Naomi Osaka Bio, Family, Career, Boyfriend, Metrics

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She is the first Asian player to rank No. 1 in singles and was ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, including two titles at the Grand Slam and Mandatory Premier levels. She was born born in Japan but later, together with her parents, she moved to the United States. Her father is Haitian and her mother is Japanese. She had lived in the United States since the age of three with her parents.

NAOMI OSAKA: EARLY CHILDHOOD, FAMILY AND EDUCATION

The athlete was born to Tamaki Osaka and Leonard Franco Japan, in Osaka Japan on October 16, 1997. Her mother is from Hokkaido, Japan and her father is from Jacmel, Haiti. On behalf of her siblings, she has only one older sister, Mari, who is also a professional tennis player. Earlier, her entire family resided in Japan due to which she and her sister received their mother’s name. After living in Japan for a while, they all moved to the United States in New York to live with her father’s parents.

The reason Osaka learned tennis was his father’s dream of teaching his daughters tennis after watching the 1999 French Open where he saw Williams sisters compete. His dad slowly started training two sisters and when he thought that wasn’t enough, they moved on. They moved to Florida in 2006 in search of better training opportunities. Naomi practiced on the public courts of Pembroke Pines.

NAOMI OSAKA: CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Unlike many professional tennis players, Osaka did not compete on the ITF Junior Tour but competed directly on the ITF Women’s Tour. She played her first qualifying match on her 14th birthday in October 2011. After that, in March, she made her professional main draw debut in doubles with her sister “Mari”. Osaka won her first match at the US Open, but she couldn’t qualify for either main draw. She won the Rising Stars Invitational four-man exhibition tournament at the WTF Finals beating top seed and world number 35 “Caroline Garcia”.

In 2016, she attended her first WTA Finals and was recognized as New Arrival of the Year. And for the first time, she rose to the top 100 of the WTA rankings. However, in 2017, Osaka was unable to establish a new career ranking. She has been steady throughout the year, ranking between No. 44 and No. 68. She is coming off two main draw matches that year.

As a result, Osaka’s 2017 record led her to hire ‘Sascha Bajin’ in 2018. Eventually, Osaka produced her career-best result at a second tournament Grand Slam event. She even reached the fourth round of the Australian Open after beating two of the top twenty players in Elena Vesnina and her favorite Ashleigh Barty. However, she was unable to win over world number one Simona Halep but her progress helped her move back into the top 50 over the next month. In 2019, Osaka entered the Australian Open as the fourth seed along with 11 other players in the world No. 1 ranking contest. She has won consecutive Grand Slam singles titles since Serena Williams in 2015 and became the first woman to do so.

She was also the first player to follow her maiden Grand Slam singles title since Jennifer Capriati in 2001. She beat 23-time Grand Slam singles champion ‘Serena Williams’ in the US Open final to become the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles title.

NAOMI OSAKA: PERSONAL LIFE AND BOYFRIEND

Osaka grew up with Japanese culture but ended up residing in America. she renounced her US citizenship in 2019 so that she could represent Japan at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. According to her, she can understand Japanese but cannot speak the language confidently. She also uses the English language to interact with the media.

Osaka is a shy and reserved person. The 22-year-old is currently dating professionally popular Cordae rapper Amari Dunston as YBN Cordae. Cordae is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. The public learned of their relationship in 2019, after Osaka posted a photo on her Instagram with Cordae.

NAOMI OSAKA: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

The 22-year-old tennis player already has $8 million in net worth. Every year she earns up to 2 million dollars. His main source of income is his career as a tennis player.

Osaka is available on social media via Instagram under the username “naomiosaka” with 1.1 million followers. She likes to post her travel photos with her boyfriend and friends on her Instagram.

NAOMI OSAKA : BODY MEASUREMENTS

The athlete looks stunning with a height of 1.8 meters and his measurement of 32-30-34. She weighs 69 kg and has brown hair and black eyes.