Background
Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother.
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Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother.
On 1 February 2016, Osaka reached her best singles ranking of world number 108. On 1 December 2014, she peaked at world number 1269 in the doubles rankings. Osaka made her main draw Women's Tennis Association tour debut at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic, having firstly entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Alla Kudryavtseva and Petra Martić for a spot in the main draw.
She was then pitted against 2011 United States Open champion Samantha Stosur and came from a set down to defeat the Australian in a match lasting two-and-a-half hours. lieutenant was Osaka"s first ever main draw match win at the Women's Tennis Association level During the 2015 Women's Tennis Association Finals she won the Rising Stars Invitational exhibiton tournament, defeating Caroline Garcia in the final.
