Mai Hontama (本玉真唯) (born 30 August 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Hontama has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 105 by the WTA, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 109, set on 6 November 2023.

Career 2021: WTA Tour & 1000 debut, first quarterfinal Hontama made her WTA Tour debut at the WTA 500 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic, after qualifying for the main draw. She reached the quarterfinals, defeating former world No. 4, Caroline Garcia in the first round, her first top 100 win, 11th seed Anett Kontaveit by walkover and Shelby Rogers, before falling to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza.

2022-23: Wimbledon debut and first win She made her Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships after qualifying, where she recorded the first major win in her career, over Clara Tauson.

At her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open, she reached the second round in 2023, after qualifying and defeating compatriot Nao Hibino before she lost to the top seed Iga Świątek.

2024: Australian Open debut She received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open making her main-draw debut at this major but lost to ninth seed Barbora Krejčíková.

She qualified for the main draw at Indian Wells and recorded her first win at this level defeating Zhang Shuai, but lost to 31st seed Marta Kostyuk, in the second round.

Ranked No. 116, she also made her debut at the China Open, as a lucky loser, after the late withdrawal of Amanda Anisimova, losing in the first round to Wang Xinyu.

Sponsorship Hontama wears Lacoste clothing, and uses Tecnifibre racquets.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2026 Athens Open. Tournament2021202220232024 2025 2026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAQ3Q21RQ2Q20 / 10–1 French OpenAQ1Q3Q2Q1Q20 / 00–0 WimbledonA2RQ1Q1Q1Q20 / 11–1 US OpenQ2Q2Q2Q2Q2Q20 / 00–0Win–loss0–01–10–00–10–00–00 / 21–2National representation Billie Jean King CupAPOPO0 / 07–1WTA 1000Qatar OpenAAAQ10 / 00–0DubaiAAA0 / 00–0Indian Wells1RQ2A2R0 / 21–2Miami OpenAQ1AQ10 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAA0 / 00–0Wuhan OpenNH1R0 / 10–1China OpenNHA1R0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–0 1–30 / 41–4Career statistics202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Tournaments2441131total: 25Titles000000total: 0Finals000000total: 0Overall win–loss2–23–511–54–110–31–10 / 2521–27Year-end ranking150212124148260$555,639

Doubles Current through the 2023 WTA Tour season. Tournament20222023SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA0 / 00–0French OpenAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAA0 / 00–0US OpenAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0National representation Billie Jean King CupPOPO0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments12Career total: 3Titles00Career total: 0Finals00Career total: 0Overall win–loss0–11–20 / 31–3Year-end ranking512109

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jasmin Open, Tunisia WTA 250 Hard Natalija Stevanović Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend$60/75 tournaments (1–1)$40,000 tournaments (1–1) $25,000 tournaments (2–2)$15,000 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (0–3)Carpet (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2018ITF Nanao, Japan25,000 Carpet Ayano Shimizu 3–6, 1–6Loss 0–2 Mar 2020ITF Yokohama, Japan25,000 Hard Yuriko Miyazaki 5–7, 7–5, 2–6Loss 0–3 Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–4 Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Cristina Dinu 2–6, 3–6Win 1–4 May 2021ITF Salinas, Ecuador25,000 Hard Carol Zhao 7–5, 6–1Win 2–4 Jun 2021ITF Porto, Portugal25,000 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova 6–4, 6–3Win 3–4 Sydney Challenger, Australia60,000 Hard Petra Hule 7–6(1), 3–6, 7–5Win 4–4 Mar 2023Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia40,000 Hard (i) Clara Tauson 6–4, 3–6, 6–4Loss 4–5 May 2025Empire Slovak Open, SlovakiaW75 Clay Tamara Korpatsch 6–1, 4–6, 4–6Loss 4–6 Nov 2025ITF Austin, USW50 Hard Mary Stoiana 6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–1)$60,000 tournaments (3–1)$25,000 tournaments (1–1)$10,000 tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (2–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Dec 2016ITF Hua Hin, Thailand10,000 Hard Yukina Saigo Nudnida Luangnam Varunya Wongteanchai 5–7, 3–6Win 1–1 Sep 2022ITF Santarém, Portugal25,000 Hard Maddison Inglis Suzan Lamens Anastasia Tikhonova 6–0, 6–4Loss 1–2 Nov 2022Yokohama Challenger, Japan25,000 Hard Han Na-lae Saki Imamura Naho Sato 4–6, 6–4, [5–10]Loss 1–3 Nov 2022ITF Tokyo Open, Japan60,000 Hard (i) Junri Namigata Hsieh Yu-chieh Jessy Rompies 4–6, 3–6Win 2–3 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Eri Hozumi Ena Shibahara Arina Rodionova 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win 3–3 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa 60,000 Hard Alice Tubello Sofia Costoulas Dalila Spiteri 6–3, 6–3Win 4–3 May 2023 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain 100,000 Hard Eri Hozumi Eleni Christofi Despina Papamichail 6–0, 7–5Win 5–3 Jun 2023 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy 60,000 Clay Moyuka Uchijima Alena Fomina-Klotz Olivia Tjandramulia 6–1, 6–0Loss 5–4 Aug 2023 Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States 100,000 Hard Olivia Gadecki Sophie Chang Yulia Starodubtseva w/o

Head-to-head records Record against top 10 players She has a 0–2 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

ResultW–LOpponentRankEventSurfaceRoundScore2021Loss0–1 Garbiñe MuguruzaNo. 9Chicago Classic, United StatesHardQF3–6, 2–6No. 2002023Loss0–2 Iga ŚwiątekNo. 2Pan Pacific Open, JapanHard2R4–6, 5–7No. 148

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