Mai Hontama
4, Caroline Garcia in the first round, her first top 100 win,[4] 11th seed Anett Kontaveit by walkover and Shelby Rogers, before falling to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza.[5] She made her Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships after qualifying, where she recorded the first major match win in her career, over Clara Tauson.[6][7][8][9] At her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open, she reached the second round in 2023, after qualifying and defeating compatriot Nao Hibino before she lost to the top seed Iga Świątek.[11] She made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells, after qualifying into the main draw, and recorded her first win at this level defeating Zhang Shuai,[12] but lost to 31st seed Marta Kostyuk, in the second round.116, she also made her debut at the WTA 1000 China Open, as a lucky loser, after the late withdrawal of Amanda Anisimova, losing in the first round to Wang Xinyu.