2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
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Sato, Hikaru
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Hikaru Sato
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tokyo, Japan
- Prev School:
- Washington State
Bio
» 2023 All-Pac-12 First Team
» 2023 ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year
» 2019 NCAA Doubles Championships Round of 16
Graduated with a B.A. in Sociology
2022-23 (5th Year Senior)
A stellar International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior career where she reached a career-best ranking of 197 ... captured three tournament titles, all coming in 2016, including G5 championships in South Korea and Vietnam, both doubles titles, and the singles championship at the Chinese Taipei G4 event ... in 2016, reached the finals of two G4 doubles events, in Japan and Chinese Taipei ... in 2017, was a two-time finalist in doubles, repeating at the G3 Chinese Taipei event and also at the G2 event in Nagoya, Japan.
» 2023 ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year
» 2019 NCAA Doubles Championships Round of 16
Graduated with a B.A. in Sociology
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SEASON-BY-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS |
2022-23 (5th Year Senior)
- Led the Huskies at the No. 1 singles spot and was named All-Pac-12 First Team for the first time.
- Was named the ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year.
- Went 19-14 overall in singles play and was 11-13 all at No. 1 singles.
- Was ranked in nine ITA singles polls, with a high of No. 97 and a season ending ranking of No. 110.
- Twice named Pac-12 Player of the Week in a three-week span, on Feb. 14 after the National Team Indoors, and on Feb. 28 after road win at Baylor.
- Had four ranked wins on the season, defeating No. 34 Celia-Belle Mohr of Vanderbilt, No. 109 Alina Shcherbinina of Baylor, No. 113 Chelsea Fontenel of Arizona State, and No. 73 Solymar Colling of San Diego.
- Win over Mohr of No. 9 Vanderbilt at ITA National Team Indoors broke 3-3 tie to upset the Commodores, and it came in a third set tiebreaker, 8-6.
- Was 8-1 in the fall, going 3-0 at the Husky Invite and the Gamecock Shootout, and making the ITA NW Regionals third round.
- In doubles, was 13-12 overall and 6-10 in dual matches, and achieved doubles rankings with multiple partners.
- Ended the season paired with Erika Matsuda, going 1-2 in dual play, getting a huge upset of 9th-ranked Alsola/Wiersholm of Cal, 7-5 at No. 1 doubles on Apr. 15.
- Was 3-6 teaming with Zehra Suko, going 2-4 at No. 1 doubles and 1-2 at No. 2 doubles.
- With Suko, had a big upset over No. 25 Coleman/Berankova of Duke (6-3) to help UW win the doubles point over the No. 4 Blue Devils, and then had another top-25 upset over USC’s 19th-ranked Han/Cheong (6-3) in that Husky dual victory.
- Was ranked No. 65 in doubles on Mar. 7 with Suko, then with Matsuda, appeared in three polls, with a high of No. 65 on Apr. 18.
- In the fall, made the round of 16 at ITA NW Regionals in doubles with Melissa Sakar.
- A big impact in her first year on the squad, starting every match and helping UW reach the NCAA Championships
- Went 16-11 overall in singles matches and was 14-7 in dual play, tied for the most dual wins on the team
- Was 1-2 at No. 2 singles, 4-0 at No. 3, and 9-5 at No. 4
- Helped send UW to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with two wins in the 4-3 victories over Denver and fourth-ranked UCLA, beating Denver’s Andrea Burguete Beltran in a marathon 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, then beating UCLA’s Kimmi Hance, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Ended the season with four wins in a row, including an upset of No. 108 Alicia Herrero Linana of Baylor at No. 2 singles in the NCAA first round, 6-3, 6-2
- Two wins five days apart against Washington State just five days apart, defeating Maxine Murphy both times
- Two hard luck DNFs in L.A., one at 2-3 in the third set against No. 125 Kimmi Hance, and one at 3-3 in the third set against No. 78 Naomi Cheong
- Had an 18-7 doubles record and went 13-5 in dual play, going 10-5 at the No. 1 spot with Vanessa Wong, and 3-0 at No. 2 with Sarah-Maude Fortin
- Was ranked No. 85 with Wong in the 4/13/22 poll
- With Wong, upset No. 33 Alsola/Wiersholm of Cal, 6-4, at the No. 1 spot on Apr. 9 as UW won the doubles point
- Also defeated No. 62 Bayerlova/Murphy of WSU in the Pac-12 tournament
- With Wong, had a 4-3 lead over Georgia’s No. 1 team of Hertel/Coppoc then had a 5-2 lead over Auburn’s No. 43 Arseneault/Ovunc when both matches were suspended
- With Fortin, had Pac-12 wins at No. 2 over Utah and Colorado, and then a big 6-4 win over USC’s Willson/Han
- Earned ITA All-Academic distinction
- Compiled an 11-16 record in singles play for the Cougars, all at No. 2 singles except one match at No. 1
- A big win at No. 2 singles over Baylor's Jessica Hinojosa, 6-2, 6-4.
- Defeated Cal's Julia Rosenqvist at No. 2, 7-6, 6-4.
- A win over Colorado's Maria Campos in the Pac-12 team tourney
- Was 13-13 in doubles play, nearly all at the No. 1 spot, going 4-6 at No. 1 with Melisa Ates, and 6-7 at No. 1 with Michaela Bayerlova.
- Was 18-6 in singles play and 9-3 in dual matches at the time the season was cut short.
- Owned a 20-4 record in doubles to lead the team in doubles wins, going 7-3 at No. 1 doubles.
- In the fall season, won the Crimson singles title at the Cougar Classic, and won the Crimson doubles title with Melisa Ates.
- Won the doubles title at the Beach Tennis Fall Tournament with Pang Jittakoat.
- Along with Tiffany Mylonas, became the first duo in WSU history to win a match in the NCAA Doubles Championship, as they made the round of 16, and finished the season ranked 19th nationally.
- In the first round of the NCAA Doubles tourney, defeated Kauffman/Proctor of Winthrop in a 10-5 third-set tiebreak, then fell in the round of 16 to the third-ranked tandem in the NCAA from South Carolina.
- Went 19-16 overall in singles play and 26-8 in doubles play
- In dual matches, was 12-13 in singles play, going 3-0 at No. 1, 6-11 at No. 2, and 3-2 at No. 3.
- In dual play in doubles, posted an 18-6 record with Mylonas.
- Defeated several highly-ranked doubles teams with Mylonas, including No. 5 Andrews/Broomfield of UCLA, No. 14 Lampl/Yee of Stanford, No. 30 Fung/Zupancic of Washington, and in the NCAA team tournament, No. 13 Achong/Roldan of Miami.
- Had three match-clinching singles wins, against Arizona, Iowa State, and Seattle U.
- In the fall, won doubles titles with Mylonas at the Cougar Classic and Long Beach Invite.
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HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL |
A stellar International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior career where she reached a career-best ranking of 197 ... captured three tournament titles, all coming in 2016, including G5 championships in South Korea and Vietnam, both doubles titles, and the singles championship at the Chinese Taipei G4 event ... in 2016, reached the finals of two G4 doubles events, in Japan and Chinese Taipei ... in 2017, was a two-time finalist in doubles, repeating at the G3 Chinese Taipei event and also at the G2 event in Nagoya, Japan.
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STATISTICS |
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Washington 4, Southern California 1 | Big Ten Tournament Highlights
Wednesday, April 30
2025 Go BIG! for Washington Day
Friday, February 28
UW Officially Joins the Big Ten
Thursday, August 01
Rapid Fire with UW Women's Tennis
Saturday, May 18
