Christchurch 1978WTA · Grass · Quarterfinal

vs. Lea Antonoplis view H2H

6-2 6-3

Christchurch 1978WTA · Grass · Round of 16

vs. Sharon Walsh Pete view H2H

6-3 6-2

Christchurch 1978WTA · Grass · Third round

vs. Sabina Simmonds view H2H

7-5 2-6 6-4

Christchurch 1978WTA · Grass · Second round

vs. Monica Simmen view H2H

6-4 6-0

Mallorca 1978WTA · Clay · Quarterfinal

vs. Ann Kiyomura Hayashi view H2H

6-4 6-0

Mallorca 1978WTA · Clay · Round of 16

vs. Kym Ruddell view H2H

7-6 6-0

Queen's Indoors 1978WTA · Clay · Round of 16

vs. Virginia Ruzici view H2H

6-1 7-5

Manchester Indoors 1978WTA · Grass · Second round

vs. Belinda Thompson view H2H

6-2 6-4

Columbus 1978WTA · Carpet · Third round

vs. Diane Desfor view H2H

3-6 6-3 7-6(2)

Hilversum 1978WTA · Hard · Third round

vs. Sue Mappin view H2H

6-4 6-4