Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino
日比野 菜緒

Hibino at the 2022 French Open
Native name	日比野 菜緒
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Born	(1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29) Ichinomiya, Aichi
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Eiji Takeuchi
Prize money	US$ 3,230,566
Singles
Career record	367–294
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 56 (18 January 2016)
Current ranking	No. 100 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2020, 2021)
French Open	2R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	194–174
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 43 (31 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 110 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2019)
French Open	3R (2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2021, 2024)
US Open	3R (2016, 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–5
Last updated on: 15 July 2024.

Nao Hibino (日比野 菜緒, Hibino Nao, born 28 November 1994) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the WTA. Hibino has won three singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won nine singles and eleven doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.

Hibino was the number-one-ranked Japanese player in the WTA rankings for five weeks starting on 11 January 2016, and reached this position again on 3 April 2023.^[1]

Hibino made her breakthrough in 2015, when she won her first WTA Tour title in singles at the Tashkent Open. As a result, she debuted in the top 100. Since then she has spent several years in the top 100, and has been in the top 150 constantly except for a period between February 2022 and September 2022 after a layoff from October 2021 to late April 2022.

She has represented Japan at national competitions, debuting in Fed Cup in 2016, and at the Summer Olympics in 2021.