Moyuka Uchijima

For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the Australian Open but lost in the first round to Bernarda Pera.

In May, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings and making her the Japanese No. 1 female singles player for the first time.^[]

She qualified for the French Open, making her debut at this major and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round. She lost in the second round to the No. 2 seed, Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets, ending a run of 19 consecutive professional match wins for Uchijima.

She qualified for the Canadian Open and recorded her first WTA 1000 win, over Viktoriya Tomova, before losing to sixth seed Liudmila Samsonova. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 59 on 12 August 2024.

Making her debut at the US Open, Uchijima defeated Tamara Korpatsch in the first round, before losing her next match to Jule Niemeier.

In September at the WTA 250 Thailand Open 2, Uchijima reached her first WTA Tour doubles final partnering with Eudice Chong but lost to top seeds Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva in the championship match.

Partnering Guo Hanyu, she won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the Jiangxi Open, defeating Katarzyna Piter and Fanny Stollár in the final.

Ranked world No. 63, Uchijima defeated Magda Linette to reach the second round at the Australian Open, where she lost to 14th seed Mirra Andreeva in a match which went to a deciding set tiebreak.