Riko Sawayanagi

Riko Sawayanagi

Riko at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 Hakodate, Hokkaido[1]
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$187,859
Singles
Career record	241–191
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 178 (5 October 2015)
Doubles
Career record	163–128
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 142 (17 July 2017)

Riko Sawayanagi (澤柳 璃子, Sawayanagi Riko; born 25 October 1994) is an inactive Japanese tennis player.

Primarily, Sawayanagi has played mostly on the ITF Women's Circuit where she has won 14 titles, eleven in doubles, including a $75k tournament in Toyota, Japan.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2011	ITF Mie, Japan	10,000	Carpet	Miharu Imanishi	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2014	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	10,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2014	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Junri Namigata	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	May 2015	Seoul Open, South Korea	50,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jun 2015	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	25,000	Hard	Erika Sema	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Oct 2015	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Katarzyna Kawa	7–6(6), 2–6, 6–7(6)
Loss	3–4	Oct 2016	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Ksenia Lykina	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 2016	ITF Chenzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	0–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6	Nov 2016	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend $75,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–6) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (4–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2011	ITF Mie, Japan	10,000	Carpet	Chihiro Takayama	Shiori Araki Risa Hasegawa	3–6, 6–7(3)
Win	1–1	Sep 2011	ITF Kyoto, Japan	10,000	Carpet	Miyu Kato	Kazusa Ito Tomoko Taira	6–4, 7–6(5)
Win	2–1	Nov 2011	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	75,000	Carpet (i)	Makoto Ninomiya	Caroline Garcia Michaëlla Krajicek	w/o
Loss	2–2	May 2013	Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan	50,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	Luksika Kumkhum Erika Sema	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2013	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 2013	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	Kang Seo-kyung Kim Ji-young	5–7, 1–6
Win	3–4	Jul 2014	Challenger de Granby, Canada	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Erin Routliffe Carol Zhao	w/o
Win	4–4	Sep 2014	ITF Noto, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Miyabi Inoue	Miki Miyamura Chihiro Nunome	6–3, 7–6(2)
Win	5–4	May 2015	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	Eri Hozumi Junri Namigata	7–6(10), 6–3
Win	6–4	Feb 2016	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–4	Oct 2016	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Ksenia Lykina	Rika Fujiwara Erika Sema	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7–5	Jan 2017	ITF Hong Kong, China	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Hiroko Kuwata Akiko Omae	1–6, 0–6
Win	8–5	Feb 2017	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Barbora Štefková	Alison Bai Varatchaya Wongteanchai	7–6(6), 4–6, [10–7]
Win	9–5	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	Irina Bara Prarthana Thombare	7–6(5), 4–6, [11–9]
Win	10–5	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	10–6	Jun 2017	Kōfu International, Japan	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Rika Fujiwara Kyōka Okamura	6–7(4), 3–6
Loss	10–7	Sep 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Anastasia Nefedova	Giorgia Pinto Gaia Squarcialupi	4–6, 6–0, [5–10]
Win	11–7	Apr 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Misaki Matsuda	Rina Saigo Yukina Saigo	7–6, 6–2
Loss	11–8	Sep 2022	ITF Yeongwol, South Korea	W15	Hard	Junri Namigata	Back Da-yeon Lee Eun-hye	5–7, 6–3, [11–13]
Loss	11–9	Oct 2022	ITF Makinohara, Japan	W25	Carpet	Mana Ayukawa	Mayuka Aikawa Momoko Kobori	4–6, 5–7, [7–10]

References

External links

• Riko Sawayanagi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Riko Sawayanagi at World Tennis
• Japan Tennis Association profile (in Japanese)