# Aoi Ito

Aoi Itō (Japanese: 伊藤 あおい, Hepburn: Itō Aoi, born 21 May 2004) is a Japanese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 106, by the WTA achieved on 17 March 2025, and also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 180, achieved on 16 September 2024. Ito has won one WTA 125 singles title.

## Career

In September 2024, Ito won her third singles and eighth doubles ITF titles at the W50 in Nanao, Japan.
On her WTA debut at the 2024 Japan Open, where she qualified for the main draw, Ito reached her first WTA Tour semifinal defeating Sofia Kenin and upsetting eighth seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto, for her first top 50 career win. She then defeated lucky loser Eva Lys in the quarterfinals, before losing in the last four to Kimberly Birrell.
Ito won her first WTA 125 title at the 2025 Canberra Tennis International, defeating defending champion and top seed Nuria Párrizas Díaz in the semifinals and Wei Sijia in the final. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 109 on 6 January 2025.
Ito qualified for her first WTA 1000 tournament at the 2025 Qatar Open, defeating Anna Bondár and Varvara Gracheva both in straight sets to earn a spot in the main draw. She then faced Jeļena Ostapenko in the first round, losing in straight sets in just under one hour.
Following the Qatar Open, Ito qualified for the 2025 Dubai Open, ousting Americans Taylor Townsend and Ashlyn Krueger in straight sets. In the first round, she faced Belinda Bencic, losing this time in straight sets. She also played doubles, partnering Russian player Ekaterina Yashina. They lost in the first round to the more experienced pair of Beatriz Haddad Maia and Laura Siegemund.

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2025 | Workday Canberra International, Australia | Hard | Sijia Wei | 6–4, 6–3 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* W100 tournaments
* W75 tournaments
* W50 tournaments
* W35 tournaments
* W15 tournaments
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2023 | ITF Hinode, Japan | W15 | Hard | Natsumi Kawaguchi | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2023 | ITF Kashiwa, Japan | W15 | Hard | Kisa Yoshioka | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2024 | Burnie International, Australia | W75 | Hard | Maya Joint | 6–1, 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2024 | ITF Hinode, Japan | W15 | Hard | Maegan Manasse | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | May 2024 | ITF Goyang, South Korea | W50 | Hard | Hanna Chang | 6–7$^{(2)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Jun 2024 | ITF Kawaguchi, Japan | W15 | Hard | Mao Mushika | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–4 | Sep 2024 | ITF Nanao, Japan | W50 | Carpet | Ayano Shimizu | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Nov 2024 | ITF Hamamatsu, Japan | W35 | Carpet | Mei Yamaguchi | 6–4, 3–5 ret. |
| Win | 4–5 | Nov 2024 | Takasaki Open, Japan | W100 | Hard | Wei Sijia | 7–5, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend
* W100 tournaments
* W40/50 tournaments
* W25/35 tournaments
* W15 tournaments
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2022 | ITF Caloundra, Australia | W15 | Hard | Nanari Katsumi | Monique Barry Vivian Yang | 2–6, 6–7$^{(5)}$ |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2022 | ITF Caloundra, Australia | W15 | Hard | Nanari Katsumi | Monique Barry Stefani Webb | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2022 | ITF Nanao, Japan | W25 | Carpet | Rinon Okuwaki | Funa Kozaki Ikumi Yamazaki | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5)}$, [5–10] |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 2022 | ITF Hamamatsu, Japan | W25 | Carpet | Haruna Arakawa | Erina Hayashi Kanako Morisaki | 6–1, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 2023 | ITF Osaka, Japan | W15 | Hard | Mio Mushika | Choi Ji-hee Lee Ya-hsuan | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5)}$, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2023 | ITF Kawaguchi, Japan | W15 | Hard | Miyu Nakashima | Ayumi Miyamoto Lisa-Marie Rioux | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jul 2023 | ITF Hong Kong, China | W25 | Hard | Erika Sema | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu | 5–7, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Loss | 5–3 | Aug 2023 | ITF Hong Kong, China | W40 | Hard | Erika Sema | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu | 6–3, 3–6, [9–11] |
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2023 | ITF Kyoto, Japan | W25 | Hard | Tsao Chia-yi | Hiromi Abe Anri Nagata | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–3 | Oct 2023 | ITF Nanao, Japan | W40 | Carpet | Erika Sema | Miho Kuramochi Kanako Morisaki | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Oct 2023 | ITF Hamamatsu, Japan | W25 | Carpet | Haruna Arakawa | Hiromi Abe Natsumi Kawaguchi | 6–3, 4–6, [4–10] |
| Loss | 7–5 | Nov 2023 | ITF Yokohama, Japan | W40 | Hard | Natsumi Kawaguchi | Liang En-shuo Tang Qianhui | walkover |
| Loss | 7–6 | Mar 2024 | ITF Swan Hill, Australia | W35 | Grass | Alana Parnaby | Sakura Hosogi Misaki Matsuda | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | May 2024 | Fukuoka, Japan | W75 | Carpet | Haruna Arakawa | Rutuja Bhosale Paige Hourigan | 6–3, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 7–8 | Sep 2024 | Incheon Open, South Korea | W100 | Hard | Feng Shuo | Tang Qianhui Zheng Wushuang | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–8 | Sep 2024 | ITF Nanao, Japan | W50 | Carpet | Naho Sato | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu | 6–1, 6–3 |