Maiko Inoue
Appearance
Full name | Maiko Inoue Sato |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Okinawa, Japan | 5 February 1979
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $73,982 |
Singles | |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 299 (29 September 1997) |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 139 (9 July 2001) |
Maiko Inoue Sato (井上 摩衣子, Inoue Maiko, born 5 February 1979) is a Japanese former tennis player. She is a younger sister of Haruka Inoue.[1]
A right-handed player, Inoue began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. She left the tour in 2003, before returning in 2007 and featuring as a doubles specialist.
During her career she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 139. She made several WTA Tour main-draw appearances in doubles and won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a singles player, she was ranked as high as 299 in the world, winning two ITF titles.[2]
Inoue, who retired in 2012, is married to former tennis player Bumpei Sato.
ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (2–2)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 30 September 1996 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 22 November 1998 | Haibara, Japan | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 29 November 1998 | Nagasaki, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
6–1, 3–6, 7–6(3) |
Runner-up | 2. | 18 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (9–11)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 17 February 1997 | Faro, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 16 November 1998 | Haibara Japan | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–7(7), 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 30 August 1999 | Kuroshio, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(3) |
Runner-up | 2. | 12 December 1999 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 10 January 2000 | Boca Raton, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 26 March 2000 | Stone Mountain, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 October 2001 | Saga, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
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0–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 September 2002 | Hiroshima, Japan | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 22 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 7. | 20 October 2002 | Haibara, Japan | Carpet | ![]() |
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0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 27 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 19 August 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 2 September 2007 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 9. | 31 August 2008 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 7. | 8 August 2009 | Niigata, Japan | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 10. | 29 August 2009 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 26 March 2010 | Kofu, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 11 July 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 9. | 17 June 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–5, [10–7] |
References
- ^ "Haruka Inoue - Bio". WTA Tennis. 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Tennis Abstract: Maiko Inoue WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.