Ayano Shimizu

Ayano Shimizu is one of those athletes who flies under the radar outside Japan, but that's kind of the point — she's a tennis player who just gets on with it, no reality-TV drama, no crossover celebrity moment, just racket in hand and court underfoot. Born in April 1998, she's part of that late-90s wave of Japanese players who grew up watching the sport professionalize in serious ways, training smarter and traveling farther than any generation before them. I don't have a highlight reel of her biggest wins to point to, but I respect anyone who builds a career swinging at high-speed balls for a living. That alone earns a nod from me.

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Ayano Shimizu is a Japanese professional tennis player born on April 11, 1998. She competes under her real name and maintains a presence on X (formerly Twitter). From Maebashi, Gunma, she turned professional in 2017, reached a career-high singles ranking of 175 in 2019 and a doubles ranking of 106 in 2025, and has won eight singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Name (English)

Ayano Shimizu

Name (Japanese)

清水綾乃

Reading

しみず あやの

Born

April 11, 1998 (age 28)

Origin

Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Height

162 cm

Occupation

Tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

• Xhttps://x.com/lovears11
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E7%B6%BE%E4%B9%83%20(%E3%83%86%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53648288

Tags

• Tennis player

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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