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Emiko Okagawa

b. 1964

Japanese tennis player

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Born 1964. Emiko Okagawa is a Japanese tennis player.

Emiko Okagawa (岡川恵美子, Okagawa Emiko, born 26 December 1964), later known as Emiko Sakaguchi (坂口恵美子 Sakaguchi Emiko) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Biography Born in Tokyo, Okagawa reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 120 in the world.

Between 1983 and 1987 she played in four Federation Cup ties for Japan. In her debut tie she helped Japan progress through to the World Group second round, winning both a singles and doubles rubber in Japan's 2-1 win over Denmark.

Okagawa was a semi-finalist at the 1987 Singapore Women's Open and made the third round of the 1988 Australian Open.

In 1993, her final year on tour, she became Emiko Sakaguchi after getting married.

ITF finals Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 11 October 1987 Kofu, Japan Hard Rika Hiraki 6–2, 2–6, 6–1Loss 2. 22 October 1988 Kuroshio, Japan Hard Misumi Miyauchi 4–6, 3–6Loss 3. 25 June 1989 Madeira, Portugal Hard Akiko Gooden 2–6, 5–7Win 2. 19 November 1989 Kyoto, Japan Hard Annika Narbe 6–3, 6–1Win 3. 8 June 1992 Oliveira, Portugal Hard Karin Lušnic 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (2–0) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1. 13 November 1989 Kyoto, Japan Hard Naoko Sato Ayako Hirose Miki Mizokuchi 1–6, 6–2, 6–1Win 2. 22 June 1992 Leiria, Portugal Hard Yoriko Yamagishi Hiroko Mochizuki Nancy van Erp 6–2, 7–5

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