Akiko Yonemura

Akiko Yonemura

Country	Japan
Born	(1984-01-25) 25 January 1984 Kumamoto, Japan
Prize money	$160,615
Singles
Career record	246 - 221
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	208 (12 May 2008)
Current ranking	712 (19 January 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2008)
French Open	Q2 (2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008)
US Open	Q1 (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	189 - 140
Career titles	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	137 (28 April 2008)
Current ranking	357 (19 January 2015)
Last updated on: 19 January 2015.

Akiko Yonemura (米村明子, Yonemura Akiko, born 25 January 1984 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese tennis player.

On 12 May 2008, she reached her career high singles WTA ranking of 208. 28 April 2008, she reached her career high doubles WTA ranking of 137.

She has won 3 ITF singles title and 14 ITF doubles titles. Akiko is the sister of Tomoko Yonemura.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (3–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	23 October 2005	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Alisa Kleybanova	0–6 1–6
Runner–up	2.	4 June 2006	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Abigail Spears	3–6 6–2 6–7 (6–8)
Runner–up	3.	24 September 2006	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	2–6 6–3 5–7
Winner	4.	21 October 2007	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	6–3 6–4
Runner–up	5.	19 October 2008	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	1–6 6–3 3–6
Runner–up	6.	20 September 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–1 3–6 4–6
Runner–up	7.	27 March 2010	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Sachie Ishizu	6–1 1–6 0–6
Winner	8.	30 May 2010	Kusatsu, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	6–4 7–6 (7–4)
Runner–up	9.	17 September 2011	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Kazusa Ito	3–6 6–3 4–6
Winner	10.	1 April 2012	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	1–1 ret.
Runner–up	11.	23 June 2013	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Shiho Akita	4-6 4-6
Runner–up	12.	14 September 2013	Kyoto, Japan	Hard (o)	Hiroko Kuwata	1-6 2-6

Doubles Finals: 30 (15–15)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	23 September 2003	Hiroshima, Japan	Grass	Satomi Kinjo	Tomoko Taira Nami Urabe	3–6 3–6
Runner–up	2.	5 September 2004	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Tomoko Taira	Kim Hea-mi Keiko Taguchi	4–6 0–6
Runner–up	3.	31 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Kumiko Iijima Junri Namigata	3–6 1–6
Runner–up	4.	21 August 2005	Nanjing, China	Hard	Tomoko Sugano	Julia Efremova Xie Yanze	4–6 3–6
Runner–up	5.	4 June 2006	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Ryoko Takemura	Christina Horiatopoulos Trudi Musgrave	1–6 7–5 2–6
Winner	1.	13 May 2007	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	Rika Fujiwara Junri Namigata	6–2 6–2
Runner–up	6.	27 May 2007	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Mari Tanaka	Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa	6–7 (2–7) 3–6
Winner	2.	3 June 2007	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Chen Yi Yoo Mi	6–4 6–4
Winner	3.	8 July 2007	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Chang Kyung-mi Kim Jin-hee	6–2 3–6 6–4
Runner–up	7.	5 August 2007	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	Kumiko Iijima Junri Namigata	6–7 (3–7) 0–6
Runner-up	8.	13 September 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Junri Namigata Rika Fujiwara	6-3 6-7(4) [5-10]
Winner	4.	6 July 2008	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Tomoko Yonemura	Lauren Albanese Alexandra Mueller	6–1 4–6 [10–3]
Runner–up	9.	25 October 2008	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Kanae Hisami Yurina Koshino	5–7 4–6
Winner	5.	10 May 2009	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Tomoko Yonemura	Ayaka Maekawa Junri Namigata	6–2 6–7 (3–7) [10–3]
Winner	6.	24 May 2009	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Tomoyo Takagishi Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1 6–4
Runner–up	10.	29 November 2009	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Akari Inoue	Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn	1–6 4–6
Winner	7.	23 May 2010	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Oka	Sun Shengnan Xu Yifan	7–6 (7–1) 6–3
Winner	8.	4 July 2010	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	6–4 3–6 [10–4]
Winner	9.	24 July 2010	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Kim So-jung Remi Tezuka	6–2 6–4
Runner–up	11.	29 August 2010	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Akari Inoue Kotomi Takahata	3–6 3–6
Winner	10.	5 September 2010	Tsubuka, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Chan Chin-wei Chen Yi	4–6 7–6 (8–6) [10–7]
Winner	11.	15 May 2011	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Ayumi Oka	Rika Fujiwara Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3 5–7 [10–8]
Runner–up	12.	8 October 2011	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Chan Chin-wei Hsu Wen-hsin	3–6 4–6
Runner–up	13.	22 October 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Shuko Aoyama Kotomi Takahata	2–6 5–7
Winner	12.	9 September 2012	Noto, Japan	Grass	Kumiko Iijima	Miki Miyamura Mari Tanaka	6–1 4–6 [10–5]
Runner–up	14.	23 June 2013	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Makoto Ninomiya Yuka Mori	4-6 3-6
Winner	13.	24 March 2014	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Choi Ji-hee Akari Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	15.	13 May 2014	Kurume, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Jarmila Gajdosova Arina Rodionova	4–6 2–6
Winner	14.	20 May 2014	Karuizawa, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Kanae Hisami Chiaki Okadaue	6–2 7–5
Winner	15.	24 March 2015	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Kyoka Okamura	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	2-6 6-2 [10-5]

References

Akiko Yonemura at the International Tennis Federation