Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (born 11 November 1995) is a Japanese-born British tennis player. Miyazaki has career-high rankings by the WTA of 132 in singles and 184 in doubles. She has won eight singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life, junior and college years Miyazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan, and lived there before moving to Switzerland and settling in London aged 10. She trained at Sutton Tennis Academy up until the age of 18. She switched to British nationality in March 2022, as Japanese citizens are not allowed to hold dual citizenship.

Miyazaki attended the University of Oklahoma (2014–2019), where she completed an undergraduate degree in mathematics followed by a master's degree in information technology management. She played singles all four years at Oklahoma, recording an overall record of 96–35, and was named to the All-Big 12 first team three times.

Professional Miyazaki made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Anastasia Gasanova in the doubles tournament. She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2022 Lyon Open, after qualifying for the main draw. Miyazaki switched from representing Japan to Great Britain in March 2022.

In June 2022, it was announced that Miyazaki had been awarded a main-draw wildcard for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, where she made her major debut.

In October 2022, Miyazaki won her first $60k title in Glasgow beating former top 40 player, compatriot Heather Watson, in the final, coming back from a set and a double break down.

In September 2023, she made her debut at the US Open and recorded her first win at this major as a qualifier. She had her breakthrough by coming through three rounds of qualifying defeating 23rd seed Daria Snigur, and Valeria Savinykh in straight sets, and ninth seed Viktória Hrunčáková in the final round. In the first round of the main draw, she drew former top-50 player Margarita Betova, who had entered on a protected ranking following injuries and a maternity break. Miyazaki won in straight sets, achieving her first ever singles win at a major. She subsequently lost in the second round to 15th seed Belinda Bencic winning three games in each set, and rose to a career-high ranking of No. 154 on 11 September 2023, after the event.

Given a wildcard entry into the main draw at Wimbledon, Miyazaki won her first-round match against Tamara Korpatsch 6–2, 6–1, before being double-bagelled by 12th seed Daria Kasatkina in round two. Partnering with Emily Appleton, she was also given a wildcard entry into the women's doubles, reaching the second round with a win over Wang Xiyu and Zhu Lin in a deciding set tie-break, before losing to top seeds Elise Mertens and Hsieh Su-wei.

At the 2024 Jasmin Open in Monastir, Tunisia, Miyazaki defeated Alycia Parks, in the first round, before losing to Antonia Ružić.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles Tournament20222023202420252026Win % Australian OpenQ1Q3Q1AA0 / 00–0 French OpenQ2Q1Q1AA0 / 00–0 Wimbledon1RQ22RAQ10 / 21–2 US OpenQ12RQ3A0 / 11–1Win–loss0–11–11–10–00–00 / 32–3

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (8–6) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW10 Hard Anastasiya Saitova 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Dec 2019ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Anastasia Kulikova 6–7(6), 4–6Win 1–2 Dec 2019ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Yana Karpovich 6–0, 6–3Win 2–2 Mar 2020Yokohama Challenger, JapanW25 Hard Mai Hontama 7–5, 5–7, 6–2Win 3–2 Mar 2021ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Momoko Kobori 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win 4–2 Mar 2021ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Matilda Mutavdzic 6–3, 6–3Loss 4–3 Aug 2021ITF Vigo, SpainW25 Hard Olivia Gadecki 2–6, 4–6Loss 4–4 Oct 2021Las Vegas Open, United StatesW60 Hard Emina Bektas 1–6, 1–6Win 5–4 Oct 2022GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UKW60 Hard (i) Heather Watson 5–7, 7–6(6), 6–2Loss 5–5 Dec 2022Indoor Championships Kyoto, JapanW60 Hard (i) Miyu Kato 4–6, 6–2, 2–6Win 6–5 Jan 2024Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FranceW75 Hard (i) Jessika Ponchet 3–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 7–5 Mar 2024Open de Seine-et-Marne, FranceW75 Hard (i) Mona Barthel 6–4, 7–5Loss 7–6 Mar 2025ITF Helsinki, FinlandW35 Hard (i) Sofia Costoulas 3–6, 5–7Win 8–6 May 2026ITF Nottingham, UKW35 Hard Emily Appleton 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments W60 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (8–7) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jun 2017ITF Guimarães, PortugalW15 Hard Arianne Hartono Maria Masini Olga Parres Azcoitia 7–5, 6–0Loss 1–1 Apr 2019ITF Cancún, MexicoW15 Hard Mathilde Armitano Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías 2–6, 0–6Loss 1–2 Oct 2019ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FranceW15 Hard (i) Emily Appleton Valentina Losciale Carla Touly 5–7, 3–6Win 2–2 Nov 2020Lousada Indoor Open, PortugalW15 Hard (i) Arianne Hartono Riya Bhatia Inês Murta 6–1, 5–7, [10–7]Loss 2–3 Feb 2021Open de l'Isère, FranceW25 Hard (i) Arianne Hartono Ioana Loredana Roșca Kimberley Zimmermann 1–6, 5–7Loss 2–4 Mar 2021ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Alicia Barnett Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu 4–6, 1–6Win 3–4 Mar 2021ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Alicia Barnett Ku Yeon-woo Raphaëlle Lacasse 6–4, 6–1Win 4–4 Jun 2021ITF Porto, PortugalW25 Hard Arianne Hartono Mana Ayukawa Akiko Omae 7–5, 6–2Win 5–4 Oct 2021ITF Florence, United StatesW25 Hard Emily Appleton Robin Anderson Elysia Bolton 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]Win 6–4 Feb 2022Open de l'Isère, FranceW60 Hard (i) Prarthana Thombare Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls 6–3, 6–3Win 7–4 Aug 2023ITF Roehampton, UKW25 Hard Mariam Bolkvadze Talia Gibson Petra Hule 7–5, 6–3Win 8–4 Oct 2023Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceW60 Hard (i) Ali Collins Emily Appleton Isabelle Haverlag 7–6(4), 6–2Loss 8–5 Feb 2024ITF Edgbaston, UKW50 Hard (i) Ali Collins Magali Kempen Lara Salden 6–7(6), 2–6Loss 8–6 Mar 2025Branik Maribor Open, SloveniaW75 Hard (i) Jessika Ponchet Julie Belgraver Urszula Radwańska 1–6, 4–6Loss 8–7 Apr 2025Kangaroo Cup, JapanW100 Hard Emina Bektas Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu 1–6, 2–6

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