The 21st century
Japan · born Akashi, Hyōgo, 1994 · left-handed · Wimbledon wheelchair singles champion 2026 and nine times doubles champion
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9
Wimbledon doubles titles, 2014 to 2026
6-0, 6-0
2026 Wimbledon singles final against Diede de Groot
4
Wimbledon doubles titles in a row with Jordanne Whiley
13
Major singles titles to 2026
Born in 1994 and raised in Akashi, Hyōgo, Kamiji has said she took up tennis because she wanted to play with her sister. She made her Paralympic debut as a teenager at London 2012, won her first major singles titles at the French and US Opens in 2014 and became world No. 1 that May. With Jordanne Whiley she won all four major doubles titles in 2014. She took Paralympic singles bronze at Rio in 2016, silver and doubles bronze at Tokyo, and both golds at Paris in 2024, beating Diede de Groot in the singles final. By the end of 2026 she held 13 major singles and 25 major doubles titles. In 2026 she won her first Wimbledon singles title, beating De Groot 6-0, 6-0 to complete a career Golden Slam, and the doubles with Zhu Zhenzhen.
| Major singles titles | 1: Wimbledon (2026) |
|---|---|
| Major singles finals lost | 2: Wimbledon (2022, 2025) |
| Major doubles titles | 9: Wimbledon (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026) |
| Other grass singles titles | 2: British Open (2024, 2025) |
| Wimbledon doubles partners | Jordanne Whiley 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021; Diede de Groot 2018; Dana Mathewson 2022; Kgothatso Montjane 2024; Zhu Zhenzhen 2026 |
| Wimbledon singles finals | 2022: lost to De Groot 4-6, 2-6. 2025: lost to Wang Ziying 3-6, 3-6. 2026: beat De Groot 6-0, 6-0 |
| Doubles final to remember | 2017, with Whiley: beat Marjolein Buis and De Groot 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, winning the last nine games |
| British Open, Roehampton | 2025: retained the title, beating Aniek van Koot 6-0, 6-4 |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Jordanne Whiley |
| 2015 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Jordanne Whiley |
| 2016 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Jordanne Whiley |
| 2017 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Jordanne Whiley |
| 2018 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Diede de Groot |
| 2021 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Jordanne Whiley |
| 2022 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Dana Mathewson |
| 2024 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Kgothatso Montjane |
| 2026 | Women's wheelchair doubles | with Zhu Zhenzhen |
| 2026 | Women's wheelchair singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"I cannot really believe it has happened."
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Wimbledon 2017 · Doubles final
Whiley had been out injured for about eight months and the pair had not played together since the previous Wimbledon. A set down to Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot, they won the last nine games for a fourth straight title. "There is nothing more satisfying than winning with her," Kamiji said.
Source: The Japan TimesMelbourne 2020
When Whiley returned from about 18 months away to have a baby, Kamiji partnered her again, and in January 2020 they beat the top seeds De Groot and Aniek van Koot for the Australian Open doubles. Whiley said Kamiji had put a lot of trust in her. Kamiji's explanation: "When we are good, we're smiling and having fun, not just playing."
Source: ITF2020
Trailing De Groot 14-17 in their meetings, including six straight defeats, Kamiji was generous about the Dutchwoman. "She makes me feel like I need to practice more as she develops her skills," she said. She had chosen tennis over basketball, table tennis and wheelchair marathons partly because it is not a contact sport.
Source: ITFMarch 2026
After Paris she said her aim had widened to showing people what wheelchair tennis is, for spectators as well as players. Asked about her plans, she said "it's a little bit secret, so I can't tell you all", and on Los Angeles 2028 she would only say that her focus was the Wimbledon singles title.
Source: The NationalWimbledon 2026 · Singles final
A year after losing the final to Wang Ziying, she beat De Groot 6-0, 6-0 to win Wimbledon at last and become the sixth wheelchair player to complete a career Golden Slam in singles. "I was very disappointed after losing last year's final," she said, adding that she kept thinking back to the people who had helped her get there.
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