is a Japanese tennis player.
College Sato was accepted to Washington State University in Washington State on a full scholarship. She played for the Washington State Cougars women's tennis team from 2018 to 2020. She transferred to the University of Washington in 2021. She played for the Washington Huskies women's tennis team until 2023.
Career
Professional In December 2023, she became the champion in doubles with her partner Mio Mushika at the W25 tournament in Papamoa, New Zealand. They defeated Czech Michaela Bayerlová and Australian Alana Parnaby in the final.
In July 2024, she won her first singles title at a tournament in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. In September 2024, she won her second singles title at the W35 Nakhon Si Thammarat event. In doubles, she and her partner Kanako Morisaki became champions in two consecutive weeks.
In November 2024, she won her first major ITF doubles title with partner Eri Shimizu in the W75 Gold Coast Tennis International. They defeated fellow Japanese Erina Hayashi and Kanako Morisaki in the final.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2024ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW15 Hard Ayumi Koshiishi 6–4, 6–4Win 2–0 Sep 2024ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW35 Hard Mariia Tkacheva 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 2–1 Jun 2026ITF Tokyo, JapanW15 Hard Ikumi Yamazaki 6–7(4), 6–2, 2–6
Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (6–2)Clay (2–1)Carpet (3–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW15 Hard Vanessa Wong Alicia Herrero Liñana Melany Krywoj 6–2, 6–4Win 2–0 Dec 2023ITF Papamoa, New ZealandW25 Hard Mio Mushika Michaela Bayerlová Alana Parnaby 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]Loss 2–1 Apr 2024ITF Nottingham, United KingdomW35 Hard Akiko Omae Tamira Paszek Valentina Ryser 2–6, 7–5, [5–10]Win 3–1 Aug 2024ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW35 Hard Kanako Morisaki Natsumi Kawaguchi Momoko Kobori 6–2, 6–3Win 4–1 Sep 2024ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW35 Hard Kanako Morisaki Shrivalli Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]Win 5–1 Nov 2024Gold Coast International, Australia W75 Hard Eri Shimizu Erina Hayashi Kanako Morisaki 6–7(0), 6–3, [10–6]Win 6–1 Mar 2025ITF Solarino, ItalyW35 Carpet Hiromi Abe Celia Cerviño Ruiz Lucía Cortez Llorca 6–2, 6–3Win 7–1 Mar 2025ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Ikumi Yamazaki Jessica Pieri Tatiana Pieri 7–5, 2–6, [10–4]Win 8–1 Apr 2025ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Ikumi Yamazaki Katharina Hobgarski Antonia Schmidt 7–6(4), 1–6, [12–10]Loss 8–2 Apr 2025ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Astrid Brune Olsen Jasmijn Gimbrère Stéphanie Visscher 4–6, 2–6Loss 8–3 Aug 2025ITF Singapore, SingaporeW15 Hard (i) Yuka Hosoki Im Heerae Cherry Kim 6–2, 4–6, [1–10]Win 9–3 Nov 2025ITF Hamamatsu, JapanW35 Carpet Eri Shimizu Mana Ayukawa Kanako Morisaki 6–3, 6–2Win 10–3 May 2026Fukuoka International, JapanW35 Carpet Ayumi Miyamoto Mayuka Aikawa Natsuki Yoshimoto 6–1, 6–4Win 11–3 May 2026ITF Wuning, ChinaW35 Hard Monique Barry Wang Meiling Ye Qiuyu 7–6(3), 6–4
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