Emiko Okagawa

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Emiko Okagawa
Country (sports)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Born (1964-12-26) 26 December 1964 (age 59)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Prize money$105,855
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 120 (11 May 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1988)
French Open 1R (1984, 1985, 1987)
Wimbledon 1R (1985)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 138 (5 June 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1988, 1990)
French Open 1R (1985)
Wimbledon 1R (1985)
US Open 1R (1985)

Emiko Okagawa (born 26 December 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Japan. She was also known as Emiko Sakaguchi.

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Biography

Born in Tokyo, Okagawa reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 120 in the world.

Between 1983 and 1987 she played in four Federation Cup ties for Japan. In her debut tie she helped Japan progress through to the World Group second round, winning both a singles and doubles rubber in Japan's 2-1 win over Denmark.

Okagawa was a semi-finalist at the 1987 Singapore Women's Open and made the third round of the 1988 Australian Open.

In 1993, her final year on tour, she became Emiko Sakaguchi after getting married. [1]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.11 October 1987Kofu, JapanHard Flag of Japan.svg Rika Hiraki 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss2.22 October 1988Kuroshio, JapanHard Flag of Japan.svg Misumi Miyauchi 4–6, 3–6
Loss3.25 June 1989Madeira, PortugalHard Flag of the United States.svg Akiko Gooden 2–6, 5–7
Win2.19 November 1989 Kyoto, JapanHard Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Narbe 6–3, 6–1
Win3.8 June 1992Oliveira, PortugalHard Flag of Slovenia.svg Karin Lušnic 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (2–0)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.13 November 1989 Kyoto, JapanHard Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Sato Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Hirose
Flag of Japan.svg Miki Mizokuchi
1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win2.22 June 1992 Leiria, PortugalHard Flag of Japan.svg Yoriko Yamagishi Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Mochizuki
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nancy van Erp
6–2, 7–5

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References

  1. "Okagawa (Sakaguchi) Emiko". www.jta-tennis.or.jp.