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.

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

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

Singles: 6 (3–3)

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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)

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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

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