Maki Arai

Maki Arai
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1982-12-23) 23 December 1982 (age 41)
Tachikawa Japan
Turned pro2000
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$63,372
Singles
Career record124–174
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 425 (14 June 2004)
Doubles
Career record249–125
Career titles27 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 185 (12 September 2005)

Maki Arai (新井 麻葵, Arai Maki, born 23 December 1982[1]) is a former professional Japanese tennis player.

Her career-high singles rank is No. 425, which she reached in June 2004. Her high doubles ranking is world No. 185, which she achieved in September 2005. Arai retired from professional tour 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 6 May 2001 ITF Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay France Marion Bartoli 0–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 26 October 2003 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Ryōko Fuda 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 22 June 2008 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Japan Miki Miyamura 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 47 (27–20)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 26 September 1999 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Kumiko Iijima China Li Na
China Li Ting
2–6, 1–6
Win 2. 21 November 1999 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Japan Kumiko Iijima South Korea Choi Young-ja
South Korea Kim Eun-sook
6–2, 6–0
Loss 3. 28 November 1999 ITF Kofu, Japan Carpet Japan Remi Tezuka Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Keiko Taguchi
6–7, 6–0, 5–7
Loss 4. 20 November 2000 Kofu Open, Japan Carpet Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Keiko Taguchi
5–3, 1–4, 4–5, 1–4
Win 5. 29 April 2001 ITF Bournemouth, England Clay United Kingdom Julia Smith Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–7(4), 6–3, 6–3
Win 6. 24 June 2001 ITF Montréal, Canada Hard Japan Kaori Aoyama Japan Ayano Takeuchi
Japan Tomoko Yonemura
6–1, 6–3
Win 7. 8 July 2001 ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan Hard Japan Kumiko Iijima Malaysia Khoo Chin-bee
Chinese Taipei Weng Tzu-ting
w/o
Win 8. 10 February 2002 ITF Faro, Portugal Hard Japan Remi Tezuka Japan Satomi Kinjo
Japan Seiko Okamoto
7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2
Win 9. 17 February 2002 ITF Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Japan Remi Tezuka Romania Liana Ungur
Spain Marta Fraga
6–2, 7–5
Win 10. 21 July 2002 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Japan Seiko Okamoto South Korea Chae Kyung-yee
South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win 11. 1 September 2002 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Kaori Aoyama Japan Yumiko Kitamura
Japan Keiko Taguchi
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 12. 15 September 2002 ITF Kyoto, Japan Hard (i) Japan Kaori Aoyama Japan Shiho Hisamatsu
Japan Maiko Inoue
5–7, 5–7
Loss 13. 23 February 2003 ITF Bangalore, India Hard Belarus Natallia Dziamidzenka India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–7(5), 6–7(4)
Loss 14. 20 April 2003 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Japan Ryoko Fuda Japan Akiko Kinebuchi
Japan Tomoko Taira
6–3, 6–7(7), 4–6
Loss 15. 18 May 2003 ITF Nagano, Japan Grass Japan Aiko Nakamura Japan Tomoko Taira
Japan Tomoko Yonemura
3–6, 1–6
Loss 16. 25 May 2003 ITF Gunma, Japan Grass Japan Aiko Nakamura Japan Kumiko Iijima
Thailand Suchanun Viratprasert
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win 17. 21 June 2003 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei Wang I-ting South Korea Kim Ye-on
South Korea Lee Joo-hee
6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Win 18. 26 October 2003 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Ryoko Fuda Japan Shizu Katsumi
South Korea Kim Hea-mi
6–2, 6–3
Loss 19. 3 July 2004 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Japan Remi Tezuka South Korea Lee Jin-a
South Korea Yoo Soo-mi
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 20. 7 September 2004 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Remi Tezuka Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Shiho Hisamatsu
6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 21. 19 September 2004 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet Japan Satomi Kinjo Australia Natasha Kersten
Japan Eriko Mizuno
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 22. 31 October 2004 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura Japan Kumiko Iijima
Japan Junri Namigata
3–6, 1–6
Win 23. 5 February 2005 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Australia Beti Sekulovski
Sweden Aleksandra Srndovic
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 24. 13 February 2005 ITF Blenheim, New Zealand Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Australia Beti Sekulovski
Sweden Aleksandra Srndovic
6–4, 7–6
Win 25. 13 February 2005 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Japan Kumiko Iijima Australia Lisa D'Amelio
Australia Christina Horiatopoulos
6–3, 7–6
Loss 26. 11 June 2005 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard South Korea Lee Eun-jeong Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
2–6, 1–6
Win 27. 11 September 2005 ITF Beijing, China Hard South Korea Kim So-jung Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan
6–4, 6–0
Win 28. 30 October 2005 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard South Korea Kim Hea-mi Australia Lauren Breadmore
Germany Annette Kolb
6–4, 7–6
Win 29. 6 November 2005 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Tomoko Dokei
Japan Yukiko Yabe
6–1, 6–2
Win 30. 16 July 2006 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Ayami Takase
6–2, 6–3
Loss 31. 10 September 2006 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet Japan Yukiko Yabe Japan Natsumi Hamamura
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
4–6, 2–6
Loss 32. 17 September 2006 ITF Hiroshima, Japan Carpet Thailand Montinee Tangphong Japan Yuka Kuroda
Japan Eriko Mizuno
1–6, 4–6
Loss 33. 28 October 2006 ITF Hamanako, Japan Carpet Japan Seiko Okamoto Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
6–7(2), 5–7
Win 34. 5 November 2006 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Japan Seiko Okamoto Japan Ryoko Takemura
Japan Mari Tanaka
6–2, 6–3
Win 35. 4 November 2007 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Japan Ayaka Maekawa
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Win 36. 8 March 2008 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Japan Yurina Koshino Australia Alison Bai
Australia Emelyn Starr
7–6(3), 7–6(2)
Loss 37. 6 September 2008 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Japan Yurika Sema Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan
0–6, 4–6
Loss 38. 20 September 2008 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet Japan Yurina Koshino Japan Ayumi Oka
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–5, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 39. 27 March 2009 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard Japan Miki Miyamura Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Akari Inoue
5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 40. 1 May 2009 ITF Bundaberg, Australia Clay Switzerland Nicole Riner Australia Isabella Holland
Australia Sally Peers
1–6, 6–4, 11–9
Win 41. 1 May 2009 ITF Ipswich, Australia Clay Australia Olivia Rogowska Australia Tyra Calderwood
Australia Shannon Golds
6–3, 6–2
Loss 42. 14 June 2009 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Yurina Koshino Japan Ayumi Oka
Japan Mari Tanaka
6–7(6), 0–6
Win 43. 11 July 2009 ITF Tokyo, Japan Carpet Japan Mari Tanaka Japan Kazusa Ito
Japan Tomoko Taira
7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss 44. 8 August 2009 ITF Niigata, Japan Carpet Japan Etsuko Kitazaki Japan Airi Hagimoto
Japan Maiko Inoue
2–6, 2–6
Win 45. 29 August 2009 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Mari Tanaka Japan Airi Hagimoto
Japan Maiko Inoue
6–2, 6–4
Win 46. 26 March 2010 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard Japan Seiko Okamoto Japan Shiho Hisamatsu
Japan Maiko Inoue
6–4, 6–4
Win 47. 11 July 2010 ITF Tokyo, Japan Carpet Japan Maiko Inoue Japan Airi Hagimoto
Japan Kaori Onishi
6–2, 7–5

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