Nami Urabe

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Nami Urabe
Country (sports)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Born (1978-08-29) 29 August 1978 (age 44)
Saitama, Japan
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$30,693
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 399 (4 May 1998)
Doubles
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (24 November 1997)

Nami Urabe (born 29 August 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

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Born in Saitama, Urabe was one of Japan's top players in junior tennis, reaching the girls' doubles final of the 1995 Australian Open with partner Saori Obata. [1] Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance in the doubles draw at the 1995 Japan Open and she won eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 15 (8–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.2 October 1995 Ibaraki, JapanHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trudi Musgrave Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiko Sasano
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Nagatomi
0–6, 6–7(5)
Winner1.23 October 1995 Kyoto, JapanHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trudi Musgrave Flag of Japan.svg Tomoe Hotta
Flag of Japan.svg Eiko Toba
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up2.8 January 1996 San Antonio, United StatesHard Flag of Japan.svg Saori Obata Flag of the United States.svg Pam Nelson
Flag of Hungary.svg Nóra Köves
6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Winner2.25 March 1996 Bandung, IndonesiaHard Flag of Japan.svg Saori Obata Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Jingjing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Li
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up3.30 June 1997 Mont-de-Marsan, FranceHard Flag of Japan.svg Saori Obata Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi
Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele
4–6, 3–6
Winner3.15 September 1997Ibaraki 1, JapanHard Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer Flag of Japan.svg Riei Kawamata
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiko Sasano
6–2, 6–3
Winner4.22 September 1997Ibaraki 2, JapanHard Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer Flag of Japan.svg Shizu Katsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Kyoko Kojima
6–3, 6–3
Winner5.5 October 1997Kyoto, JapanCarpet Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer Flag of Japan.svg Yumiko Kitamura
Flag of Japan.svg Natsumi Yuki
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up4.10 October 1997 Saga, JapanGrass Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danielle Jones
Flag of Japan.svg Saori Obata
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up5.23 February 1998 Mumbai, IndiaHard Flag of Japan.svg Yoriko Yamagishi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Jingjing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Qin
6–7(5), 2–6
Winner6.27 September 1999Kyoto, JapanCarpet Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ishida Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Yumiko Kitamura
6–1, 6–3
Winner7.3 September 2001 Kugayama, JapanHard Flag of Japan.svg Seiko Okamoto Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melissa Dowse
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up6.26 September 2001Kyoto, JapanHard Flag of Japan.svg Seiko Okamoto Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melissa Dowse
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up7.21 October 2002 Tokyo, JapanHard Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Taguchi Flag of Japan.svg Haruka Inoue
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Inoue
1–6, 2–6
Winner8.23 September 2003 Hiroshima, JapanGrass Flag of Japan.svg Tomoko Taira Flag of Japan.svg Satomi Kinjo
Flag of Japan.svg Akiko Yonemura
6–3, 6–3

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References

  1. "Richardson falls to elated Japanese". The Canberra Times . 16 March 1995. p. 19. Retrieved 27 August 2019 via National Library of Australia.