Nathaly Kurata

Nathaly Junko Shimizu Kurata (born 10 February 1993) is a Brazilian former tennis player.

Nathaly Kurata

Full name	Nathaly Junko Shimizu Kurata
Country (sports)	Brazil
Born	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 32)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$79,592
Singles
Career record	282–184
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 399 (16 July 2018)
Doubles
Career record	131–136
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 387 (24 November 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–2

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Shimizu and the second or paternal family name is Kurata.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 399 in singles, achieved on 16 July 2018, and 387 in doubles, reached on 24 November 2014. Kurata won four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She made her debut for the Brazil Fed Cup team in 2018. Since then, she has accumulated a win-loss record of 1–2.

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments

$15,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jun 2011	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	Sep 2013	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Ana Clara Duarte	1–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Oct 2014	ITF Lima, Peru	Clay	Fernanda Brito	6–1, 6–1
Win	4.	Apr 2017	ITF São José dos Campos, Brazil	Clay	Julieta Estable	7–6(3), 6–0
Win	5.	Jul 2017	ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Gabriela Cé	7–6(7), 6–4
Loss	6.	Nov 2017	ITF Encarnación, Paraguay	Clay	Camila Giangreco Campiz	4–6, 2–6
Win	7.	Dec 2017	ITF Catanduva, Brazil	Clay	Eduarda Piai	6–1, 6–4
Loss	8.	Jun 2019	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	Clay	Julia Grabher	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (5 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	3 June 2013	Santos, Brazil	Clay	Ana Clara Duarte	Andrea Benítez Carla Forte	4–6, 1–6
Win	2.	25 November 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Gabriela Cé Lee Pei-chi	6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss	3.	9 June 2014	Villa del Dique, Argentina	Clay	Nathália Rossi	Carolina Alves Constanza Vega	6–7(4), 2–6
Win	4.	25 July 2014	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Hard	Giovanna Tomita	Carolina Alves Ingrid Martins	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5.	25 August 2014	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Eduarda Piai	María Paulina Pérez Paula Andrea Pérez	5–7, 6–7(5)
Loss	6.	24 October 2014	Lima, Peru	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Sofía Luini Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	4–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	10 May 2015	Villa María, Argentina	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Ana Gobbi Monllau Constanza Vega	2–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	2 August 2015	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Fernanda Brito Daniela Seguel	2–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	9 August 2015	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Fernanda Brito Daniela Seguel	3–6, 2–6
Win	10.	22 April 2016	Bauru, Brazil	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Carolina Alves Julieta Estable	7–6(4), 7–5
Loss	11.	25 April 2016	Villa del Dique, Argentina	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Fernanda Brito Camila Giangreco Campiz	3–6, 5–7
Loss	12.	27 March 2017	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Giovanna Tomita	Gabriela Cé Thaisa Grana Pedretti	1–6, 3–6
Loss	13.	18 June 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Eduarda Piai	María Paulina Pérez Paula Andrea Pérez	3–6, 3–6
Loss	14.	16 July 2017	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Clay	Rebeca Pereira	Ingrid Martins Camila Giangreco Campiz	3–6, 6–7(1)
Loss	15.	30 July 2017	Campos do Jordão	Hard	Eduarda Piai	Gabriela Cé Thaisa Grana Pedretti	5–7, 4–6
Loss	16.	4 November 2017	Asunción, Paraguay	Clay	Thaisa Grana Pedretti	Fernanda Brito Camila Giangreco Campiz	6–7(7), 4–6
Loss	17.	11 November 2017	Encarnación, Paraguay	Clay	Thaisa Grana Pedretti	Lara Escauriza Bárbara Gatica	4–6, 4–6
Win	18.	3 December 2017	Catanduva, Brazil	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Melina Ferrero Sofía Luini	6–2, 6–3
Win	19.	28 April 2018	Villa del Dique, Argentina	Clay	Eduarda Piai	Fernanda Brito Dominique Schaefer	6–0, 6–4

External links

• Nathaly Kurata at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nathaly Kurata at the International Tennis Federation
• Nathaly Kurata at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• Nathaly Kurata at ESPN.com