Kaoru Shibata
{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1973)}}
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| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 252 (30 September 1996)
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Kaoru Shibata (born 25 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
Biography
Shibata was born in Tokyo, but grew up in the United States, where she moved to as a child in 1975. She attended Libertyville High School in Chicago.{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-09-28-8703130690-story.html#|title=Libertyville Gets Best of Both Worlds|date=28 September 1987|work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=14 September 2018}}
During the 1990s she competed on the professional tour, reaching career best rankings of 252 in singles and 117 in doubles.
At the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka she won a gold medal in the singles competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2013/07/16/prep-chatter-sabrina-santamaria-takes-silver-in-world-university-games-tennis/|title=Sabrina Santamaria takes silver in World University Games tennis|date=16 July 2013|work=Daily Breeze|accessdate=14 September 2018}}
ITF finals
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| Result
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 4 May 1997 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Saori Obata | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinobu Asagoe | 6–3, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1 | {{dts|19 May 1997}} | Sochi, Russia | Hard | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Nino Louarsabishvili | {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 6–3, 3–6, 0–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 27 July 1997 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Sonya Jeyaseelan | {{flagicon|GBR}} Julie Pullin | 6–4, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 3 August 1997 | Lexington, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik | {{flagicon|USA}} Elly Hakami | 2–6, 5–7 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | {{dts|8 June 1998}} | Sochi, Russia | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Saori Obata | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Nino Louarsabishvili | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
References
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External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:Japanese female tennis players
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
Category:Tennis players from Tokyo
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
Category:Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade