Yurika Sema

Yurika Sema
瀬間 友里加

Yurika Sema in 2009
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	(1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 34) Tokyo, Japan
Turned pro	2003
Retired	November 2015
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$315,569
Singles
Career record	338–267 (55.9%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 142 (30 November 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014)
French Open	Q2 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2012)
US Open	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	215–179 (54.6%)
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 150 (19 April 2010)
Fed Cup	3–1

Yurika Sema (瀬間 友里加, born December 25, 1986 in Nerima) is a former Japanese female tennis player.^[1] She is the older sister of professional tennis player Erika Sema.

Yurika Sema, whose mother is Japanese and her father is French, achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 142, on 30 November 2009 and best doubles ranking of No. 150 on 19 April 2010.^[2]

She announced that she would play her last tournament at the 90th All-Japan Championships, in November 2015 before retirement.

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 16 (3–13)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 26, 2004	ITF Hiroshima, Japan	Grass	Emily Hewson	1–6, 6–7(6)
Winner	1.	October 31, 2004	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Takao	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–1
Runner-up	2.	September 3, 2006	ITF Guanzhou, China	Hard	Sun Shengnan	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	March 18, 2007	ITF Perth, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	October 26, 2008	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	November 30, 2008	ITF Perth, Australia	Hard	Monika Wejnert	6–7(8), 5–7
Runner-up	6.	March 8, 2009	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	June 7, 2009	ITF Komoro, Japan	Clay	Kurumi Nara	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	July 19, 2009	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	March 7, 2010	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	March 6, 2011	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(2)
Runner-up	9.	May 29, 2011	ITF Changwon, Korea	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	June 5, 2011	ITF Gimcheon, Korea	Hard	Yoo Mi	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	October 17, 2011	ITF Seoul, Korea	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	12.	March 25, 2013	ITF Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Viktorija Rajicic	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	September 14, 2013	ITF Incheon, Korea	Hard	Erika Sema	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (14–13)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 29, 2006	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Līga Dekmeijere > Ayami Takase	6–7(3), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	April 14, 2007	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Junri Namigata	Eva Hrdinová Michaela Paštiková	6–7(5), 6–7(3)
Winner	1.	October 26, 2007	ITF Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	May 18, 2008	ITF Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	2.	May 24, 2008	ITF Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Ayaka Maekawa Hwang I-hsuan	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner	3.	May 31, 2008	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	4.	September 6, 2008	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Chan Chin-wei Hwang I-hsuan	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	October 17, 2008	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Natalie Grandin Robin Stephenson	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	May 30, 2009	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Hsu Wen-hsin Mari Tanaka	3–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Runner-up	7.	July 19, 2009	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Elena Chalova Darija Jurak	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	August 2, 2009	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Darija Jurak	Hanne Skak Jensen Johanna Larsson	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	October 9, 2009	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Olivia Rogowska Emily Webley-Smith	1–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Winner	4.	October 16, 2009	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alenka Hubacek Bojana Bobusic	6–1, 7–5, [10–6]
Winner	5.	September 19, 2010	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Alenka Hubacek Tammi Patterson	6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	September 26, 2010	Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alison Bai Emelyn Starr	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	May 29, 2011	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Erika Takao	Chan Hao-ching Zheng Saisai	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Runner-up	11.	June 19, 2011	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Natsumi Hamamura	Kanae Hisami Varatchaya Wongteanchai	3–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	July 10, 2011	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Hana Birnerová Stephanie Vogt	6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner	8.	May 7, 2012	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard		Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Lee So-ra	6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner	9.	July 2, 2012	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Junri Namigata	Angelique van der Meet	6–3, 6–1
Winner	10.	February 18, 2013	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Ksenia Lykina	Bojana Bobusic Emily Webley-Smith	6–4, 6–2
Winner	11.	May 31, 2013	Grado, Italy	Clay	Zhou Yimiao	Viktorija Golubic Diāna Marcinkēviča	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	12.	June 7, 2013	ITF Brescia, Italy	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Réka Luca Jani Irina Khromacheva	6–4, 7–5
Winner	13.	October 6, 2013	ITF Perth, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson	7–5, 6–1
Winner	14.	October 27, 2013	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	12.	17 February 2014	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Erika Sema	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	31 March 2014	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Erika Sema	Chanel Simmonds Maša Zec Peškirič	7–6, 3–6, [5–10]

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