Australian Open Women | 01/07 02:55 | 14 | [161] Mai Hontama v Astra Sharma [236] | 6-3,3-6,4-6 | |
WTA Auckland | 12/31 05:30 | 25 | [117] Robin Montgomery v Mai Hontama [157] | 6-3,2-6,6-0 | |
WTA Auckland | 12/29 00:20 | 19 | [157] Mai Hontama v Anna-Lena Friedsam [243] | 6-4,5-7,6-7 | |
WTA Auckland | 12/28 02:05 | 45 | [157] Mai Hontama v Irene Burillo Escorihuela [219] | 6-1,6-2 | |
WTA Jiujiang | 10/29 08:25 | 25 | [140] Mai Hontama v Sijia Wei [132] | 2-6,6-3,1-6 | |
WTA Tokyo | 10/21 04:10 | 25 | [68] Varvara Gracheva v Mai Hontama [137] | 6-1,7-6 | |
WTA Tokyo | 10/20 01:30 | 19 | [126] Mai Hontama v Ayano Shimizu [279] | 3-6,6-3,6-4 | |
WTA Tokyo | 10/19 02:55 | 14 | [126] Mai Hontama v Miyu Kato [38] | 6-3,6-3 | |
WTA Osaka | 10/15 07:35 | 25 | [28] Elise Mertens v Mai Hontama [126] | 6-1,6-1 | |
WTA Wuhan | 10/07 14:25 | 24 | [134] Mai Hontama v Magdalena Frech [27] | 0-6,4-6 | |
WTA Wuhan | 10/06 04:30 | 19 | [116] Mai Hontama v Ana Bogdan [120] | 6-3,7-6 | |
WTA Wuhan | 10/05 09:35 | 14 | [269] Xiaodi You v Mai Hontama [116] | 6-3,3-6,0-6 |
Mai Hontama (本玉真唯) (born 30 August 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Hontama has a career-high singles ranking of 105 by the WTA, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of 109, set on 6 November 2023.
Hontama made her WTA Tour debut at the WTA 500 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic, after qualifying for the main draw. She reached the quarterfinals, defeating former world No. 4, Caroline Garcia in the first round, her first top 100 win, 11th seed Anett Kontaveit by walkover and Shelby Rogers, before falling to eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza.
She made her Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships after qualifying, where she recorded the first major match win in her career, over Clara Tauson.
At her home tournament, the WTA 500 Pan Pacific Open, she reached the second round in 2023, after qualifying and defeating compatriot Nao Hibino before she lost to the top seed Iga Świątek.
She received a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open making her main-draw debut at this major but lost to ninth seed Barbora Krejčíková.
She made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells, after qualifying into the main draw, and recorded her first win at this level defeating Zhang Shuai, but lost to 31st seed Marta Kostyuk, in the second round.
Ranked No. 116, she also made her debut at the WTA 1000 China Open, as a lucky loser, after the late withdrawal of Amanda Anisimova, losing in the first round to Wang Xinyu.