Mari Tanaka

is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Career In her career, she won four singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2013, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 287. On 12 May 2014, she peaked at No. 189 in the doubles rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

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

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 24 May 2005 ITF León, Mexico Hard (i) Micaela Moran 6–4, 6–1Loss 1. 6 June 2005 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Kanae Hisami 3–6, 3–6Loss 2. 29 August 2005 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Beti Sekulovski 6–3, 4–6, 3–6Loss 3. 19 August 2007 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Zhang Ling 6–4, 5–7, 2–6Loss 4. 28 August 2007 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Zhao Yijing 4–6, 3–6Loss 5. 11 July 2010 ITF Tokyo, Japan Carpet Kaori Onishi 6–4, 4–6, 1–6Win 2. 29 January 2011 ITF Kolkata, India Clay Dalila Jakupović 6–4, 6–3Loss 6. 17 June 2012 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Nao Hibino 0–6, 2–6Win 3. 19 August 2012 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Yuuki Tanaka 6–0, 6–2Win 4. 9 August 2014 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard Mai Minokoshi 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 33 (18–15) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 24 May 2005 ITF León, Mexico Hard (i) Elizabeth Kaufman Andrea Benítez Daniela Múñoz Gallegos 4–6, 6–1, 1–6Winner 1. 29 August 2005 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Elizabeth Kaufman Kim Hea-mi Eriko Mizuno 6–4, 6–3Runner-up 2. 29 September 2006 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Yurika Sema Līga Dekmeijere Ayami Takase 6–7(3), 3–6Runner-up 3. 31 October 2006 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Ryoko Takemura Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto 2–6, 3–6Winner 2. 27 February 2007 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard Song Shanshan Tomoko Dokei Etsuko Kitazaki 6–2, 6–0Winner 3. 6 March 2007 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Lee Ye-ra Emelyn Starr Jenny Swift 6–2, 6–4Runner-up 4. 27 May 2007 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet Akiko Yonemura Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa 6–7(2), 3–6Winner 4. 9 June 2007 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Ayumi Oka Etsuko Kitazaki Tomoko Taira 3–6, 6–1, 6–4Runner-up 5. 30 June 2007 ITF Noto, Japan Carpet Natsumi Hamamura Sophie Ferguson Anne Yelsey 6–7(8), 1–6Winner 5. 4 August 2008 ITF Obihiro, Japan Hard Shiho Hisamatsu Miki Miyamura Tomoyo Takagishi 6–4, 6–2Winner 6. 30 May 2009 ITF Gunma, Japan Carpet Hsu Wen-hsin Erika Sema Yurika Sema 6–3, 1–6, [10–7]Winner 7. 13 June 2009 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Ayumi Oka Maki Arai Yurina Koshino 7–6(6), 6–0Winner 8. 11 July 2009 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Maki Arai Kazusa Ito Tomoko Taira 7–5, 3–6, [13–11]Winner 9. 29 August 2009 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Maki Arai Airi Hagimoto Maiko Inoue 6–2, 6–4Runner-up 6. 4 September 2009 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Hsu Wen-hsin María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Jade Curtis 6–1, 2–6, [2–10]Runner-up 7. 26 September 2009 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Tomoko Yonemura Kurumi Nara Erika Sema 0–6, 0–6Runner-up 8. 8 May 2010 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia Hard Liu Wanting Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta 4–6, 5–7Runner-up 9. 21 January 2011 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Miki Miyamura Rushmi Chakravarthi Poojashree Venkatesha 6–3, 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 10. 1 April 2011 ITF Ipswich, Australia Clay Miki Miyamura Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska 4–6, 4–6Winner 10. 20 August 2011 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Miyabi Inoue Chae Kyung-yee Kim Hae-sung 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]Winner 11. 6 July 2012 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Eri Hozumi Tyra Calderwood Dianne Hollands 4–6, 6–4, [12–10]Winner 12. 21 July 2012 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Yurina Koshino Akari Inoue Kaori Onishi 7–5, 6–7(2), [10–8]Runner-up 11. 1 September 2012 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Yurina Koshino Luksika Kumkhum Varatchaya Wongteanchai 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 12. 8 September 2012 ITF Noto, Japan Grass Miki Miyamura Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura 1–6, 6–4, [5–10]Winner 13. 3 March 2013 ITF Sydney, Australia Hard Misa Eguchi Tamara Čurović Wang Yafan 4–6, 7–5, [10–8]Winner 14. 19 May 2013 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass Kanae Hisami Rika Fujiwara Akiko Omae 6–4, 7–6(2)Runner-up 13. ITF Woking, UK Hard Kanae Hisami Tara Moore Marta Sirotkina 6–4, 1–6, [7–10]Winner 15. ITF Wrexham, UK Hard Kanae Hisami Anna Smith Melanie South 6–3, 7–6(2)Winner 16. 14 June 2014 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan Hard Hiroko Kuwata Nao Hibino Prarthana Thombare 6–1, 6–4Winner 17. 8 August 2014 ITF Nottingham, UK Hard Alison Bai Katie Boulter Freya Christie 6–4, 6–3Winner 18. 16 August 2014 ITF Woking, UK Hard Yumi Miyazaki Alice Matteucci Despina Papamichail 6–2, 7–5Runner-up 14. 18 October 2014 ITF Makinohara, Japan Grass Makoto Ninomiya Tatjana Maria Miki Miyamura 3–6, 1–6Runner-up 15. 25 October 2014 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan Carpet Makoto Ninomiya Tatjana Maria Miki Miyamura 7–5, 2–6, [5–10]