Haruka Inoue
| Full name | Haruka Inoue |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| Born | 7 June 1977 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $206,194 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 108 (17 August 1998) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1998) |
| French Open | 1R (1998) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1997, 1998) |
| US Open | Q2 (1998, 1999) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 114 (23 July 2001) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2002) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (1998, 2001) |
Medal record | |
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Haruka Inoue (井上 青香, Inoue Haruka; born 7 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Early life
[edit | edit source]Born in Tokyo, Inoue, a right-handed baseline player, started tennis aged nine and was coached by her father Gou. Her younger sisters, Maiko and Akari, also played on the professional tennis circuit.
She had her best year as a junior in 1995 when she was a girls' singles quarter-finalist at the Australian Open and semi-finalist at the Wimbledon Championships.[1]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]In 1996 she graduated from high school and began competing on the professional tour.
Her earliest success on the WTA Tour came at the Wismilak International in Surabaya, where he made the quarter-finals in both 1996 and 1997.
She qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships and was beaten by seventh seed Anke Huber in the first round.[2]
In the 1998 season, she reached her highest ranking of 108 in the world. Her highlights in 1998 include reaching the quarterfinals of the ENKA Open in Istanbul as well as main draw appearances in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments. At Wimbledon she was one of only three players to take a set off Nathalie Tauziat on the Frenchwoman's run to the final.[3]
She never represented Japan in Fed Cup but was a member of the bronze medal winning women's team at the 1998 Asian Games.
ITF finals
[edit | edit source]| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles (2–4)
[edit | edit source]| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 2 October 1995 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Japan Tomoe Hotta | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 25 February 1996 | Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard (i) |  Elena Pampoulova
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 26 October 1997 | Houston, United States | Hard | South Korea Park Sung-hee | 1–6, 6–7(2) |
| Loss | 4. | 22 May 1998 | Noda, Japan | Hard | Japan Shinobu Asagoe | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1. | 27 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Japan Aiko Nakamura | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 19 September 2004 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet | Japan Maika Ozaki | 6–4, 6–1 |
Doubles (1–4)
[edit | edit source]| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 3 October 1994 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Japan Shinobu Asagoe | South Korea Kim Il-soon Japan Yoriko Yamagishi |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 12 December 1999 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Japan Maiko Inoue | China Li Ting China Li Na |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 26 March 2000 | Stone Mountain, United States | Hard | Japan Maiko Inoue | Australia Trudi Musgrave Australia Bryanne Stewart |
4–6, 6–2, 6–7 |
| Loss | 4. | 20 October 2002 | Haibara, Japan | Carpet | Japan Maiko Inoue | Japan Remi Tezuka Japan Yuka Yoshida |
0–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1. | 27 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Japan Maiko Inoue | Japan Keiko Taguchi Japan Nami Urabe |
6–1, 6–2 |
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References
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External links
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