Ryoko Takemura

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.

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.

In 2005, she teamed up with Tomoko Yonemura to win three $25k tournaments, and reached her best doubles ranking of 165 in the world.

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Singles: 6 (3–3) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 28 September 1997 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Amanda Grahame 6–3, 5–7, 6–4Winner 2. 13 October 1997 ITF Haibara, Japan Grass Keiko Ishida 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 1. 16 August 1998 ITF Alghero, Italy Hard Laura Dell'Angelo 2–6, 5–7Runner-up 2. 14 April 2003 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Sanda Mamić 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 3. 31 August 2003 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Hsieh Su-wei 3–6, 2–6Winner 3. 7 September 2003 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Tomoyo Takagishi 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 19 (9–10) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 13 October 1997 ITF Haibara, Japan Grass Nao Akahori Keiko Ishida Won Kyung-joo 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Winner 2. 24 August 1998 Milan, Italy Grass Hiroko Mochizuki Marijana Kovačević Giulia Casoni 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–4Runner-up 1. 6 September 1998 Spoleto, Italy Clay Hiroko Mochizuki Jelena Kostanić Tošić Michaela Paštiková 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 2. 6 March 2000 Haikou, China Hard Chae Kyung-yee Gréta Arn Julie Pullin 5–7, 4–6Runner-up 3. 26 March 2000 Nanjing, China Hard Chae Kyung-yee Li Na Li Ting 6–7(4), 1–6Winner 3. 17 July 2000 Baltimore, United States Hard Tomoe Hotta Courtenay Chapman Weng Tzu-ting 6–3, 6–2Winner 4. 24 July 2000 Evansville, United States Hard Tomoe Hotta Rika Fujiwara Anne Plessinger 6–4, 6–1Runner-up 4. 8 July 2001 Los Gatos, United States Hard Yuka Yoshida Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb 2–6, 6–7Runner-up 5. 7 July 2002 Los Gatos, United States Hard Yuka Yoshida Teryn Ashley Vanessa Webb 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 6. 10 March 2003 Benalla, Australia Grass Rushmi Chakravarthi Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk 3–6, 6–4, 2–6Runner-up 7. 10 August 2003 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Kim Jin-hee Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung 2–6, 5–7Winner 5. 25 August 2003 Saitama, Japan Hard Chang Kyung-mi Hsieh Su-wei Mari Inoue 6–2, 6–2Runner-up 8. 1 September 2003 Saitama, Japan Hard Chang Kyung-mi Shizu Katsumi Keiko Taguchi 6–1, 6–7(3), 2–6Winner 6. 15 September 2003 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Chang Kyung-mi Hsieh Su-wei Mari Inoue 7–5, 7–5Winner 7. 29 May 2005 Nagano, Japan Carpet Tomoko Yonemura Kim Hea-mi Keiko Taguchi 6–1, 7–6(5)Winner 8. 24 September 2005 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Tomoko Yonemura Jeon Mi-ra Ayami Takase 6–2, 6–4Winner 9. 23 October 2005 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Tomoko Yonemura Seiko Okamoto Ayami Takase 6–4, 6–3Runner-up 9. 4 June 2006 Gunma, Japan Carpet Akiko Yonemura Christina Horiatopoulos Trudi Musgrave 1–6, 7–5, 2–6Runner-up 10. 31 October 2006 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Mari Tanaka Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto 2–6, 3–6