Japanese tennis player
Miho Saeki佐伯美穂 Country (sports) Japan Residence Tokyo , JapanBorn (1976-03-18 ) 18 March 1976 (age 45) New York , United StatesHeight 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Turned pro 1998 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $600,516 Career record 291–227 Career titles 16 ITF Highest ranking No. 56 (8 June 1998) Australian Open 2R (1998, 1999) French Open 3R (1998) Wimbledon 2R (1999) US Open 2R (1998) Career record 138–121 Career titles 4 WTA , 8 ITF Highest ranking No. 49 (7 July 1997) Australian Open 2R (1996) French Open 2R (1997, 1999) Wimbledon 2R (1997, 1998) US Open QF (1998)
Miho Saeki (佐伯美穂 , Saeki Miho ) (born 18 March 1976) is a retired Japanese tennis player , winner of professional tournaments in doubles and singles, and a representative of Japan for the Federation Cup .
Career [ ]
Saeki's career began officially in April 1994. As a junior finale, she boasts a doubles tournament in the youth edition of the Japan Open . In senior tennis, she began mainly outside the main cycle of the WTA Tour , winning a total of 16 singles and eight doubles titles belonging to the ITF Women's Circuit . She gained four wins in doubles on WTA Tour , with her partners - Yuka Yoshida and Naoko Kijimuta . Her career-high ranking was at No. 56 in singles (June 1998) and No. 49 in doubles (July 1997).
In 1998-1999 she appeared in the Japanese team for the Federation Cup (only singles). Defeated, among others well-known Dutch woman Miriam Oremans , and the total balance of the performances is a tie - three wins and three defeats.
WTA career finals [ ]
Grand Slam
0–0
0–0
Tier I
0–0
0–0
Tier II
0–0
0–0
Tier III
0–0
2–0
Tier IV & V
0–0
2–0
Doubles: 4 (4 titles) [ ]
ITF Circuit finals [ ]
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Singles: 18 (16–2) [ ]
Score
Runner-up
1.
17 October 1994
ITF Kugayama, Japan
Hard
Kim Il-soon
4–6, 0–6
Winner
2.
6 March 1995
ITF Alicante, Spain
Clay
Patricia Aznar
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner
3.
20 March 1995
ITF Castellón, Spain
Clay
Dragana Zarić
6–1, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Winner
4.
21 July 1996
ITF Wilmington, United States
Hard
Debbie Graham
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner
5.
6 October 1997
ITF Indian Wells, United States
Hard
Anna Smashnova
6–1, 6–4
Winner
6.
13 November 2000
ITF Manila, Philippines
Hard
Romana Tedjakusuma
4–0, 4–0
Winner
7.
18 February 2001
ITF Faro, Portugal
Hard
Alberta Brianti
6–3, 6–1
Winner
8.
11 March 2001
ITF Warrnambool, Australia
Grass
Samantha Stosur
6–4, 6–4
Winner
9.
18 March 2001
ITF Benalla, Australia
Grass
Kristen Van Elden
3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner
10.
1 April 2001
ITF Corowa, Australia
Grass
Kristen Van Elden
6–1, 6–2
Winner
11.
29 July 2001
ITF Vancouver, Canada
Hard
Mélanie Marois
6–1, 6–4
Winner
12.
5 August 2001
ITF Vancouver, Canada
Hard
Sarah Taylor
6–4, 6–1
Winner
13.
18 February 2001
ITF Seoul, South Korea
Hard
Cho Yoon-jeong
6–3, 6–0
Winner
14.
27 July 2003
ITF Lexington, United States
Hard
Salome Devidze
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Winner
15.
19 July 2005
ITF Hammond, United States
Hard
Anda Perianu
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Winner
16.
9 August 2005
ITF Wuxi, China
Hard
Sun Shengnan
6–2, 7–6(1)
Winner
17.
21 August 2005
ITF Nanjing, China
Hard
Hsu Wen-hsin
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up
18.
5 November 2005
ITF Shenzen, China
Hard
Tamarine Tanasugarn
2–6, 4–6
Doubles: 10 (8–2) [ ]
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner
1.
21 November 1993
ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand
Hard
Weng Tzu-ting
Choi Ju-yeon
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner
2.
15 May 1994
ITF Bracknell, United Kingdom
Hard
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner
3.
27 March 1995
ITF Alicante, Spain
Clay
Teodora Nedeva
Patricia Aznar
6–3, 6–1
Winner
4.
27 October 1997
ITF Austin, United States
Hard
Park Sung-hee
Debbie Graham Meredith McGrath
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Winner
5.
25 October 1998
ITF Houston, United States
Hard
Nana Smith
Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha
6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up
6.
20 November 2000
ITF Manila, Philippines
Hard
Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
3–5, 1–4, 2–4
Winner
7.
11 June 2001
ITF Tallinn, Estonia
Clay
Akiko Morigami
Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva
6–2, 7–6(7)
Winner
8.
29 July 2001
ITF Vancouver, Canada
Hard
Elizabeth Schmidt
5–7, 6–3, 7–6
Winner
9.
14 July 2002
ITF College Park, United States
Hard
Yuka Yoshida
Teryn Ashley Jennifer Russell
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up
10.
28 July 2002
ITF Louisville, United States
Hard
Renata Voráčová
Nana Miyagi Irina Selyutina
7–5, 1–6, 5–7
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