Akiko Yonemura

Akiko Yonemura
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1984-01-25) 25 January 1984 (age 40)
Kumamoto
Prize money$160,615
Singles
Career record246–221
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 208 (12 May 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2008)
French OpenQ2 (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2008)
US OpenQ1 (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record189–140
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 137 (28 April 2008)

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

In her career, she won three singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. 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 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Russia Alisa Kleybanova 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 4 June 2006 Gunma, Japan Carpet United States Abigail Spears 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(6)
Runner-up 3. 24 September 2006 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Shiho Hisamatsu 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 1. 21 October 2007 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan Seiko Okamoto 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 19 October 2008 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 20 September 2009 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 27 March 2010 Kofu, Japan Hard Japan Sachie Ishizu 6–1, 1–6, 0–6
Winner 2. 30 May 2010 Kusatsu, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata 6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 7. 17 September 2011 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Kazusa Ito 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 3. 1 April 2012 Nishitama, Japan Hard Japan Kumiko Iijima 1–1 ret.
Runner-up 8. 23 June 2013 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Shiho Akita 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 14 September 2013 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Hiroko Kuwata 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 30 (15–15)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 23 September 2003 ITF Hiroshima, Japan Grass Japan Satomi Kinjo Japan Tomoko Taira
Japan Nami Urabe
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 5 September 2004 Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Tomoko Taira South Korea Kim Hea-mi
Japan Keiko Taguchi
4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 3. 31 October 2004 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Maki Arai Japan Kumiko Iijima
Japan Junri Namigata
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 21 August 2005 Nanjing, China Hard Japan Tomoko Sugano Russia Julia Efremova
China Xie Yanze
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 4 June 2006 Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Ryoko Takemura Australia Christina Horiatopoulos
Australia Trudi Musgrave
1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Winner 1. 13 May 2007 Fukuoka International, Japan Carpet Japan Ayumi Morita Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Junri Namigata
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 27 May 2007 Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan Mari Tanaka Japan Natsumi Hamamura
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
6–7(2), 3–6
Winner 2. 3 June 2007 Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Kumiko Iijima Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
South Korea Yoo Mi
6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 8 July 2007 Nagoya, Japan Hard Japan Junri Namigata South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Kim Jin-hee
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 5 August 2007 Obihiro, Japan Carpet Japan Ayumi Morita Japan Kumiko Iijima
Japan Junri Namigata
6–7(3), 0–6
Runner-up 8. 13 September 2007 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Junri Namigata
Japan Rika Fujiwara
6–3, 6–7(4), [5–10]
Winner 4. 6 July 2008 Waterloo, Canada Clay Japan Tomoko Yonemura United States Lauren Albanese
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–1, 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up 9. 25 October 2008 Hamanako, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Yurina Koshino
5–7, 4–6
Winner 5. 10 May 2009 Fukuoka International, Japan Grass Japan Tomoko Yonemura Japan Ayaka Maekawa
Japan Junri Namigata
6–2, 6–7(3), [10–3]
Winner 6. 24 May 2009 Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata Japan Tomoyo Takagishi
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 29 November 2009 Toyota World Challenge, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Akari Inoue New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
1–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 23 May 2010 ITF Karuizawa, Japan Carpet Japan Ayumi Oka China Sun Shengnan
China Xu Yifan
7–6(1), 6–3
Winner 8. 4 July 2010 ITF Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Japan Tomoko Yonemura Ukraine Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner 9. 24 July 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Japan Tomoko Yonemura South Korea Kim So-jung
Japan Remi Tezuka
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 29 August 2010 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Akari Inoue
Japan Kotomi Takahata
3–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 5 September 2010 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Japan Kumiko Iijima Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
4–6, 7–6 (6), [10–7]
Winner 11. 15 May 2011 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass Japan Ayumi Oka Japan Rika Fujiwara
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up 12. 8 October 2011 Kōfu International Open, Japan Hard Japan Remi Tezuka Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsu Wen-hsin
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 13. 22 October 2011 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Kotomi Takahata
2–6, 5–7
Winner 12. 9 September 2012 ITF Noto, Japan Grass Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Miki Miyamura
Japan Mari Tanaka
6–1, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up 14. 23 June 2013 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Japan Yuka Mori
4–6, 3–6
Winner 13. 24 March 2014 ITF Nishitama, Japan Hard Japan Junri Namigata South Korea Choi Ji-hee
Japan Akari Inoue
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 13 May 2014 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass Japan Junri Namigata Australia Jarmila Gajdošová
Australia Arina Rodionova
4–6, 2–6
Winner 14. 20 May 2014 ITF Karuizawa, Japan Hard Japan Junri Namigata Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Chiaki Okadaue
6–2, 7–5
Winner 15. 24 March 2015 ITF Nishitama, Japan Hard Japan Kyōka Okamura Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Kotomi Takahata
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]