Manami Tanaka (tennis)
Appearance
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 10 June 1996
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Turned pro | 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 265-174 |
Career titles | 24 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (30 January 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 12 (24 June 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2023) |
French Open | 1R (2023, 2024) |
US Open | QF (2022) |
Other tournaments | |
Paralympic Games | 2R (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 234-126 |
Career titles | 47 |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (30 January 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 8 (24 June 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2023, 2024) |
French Open | SF (2023, 2024) |
US Open | SF (2022, 2023) |
Paralympic Games | QF (2020) |
Manami Tanaka (born 10 June 1996) is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player, she is world number 12 in singles and world number 8 in doubles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She is a 2023 Australian Open semifinalist in both singles and doubles, she also reached the semifinals at the French Open and US Open in the doubles with partner Dana Mathewson.[1][2]
Tanaka took up wheelchair tennis in high school after she severely injured her spine in a freak accident when she slipped and fell on ice-covered stairs outside of her house which left her paralyzed from the waist down.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Manami Tanaka - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Manami Tanaka - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Ball kid set to hustle for Paralympic wheelchair tennis heroes". Kyodo News. 27 August 2021.