# Shiho Akita

Shiho Akita (秋田 史帆, Akita Shiho, born 18 January 1990) is a Japanese professional tennis player.
Akita has a career-high WTA rankings of 221 in singles and 369 in doubles. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
In 2012, she made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in the doubles event of Pattaya Open, partnering Nicole Rottmann. The pair reached the quarterfinals, losing to second seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Tamarine Tanasugarn.

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)

* Legend
* W25 tournaments
* W10/15 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–8)
* Carpet (2–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2008 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | W10 | Hard | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2009 | ITF Miyazaki, Japan | W10 | Carpet | Junri Namigata | 6–7$^{(6)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2009 | ITF Niigata, Japan | W10 | Carpet | Remi Tezuka | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2009 | ITF Saitama, Japan | W10 | Hard | Sachie Ishizu | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jul 2010 | ITF Pattaya, Thailand | W10 | Hard | Nudnida Luangnam | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Sep 2010 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | W25 | Hard | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jun 2017 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | W25 | Carpet | Kumiko Iijima | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jun 2013 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | W10 | Hard | Akiko Yonemura | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–5 | Sep 2016 | ITF Noto, Japan | W25 | Carpet | Ayano Shimizu | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Sep 2016 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Gao Xinyu | 2–6, 6–1, 5–7 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Mar 2017 | ITF Nishitama, Japan | W15 | Hard | Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–7 | Nov 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Hard | Magdaléna Pantůčková | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–7 | Mar 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | W25 | Hard | Irina Ramialison | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–8 | May 2024 | ITF Fukui, Japan | W15 | Hard | Mio Mushika | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6–9 | May 2024 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | W15 | Hard | Rina Saigo | 6–4, 6–7$^{(6)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 7–9 | Jul 2024 | ITF Sapporo, Japan | W15 | Hard | Lee Eun-hye | 3–6, 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7–10 | Dec 2024 | ITF Wellington, New Zealand | W15 | Hard | Janice Tjen | 4–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

* Legend
* W25 tournaments
* W10/15 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–5)
* Grass (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2013 | ITF Karuizawa, Japan | W25 | Grass | Sachie Ishizu | Miki Miyamura Erika Takao | 7–5, 7–6$^{(8)}$ |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2013 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | W10 | Hard | Akari Inoue | Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta | 6–1, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt | W10 | Hard | Yuuki Tanaka | Kajsa Rinaldo Persson Caroline Rohde-Moe | 6–2, 7–6$^{(3)}$ |
| Loss | 2–2 | Aug 2016 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | W25 | Hard | Miki Miyamura | Lu Jiajing Akiko Omae | 3–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2017 | ITF Nishitama, Japan | W15 | Hard | Erika Sema | Momoko Kobori Kotomi Takahata | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jun 2018 | ITF Daegu, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Misaki Doi | Chang Kai-chen Hsu Ching-wen | 1–2 ret. |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2024 | ITF Sapporo, Japan | W15 | Hard | Choi Ji-hee | Ayumi Miyamoto Anri Nagata | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–7$^{(5)}$, [10–8] |
| Loss | 3–5 | Dec 2024 | ITF Wellington, New Zealand | W15 | Hard | Nanari Katsumi | Monique Barry Merel Hoedt | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Dec 2024 | ITF Tauranga, New Zealand | W35 | Hard | Hiromi Abe | Julia Grabher Elyse Tse | 6–2, 6–2 |