Maiko Inoue

Maiko Inoue Sato (井上 摩衣子, Inoue Maiko, born 5 February 1979) is a Japanese former tennis player. She is a younger sister of Haruka Inoue.[1]

Maiko Inoue
Full nameMaiko Inoue Sato
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1979-02-05) 5 February 1979
Okinawa, Japan
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$73,982
Singles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 299 (29 September 1997)
Doubles
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 139 (9 July 2001)

A right-handed player, Inoue began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. She left the tour in 2003, before returning in 2007 and featuring as a doubles specialist.

During her career she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 139. She made several WTA Tour main-draw appearances in doubles and won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a singles player, she was ranked as high as 299 in the world, winning two ITF titles.[2]

Inoue, who retired in 2012, is married to former tennis player Bumpei Sato.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–2)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 30 September 1996 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Keiko Nagatomi 4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 22 November 1998 Haibara, Japan Clay Japan Keiko Ishida 6–4, 6–3
Winner 2. 29 November 1998 Nagasaki, Japan Grass Japan Rika Fujiwara 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(3)
Runner-up 2. 18 September 2002 Kyoto, Japan Hard (i) Japan Tomoko Yonemura 3–6, 3–6

Doubles (9–11)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 17 February 1997 Faro, Portugal Hard Japan Riei Kawamata France Sylvie Sallaberry
Switzerland Aliénor Tricerri
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 16 November 1998 Haibara Japan Clay Japan Yasuko Nishimata Japan Keiko Ishida
Japan Tomoko Ishida
7–5, 6–7(7), 3–6
Winner 2. 30 August 1999 Kuroshio, Japan Hard Australia Kerry-Anne Guse South Africa Mareze Joubert
United Kingdom Kate Warne Holland
6–4, 7–6(3)
Runner-up 2. 12 December 1999 Manila, Philippines Hard Japan Haruka Inoue China Li Ting
China Li Na
3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 10 January 2000 Boca Raton, United States Hard China Li Ting Czech Republic Olga Blahotová
Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 26 March 2000 Stone Mountain, United States Hard Japan Haruka Inoue Australia Trudi Musgrave
Australia Bryanne Stewart
4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up 4. 14 October 2001 Saga, Japan Grass Japan Shiho Hisamatsu Japan Rika Hiraki
Japan Nana Smith
0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 8 September 2002 Kyoto, Japan Hard (i) Japan Shiho Hisamatsu Japan Shizu Katsumi
Japan Akiko Kinebuchi
4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 15 September 2002 Hiroshima, Japan Clay Japan Keiko Taguchi Sweden Helena Ejeson
Denmark Andrea Munch-Hermansen
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 22 September 2002 Kyoto, Japan Hard (i) Japan Shiho Hisamatsu Japan Maki Arai
Japan Kaori Aoyama
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 7. 20 October 2002 Haibara, Japan Carpet Japan Haruka Inoue Japan Remi Tezuka
Japan Yuka Yoshida
0–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 27 October 2002 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Haruka Inoue Japan Keiko Taguchi
Japan Nami Urabe
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 19 August 2007 Tokyo, Japan Carpet Japan Mari Inoue China Zhao Yijing
China Song Shanshan
3–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 2 September 2007 Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Mayumi Yamamoto Japan Tomoko Dokei
Japan Yukiko Yabe
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 9. 31 August 2008 Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Airi Hagimoto Chinese Taipei Hsu Wen-hsin
Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan
4–6, 3–6
Winner 7. 8 August 2009 Niigata, Japan Carpet Japan Airi Hagimoto Japan Maki Arai
Japan Etsuko Kitazaki
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 10. 29 August 2009 Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Airi Hagimoto Japan Maki Arai
Japan Mari Tanaka
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 11. 26 March 2010 Kofu, Japan Hard Japan Shiho Hisamatsu Japan Maki Arai
Japan Seiko Okamoto
4–6, 4–6
Winner 8. 11 July 2010 Tokyo, Japan Carpet Japan Maki Arai Japan Airi Hagimoto
Japan Kaori Onishi
6–2, 7–5
Winner 9. 17 June 2012 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Kaori Onishi Japan Akari Inoue
Japan Hiroko Kuwata
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]

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