Akiko Yonemura

Akiko Yonemura
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	25 January 1984; Kumamoto
Prize money	$160,615
Singles
Career record	246–221
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 208 (12 May 2008)
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	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 137 (28 April 2008)

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

On 12 May 2008, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 208. In April 2008, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 137.

She has won three ITF singles and 15 ITF doubles titles. Akiko is the sister of Tomoko Yonemura.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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	1.	21 October 2007	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	4.	19 October 2008	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner–up	5.	20 September 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Runner–up	6.	27 March 2010	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Sachie Ishizu	6–1, 1–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	30 May 2010	Kusatsu, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner–up	7.	17 September 2011	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Kazusa Ito	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	3.	1 April 2012	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	1–1 ret.
Runner–up	8.	23 June 2013	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Shiho Akita	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	9.	14 September 2013	Kyoto, Japan	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 30 (15–15)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	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^(4–7), [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 Gajdošová 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	Kyōka Okamura	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	2–6, 6–2, [10–5]

External links

Akiko Yonemura at the Women's Tennis Association
Akiko Yonemura at the International Tennis Federation

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