Ayami Takase

Ayami Takase
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	13 December 1978 (age 42)
Prize money	$106,153
Singles
Career record	190-206
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 250 (4 April 2005)
Doubles
Career record	162-145
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (2 October 2006)

Ayami Takase (高瀬礼美, Takase Ayami, born 13 December 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

She made the round of 16 at the China Open in 2002, as a lucky loser from qualifying.^[1] Takase reached a best singles ranking of 250 in the world.

As a doubles player on the WTA Tour she featured in the main draw of four editions of the Japan Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2004 Korea Open. Her five ITF doubles titles include a $50k event in Tokyo in 2006.^[2]

ITF finals[]

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

Singles (1–5)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 October 1998	Kugayama, Japan	Carpet (i)	Alicia Molik	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	28 November 1999	Kōfu, Japan	Carpet	Sachie Umehara	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	18 May 2003	Nagano, Japan	Grass	Rika Fujiwara	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	25 May 2003	Gunma, Japan	Grass	Maika Ozaki	2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	4 April 2004	Obregón, Mexico	Hard	Sarah Riske	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up	5.	17 July 2004	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	1–6, 2–6

Doubles (5–23)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 November 1996	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Yoriko Yamagishi	Won Kyung-joo Khoo Chin-bee	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	7 June 1998	Antalya, Turkey	Hard		Hanna-Katri Aalto Minna Rautajoki	2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	17 August 1998	Carrabba, Italy	Clay	Ekaterina Sysoeva	Mireille Dittmann	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	4 October 1998	Kyoto, Japan	Hard		Alicia Molik Bryanne Stewart	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	17 May 1999	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Ana Catarina Nogueira	Hanna-Katri Aalto Kirsi Lampinen	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	6 August 2000	Alghero, Italy	Clay	Tong Ka-po	Alice Canepa Valentina Sassi	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	13 August 2000	Bath, United Kingdom	Clay		Mareze Joubert Nicole Sewell	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	28 January 2001	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard			6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	14 April 2002	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	1–6, 6–1, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	19 October 2003	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	Shiho Hisamatsu Jeon Mi-ra	2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	28 March 2004	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Stephanie Schaer		6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	4 April 2004	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico	Hard	Stephanie Schaer	Soledad Esperón Flavia Mignola	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	6 June 2004	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Chang Kyung-mi Kim Jin-hee	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	17 July 2004	Gunma, Japan	Carpet		Tomoko Yonemura	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	4.	7 November 2004	Sutama, Japan	Clay			6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	30 January 2005	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Lauren Breadmore	Natalie Grandin Kaysie Smashey	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	1 May 2005	Hamanako, Japan	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Ryōko Fuda Seiko Okamoto	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	14.	31 May 2005	Gunma, Japan	Hard		Hsieh Su-wei Chan Chin-wei	2–6, 1–1 ret.
Runner-up	15.	25 September 2005	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Jeon Mi-ra	Ryoko Takemura Tomoko Yonemura	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	16.	23 October 2005	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	Ryoko Takemura Tomoko Yonemura	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	6 November 2005	Busan, Korea	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Julia Efremova Wynne Prakusya	4–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 1–6
Runner-up	18.	12 February 2006	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Surina De Beer	Kim Kilsdonk Elise Tamaëla	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	11 April 2006	Jackson, United States	Clay	Seiko Okamoto	Maria Kondratieva Sophie Lefèvre	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	9 July 2006	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Chuang Chia-jung Shiho Hisamatsu	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	16 July 2006	Miyazaki, Japan	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Maki Arai Kumiko Iijima	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	22.	23 July 2006	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	Latisha Chan Chuang Chia-jung	w/o
Runner-up	23.	28 August 2006	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Montinee Tangphong	Chen Yanchong Ren Jing	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	29 September 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Līga Dekmeijere	Yurika Sema Mari Tanaka	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3