Erika Takao

is a retired Japanese tennis player.

On 6 November 2006, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 128. On 31 October 2011, she also reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 270.

In 2013, after Japanese national championships, and after ten years playing on the ITF Women's Circuit, Takao announced her retirement.

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Singles (4–11) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 31 October 2004 Tokyo, Japan Hard Yurika Sema 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 0–6Loss 2. 24 April 2005 Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Lauren Breadmore 3–6, 2–6Loss 3. 24 July 2005 Kurume, Japan Grass Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 3–6Loss 4. 25 September 2005 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Petra Cetkovská 6–2, 5–7, 3–6Win 1. 7 May 2006 Gifu, Japan Carpet Aiko Nakamura 6–1, 5–7, 6–1Win 2. 9 July 2006 Nagoya, Japan Hard Shiho Hisamatsu 4–6, 6–2, 6–0Win 3. 16 July 2006 Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Tomoko Yonemura 7–5, 6–3Loss 5. 6 August 2006 Tokachi, Japan Carpet Ayumi Morita 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)Loss 6. 22 October 2006 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Chuang Chia-jung 0–6, 4–6Loss 7. 15 April 2007 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Seiko Okamoto 1–6, 2–6Loss 8. 22 July 2007 Kurume, Japan Grass Ayumi Morita 1–6, 1–3 ret.Win 4. 25 May 2008 Nagano, Japan Carpet Lee Jin-a 6–4, 6–1Loss 9. 14 June 2009 Tokyo, Japan Hard Erika Sema 4–6, 0–6Loss 10. 13 June 2010 Tokyo, Japan Hard Shuko Aoyama 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss 11. 15 January 2012 Pingguo, China Hard Zhao Yijing 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (2–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 4 February 2011 Burnie, Australia Hard Natsumi Hamamura Olivia Rogowska Sally Peers 6–2, 3–6, [10–7]Runner-up 1. 28 May 2011 Changwon, Korea Hard Yurika Sema Chan Hao-ching Zheng Saisai 2–6, 6–4, [9–11]Runner-up 2. 3 September 2011 Tsukuba, Japan Hard Kim So-jung Chan Chin-wei Hsu Wen-hsin 1–6, 1–6Runner-up 3. 10 August 2012 Bursa, Turkey Clay Remi Tezuka Melanie Klaffner Laura Ioana Andrei 2–6, 2–6Winner 2. 18 August 2012 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Remi Tezuka Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech 2–6, 7–6, [10–3]Runner-up 4. 25 May 2013 Karuizawa, Japan Grass Miki Miyamura Shiho Akita Sachie Ishizu 5–7, 6–7(8–10)