is a Japanese professional

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player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 52, achieved on 3 March 2025, and a doubles No. 101, reached on 12 June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is the current Japanese No. 1 player.

Career

2023: Major debut

For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the

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but lost in the first round to

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2024: Major wins and top 60 in singles, first WTA doubles title

In May, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings and making her the Japanese No. 1 female singles player for the first time. She qualified for the

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, making her debut at this major and defeated fellow qualifier

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in the first round. She lost in the second round to the No. 2 seed,

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, in straight sets, ending a run of 19 consecutive professional match wins for Uchijima. She qualified for the Canadian Open and recorded her first WTA 1000 win, over

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, before losing to sixth seed

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. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 59 on 12 August 2024. Making her debut at the

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, Uchijima defeated

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in the first round, before losing her next match to

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. In September at the WTA 250 Thailand Open 2, Uchijima reached her first WTA Tour doubles final partnering with

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but lost to top seeds

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and

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in the championship match. Partnering

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, she won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the

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, defeating

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and

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in the final.

2025: First WTA 1000 quarterfinal, Australian Open second round

Ranked world No. 63, Uchijima defeated

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to reach the second round at the

, where she lost to 14th seed

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in a match which went to a deciding set tiebreak. In February, at the

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, Uchijima qualified for the main draw and recorded her first win against a top-30 ranked opponent by defeating world No. 26

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, before losing in the second round to sixth seed

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. At the Madrid Open in April, Uchijima reached her first

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quarterfinal with wins over wildcard entrant

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and 26th seed

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, then defeating world No. 3

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for her first victory over a top-25 ranked player, before overcoming 21st seed

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in the fourth round. She lost in the last eight to 17th seed

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Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in

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, Grand Slam tournaments,

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and

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are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2025 Madrid Open.''

Doubles

''Current through the end of the 2024 season.''

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Top 10 wins

She has a 1–6 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10

Personal life

She has a Malaysian mother and a Japanese father.

Notes

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uchijima, Moyuka 2001 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Japanese people of Malaysian descent Malaysian people of Japanese descent Malaysian emigrants to Japan Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Japan 21st-century Japanese sportswomen