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Yuka Yoshida

b. 1976

Japanese tennis player

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Born 1976. Yuka Yoshida is a Japanese tennis player.

Yuka Kaneko (née Yuka Yoshida, , born 1 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: 1995 in Tokyo, 1996 in Pattaya, and 2005 in Memphis.

Kaneko also won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Her best Grand Slam performance came in 1998 when she reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament of the US Open.

WTA career finals LegendSinglesDoubles Grand Slam 0–00–0 Tier I 0–00–0 Tier II 0–00–0 Tier III 0–02–1 Tier IV & V 0–11–1

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Apr 1995 Japan Open, Tokyo Hard Miho Saeki Kyoko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)Win 2. Nov 1996 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Miho Saeki Tina Križan Nana Miyagi 6–2, 6–3Loss 3. Apr 1997 Danamon Open, Indonesia Hard Lenka Němečková Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford 4–6, 7–5, 5–7Loss 4. Nov 1999 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Clay Rika Hiraki Jelena Kostanić Tina Pisnik 6–3, 2–6, 4–6Win 5. Feb 2005 Memphis Indoors, United States Hard (i) Miho Saeki Laura Granville Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4

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Singles: 10 (5–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 10 October 1993 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard (i) Lisa McShea 3–6, 6–2, 7–5Loss 2. 15 March 1996 ITF Rockford, United States Hard Anna Kournikova 1–6, 4–6Loss 3. 20 February 2000 ITF Midland, United States Hard Nicole Pratt 4–6, 3–6Loss 4. 24 September 2000 ITF Kirkland, United States Hard Brie Rippner 3–6, 2–6Win 5. 3 March 2002 ITF Bendigo, Australia Hard Cindy Watson 6–1, 7–6Loss 6. 3 March 2003 ITF Bendigo Hard Rachel McQuillan 0–6, 2–6Win 7. 20 April 2003 ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Shiho Hisamatsu 6–3, 5–7, 6–2Win 8. 19 October 2003 ITF Haibara, Japan Hard Seiko Okamoto 6–1, 6–4Win 9. 2 November 2003 ITF Beijing, China Hard (i) Xie Yanze 6–1, 7–6(2)Loss 10. 24 October 2004 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Aiko Nakamura 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 1. 7 June 1993 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Kazue Takuma Mimma Chernovita Irawati Moerid 5–7, 6–2, 3–6Win 2. 5 July 1993 ITF Lohja, Finland Clay Hiroko Mochizuki Stephanie Gomperts Annemarie Mikkers 6–2, 6–7, 6–4Loss 3. 7 March 1994 ITF Offenbach, Germany Carpet Hiroko Mochizuki Sandra Wächtershäuser Petra Winzenhöller 6–7, 3–6Win 4. 21 August 1994 ITF Fayetteville, United States Hard Ai Sugiyama Andrea Leand Eleni Rossides 6–4, 7–5Loss 5. 6 August 1995 ITF Austin, United States Hard Naoko Kijimuta Shannan McCarthy Julie Steven 4–6, 3–6Loss 6. 21 March 1999 ITF Noda, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe Cho Yoon-jeong Park Sung-hee 3–6, 3–6Loss 7. 24 October 1999 ITF Nashville, United States Hard Shinobu Asagoe Nicole Arendt Katie Schlukebir 1–6, 6–7Win 8. 3 April 2000 ITF West Palm Beach, United States Clay Rika Hiraki Erika deLone Nicole Pratt 1–6, 6–0, 7–6(5)Win 9. 7 May 2000 ITF Gifu, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe Nannie de Villiers Surina De Beer 6–3, 6–1Loss 10. 8 July 2001 Los Gatos, United States Hard Ryoko Takemura Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb 2–6, 6–7Loss 11. 30 June 2002 ITF Edmond, United States Hard Satomi Kinjo Lauren Kalvaria Gabriela Lastra 1–6, 4–6Loss 12. 7 July 2002 ITF Los Gatos, United States Hard Ryoko Takemura Teryn Ashley Vanessa Webb 3–6, 4–6Win 13. 14 July 2002 ITF College Park, United States Hard Miho Saeki Teryn Ashley Jennifer Russell 7–5, 6–1Win 14. 20 October 2002 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Remi Tezuka Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue 6–0, 6–2Win 15. 6 July 2003 ITF Los Gatos, United States Hard Shiho Hisamatsu Tanner Cochran Shenay Perry 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

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Japanese tennis player

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Yuka Yoshida was born on 1 April 1976 in Tottori Prefecture.

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· Wikipedia: Yuka Yoshida

· Wikidata: Q453385

· DBpedia: Yuka Kaneko

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