Ryoko Takemura (born 2 June 1976) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She competed predominantly on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning three singles and nine doubles titles.
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | 2 June 1976 |
Prize money | $76,054 |
Singles | |
Career record | 139–148 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 325 (21 June 2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 141–115 |
Career titles | 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 165 (3 October 2005) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2004) |
In 1999 she won a Universiade bronze medal for Japan in the women's doubles with Seiko Okamoto.
At the 2004 Australian Open, Takemura and Seiko Okamoto were given a wildcard into the doubles main draw, where they were beaten in the opening round by second seeds Martina Navratilova and Lisa Raymond.[1]
In 2005, she teamed up with Tomoko Yonemura to win three $25k tournaments, and reached her best doubles ranking of 165 in the world.
ITF finals
editLegend |
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$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 6 (3–3)
editOutcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 28 September 1997 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Amanda Grahame | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 13 October 1997 | ITF Haibara, Japan | Grass | Keiko Ishida | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 16 August 1998 | ITF Alghero, Italy | Hard | Laura Dell'Angelo | 2–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 April 2003 | ITF Yamaguchi, Japan | Clay | Sanda Mamić | 2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 31 August 2003 | ITF Saitama, Japan | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 7 September 2003 | ITF Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Tomoyo Takagishi | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 19 (9–10)
editOutcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 13 October 1997 | ITF Haibara, Japan | Grass | Nao Akahori | Keiko Ishida Won Kyung-joo |
3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 24 August 1998 | Milan, Italy | Grass | Hiroko Mochizuki | Marijana Kovačević Giulia Casoni |
4–6, 7–6(5), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 6 September 1998 | Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Hiroko Mochizuki | Jelena Kostanić Tošić Michaela Paštiková |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 March 2000 | Haikou, China | Hard | Chae Kyung-yee | Gréta Arn Julie Pullin |
5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 26 March 2000 | Nanjing, China | Hard | Chae Kyung-yee | Li Na Li Ting |
6–7(4), 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 17 July 2000 | Baltimore, United States | Hard | Tomoe Hotta | Courtenay Chapman Weng Tzu-ting |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 24 July 2000 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Tomoe Hotta | Rika Fujiwara Anne Plessinger |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 July 2001 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | Yuka Yoshida | Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb |
2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 5. | 7 July 2002 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | Yuka Yoshida | Teryn Ashley Vanessa Webb |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 10 March 2003 | Benalla, Australia | Grass | Rushmi Chakravarthi | Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk |
3–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 10 August 2003 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | Kim Jin-hee | Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung |
2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 5. | 25 August 2003 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Chang Kyung-mi | Hsieh Su-wei Mari Inoue |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1 September 2003 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Chang Kyung-mi | Shizu Katsumi Keiko Taguchi |
6–1, 6–7(3), 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 15 September 2003 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet (i) | Chang Kyung-mi | Hsieh Su-wei Mari Inoue |
7–5, 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | 29 May 2005 | Nagano, Japan | Carpet | Tomoko Yonemura | Kim Hea-mi Keiko Taguchi |
6–1, 7–6(5) |
Winner | 8. | 24 September 2005 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Tomoko Yonemura | Jeon Mi-ra Ayami Takase |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 23 October 2005 | Makinohara, Japan | Carpet | Tomoko Yonemura | Seiko Okamoto Ayami Takase |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 4 June 2006 | Gunma, Japan | Carpet | Akiko Yonemura | Christina Horiatopoulos Trudi Musgrave |
1–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 31 October 2006 | ITF Sutama, Japan | Clay | Mari Tanaka | Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto |
2–6, 3–6 |
References
edit- ^ Johnson, Martin (22 January 2004). "Navratilova plays safe". Daily Telegraph.