Seiko Okamoto

Seiko Okamoto
岡本聖子
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	14 March 1978; Tokyo
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$207,531
Singles
Career record	264–264
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 178 (16 January 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2008)
French Open	Q1 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2005)
US Open	Q2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	223–166
Career titles	1 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 123 (1 November 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2005)

Seiko Okamoto (岡本聖子, Okamoto Seiko) (born 14 March 1978) is a former Japanese professional tennis player.

Okamoto took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open but lost in the first round of singles qualifying and the first round of doubles alongside Ryōko Fuda. She has stated that her favorite surface to play on is hardcourt.

In her career, Okamoto won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 January 2004	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Els Callens Barbara Schett	2–6, 6–4, 6–3

ITF finals

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

Singles (2–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	20 November 2000	Kōfu, Japan	Carpet	Keiko Taguchi	4-1, 1-3, 4-1
Runner-up	2.	22 July 2002	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Kim Mi-ok	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	19 October 2003	Haibara, Japan	Hard	Yuka Yoshida	1-6, 4-6
Runner-up	4.	13 May 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Li Na	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	27 February 2005	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Latisha Chan	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	28 May 2005	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Mayumi Yamamoto	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	5 June 2005	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	29 October 2006	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Shiho Hisamatsu	2–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	15 April 2007	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Erika Takao	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	21 October 2007	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	3–6, 4–6

Doubles (15–18)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 November 1998	Nagasaki, Japan	Grass	Keiko Taguchi	Akiko Gunji Keiko Ishida	2–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	6 June 1999	Little Rock, United States	Hard	Keiko Taguchi	Chang Kyung-mi Chae Kyung-yee	7–5, 6–2
Winner	3.	28 November 1999	Kōfu, Japan	Carpet	Keiko Taguchi	Remi Tezuka Maki Arai	7–6, 0–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	13 November 2000	Haibara, Japan	Clay	Keiko Taguchi	Akiko Gunji Keiko Ishida	2–4, 4–0, 5–3, 3–5, 4–2
Winner	5.	20 November 2000	Kōfu, Japan	Carpet	Keiko Taguchi	Kumiko Iijima Maki Arai	3–5, 4–1, 5–4, 4–1
Winner	6.	3 September 2001	Kugayama, Japan	Hard	Nami Urabe	Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	26 September 2001	Kyoto, Japan	Hard	Nami Urabe	Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	10 February 2002	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Satomi Kinjo	Remi Tezuka Maki Arai	5-7, 7-6, 2-6
Winner	9.	30 June 2002	Lachine, Canada	Hard	Shizu Katsumi	Adria Engel Kristina Kraszewski	W/O
Winner	10.	21 July 2002	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Maki Arai	Chae Kyung-yee Chang Kyung-mi	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	20 April 2003	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Choi Jin-young Kim Mi-ok	1–6, 2–6
Winner	12.	1 June 2003	Houston, United States	Hard (i)	Remi Tezuka	Yvonne Doyle Nicole Rencken	5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	13.	2 November 2003	Beijing, China	Hard	Jeon Mi-ra	Yang Shujing Yu Ying	4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	14.	10 May 2004	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Ryōko Fuda	Rika Fujiwara Jeon Mi-ra	2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Winner	15.	11 July 2004	College Park, United States	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Natallia Dziamidzenka Kaysie Smashey	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	21 February 2005	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Ryōko Fuda	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	3–6, 2–6
Winner	17.	1 May 2005	Hamanako, Japan	Hard	Ryōko Fuda	Shiho Hisamatsu Ayami Takase	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	8 May 2005	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Ryōko Fuda	Rika Fujiwara Saori Obata	1–6, 2–6
Winner	19.	14 May 2005	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Ryōko Fuda	Latisha Chan Chuang Chia-jung	6–2, 7–6
Winner	20.	22 May 2005	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	6-2, 7-5
Runner-up	21.	23 October 2005	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Ayami Takase	Ryoko Takemura Tomoko Yonemura	4-6, 3-6
Runner-up	22.	6 November 2005	Busan, Korea	Hard	Ayami Takase	Julia Efremova Wynne Prakusya	4–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 1–6
Runner-up	23.	11 April 2006	Jackson, United States	Clay	Ayami Takase	Maria Kondratieva Sophie Lefèvre	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	24.	9 July 2006	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Ayami Takase	Chuang Chia-jung Shiho Hisamatsu	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	25.	16 July 2006	Miyazaki, Japan	Hard	Ayami Takase	Maki Arai Kumiko Iijima	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	26.	23 July 2006	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Ayami Takase	Latisha Chan Chuang Chia-jung	w/o
Runner-up	27.	28 October 2006	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Maki Arai	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6–7⁽²⁾, 5–7
Winner	28.	5 November 2006	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Maki Arai	Ryoko Takemura Mari Tanaka	6–2, 6–3
Winner	29.	19 February 2007	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Ryōko Fuda	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Antonella Serra Zanetti	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	30.	9 April 2007	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Han Xinyun Hao Jie	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	31.	6 May 2007	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Ayumi Morita Ai Sugiyama	1–6, 6–3, 0–6
Runner-up	32.	18 February 2008	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Anna Fitzpatrick Ana Veselinović	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	33.	26 March 2010	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Shiho Hisamatsu Maiko Inoue	6–4, 6–4

References

Seiko Okamoto at the Women's Tennis Association
Seiko Okamoto at the International Tennis Federation

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