Kotomi Takahata

Kotomi Takahata
高畑 琴美

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan
Born	(1989-11-17) November 17, 1989 Hamamatsu, Japan
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Left handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$27,028
Singles
Career record	78–64
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 562 (25 October 2010)
Current ranking	No. 616 (19 January 2015)
Doubles
Career record	97–39
Career titles	1 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 301 (10 November 2014)
Current ranking	No. 303 (19 January 2015)
Last updated on: 19 January 2015.

Kotomi Takahata (高畑 琴美, Takahata Kotomi, born 17 November 1989) is a professional Japanese tennis player. On 25 October 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 562. On 10 November 2014, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 301.

Takahata was born in Hamamatsu, and made her WTA main draw debut at the 2011 HP Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles event with Shuko Aoyama. Aoyama and Takahata put up a good fight but lost to the fourth seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai, 4–6, 7–6^(7–2), [8–10].

At the 2014 Japan Women's Open she received a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Kyōka Okamura. They defeated Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina in the first round, 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]. They lost to Darija Jurak and Megan Moulton-Levy in the quarterfinals.

At the 2015 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger she won the doubles title, along with Kanae Hisami. In the final they defeated Russian Marina Melnikova and Belgian Elise Mertens, 6–1 and 6–2.

WTA WTA 125K series finals

Doubles (1–0)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Elite Trophy (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–0) WTA 125 series tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 November 2015	OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Kanae Hisami	Marina Melnikova Elise Mertens	6–1, 6–2

ITF finals (20–6)

Singles (1–0)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (8–4) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 November 2009	Hyōgo, Japan	Carpet	Kazusa Ito	6–2 6–3

Doubles (19–6)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (13–4) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (6–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 September 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Yuka Higashi	Kazusa Ito Yuka Mori	3–6 6–2 [10–6]
Winner	2.	22 November 2009	Hyōgo, Japan	Carpet	Yoshimi Kawasaki	Maya Kato Natsumi Yokota	6–2 6–2
Winner	3.	9 May 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Misaki Doi	Marina Erakovic Alexandra Panova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 August 2010	Niigata, Japan	Carpet	Akari Inoue	Ayumi Oka Miki Miyamura	6–1 6–4
Winner	5.	29 August 2010	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura	6–3 6–3
Winner	6.	20 June 2011	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Emi Mutaguchi	Zhao Yijing Liang Chen	4–6 7–5 [10–5]
Winner	7.	23 October 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Shuko Aoyama	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	6–2 7–5
Winner	8.	12 February 2012	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Hsieh Shu-ying Zheng Saisai	6–4 6–4
Winner	9.	23 March 2012	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Ayumi Oka	Eri Hozumi Remi Tezuka	6–4 5–7 [10–3]
Winner	10.	24 March 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Susanne Celik	Barbora Krejčíková İpek Soylu	6–4 6–3
Winner	11.	13 April 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Cemre Anıl	Yuliya Kalabina Mayya Katsitadze	2–6 7–6(5) [10–6]
Winner	12.	20 April 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Tina Tehrani	Zhang Ying Zheng Wushuang	6–1 6–3
Winner	13.	23 June 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Yumi Miyazaki	Lee Pei-chi Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–3 6–1
Winner	14.	7 September 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Akiko Omae	Yumi Nakano Eden Silva	7–5 6–2
Winner	15.	13 September 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Akiko Omae	Varunya Wongteanchai Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–4 6–2
Winner	16.	21 September 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Yumi Nakano	Agnė Čepelytė Justina Mikulskytė	6–1 7–5
Runner–up	1.	27 February 2015	Clare, Australia	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Jessica Moore Jennifer Elie	3–6 5–7
Runner–up	2.	29 March 2015	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Kyōka Okamura Akiko Yonemura	6-2, 2-6, [5-10]
Winner	17.	1 June 2015	Ariake, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Yuki Kristina Chiang Nozomi Fujioka	6–4, 6–4
Winner	18.	20 June 2015	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Miyu Kato	Choi Ji-hee Kim Na-ri	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner–up	3.	6 July 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	18 July 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Akiko Omae Erika Sema	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Winner	19.	17 October 2015	Makinohara, Japan	Grass	Kanae Hisami	Yukina Saigo Ena Shibahara	6–4, 6–1
Runner–up	5.	24 October 2015	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Kanae Hisami	Mana Ayukawa Makoto Ninomiya	6–0, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner–up	6.	02 April 2016	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Shuko Aoyama Erina Hayashi	5–7, 5–7

External links

• Kotomi Takahata at the Women's Tennis Association