Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Saitama, Japan | 29 August 1978
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $30,693 |
Singles | |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 399 (4 May 1998) |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 176 (24 November 1997) |
Nami Urabe (born 29 August 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
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 quarterfinal appearance in the doubles draw at the 1995 Japan Women's Open and she won eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Doubles: 15 (8–7)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2 October 1995 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–7(5) |
Winner | 1. | 23 October 1995 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 January 1996 | San Antonio, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 25 March 1996 | Bandung, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 June 1997 | Mont-de-Marsan, France | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 15 September 1997 | Ibaraki 1, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 22 September 1997 | Ibaraki 2, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 5 October 1997 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 October 1997 | Saga, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 23 February 1998 | Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5), 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 27 September 1999 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 3 September 2001 | Kugayama, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 26 September 2001 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 21 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 8. | 23 September 2003 | Hiroshima, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
References
- ^ "Richardson falls to elated Japanese". The Canberra Times. 16 March 1995. p. 19. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.