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Player

Saori Obata

JPNBorn: April 23, 1978left-handed

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56–8440% wins in the database
Latest rankingNo. 659February 5, 2007
Best rankingNo. 39February 9, 2004
Record56–8440% wins
Titles00 finals · 0 Grand Slams
Prize Money—awaiting a verified source
Height165 cm
Birthplace—
Turned pro—
Playsleft-handed

The year in motion

Season 2026

WTAno matches recorded in 2026
Saori Obata has not played a match in the 2026 season.

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Starting pointSaori Obata
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Career path

Ranking progression

148 months represented
First archived ranking
November 14, 1994
Career peak
No. 39
February 9, 2004
Archived observations
644
638 documented weeks
  1. Top 100documented weeks
  2. Top 200documented weeks
  3. Top 5037documented weeks
  4. Top 10094documented weeks
Monthly ranking progressionThe higher the line, the better the player's ranking.No. 41No. 495No. 949199420002007

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Seasons

12 most recent
20061–325% · 0 titles20054–930.8% · 0 titles20048–2028.6% · 0 titles200320–1754.1% · 0 titles20026–1528.6% · 0 titles20017–943.8% · 0 titles20002–250% · 0 titles19990–10% · 0 titles19980–10% · 0 titles19978–561.5% · 0 titles19960–20% · 0 titles

Recent finals

0 career titles
FTashkent 2003Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual
2best-of-five matches
0reached a fifth set
0comebacks from 0–2
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Performance by surface

Hard39–5998 matches · 39.8% winsClay8–917 matches · 47.1% winsGrass6–1016 matches · 37.5% winsCarpet3–69 matches · 33.3% wins

Frequent opponents

Ai SugiyamaJPN4 matches1–3Adriana Serra ZanettiITA3 matches1–2Anna SmashnovaISR3 matches0–3Yuka YoshidaJPN3 matches1–2Alexandra StevensonUSA2 matches2–0Alina JidkovaRUS2 matches1–1Anna KournikovaRUS2 matches0–2Ashley HarkleroadUSA2 matches1–1Elena DementievaRUS2 matches0–2Eleni DaniilidouGRE2 matches1–1Emmanuelle GagliardiSUI2 matches2–0Jelena Kostanic TosicCRO2 matches1–1
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Matches

140 found

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