Naho Sato (born 23 January 2001) is a Japanese

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player. Sato has been ranked as high as world No. 362 in singles and 296 in doubles by the

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(WTA). On the

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, Naito's career-high ranking is world No. 7 (March 2018). In 2018, she was runner-up in the junior women's doubles at Roland Garros, along with her compatriot Yuki Naito, after losing the final against

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and

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. At the

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held in

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, she won the silver medal in women's doubles, along with Naito. In the women's doubles final, Naito and Sato were defeated by the Slovenian

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and the Polish Iga Świątek, who competed in the mixed team modality owned by the Youth Olympians. At the

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held in

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, Italy, she won the gold medal in women's singles and a bronze medal in women's doubles, along with Kanako Morisaki.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner ups)

Doubles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Naho 2001 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese women Tennis players from Tokyo