Yuka Kaneko

Yuka Kaneko[1] (née Yuka Yoshida, Japanese: 吉田友佳, born 1 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Yuka Yoshida
吉田友佳
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceYokohama, Japan
Born (1976-01-04) 4 January 1976
Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1994
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$669,605
Singles
Career record274–262
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 52 (8 September 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (1997, 1998)
French Open2R (1997)
Wimbledon2R (1997)
US Open2R (1997)
Doubles
Career record188–174
Career titles3 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 51 (3 May 1999)

In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: 1995 in Tokyo, 1996 in Pattaya, and 2005 in Memphis.

Kaneko also won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Her best Grand Slam performance came in 1998 when she reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament of the US Open.

WTA career finals

LegendSinglesDoubles
Grand Slam0–00–0
Tier I0–00–0
Tier II0–00–0
Tier III0–02–1
Tier IV & V0–11–1

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 21 April 1997 Danamon Open, Indonesia Clay Naoko Sawamatsu 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 10 April 1995 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard Miho Saeki Kyoko Nagatsuka
Ai Sugiyama
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win 2. 18 November 1996 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Miho Saeki Tina Križan
Nana Miyagi
6–2, 6–3
Loss 3. 21 April 1997 Danamon Open, Indonesia Hard Lenka Němečková Kerry-Anne Guse
Kristine Radford
4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss 4. 8 November 1999 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Clay Rika Hiraki Jelena Kostanić
Tina Pisnik
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win 5. 14 February 2005 Memphis Indoors, United States Hard (i) Miho Saeki Laura Granville
Abigail Spears
6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 10 October 1993 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard (i) Lisa McShea 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 15 March 1996 ITF Rockford, United States Hard Anna Kournikova 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 20 February 2000 ITF Midland, United States Hard Nicole Pratt 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 24 September 2000 ITF Kirkland, United States Hard Brie Rippner 3–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 3 March 2002 ITF Bendigo, Australia Hard Cindy Watson 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up 6. 3 March 2003 ITF Bendigo Hard Rachel McQuillan 0–6, 2–6
Winner 7. 20 April 2003 ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Shiho Hisamatsu 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Winner 8. 19 October 2003 ITF Haibara, Japan Hard Seiko Okamoto 6–1, 6–4
Winner 9. 2 November 2003 ITF Beijing, China Hard (i) Xie Yanze 6–1, 7–6(2)
Runner-up 10. 24 October 2004 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Aiko Nakamura 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 7 June 1993 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Kazue Takuma Mimma Chernovita
Irawati Moerid
5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Winner 2. 5 July 1993 ITF Lohja, Finland Clay Hiroko Mochizuki Stephanie Gomperts
Annemarie Mikkers
6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 7 March 1994 ITF Offenbach, Germany Carpet Hiroko Mochizuki Sandra Wächtershäuser
Petra Winzenhöller
6–7, 3–6
Winner 4. 21 August 1994 ITF Fayetteville, United States Hard Ai Sugiyama Andrea Leand
Eleni Rossides
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 5. 6 August 1995 ITF Austin, United States Hard Naoko Kijimuta Shannan McCarthy
Julie Steven
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 21 March 1999 ITF Noda, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe Cho Yoon-jeong
Park Sung-hee
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 24 October 1999 ITF Nashville, United States Hard Shinobu Asagoe Nicole Arendt
Katie Schlukebir
1–6, 6–7
Winner 8. 3 April 2000 ITF West Palm Beach, United States Clay Rika Hiraki Erika deLone
Nicole Pratt
1–6, 6–0, 7–6(5)
Winner 9. 7 May 2000 ITF Gifu, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe Nannie de Villiers
Surina De Beer
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 10. 8 July 2001 Los Gatos, United States Hard Ryoko Takemura Dawn Buth
Vanessa Webb
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 11. 30 June 2002 ITF Edmond, United States Hard Satomi Kinjo Lauren Kalvaria
Gabriela Lastra
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 7 July 2002 ITF Los Gatos, United States Hard Ryoko Takemura Teryn Ashley
Vanessa Webb
3–6, 4–6
Winner 13. 14 July 2002 ITF College Park, United States Hard Miho Saeki Teryn Ashley
Jennifer Russell
7–5, 6–1
Winner 14. 20 October 2002 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Remi Tezuka Haruka Inoue
Maiko Inoue
6–0, 6–2
Winner 15. 6 July 2003 ITF Los Gatos, United States Hard Shiho Hisamatsu Tanner Cochran
Shenay Perry
6–4, 3–6, 6–2

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