Women · BRA
Laura Watanabe
World No. 132
- World ranking
- No. 132, 210 points
- Age
- 22 (born 26 March 2004)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Yuan Wan / Orawan Paranang with Giulia Takahashi | L 2-312-10, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 7-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Connor Green / Anna Hursey with Leonardo Iizuka | L 0-38-11, 5-11, 8-11 |
| 11 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Women's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Audrey Zarif / Isa Cok with Giulia Takahashi | W 3-24-11, 12-14, 11-3, 12-10, 11-7 |
| 11 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Sofia-Xuan Zhang | L 0-35-11, 9-11, 7-11 |
| 11 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Thibault Poret / Prithika Pavade with Leonardo Iizuka | W 3-111-8, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 |
Latest news
News
- Update
WTT Contender Istanbul: Tom Jarvis loses from 2-1 up as Connor Green and Anna Hursey reach the mixed quarter-finals
England's Tom Jarvis, the eighth seed, went out in the first round of the men's singles in Istanbul on Thursday, beaten 3-2 by Nikita Artemenko.
- International
Americas Championships 2026: Calderano and Diaz win singles titles as honours are shared
Hugo Calderano beat his Brazilian teammate Guilherme Teodoro and Adriana Diaz won a seventh continental title in Lima, where no country won more than two events.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Yuan Wan / Orawan Paranang with Giulia Takahashi | L 2-312-10, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 7-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Connor Green / Anna Hursey with Leonardo Iizuka | L 0-38-11, 5-11, 8-11 |
| 11 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Women's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Audrey Zarif / Isa Cok with Giulia Takahashi | W 3-24-11, 12-14, 11-3, 12-10, 11-7 |
| 11 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Sofia-Xuan Zhang | L 0-35-11, 9-11, 7-11 |
| 11 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Thibault Poret / Prithika Pavade with Leonardo Iizuka | W 3-111-8, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Last 32 | Loy Ming Ying / Ser Lin Qian with Giulia Takahashi | L 1-39-11, 13-11, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Xiaona Shan | L 0-33-11, 8-11, 7-11 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Ece Harac | W 3-28-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5, 11-4 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Gaia Monfardini | L 1-34-11, 11-7, 2-11, 12-14 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Elizabet Abraamian | L 0-31-11, 2-11, 6-11 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Women's singles, Last 64 | Sofia Vega | W 3-011-8, 11-8, 11-5 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Oh Junsung / Yoo Yerin with Felipe Arado | L 1-39-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-13 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Tatiana Kukulkova / Elizabet Abraamian with Giulia Takahashi | L 1-32-11, 11-7, 12-14, 3-11 |
| 11 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Asunción 2026Women's doubles, Quarter-final | Edmarie Leon / Kristal Melendez with Giulia Takahashi | L 1-311-6, 6-11, 8-11, 7-11 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Asunción 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Alondra Rodriguez | L 1-311-6, 8-11, 4-11, 6-11 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Asunción 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Clio Barcenas / Arantxa Cossio with Giulia Takahashi | W 3-19-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 |
| 10 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Asunción 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Jose Guillot / Edmarie Leon with Felipe Arado | L 1-311-8, 6-11, 10-12, 4-11 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Audrey Zarif | L 0-39-11, 9-11, 4-11 |
| 5 May 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Enisa Sadikovic | L 2-39-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Women's singles, Group | Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh | W 3-011-7, 11-5, 11-1 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 6-13 | 32% | 0 | 0 | 7-10 |
| 2025 | 14 | 3-11 | 21% | 0 | 0 | 3-14 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0-3 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1-5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0-1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1-2 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 1-1 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2022, main draw and qualifying, walkovers left out. Team-event matches are listed under recent matches but not counted here.
Head to head
Singles against the players met most often.
- Sofia Vega2-0
- Isa Cok0-2
- Arantxa Cossio0-2
- Ece Harac1-0
- Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh1-0
- Zhanerke Koshkumbayeva1-0
- Nina Darovcova1-0
- Paulina Vega1-0
- Sofia Kano1-0
- Malissa Nasri1-0
Where the ranking points come from
210 points from 8 counted results (ITTF world ranking, week 46, 9 November 2026). A player's best results over 12 months count; each drops off a year after the event.
| Event | Result | Points | Drops off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITTF-Americas Championships Lima 2026 | Last 16 | 45 | Counts | 1 November 2027 |
| World Team Championships London 2026 | Last 32 (team) | 45 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026 | Last 32 | 30 | Counts | 2 August 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Senec 2026 | Last 16 | 25 | Counts | 3 May 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 20 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 20 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Contender Tunis 2026 | Qualifying | 15 | Counts | 5 April 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| ITTF-Americas Team Championships Lima 2026 | Semi-final (team) | 23 | Not counted | 1 November 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| ITTF Mixed Team World Cup Chengdu 2025 | Last 16 (team) | 8 | Not counted | 7 December 2026 |
| ITTF-Americas South American Championships Santiago 2026 | Last 16 | 5 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Asunción 2026 | Last 32 | 2 | Not counted | 19 July 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026 | Last 64 | 2 | Not counted | 29 March 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Havirov 2026 | Last 64 | 2 | Not counted | 26 April 2027 |
| ITTF-Americas Cup San Francisco 2026 | Qualifying | 0 | Not counted | 8 February 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | R64 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | R32 | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Q | Q | 0 |
| China Smash | – | Q | 0 |
| United States Smash | Q | Q | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Q | Q | 0 |
W won, F final, SF semi-final, QF quarter-final, R16 last 16 and so on; Grp group stage, Q qualifying, – did not play or no record, Not held: no event that year. Singles, except the World Team Championships, which show the team's finish in years the player played or won a medal. Full results from 2025 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, checked 10 November 2026.