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Kaoru Shibata (born 25 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Kaoru Shibata

Full name	Kaoru Shibata
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1973-06-25) 25 June 1973 (age 49) Tokyo, Japan
Prize money	$52,885
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 252 (30 September 1996)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 117 (22 September 1997)

Biography

Shibata was born in Tokyo, but grew up in the United States, where she moved to as a child in 1975. She attended Libertyville High School in Chicago.[1]

During the 1990s she competed on the professional tour, reaching career best rankings of 252 in singles and 117 in doubles.

At the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka she won a gold medal in the singles competition.[2]

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

Doubles (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 May 1997	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Saori Obata	Shinobu Asagoe Yasuko Nishimata	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1	19 May 1997	Sochi, Russia	Hard	Nino Louarsabishvili	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva	6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	27 July 1997	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Sonya Jeyaseelan	Julie Pullin Amanda Wainwright	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	3 August 1997	Lexington, United States	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Elly Hakami Danielle Jones	2–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	8 June 1998	Sochi, Russia	Hard	Saori Obata	Nino Louarsabishvili Elena Tatarkova	3–6, 6–4, 6–2

References

External links

• Kaoru Shibata at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kaoru Shibata at the International Tennis Federation

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