Sara Saito

Sara Saito (斎藤咲良, Saitō Sara; born 3 October 2006) is a Japanese tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 159, achieved on 16 December 2024. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of No. 484 on 18 March 2024.^[1]

Sara Saito

Saito at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(2006-10-03) 3 October 2006 (age 19)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$271,372
Singles
Career record	98–66
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 150 (16 December 2024)
Current ranking	No. 276 (27 October 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2025)
French Open	Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2025)
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	12–21
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 484 (18 March 2024)
Current ranking	No. 566 (27 October 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2023)
French Open Junior	F (2023)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2023)
US Open Junior	F (2023)
Last updated on: 27 October 2025.

Career

2023: Juniors

She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of 2, achieved on 29 May 2023.^[2] She had a disappointing performance in the singles draw of the 2023 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Australian wildcard Stefani Webb.^[3] She reached the final of the doubles with fellow Japanese Hayu Kinoshita, losing to Renáta Jamrichová and Federica Urgesi.^[4] She was top seeded in the girls' singles tournament at the 2023 French Open, after winning two titles in South America.^[5]

2024: First quarterfinal on WTA Tour debut

Saito made her WTA Tour main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2024 Japan Women's Open,^[6] defeating Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro^[7] and fifth seed Elina Avanesyan^[8][9] to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where her run was ended in straight sets by Kimberly Birrell.^[10] She entered the WTA 500 2024 Toray Pan Pacific Open as a lucky loser, making her debut at this WTA level but lost to qualifier and compatriot Sayaka Ishii.^[11]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend W100 tournaments (1–0) W75 tournaments (0–1) W50 tournaments (1–1) W25/35 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (1–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2023	ITF Makinohara, Japan	W25	Carpet	Thasaporn Naklo	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jan 2024	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W50	Hard	Antonia Ružić	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2024	Burnie International, Australia	W75	Hard	Priscilla Hon	3–6, 0–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2024	Open de Biarritz, France	W100	Clay	Margaux Rouvroy	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	3–2	Mar 2025	ITF Kyoto, Japan	W50	Hard (i)	Himeno Sakatsume	6–4, 7–6(2)
Win	4–2	Oct 2025	ITF Makinohara, Japan	W35	Carpet	Back Da-yeon	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend W25/35 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2025	ITF Makinohara, Japan	W35	Carpet	Ayano Shimizu	Chen Mengyi Tiana Tian Deng	6–2, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 2023 Australian Open Hard Hayu Kinoshita Renáta Jamrichová Federica Urgesi 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [7–10] Loss 2023 French Open Clay Alina Korneeva Tyra Caterina Grant Clervie Ngounoue 3–6, 2–6 Loss 2023 US Open Hard Nanaka Sato Anastasiia Gureva Mara Gae 6–1, 5–7, [8–10]