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Mari Osaka (大坂 まり, Ōsaka Mari, born April 3, 1996) is a Japanese fashion designer,[1] and former tennis player.[2]

Mari Osaka
大坂 まり

Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1996-04-03) April 3, 1996 (age 26) Osaka, Japan
Retired	March 9, 2021
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$90,891
Singles
Career record	196–162 (54.7%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 280 (May 28, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	4–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 907 (April 17, 2017)

In her career, she reached four ITF finals. Mari is the older sister of Naomi Osaka, with whom she has collaborated on several fashion design and art projects.[3][4][5][6]

Biography

Osaka was born in Japan^{[citation needed]} to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father; shortly thereafter, the family moved to Long Island, New York.[7] She grew up in Fort Lauderdale.^{[citation needed]}

Osaka made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, in the doubles event partnering with Marina Shamayko, losing in the first round to the pair Varvara Lepchenko and Ajla Tomljanović.

She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2019 Miami Open, having received a wildcard into the main draw, but lost to Whitney Osuigwe. Osaka announced retirement from professional tennis in early 2021.[8]

Since retirement, she has focused on her art and fashion design, including co-designing her sister Naomi's Met Gala look[9] in fall 2021. Osaka's previous artistic work includes creating custom-designed COVID masks for UNICEF[10] and illustrating the cover for GQ Japan's June 2020 edition featuring her sister.[11]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2012	ITF Amelia Island, United States	10,000	Clay	Jamie Loeb	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	May 2017	ITF Goyang, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	6–7(7–9), 0–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2017	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	2–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	0–4	Oct 2018	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Bianca Andreescu	4–6, 6–2, 3–6

References

External links

• Mari Osaka at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mari Osaka at the International Tennis Federation

На других языках

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[de] Mari Ōsaka

Mari Ōsaka (jap. 大坂 まり, Ōsaka Mari; * 3. April 1996 in Osaka, Präfektur Osaka) ist eine ehemalige japanische Tennisspielerin.

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- [en] Mari Osaka

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[es] Mari Osaka

Mari Osaka (大坂 まり, Ōsaka Mari?, Osaka, 3 abril 1996) es una jugadora de tenis estadounidense de origen japonés.[1] Es la hermana mayor de Naomi Osaka, quién es también jugadora de tenis profesional.

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