Ryoko Takemura

Ryoko Takemura (born 2 June 1976) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She competed mostly on the ITF 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
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 325 (21 June 2004)
Doubles
Career record141–115
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 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.
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