Nao Hibino is about to play against Mai Hontama on Monday the 25th of September in Tokyo. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Nao Hibino is now ranked no.92 positioned as Japanese no.1 with 804 points preceding Moyuka Uchijima who has 441 points and is ranked no.173.
On the other part of the net, Mai Hontama is currently ranked no.143 with 510 points occupying the position of Japanese no.3 following Moyuka Uchijima (world no.173) and Nao Hibino who is world no.92.
Live Rankings
| 171 | 70 | | 410 |
| 172 | 143 | | 410 |
| 173 | 56 | | 406 |
| 174 | 49 | | 404 |
| 175 | 58 | | 396 |
| 176 | 174 | | 396 |
| 177 CH | 177 | | 392 |
| 178 | 97 | | 392 |
| 179 | 38 | | 390 |
| 180 | 150 | | 390 |
| 181 | 172 | | 389 |
| 182 | 93 | | 387 |
Hibino is 1 place up in the live rankings to be the new world no.91. Her career-best rank was no.56.
Depending on the other results, Nao Hibino may gain 4 places to be the new world no.87 if she wins the following contest.
Hibino will have 36 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 15 points on the 2nd of October (W60 Templeton) and 21 points on the 9th of October (W80 Rancho Santa Fe).
In her live rankings, out of 744 points, Nao has gained 546 points (73%) on Hard Court, 114 points (15%) on Clay, 55 points (7%) on Grass and 29 points (4%) on Indoor.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Hibino is still ranked no.96 placed as the Japanese no.1.
CAREFULL! Live rankings change regularly. Click the following buttons to check the last updates.
H2H Nao Hibino vs. Mai Hontama
Hibino and Hontama have never played against each other so far on the main tour.
Nao Hibino in 2023
Now ranked no.92, the Japanese played her last match on the 12th of September when she lost to world no.138 Rebecca Marino 6-3 6-4
in the 1st round in Osaka (draw).Until now, during this year the Japanese owns an overall 35-25 record. The Japanese has won 2 titles in 2023 Kashiwa and in Prague.
Hontama in Tokyo, ranking, and results in 2023
Now the world no.143, the Japanese achieved an overall 41-20 record in 2023. The Japanese is now competing in Tokyo where she toppled Saki Imamura 6-3 6-3 and Sara Saito 6-2 6-2.
Mai Hontama will compete against the world no.92 Nao Hibino in the 1st round on Monday at 7:00 pm on Center Court. In the past, they have never played each other up to now in top events.
Mai conquered 1 title in 2023 in the W40 Maribor.