48 players from Japan appear in the WTA singles ranking, the highest at rank 19, ranking published on . The rank is the one published by the WTA tour. The "movement" column compares with the previous publication, that of 12/10/2026. The "matches" column counts the singles matches in our corpus since 2021, and every name leads to the detailed record.
| Rank | Movement | Player | Country | Points | Career-high | Matches since 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | ▼ 1 | Naomi Osaka | Japan | 229,700 | 1 (01/2019) | 180 |
| 115 | = | Himeno Sakatsume | Japan | 66,500 | 115 (09/2026) | 325 |
| 121 | = | Moyuka Uchijima | Japan | 60,400 | 47 (05/2025) | 347 |
| 168 | ▼ 4 | Mai Hontama | Japan | 46,100 | 105 (08/2024) | 351 |
| 199 | ▼ 3 | Nao Hibino | Japan | 39,300 | 56 (01/2016) | 305 |
| 221 | = | Hayu Kinoshita | Japan | 34,900 | 210 (09/2026) | 203 |
| 246 | ▼ 2 | Kyoka Okamura | Japan | 30,700 | 178 (02/2025) | 328 |
| 256 | ▲ 1 | Mei Yamaguchi | Japan | 28,500 | 242 (05/2025) | 301 |
| 262 | ▲ 9 | Sara Saito | Japan | 27,600 | 150 (12/2024) | 221 |
| 269 | ▲ 3 | Hiromi Abe | Japan | 26,900 | 269 (10/2026) | 218 |
| 278 | ▲ 12 | Yuki Naito | Japan | 25,200 | 169 (04/2021) | 284 |
| 286 | ▼ 8 | Haruka Kaji | Japan | 24,700 | 213 (09/2023) | 312 |
| 306 | = | Rina Saigo | Japan | 23,000 | 270 (08/2026) | 345 |
| 314 | ▲ 30 | Aoi Ito | Japan | 22,300 | 82 (08/2025) | 290 |
| 320 | ▼ 2 | Ena Koike | Japan | 21,700 | 315 (07/2026) | 176 |
| 328 | ▲ 1 | Sakura Hosogi | Japan | 21,000 | 204 (02/2023) | 340 |
| 374 | ▲ 2 | Miho Kuramochi | Japan | 16,900 | 326 (03/2026) | 291 |
| 385 | ▲ 4 | Momoko Kobori | Japan | 16,300 | 226 (04/2019) | 223 |
| 402 | ▲ 40 | Naho Sato | Japan | 15,400 | 319 (10/2024) | 288 |
| 407 | ▲ 4 | Natsumi Kawaguchi | Japan | 15,000 | 346 (10/2023) | 220 |
| 421 | ▲ 1 | Eri Shimizu | Japan | 14,300 | 296 (11/2024) | 280 |
| 428 | ▲ 3 | Mio Mushika | Japan | 14,000 | 417 (05/2026) | 225 |
| 429 | ▼ 24 | Reina Goto | Japan | 14,000 | 401 (08/2026) | 94 |
| 434 | ▲ 2 | Rinko Matsuda | Japan | 13,700 | 434 (10/2026) | 248 |
| 438 | ▲ 6 | Hikaru Sato | Japan | 13,400 | 335 (10/2024) | 220 |
| 456 | = | Misaki Matsuda | Japan | 12,600 | 254 (04/2023) | 278 |
| 459 | ▲ 19 | Yuno Kitahara | Japan | 12,400 | 448 (07/2026) | 164 |
| 533 | ▼ 11 | Kayo Nishimura | Japan | 9,700 | 485 (08/2026) | 190 |
| 554 | ▼ 1 | Erika Sema | Japan | 9,000 | 114 (10/2011) | 306 |
| 563 | ▲ 1 | Ayano Shimizu | Japan | 8,500 | 175 (05/2019) | 219 |
| 569 | ▲ 5 | Michika Ozeki | Japan | 8,400 | 433 (02/2015) | 249 |
| 570 | ▼ 1 | Mayuka Aikawa | Japan | 8,400 | 468 (06/2023) | 297 |
| 589 | ▼ 1 | Sayaka Ishii | Japan | 7,800 | 188 (03/2025) | 221 |
| 601 | ▼ 2 | Kanon Sawashiro | Japan | 7,500 | 599 (10/2026) | 89 |
| 603 | ▲ 4 | Kisa Yoshioka | Japan | 7,500 | 599 (09/2026) | 175 |
| 613 | ▲ 2 | Natsuki Yoshimoto | Japan | 7,300 | 532 (06/2026) | 89 |
| 638 | = | Ikumi Yamazaki | Japan | 6,600 | 348 (09/2025) | 228 |
| 656 | ▲ 48 | Mutsumi Uemura | Japan | 6,300 | 656 (10/2026) | 72 |
| 662 | ▼ 4 | Wakana Sonobe | Japan | 6,100 | 224 (11/2025) | 101 |
| 671 | = | Sae Noguchi | Japan | 6,000 | 643 (09/2026) | 68 |
| 716 | ▲ 3 | Mayu Crossley | Japan | 5,300 | 353 (09/2025) | 108 |
| 755 | ▼ 1 | Nagi Hanatani | Japan | 4,800 | 356 (08/2020) | 295 |
| 778 | ▼ 2 | Ayumi Miyamoto | Japan | 4,400 | 525 (05/2019) | 120 |
| 779 | ▲ 56 | Haruna Arakawa | Japan | 4,400 | 352 (02/2020) | 283 |
| 818 | ▼ 2 | Honoka Kobayashi | Japan | 3,800 | 607 (09/2025) | 198 |
| 838 | ▼ 1 | Riko Kikawada | Japan | 3,600 | — | 119 |
| 858 | ▲ 1 | Shiho Tsujioka | Japan | 3,400 | 754 (05/2026) | 76 |
| 893 | ▼ 11 | Ayumi Koshiishi | Japan | 3,000 | 367 (07/2025) | 278 |
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The WTA ranking is a rolling 52-week total: each player keeps the points earned from their best results of the past year, and loses them on the anniversary of the tournament concerned. A rank can therefore drop without a single match being lost, simply because the points from a good result last year have just expired.
The tour publishes a new version every Monday. This table reproduces the latest publication in full: every rank is there, in order, with no reconstruction on our part. It does not update during a match.
The "matches since 2021" column is not part of the official ranking. It shows how many singles matches this player has in our corpus, the one our calculations are made on. A high rank with few matches usually signals a return from injury or a recent arrival on the main tour.
Naomi Osaka, ranked 19 in the WTA ranking published on 19/10/2026, with 229,700 points.
1 as of 19/10/2026, out of 48 ranked players in singles.
Each tournament awards points according to its category and the round reached; the ranking adds up the best results of the last 52 weeks, a result replacing the one from the same tournament the previous year. A Grand Slam is worth 2,000 points to the winner, a Masters 1000 is worth 1,000.