Full name | Mari Osaka |
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Country (sports) | Japan |
Born |
Osaka, Japan |
3 April 1996
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 40-21 (2015) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | 440 (22 February 2016) |
Current ranking | 440 (22 February 2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 1–8 |
Career titles | 0 |
Last updated on: Nov 2015. |
Mari Osaka (大坂 まり? Osaka Mari, born 3 April 1996 in Osaka) is a Japanese tennis player. She is the older sister of Naomi Osaka, who is also a tennis player.
Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother. Osaka speaks both English and Japanese, and grew up in Fort Lauderdale.
She has a WTA singles career high ranking of 471, achieved on 11 September 2015. Career High Doubles Ranking of 1214 was achieved on 27 July 2015.
Osaka made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, in the doubles event partnering Marina Shamayko, losing in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko and Ajla Tomljanović.