Yurika Sema

Yurika Sema
瀬間 友里加

Country	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	(1986-12-25) December 25, 1986 Tokyo, Japan
Prize money	$302,464
Singles
Career record	315 - 240
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 142 (30 Novevber 2009)
Current ranking	No. 310 (04 August 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014)
French Open	Q2 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2012)
US Open	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	196 - 154
Career titles	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 150 (19 April 2010)
Current ranking	No. 168 (04 August 2014)
Last updated on: 04 August 2014.

Yurika Sema (瀬間 友里加, born December 25, 1986 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese female tennis player.^[1] Her father is Algerian, and her mother is Japanese. She is the older sister of Erika Sema.

Sema's highest Women's Tennis Association ranking was 142 on November 30, 2009.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 16 (3-13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 26, 2004	Hiroshima, Japan	Grass	Emily Hewson	1-6 6-7(6)
Winner	2.	October 31, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Takao	3-6 7-6(4) 6-1
Runner-up	3.	September 3, 2006	Guanzhou, China	Hard	Sheng-Nan Sun	2-6 4-6
Runner-up	4.	March 18, 2007	Perth, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	2-6 1-6
Runner-up	5.	October 26, 2008	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	3-6 4-6
Runner-up	6.	November 30, 2008	Perth, Australia	Hard	Monika Wejnert	6-7(8) 5-7
Runner-up	7.	March 8, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	3-6 4-6
Winner	8.	June 7, 2009	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Kurumi Nara	6-3 1-6 6-4
Runner-up	9.	July 19, 2009	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	3-6 3-6
Runner-up	10.	March 7, 2010	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	3-6 3-6
Winner	11.	March 6, 2011	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	6-4 5-7 7-6(2)
Runner-up	12.	May 29, 2011	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	2-6 2-6
Runner-up	13.	June 5, 2011	Gimcheon, Korea	Hard	Yoo Mi	3-6 6-3 1-6
Runner-up	14.	October 17, 2011	Seoul, Korea	Hard	Su-Wei Hsieh	1-6 0-6
Runner-up	15.	March 25, 2013	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Viktorija Rajicic	4-6 3-6
Runner-up	16.	September 14, 2013	Incheon, Korea	Hard	Erika Sema	3-6 4-6

Doubles 27 (14-13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 29, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Liga Dekmeijere Ayami Takse	6-7(3) 3-6
Runner-up	2.	April 14, 2007	Jackson, United States	Clay	Junri Namigata	Eva Hrdinová Michaela Paštiková	6-7(5) 6-7(3)
Winner	3.	October 26, 2007	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson	6-2 6-2
Runner-up	4.	May 18, 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Kai-Chen Chang I-Hsuan Hwang	3-6 6-2 [6-10]
Winner	5.	May 24, 2008	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	May Kato I-Hsuan Hwang	6-3 2-6 [10-7]
Winner	6.	May 31, 2008	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Kai-Chen Chang I-Hsuan Hwang	6-4 2-6 [10-7]
Runner-up	7.	September 6, 2008	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Chin-Wei Chan I-Hsuan Hwang	0-6 4-6
Runner-up	8.	October 17, 2008	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Natalie Grandin Robin Stephenson	4-6 2-6
Runner-up	9.	May 30, 2009	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Hsu Wen-hsin Mari Tanaka	3-6 6-1 [7-10]
Runner-up	10.	July 19, 2009	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Aurelie Vedy	Elena Chalova Darija Jurak	1-6 4-6
Runner-up	11.	August 2, 2009	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Darija Jurak	Hanne Skak Jensen Johanna Larsson	2-6 3-6
Runner-up	12.	October 9, 2009	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Olivia Rogowska Emily Webley-Smith	1-6 7-5[7-10]
Winner	13.	October 16, 2009	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alenka Hubacek Bojana Bobusic	6-1 7-5[10-6]
Winner	14.	September 19, 2010	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Alenka Hubacek Tammi Patterson	6-4 6-1
Winner	15.	September 26, 2010	Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alison Bai Emelyn Starr	7-5 6-1
Runner-up	16.	May 29, 2011	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Erika Takao	Chan Hao-ching Zheng Saisai	2-6 6-4 [9-11]
Runner-up	17.	June 19, 2011	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Natsumi Hamamura	Kanae Hisami Varatchaya Wongteanchai	3-6 2-6
Winner	18.	July 10, 2011	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Pemra Ozgen	Hana Birnerová Stephanie Vogt	6-4 7-6(5)
Winner	19.	May 07, 2012	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard	Chiaki Okadaue	Trang Huynh So-Ra Lee	6-4 7-6(4)
Winner	20.	July 02, 2012	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Junri Namigata	Bernice Van De Velde Angelique Van Der Meet	6-3 6-1
Winner	21.	February 18, 2013	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Ksenia Lykina	Bojana Bobusic Emily Webley-Smith	6-4 6-2
Winner	22.	May 31, 2013	Grado, Italy	Clay	Zhou Yimiao	Viktorija Golubic Diana Marcinkevica	1-6 7-5 [10-7]
Winner	23.	June 07, 2013	Brescia, Italy	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Reka-Luca Jani Irina Khromacheva	6-4 7-5
Winner	24.	October 6, 2013	Perth, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson	7–5, 6–1
Winner	25.	October 27, 2013	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	26.	17 February 2014	New Delhi, India	Hard	Erika Sema	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6-7 3-6
Runner-up	27.	31 March 2014	Jackson, United States	Clay	Erika Sema	Chanel Simmonds Maša Zec Peškirič	7–6 3–6 [5–10]

References

External links

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• Yurika Sema at the Women's Tennis Association
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