2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster
Nao Nishino
- Hometown:
- Tokyo, Japan
- High School:
- Nisai Virtual Online Academy
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-4
Ohio State Career
- Fall 2025 NCAA Singles qualifier
- 2025 ITA Midwest Regional singles champion
- 2025 B1G All-Freshman Team
- Two-time B1G Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2024, Oct. 22, 2025)
- Earned first national singles ranking Feb. 5, 2025 and reached as high as No. 86, ending season No. 96; ranked in doubles late in 2024-25, ending year No. 79 with Audrey Spencer
- In singles, ranked 60th to start Fall 2025 and was 68th at the end of the fall campaign
- Ranked in doubles with Spencer to start Fall 2025 (No. 63) and at the end (No. 65)
- 2025 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- ITA Midwest Regional Championships singles winner
- NCAA qualifier, earning spot after reaching regional final
- 11-4 in singles in the fall, with 4-5 doubles mark
- Won two matches in qualifying to reach main draw at season-opening ITA All-American Championships; fell to the No. 3 seed in the Round of 64 and then won three matches in consolation before a loss
- Won six matches, all in straight sets, to earn ITA Midwest Regional title; second Buckeye to win regional singles crown
- Named B1G Athlete of the Week after winning regionals
- Fell in NCAA first round match
- In doubles, paired with Audrey Spencer at ITA All-American Championships; duo won twice in prequalifying to advance, before falling in first round of qualifying
- Won opening-round doubles match at ITA Midwest Regionals with Hephzibah Oluwadare
- 1-2 with Spencer at ITA Central Sectional Championships, falling in super tiebreaker in Round of 32 before going 1-1 in consolation
- Ranked 60th in singles to start the fall and No. 68 at the end
- In doubles, paired with Spencer at No. 63 to begin the campaign and No. 65 at the end of fall
- Voted to B1G All-Freshman Team
- 25-8 in singles, with 23-8 doubles mark overall; in dual play, had a 13-3 dual mark in singles and 18-7 ledger in doubles; played on courts two through five, paced by 8-2 mark on court four
- 6-2 in league matches in singles and 9-2 in doubles
- Clinched 4-3 win in Big Ten Tournament final vs. Michigan with three-set victory
- Entered rankings at No. 107 Feb. 5 and was as high as No. 86 Feb. 20
- Tied for ninth in career singles wins for a freshman in program history
- Made Ohio State debut Oct. 4-6 at ND Invite; won first collegiate match vs. Salma Farhat of Columbia, 6-1, 6-0; also won first collegiate doubles match, pairing with Shelly Bereznyak to down a team from host Notre Dame
- Selected B1G Player of the Week after 6-0 record, with three Flight A singles and three doubles victories, at MSU Spartan Invite
- Posted two straight-set wins in qualifying to reach main draw at ITA Midwest Regionals; won first main draw match before falling in three sets in the second round to Michigan's No. 45-ranked Lily Jones
- Picked up a first-round win at regionals in doubles with Bereznyak
- Won final six matches of the fall, with 3-0 records at UT Home Invitational and MSU Spartan Invite; all six wins came in straight sets
- Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honoree
- Reached as high as No. 125 in the ITF junior rankings
- Played in 2023 US Open junior event
- Completed A-levels in maths and psychology
- Parents are Mihoko and Tomoki, who are both graduates of Keio University in Tokyo; Tomoki also earned a graduate degree at Northwestern
- Has two older siblings - Taisei, who is attending Keio University, and Momoko, a graduate of Tokyo University
- Psychology major
| Singles | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Dual | B1G | Tourn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25-8 | -- | 1-0 | 2-1 | 8-2 | 2-0 | -- | 13-3 | 6-2 | 12-5 |
| 2025-26 | 11-4 | 11-4 | ||||||||
| Total | 36-12 | -- | 1-0 | 2-1 | 8-2 | 2-0 | -- | 13-3 | 6-2 | 23-9 |
| Doubles | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | Dual | B1G | Tourn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23-8 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 10-0 | 14-3 | 9-2 | 9-5 |
| 2025-26 | 4-5 | 4-5 | |||||
| Total | 27-13 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 10-0 | 14-3 | 9-2 | 13-10 |
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