Ryoko Takemura

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.

Ryoko Takemura
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1976-06-02) 2 June 1976
Prize money$76,054
Singles
Career record139–148 (48.4%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 325 (21 June 2004)
Doubles
Career record141–115 (55.1%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 165 (3 October 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (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

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

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Outcome No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 28 September 1997 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Australia Amanda Grahame 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner 2. 13 October 1997 ITF Haibara, Japan Grass Japan Keiko Ishida 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 16 August 1998 ITF Alghero, Italy Hard Italy Laura Dell'Angelo 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 14 April 2003 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Croatia Sanda Mamić 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 31 August 2003 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 7 September 2003 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Tomoyo Takagishi 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 13 October 1997 ITF Haibara, Japan Grass Japan Nao Akahori Japan Keiko Ishida
South Korea Won Kyung-joo
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 24 August 1998 Milan, Italy Grass Japan Hiroko Mochizuki Croatia Marijana Kovačević
Italy Giulia Casoni
4–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up 1. 6 September 1998 Spoleto, Italy Clay Japan Hiroko Mochizuki Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 6 March 2000 Haikou, China Hard South Korea Chae Kyung-yee Hungary Gréta Arn
United Kingdom Julie Pullin
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 26 March 2000 Nanjing, China Hard South Korea Chae Kyung-yee China Li Na
China Li Ting
6–7(4), 1–6
Winner 3. 17 July 2000 Baltimore, United States Hard Japan Tomoe Hotta United States Courtenay Chapman
Chinese Taipei Weng Tzu-ting
6–3, 6–2
Winner 4. 24 July 2000 Evansville, United States Hard Japan Tomoe Hotta Japan Rika Fujiwara
United States Anne Plessinger
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 8 July 2001 Los Gatos, United States Hard Japan Yuka Yoshida United States Dawn Buth
Canada Vanessa Webb
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 5. 7 July 2002 Los Gatos, United States Hard Japan Yuka Yoshida United States Teryn Ashley
Canada Vanessa Webb
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 10 March 2003 Benalla, Australia Grass India Rushmi Chakravarthi Australia Nicole Sewell
Netherlands Andrea van den Hurk
3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 10 August 2003 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard South Korea Kim Jin-hee Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
2–6, 5–7
Winner 5. 25 August 2003 Saitama, Japan Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Japan Mari Inoue
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 1 September 2003 Saitama, Japan Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Japan Shizu Katsumi
Japan Keiko Taguchi
6–1, 6–7(3), 2–6
Winner 6. 15 September 2003 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Japan Mari Inoue
7–5, 7–5
Winner 7. 29 May 2005 Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan Tomoko Yonemura South Korea Kim Hea-mi
Japan Keiko Taguchi
6–1, 7–6(5)
Winner 8. 24 September 2005 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Tomoko Yonemura South Korea Jeon Mi-ra
Japan Ayami Takase
6–2, 6–4
Winner 9. 23 October 2005 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan Tomoko Yonemura Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Ayami Takase
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 4 June 2006 Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Akiko Yonemura Australia Christina Horiatopoulos
Australia Trudi Musgrave
1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 10. 31 October 2006 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Japan Mari Tanaka Japan Maki Arai
Japan Seiko Okamoto
2–6, 3–6

References

  1. Johnson, Martin (22 January 2004). "Navratilova plays safe". Daily Telegraph.
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