Maki Arai

Maki Arai (新井 麻葵, born 23 December 1982 in Tachikawa^[1]) is a professional Japanese women's tennis player.

Arai's career high singles ranking is World No. 425, which she reached in June 2004. Her high doubles ranking is World No. 185, which she achieved in September 2005.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 9 (2–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 2001	Hatfield, England	Clay	Marion Bartoli	0–6 2–6
Runner-up	2.	21 July 2002	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Hard	Tory Zawacki	4–6 5–7
Runner-up	3.	20 October 2002	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Shinobu Asagoe	4–6 5–7
Runner-up	4.	27 October 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Haruka Inoue	2–6 2–6
Runner-up	5.	26 October 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ryoko Fuda	7–5 3–6 2–6
Winner	6.	8 August 2004	Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Hard	Vilmarie Castellvi	6–4 6–2
Winner	7.	24 October 2004	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Yuka Yoshida	6–1 6–4
Runner-up	8.	7 May 2006	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Erika Takao	1–6 7–5 1–6
Runner-up	9.	22 June 2008	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Miki Miyamura	3–6 3–6

Doubles 45 (24–20)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Na Li Ting Li	2–6 1–6
Winner	2.	21 November 1999	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Young-Ja Choi Eun-Sook Kim	6–2 6–0
Runner-up	3.	28 November 1999	Kofu, Japan	Carpet	Remi Tezuka	Seiko Okamoto Keiko Taguchi	6–7 6–0 5–7
Winner	4.	29 April 2001	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Julia Smith	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–7(4) 6–3 6–3
Winner	5.	24 June 2001	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Kaori Aoyama	Ayano Takeuchi Tomoko Yonemura	6–1 6–3
	6.	8 July 2001	Kao-Hsiung City, Taiwan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Chin-Bee Khoo Tzu-Ting Weng	W/O
Winner	7.	10 February 2002	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Satomi Kinjo Seiko Okamoto	7–5 6–7(5) 6–2
Winner	8.	17 February 2002	Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Liana-Gabriela Ungur Marta Fraga-Perez	6–2 7–5
Winner	9.	21 July 2002	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Kyung-Yee Chae Kyung-Mi Chang	6–3 5–7 6–4
Winner	10.	1 September 2002	Japan Circuit Week 1		Kaori Aoyama	Yumiko Kitamura Keiko Taguchi	4–6 6–1 6–2
Runner-up	11.	15 September 2002	Japan Circuit Week 4		Kaori Aoyama	Shiho Hisamatsu Maiko Inoue	5–7 5–7
Runner-up	12.	23 February 2003	Bangalore, India	Hard	Natalia Dziamidzenka	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–7(5) 6–7(4)
Runner-up	13.	20 April 2003	Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Ryoko Fuda	Akiko Kinebuchi Tomoko Taira	6–3 6–7(7) 4–6
Runner-up	14.	18 May 2003	Nagano, Japan	Grass	Aiko Nakamura	Tomoko Taira Tomoko Yonemura	3–6 1–6
Runner-up	15.	25 May 2003	Gunma, Japan	Grass	Aiko Nakamura	Kumiko Iijima Suchanun Viratprasert	6–4 5–7 4–6
Runner-up	16.	21 June 2003	Inchon, South Korea	Hard	I-Ting Wang	Yeon Kim Joo-Hee Lee	6–1 1–6 6–2
Winner	17.	26 October 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ryoko Fuda	Shizu Katsumi Hea-Mi Kim	6–2 6–3
Runner-up	18.	3 July 2004	Inchon, South Korea	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Jin-A Lee Soo-Mi Yoo	2–6 6–4 4–6
Runner-up	19.	19 September 2004	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Satomi Kinjo	Natasha Kersten Eriko Mizuno	4–6 6–4 4–6
Runner-up	20.	31 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Kumiko Iijima Junri Namigata	3–6 1–6
Winner	21.	5 February 2005	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Kyung-Mi Chang	Beti Sekulovski Aleksandra Srndovic	3–6 6–4 6–4
Winner	22.	13 February 2005	Blenheim, New Zealand	Hard	Kyung-Mi Chang	Beti Sekulovski Aleksandra Srndovic	6–4 7–6(3)
Winner	23.	13 February 2005	Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Kumiko Iijima	Lisa D'Amelio Christina Horiatopoulos	6–3 7–6(6)
Runner-up	24.	11 June 2005	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Eun-Jeong Lee	Chin-Wei Chan Su-Wei Hsieh	2–6 1–6
Winner	25.	11 September 2005	Beijing, China	Hard	So-Jung Kim	Yung-Jan Chan I-Hsuan Hwang	6–4 6–0
Winner	26.	30 October 2005	Tokyo 2, Japan	Hard	Hea-Mi Kim	Lauren Breadmore Annette Kolb	6–4 7–6(5)
Winner	27.	6 November 2005	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Kumiko Iijima	Tomoko Dokei Yukiko Yabe	6–1 6–2
Winner	28.	16 July 2006	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Seiko Okamoto Ayami Takase	6–2 6–3
Runner-up	29.	10 September 2006	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Yukiko Yabe	Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa	4–6 2–6
Runner-up	30.	17 September 2006	Hiroshima, Japan	Carpet	Montinee Tangphong	Yuka Kuroda Eriko Mizuno	1–6 4–6
Runner-up	31.	28 October 2006	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	Chia-Jung Chuang Su-Wei Hsieh	6–7(2) 5–7
Winner	32.	5 November 2006	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Seiko Okamoto	Ryoko Takemura Mari Tanaka	6–2 6–3
Winner	33.	4 November 2007	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Kyung-Mi Chang	Ayaka Maekawa Vartachaya Wongteanchai	5–7 6–2 [10–7]
Winner	34.	8 March 2008	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Alison Bai Emelyn Starr	7–6(3) 7–6(2)
Runner-up	35.	6 September 2008	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Yurika Sema	Chin-Wei Chin I-Hsuan Hwang	0–6 4–6
Runner-up	36.	20 September 2008	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Yurina Koshino	Ayumi Oka Vartachaya Wongteanchai	7–5 2–6 [2–10]
Runner-up	37.	27 March 2009	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Shuko Aoyama Akari Inoue	5–7 6–3 [8–10]
Winner	38.	1 May 2009	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Nicole Riner	Isabella Holland Sally Peers	1–6 6–4 11–9
Winner	39.	1 May 2009	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Olivia Rogowska	Tyra Calderwood Shannon Golds	6–3 6–2
Runner-up	40.	14 June 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Ayumi Oka Mari Tanaka	6–7(6) 0–6
Winner	41.	11 July 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Mari Tanaka	Kazusa Ito Tomoko Taira	7–5 3–6 [13–11]
Runner-up	42.	8 August 2009	Niigata, Japan	Carpet	Etsuko Kitazaki	Airi Hagimoto Maiko Inoue	2–6 2–6
Winner	43.	29 August 2009	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Airi Hagimoto Maiko Inoue	6–2 6–4
Winner	44.	26 March 2010	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Shiho Hisamatsu Maiko Inoue	6–4 6–4
Winner	45.	11 July 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Maiko Inoue	Airi Hagimoto Kaori Onishi	6–2 7–5

Results

No.	Date	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1.	2003	Volvo Women's Tournament	Ivana Abramović	3–6 0–6	Loss

References

• ITF site

1. ↑ tennis365.net

• CBS Sportsline: Tennis Maki Arai
• WTA.com stats page

External links

• Her blog