title: Kaoru Shibata
text: # Kaoru Shibata
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  ## ITF finals
  
  * $50,000 tournaments
  * $25,000 tournaments
  
  ### Doubles (3–2)
  
  | Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Winner | 1. | 4 May 1997 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | Saori Obata | Shinobu Asagoe Yasuko Nishimata | 6–3, 7–5 |
  | Runner-up | 1 | 19 May 1997 | Sochi, Russia | Hard | Nino Louarsabishvili | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva | 6–3, 3–6, 0–6 |
  | Winner | 2. | 27 July 1997 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | Sonya Jeyaseelan | Julie Pullin Amanda Wainwright | 6–4, 6–1 |
  | Runner-up | 2. | 3 August 1997 | Lexington, United States | Hard | Katarina Srebotnik | Elly Hakami Danielle Jones | 2–6, 5–7 |
  | Winner | 3. | 8 June 1998 | Sochi, Russia | Hard | Saori Obata | Nino Louarsabishvili Elena Tatarkova | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
  