{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1973)}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Kaoru Shibata | image = | fullname = Kaoru Shibata | country_represented = {{JPN}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $52,885 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 252 (30 September 1996) | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 117 (22 September 1997) | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = | USOpenDoublesresult = }} '''Kaoru Shibata''' (born 25 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
==Biography== Shibata was born in Tokyo, but grew up in the United States, where she moved to as a child in 1975. She attended Libertyville High School in Chicago.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-09-28-8703130690-story.html#|title=Libertyville Gets Best of Both Worlds|date=28 September 1987|work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=14 September 2018}}</ref>
During the 1990s she competed on the professional tour, reaching career best rankings of 252 in singles and 117 in doubles.
At the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka she won a gold medal in the singles competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2013/07/16/prep-chatter-sabrina-santamaria-takes-silver-in-world-university-games-tennis/|title=Sabrina Santamaria takes silver in World University Games tennis|date=16 July 2013|work=Daily Breeze|accessdate=14 September 2018}}</ref>
==ITF finals== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" width=12% |- style="background:#addfad;" | $50,000 tournaments |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |} ===Doubles (3–2)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% |- ! Result ! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! Score |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 4 May 1997 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Saori Obata | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinobu Asagoe <br> {{flagicon|JPN}} Yasuko Nishimata | 6–3, 7–5 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1 | {{dts|19 May 1997}} | Sochi, Russia | Hard | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Nino Louarsabishvili | {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Kulikovskaya <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Sysoeva | 6–3, 3–6, 0–6 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 27 July 1997 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Sonya Jeyaseelan | {{flagicon|GBR}} Julie Pullin <br/> {{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright | 6–4, 6–1 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 3 August 1997 | Lexington, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik | {{flagicon|USA}} Elly Hakami <br/> {{flagicon|AUS}} Danielle Jones | 2–6, 5–7 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | {{dts|8 June 1998}} | Sochi, Russia | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Saori Obata | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Nino Louarsabishvili <br/> {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Tatarkova | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shibata, Kaoru}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese female tennis players Category:Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Category:Tennis players from Tokyo Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Category:Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Category:20th-century Japanese women Category:21st-century Japanese women