is a former professional Japanese

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player. In her career, Ozaki won six singles titles on the

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. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 246 in the WTA doubles rankings. Ozaki made her

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debut at the 2013 Tashkent Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating

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and Ksenia Palkina for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against fellow qualifier

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and defeated the Ukrainian in straight sets, simultaneously recording her first main-draw win at the WTA Tour-level. She was subsequently beaten in the second round by

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in a final-set tiebreak.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Miami Open.''

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Notes

References

External links

* * * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese female tennis players Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub