Naomi Osaka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Naomi Osaka

American-Japanese tennis player

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1997

Place of Birth: Chūō-ku, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Japan, United States, Haiti

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Naomi Osaka

  • Naomi Osaka (?? ??? Japanese pronunciation: [o??säkä näo?m?i], Osaka Naomi, born October 16, 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player.
  • She is the reigning champion in women's singles at the Australian Open.
  • Osaka has been ranked No.
  • 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles.
  • She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, including two titles at both the Grand Slam and Premier Mandatory levels. Born in Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother, Osaka has lived in the United States since she was three years old.
  • She came to prominence at the age of sixteen when she defeated former US Open champion Samantha Stosur in her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Stanford Classic.
  • Two years later, she reached her first WTA final at the 2016 Pan Pacific Open in Japan to enter the top 50 of the WTA rankings.
  • Osaka made her breakthrough into the upper echelon of women's tennis in 2018, when she won her first WTA title at the Indian Wells Open.
  • Later in the year, she defeated 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams in the final of the US Open to become the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
  • She then won another Grand Slam title at the 2019 Australian Open, her very next Grand Slam event. Osaka is known for her multi-ethnic background and her shy, candid personality.
  • With her diverse background and status as a Grand Slam singles champion, she is one of the most marketable women athletes in the world, ranking second in endorsement income in 2019 behind only Serena Williams.
  • On the court, Osaka has an aggressive playing style with a powerful serve that can reach 125 miles per hour (200 km/h).

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