Ayaka Maekawa (前川 綾香, Maekawa Ayaka, born 23 August 1983) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.[1]

Ayaka Maekawa
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1983-08-23) 23 August 1983 (age 41)
Prize money$61,791
Singles
Career record134–120
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 315 (31 August 2009)
Doubles
Career record125–88
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 210 (22 November 2010)

Maekawa reached a best singles ranking of 315 and won three titles on the ITF Circuit. As a doubles player, she won eight ITF titles and featured in WTA Tour main draws, with her best performance a quarterfinal appearance at the 2010 Japan Open in Osaka.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–0)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 29 October 2007 ITF Kōfu, Japan Hard   Mayumi Yamamoto 6–4, 7–6(6)
Win 2. 1 September 2008 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard   Kim Jooh-young 6–4, 6–3
Win 3. 20 September 2008 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet   Hsu Wen-hsin 7–5, 6–4

Doubles (8–11)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 10 September 2006 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet   Natsumi Hamamura   Maki Arai
  Yukiko Yabe
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1. 23 September 2006 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard   Natsumi Hamamura   Kumiko Iijima
  Junri Namigata
7–6(4), 3–6, 2–6
Win 2. 27 May 2007 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet   Natsumi Hamamura   Mari Tanaka
  Akiko Yonemura
7–6(2), 6–3
Loss 2. 10 July 2007 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet   Natsumi Hamamura   Zhang Shuai
  Zhao Yijing
4–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 22 September 2007 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard   Natsumi Hamamura   Ayumi Oka
  Tomoko Sugano
2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 4 November 2007 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard   Varatchaya Wongteanchai   Maki Arai
  Chang Kyung-mi
7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Win 3. 28 March 2008 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard   Varatchaya Wongteanchai   Tomoko Dokei
  Etsuko Kitazaki
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 24 May 2008 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet   Hwang I-hsuan   Erika Sema
  Yurika Sema
3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 4. 22 June 2008 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay   Ayumi Oka   Kazusa Ito
  Tomoko Taira
6–3, 6–4
Win 5. 18 August 2008 ITF Gimhae, South Korea Hard   Kim So-jung   Cho Jeong-a
  Kim Ji-young
2–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 6. 1 September 2008 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard   Kim So-jung   Chae Kyung-yee
  Chang Kyung-mi
5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Win 6. 9 March 2009 ITF North Shore, New Zealand Hard   Kim So-jung   Alison Bai
  Renee Binnie
7–5, 7–6
Win 7. 16 March 2009 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand Hard   Kim So-jung   Jessy Rompies
  Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–5, 6–3
Win 8. 23 March 2009 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard   Kim So-jung   Chae Kyung-yee
  Kim Hae-sung
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7. 10 May 2009 Fukuoka International, Japan Grass   Junri Namigata   Akiko Yonemura
  Tomoko Yonemura
2–6, 7–6(3), [3–10]
Loss 8. 17 May 2009 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass   Chang Kai-chen   Lu Jingjing
  Sun Shengnan
3–6, 2–6
Loss 9. 30 May 2010 ITF Kusatsu, Japan Carpet   Maya Kato   Kumiko Iijima
  Tomoko Yonemura
7–6(5), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 10. 28 September 2010 ITF Hamanako, Japan Clay   Kao Shao-yuan   Erika Sema
  Kumiko Iijima
2–6, 1–6
Loss 11. 9 July 2010 ITF Fuzhou, China Hard   Kao Shao-yuan   Liu Shaozhuo
  Xu Yifan
6–3, 1–6, [2–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Davis Cup star for Hamilton". Stuff.co.nz. 20 March 2009.
  2. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Osaka - 11 October - 17 October 2010". itftennis.com.
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