Ryoko Takemura

Ryoko Takemura

Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1976-06-02) 2 June 1976 (age 48)
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)

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.

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	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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

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

External links

• Ryoko Takemura at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ryoko Takemura at the International Tennis Federation