Nami Urabe

Nami Urabe (born 29 August 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Nami Urabe
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1978-08-29) 29 August 1978
Saitama, Japan
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$30,693
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 399 (4 May 1998)
Doubles
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (24 November 1997)

Born in Saitama, Urabe was one of Japan's top players in junior tennis, reaching the girls' doubles final of the 1995 Australian Open with partner Saori Obata.[1] Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance in the doubles at the 1995 Japan Open and she won eight doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 15 (8–7)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 2 October 1995 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Trudi Musgrave Yoshiko Sasano
Keiko Nagatomi		 0–6, 6–7(5)
Winner 1. 23 October 1995 Kyoto, Japan Hard Trudi Musgrave Tomoe Hotta
Eiko Toba		 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 8 January 1996 San Antonio, United States Hard Saori Obata Pam Nelson
Nóra Köves		 6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 25 March 1996 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Saori Obata Chen Jingjing
Li Li		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 30 June 1997 Mont-de-Marsan, France Hard Saori Obata Katalin Marosi
Veronica Stele		 4–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 15 September 1997 Ibaraki 1, Japan Hard Surina De Beer Riei Kawamata
Yoshiko Sasano		 6–2, 6–3
Winner 4. 22 September 1997 Ibaraki 2, Japan Hard Surina De Beer Shizu Katsumi
Kyoko Kojima		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 5. 5 October 1997 Kyoto, Japan Carpet Surina De Beer Yumiko Kitamura
Natsumi Yuki		 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 10 October 1997 Saga, Japan Grass Surina De Beer Danielle Jones
Saori Obata		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 23 February 1998 Mumbai, India Hard Yoriko Yamagishi Chen Jingjing
Yang Qin		 6–7(5), 2–6
Winner 6. 27 September 1999 Kyoto, Japan Carpet Keiko Ishida Yuki Fujii
Yumiko Kitamura		 6–1, 6–3
Winner 7. 3 September 2001 Kugayama, Japan Hard Seiko Okamoto Melissa Dowse
Samantha Stosur		 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 26 September 2001 Kyoto, Japan Hard Seiko Okamoto Melissa Dowse
Samantha Stosur		 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 21 October 2002 Tokyo, Japan Hard Keiko Taguchi Haruka Inoue
Maiko Inoue		 1–6, 2–6
Winner 8. 23 September 2003 Hiroshima, Japan Grass Tomoko Taira Satomi Kinjo
Akiko Yonemura		 6–3, 6–3

References
  1. "Richardson falls to elated Japanese". The Canberra Times. 16 March 1995. p. 19. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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