is a Japanese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 330 by the WTA, achieved on 9 September 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 317, set on 26 February 2024.
Career Saigo made her WTA Tour debut after making it through qualifying at the 2022 Pan Pacific Open, but lost in the main-draw first round to Petra Martić.
She also qualified for the 2023 Pan Pacific Open, again losing in the first round, this time to Cristina Bucșa.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups) LegendW35 tournaments (3–2)W15 tournaments (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (1–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW-LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 2022ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Daria Lodikova 6–3, 6–0Win 2–0 May 2024ITF Tokyo, JapanW15 Hard Shiho Akita 4–6, 7–6(6), 7–5Win 3–0 Aug 2024ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW35 Hard Vaidehi Chaudhari 7–5, 2–6, 6–2Win 4–0 Apr 2025ITF Goyang, South KoreaW35 Hard Janice Tjen 2–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss 4–1 Jun 2025ITF Taipei, TaiwanW35 Hard Ku Yeon-woo 1–6, 4–6Loss 4–2 Jun 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Manon Léonard 1–6, 2–6Loss 4–3 May 2026 Fukuoka International, Japan W35 Carpet Katie Swan 1–6, 3–6Win 5–3 Jul 2026ITF Aldershot, United KingdomW35 Hard Adithya Karunaratne 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups) LegendW60 tournaments (0–1)W40 tournaments (0–1)W25 tournaments (1–1)W15 tournaments (5–8)Finals by surfaceHard (4–5)Clay (2–5)Carpet (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2018ITF Kyoto, JapanW15 Hard Miyu Nakashima Chinatsu Shimizu Minami Shumo 2–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Feb 2019ITF Manacor, SpainW15 Clay Yukina Saigo Claudia Hoste Ferrer Rebeka Masarova 5–7, 3–6Win 1–2 Mar 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Yukina Saigo Barbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira 4–6, 6–2, [10–5]Loss 1–3 Sep 2019ITF Yeongwol, KoreaW15 Hard Yukina Saigo Jeong Su-nam Kim Na-ri 4–6, 3–6Win 2–3 Sep 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Hard Yukina Saigo Svenja Ochsner Joanne Kuger 6–2, 6–3Loss 2–4 Sep 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Hard Yukina Saigo Weronika Falkowska Martyna Kubka 7–5, 4–6, [8–10]Win 3–4 Oct 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Hard Yukina Saigo Anna Kubareva Nika Shytkouskaya 6–2, 6–3Loss 3–5 Mar 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Yukina Saigo Isabelle Haverlag Anastasia Pribylova 3–6, 1–6Win 4–5 Dec 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Yukina Saigo Yasmine Mansouri Alessandra Simone 6–0, 4–6, [10–5]Loss 4–6 Apr 2022ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Yukina Saigo Misaki Matsuda Riko Sawayanagi 6–7, 2–6Loss 4–7 May 2022ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Yukina Saigo Ksenia Laskutova Misaki Matsuda 5–7, 4–6Loss 4–8 May 2022ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Yukina Saigo Dia Evtimova Inês Murta 0–6, 2–6Win 5–8 Aug 2022ITF Danderyd, SwedenW25 Clay Yukina Saigo Ashley Lahey Lisa Zaar 2–6, 7–5, [10–7]Loss 5–9 Mar 2023Arcadia Open, United StatesW60 Hard Yukina Saigo Francesca Di Lorenzo Christina Rosca 1–6, 1–6Loss 5–10 Sep 2023ITF Skopje, North MacedoniaW40 Clay Yukina Saigo Zhibek Kulambayeva Justina Mikulskytė 3–6, 4–6Loss 5–11 Oct 2023ITF Makinohara, JapanW25 Carpet Yukina Saigo Hiromi Abe Anri Nagata 6–1, 5–7, [8–10]Win 6–11 Feb 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Yukina Saigo Selina Dal Stéphanie Visscher 6–3, 7–5
References
External links
Rina Saigo Official Blog (in Japanese)