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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 Australia  Amanda Grahame 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner 2. 13 October 1997 ITF Haibara, Japan Grass Japan  Keiko Ishida 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 16 August 1998 ITF Alghero, Italy Hard Italy  Laura Dell'Angelo 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 14 April 2003 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Croatia  Sanda Mamić 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 31 August 2003 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Chinese Taipei  Hsieh Su-wei 3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 7 September 2003 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan  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 Japan  Nao Akahori Japan  Keiko Ishida
South Korea  Won Kyung-joo
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 24 August 1998 Milan, Italy Grass Japan  Hiroko Mochizuki Croatia  Marijana Kovačević
Italy  Giulia Casoni
4–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up 1. 6 September 1998 Spoleto, Italy Clay Japan  Hiroko Mochizuki Croatia  Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Czech Republic  Michaela Paštiková
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 6 March 2000 Haikou, China Hard South Korea  Chae Kyung-yee Hungary  Gréta Arn
United Kingdom  Julie Pullin
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 26 March 2000 Nanjing, China Hard South Korea  Chae Kyung-yee China  Li Na
China  Li Ting
6–7(4), 1–6
Winner 3. 17 July 2000 Baltimore, United States Hard Japan  Tomoe Hotta United States  Courtenay Chapman
Chinese Taipei  Weng Tzu-ting
6–3, 6–2
Winner 4. 24 July 2000 Evansville, United States Hard Japan  Tomoe Hotta Japan  Rika Fujiwara
United States  Anne Plessinger
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 8 July 2001 Los Gatos, United States Hard Japan  Yuka Yoshida United States  Dawn Buth
Canada  Vanessa Webb
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 5. 7 July 2002 Los Gatos, United States Hard Japan  Yuka Yoshida United States  Teryn Ashley
Canada  Vanessa Webb
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 10 March 2003 Benalla, Australia Grass India  Rushmi Chakravarthi Australia  Nicole Sewell
Netherlands  Andrea van den Hurk
3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 10 August 2003 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard South Korea  Kim Jin-hee Chinese Taipei  Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei  Chuang Chia-jung
2–6, 5–7
Winner 5. 25 August 2003 Saitama, Japan Hard South Korea  Chang Kyung-mi Chinese Taipei  Hsieh Su-wei
Japan  Mari Inoue
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 1 September 2003 Saitama, Japan Hard South Korea  Chang Kyung-mi Japan  Shizu Katsumi
Japan  Keiko Taguchi
6–1, 6–7(3), 2–6
Winner 6. 15 September 2003 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) South Korea  Chang Kyung-mi Chinese Taipei  Hsieh Su-wei
Japan  Mari Inoue
7–5, 7–5
Winner 7. 29 May 2005 Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan  Tomoko Yonemura South Korea  Kim Hea-mi
Japan  Keiko Taguchi
6–1, 7–6(5)
Winner 8. 24 September 2005 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan  Tomoko Yonemura South Korea  Jeon Mi-ra
Japan  Ayami Takase
6–2, 6–4
Winner 9. 23 October 2005 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan  Tomoko Yonemura Japan  Seiko Okamoto
Japan  Ayami Takase
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 4 June 2006 Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan  Akiko Yonemura Australia  Christina Horiatopoulos
Australia  Trudi Musgrave
1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 10. 31 October 2006 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Japan  Mari Tanaka Japan  Maki Arai
Japan  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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