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Career snapshot of 2021 Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka.
CAREER SNAPSHOT OF NEWLY-CROWNED AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION NAOMI OSAKA
NAOMI OSAKA (JPN)
Age: 23
Born: Osaka, Japan. Lives: Los Angeles, USA
Height: 180cm
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Ranking: 3
Career prize money: $A25,331,083
Career titles: 7
Career win-loss record: 240-133
Grand slam titles: 4 (Australian Open 2019, 2021; US Open 2018, 2020)
Grand slam win-loss record: 53-14
Australian Open win-loss record: 22-4
Best Australian Open results: champion 2019, 2021
Coach: Wim Fissette
ROAD TO OPEN GLORY
1st rd: bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-1 6-2
2nd rd: bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-2 6-3
3rd rd: bt 27-Ons Jabeur (TUN) 6-3 6-2
4th rd: bt 14-Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4-6 6-4 7-5
QF: bt Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 6-2 6-2
SF: bt 10-Serena Williams (USA) 6-3 6-4
F: bt 22-Jennifer Brady (USA) 6-4 6-3