is a Japanese tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 82 in singles, achieved on 18 August 2025, and No. 180 in doubles, reached on 16 September 2024. Ito has won one WTA 125 singles title.
Career 2024: WTA Tour debut and semifinals In September 2024, Ito won her third singles and eighth doubles titles on the ITF Circuit at the W50 event in Nanao, Japan.
On her WTA Tour debut at the Japan Women's Open, where she qualified for the main draw, Ito reached the semifinals defeating Sofia Kenin and eighth seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto, for her first top 50 career win, and lucky loser Eva Lys, before losing in the last four to Kimberly Birrell.
2025: Major & WTA 1000 debuts, first top 10 win & WTA 125 title Ito won her first WTA 125 title at the Canberra International, defeating defending champion and top seed Nuria Párrizas Díaz in the semifinals and Wei Sijia in the final. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of 109, on 6 January 2025.
She qualified for her first WTA 1000 tournament at the Qatar Ladies Open losing to Jeļena Ostapenko in the first round. The following week, Ito qualified for the Dubai Open, but again fell in the first round, this time to Belinda Bencic.
In March 2025, she qualified for the Miami Open, but lost in the first round to Lauren Davis in three sets. She made her major debut at Wimbledon, losing to Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round.
Ito qualified for the Canadian Open and got her first WTA 1000 win by defeating Katie Volynets. She followed this up by fighting back from a set and a break of serve down against seventh seed Jasmine Paolini in the second round to register her maiden win against a top-10 ranked opponent. Ito lost in the third round to Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in three sets.
Ranked at a new career-high of world No. 94, she qualified for the Cincinnati Open and defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse and 27th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the third round, at which point her run was ended by sixth seed Madison Keys. Despite her loss, Ito moved a further 12 places up the rankings to world No. 82 on 18 August 2025.
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinJan 2025Canberra International, AustraliaHard Wei Sijia6–4, 6–3
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW75 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW35 tournamentsW15 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 2023ITF Hinode, JapanW15 Hard Natsumi Kawaguchi 4–6, 3–6Win 1–1 Jun 2023ITF Kashiwa, JapanW15 Hard Kisa Yoshioka 6–4, 6–1Loss 1–2 Feb 2024Burnie International, AustraliaW75 Hard Maya Joint 6–1, 1–6, 5–7Loss 1–3 Mar 2024ITF Hinode, JapanW15 Hard Maegan Manasse 3–6, 2–6Loss 1–4 May 2024ITF Goyang, South KoreaW50 Hard Hanna Chang 6–7(2), 4–6Win 2–4 Jun 2024ITF Kawaguchi, JapanW15 Hard Mao Mushika 6–1, 6–4Win 3–4 Sep 2024ITF Nanao, JapanW50 Carpet Ayano Shimizu 6–2, 6–1Loss 3–5 Nov 2024ITF Hamamatsu, JapanW35 Carpet Mei Yamaguchi 6–4, 3–5 ret.Win 4–5 Nov 2024Takasaki Open, JapanW100 Hard Wei Sijia 7–5, 6–4Loss 4–6 Jul 2025ITF Corroios, PortugalW50 Hard Vitalia Diatchenko 2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW75 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2022ITF Caloundra, AustraliaW15 Hard Nanari Katsumi Monique Barry Vivian Yang 2–6, 6–7(5)Win 1–1 Jul 2022ITF Caloundra, AustraliaW15 Hard Nanari Katsumi Monique Barry Stefani Webb 6–2, 6–2Loss 1–2 Oct 2022ITF Nanao, JapanW25 Carpet Rinon Okuwaki Funa Kozaki Ikumi Yamazaki 6–3, 6–7(5), [5–10]Win 2–2 Oct 2022ITF Hamamatsu, JapanW25 Carpet Haruna Arakawa Erina Hayashi Kanako Morisaki 6–1, 7–6(6)Win 3–2 Apr 2023ITF Osaka, JapanW15 Hard Mio Mushika Choi Ji-hee Lee Ya-hsuan 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–6]Win 4–2 Jun 2023ITF Kawaguchi, JapanW15 Hard Miyu Nakashima Ayumi Miyamoto Lisa-Marie Rioux 6–4, 6–4Win 5–2 Jul 2023ITF Hong Kong, China SARW25 Hard Erika Sema Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu 5–7, 6–3, [10–4]Loss 5–3 Aug 2023ITF Hong KongW40 Hard Erika Sema Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu 6–3, 3–6, [9–11]Win 6–3 Sep 2023ITF Kyoto, JapanW25 Hard Tsao Chia-yi Hiromi Abe Anri Nagata 6–2, 6–1Win 7–3 Oct 2023ITF Nanao, JapanW40 Carpet Erika Sema Miho Kuramochi Kanako Morisaki 6–2, 7–5Loss 7–4 Oct 2023ITF Hamamatsu, JapanW25 Carpet Haruna Arakawa Hiromi Abe Natsumi Kawaguchi 6–3, 4–6, [4–10]Loss 7–5 Nov 2023Yokohama Challenger, JapanW40 Hard Natsumi Kawaguchi Liang En-shuo Tang Qianhui walkoverLoss 7–6 Mar 2024ITF Swan Hill, AustraliaW35 Grass Alana Parnaby Sakura Hosogi Misaki Matsuda 2–6, 2–6Loss 7–7 May 2024Fukuoka International, JapanW75 Carpet Haruna Arakawa Rutuja Bhosale Paige Hourigan 6–3, 3–6, [6–10]Loss 7–8 Sep 2024Incheon Open, South KoreaW100 Hard Feng Shuo Tang Qianhui Zheng Wushuang 2–6, 3–6Win 8–8 Sep 2024ITF Nanao, JapanW50 Carpet Naho Sato Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu 6–1, 6–3Win 9–8 Jun 2025Zagreb Ladies Open, CroatiaW75 Clay Feng Shuo Arina Bulatova Martha Matoula 7–5, 6–3
Wins over top-10 players Ito's match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
No.PlayerEventSurfaceScoreYears1 Jasmine Paolini9Canadian Open, MontrealHard2R2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)1102025
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