Mari Osaka

Mari Osaka (大坂 まり, Ōsaka Mari, born 3 April 1996) is a retired Japanese tennis player[1] and fashion designer.[2] In her career, she reached four ITF finals. Mari is the older sister of Naomi Osaka, who she has collaborated with on several fashion design and art projects.[3][4][5][6]

Mari Osaka
大坂 まり
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996
Osaka, Japan
Retired9 March 2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$90,891
Singles
Career record196–162 (54.7%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 280 (28 May 2018)
Doubles
Career record4–16
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 907 (17 April 2017)

Biography

Osaka was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father; shortly thereafter, the family moved to Long Island, New York.[7] She grew up in Fort Lauderdale.

Osaka made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, in the doubles event partnering with Marina Shamayko, losing in the first round to the pair Varvara Lepchenko and Ajla Tomljanović.

She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2019 Miami Open, having received a wildcard into the main draw, but lost to Whitney Osuigwe. Osaka announced retirement from professional tennis in early 2021.[8]

Since retirement, she has focused on her art and fashion design, including co-designing her sister Naomi's Met Gala look[9] in fall 2021. Osaka's previous artistic work includes creating custom-designed COVID masks for UNICEF[10] and illustrating the cover for GQ Japan's June 2020 edition featuring her sister.[11]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner–ups)
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2012 ITF Amelia Island, United States 10,000 Clay Jamie Loeb 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 May 2017 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard Peangtarn Plipuech 6–7(7–9), 0–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2017 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0–4 Oct 2018 ITF Florence, United States 25,000 Hard Bianca Andreescu 4–6, 6–2, 3–6

References
  1. "Getting to know... Naomi Osaka". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. Hyde, Shelby Ying (13 September 2021). "Naomi Osaka's Met Gala Vuitton Look Pays Homage to Her Roots". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. Hyde, Shelby Ying (13 September 2021). "Naomi Osaka's Met Gala Vuitton Look Pays Homage to Her Roots". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. "Naomi and Mari Osaka on Fashion in Tennis and Their New Charity Face Masks". Vogue. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. Cash, Meredith. "Naomi Osaka poked fun at her artistic abilities after botching yet another Australian Open camera lens doodle". Insider. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. Tennis.com. "Naomi Osaka enters NFT space with sister Mari". Tennis.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. "Naomi Osaka Biography", WTA.
  8. "Mari Osaka, Naomi's Sister, Announces Retirement from Tennis at 24, Says She 'Didn't Enjoy' Journey". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  9. Hyde, Shelby Ying (13 September 2021). "Naomi Osaka's Met Gala Vuitton Look Pays Homage to Her Roots". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. "Naomi and Mari Osaka on Fashion in Tennis and Their New Charity Face Masks". Vogue. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  11. "Naomi Osaka, Illustrated by her Sister Mari Osaka". Spoon & Tamago. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.


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