Tomoko Yonemura

Tomoko Yonemura
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1982-01-07) 7 January 1982 (age 42)
Kumamoto, Japan
Turned pro1998
Retired2015
Prize money$185,225
Singles
Career record218–194
Career titles7 ITF
Highest ranking148 (4 May 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2009, 2010)
French OpenQ1 (2009, 2010)
WimbledonQ2 (2009)
US OpenQ2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record140–120
Career titles11 ITF
Highest ranking144 (11 April 2005)

Tomoko Yonemura (米村知子, Yonemura Tomoko, born 7 January 1982) is a Japanese former tennis player.

On 4 May 2009, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 148. On 11 April 2005, she peaked at No. 144 in the doubles rankings.

Tomoko, the sister of Akiko Yonemura, won seven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Last match played in 2011, Yonemura retired from professional tennis 2015.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 18 September 2002 ITF Kyoto, Japan Hard (i) Japan Maiko Inoue 6–3, 6–3
Winner 2. 28 September 2003 ITF Hiroshima, Japan Grass Japan Tomoyo Takagishi 6–4, 6–1
Winner 3. 5 September 2004 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Maya Kato 6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 28 May 2006 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet United Kingdom Sarah Borwell 7–5, ret.
Runner-up 5. 16 July 2006 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Japan Erika Takao 5–7, 3–6
Winner 6. 11 May 2008 Fukuoka International, Japan Carpet Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(10–8)
Winner 7. 31 May 2008 ITF Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Kumiko Iijima 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 3 May 2009 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Carpet Japan Aiko Nakamura 1–6, 4–6
Winner 9. 4 October 2009 ITF Hamanako, Japan Carpet Japan Misaki Doi 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 10. 24 July 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Thailand Nudnida Luangnam 6–2, 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 24 June 2001 ITF Montréal, Canada Hard Japan Ayano Takeuchi Japan Kaori Aoyama
Japan Maki Arai
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 1 July 2001 ITF Lachine, Canada Hard Japan Ayano Takeuchi United States Adria Engel
Switzerland Aliénor Tricerri
2–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 18 May 2003 ITF Nagano, Japan Grass Japan Tomoko Taira Japan Maki Arai
Japan Aiko Nakamura
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 8 June 2003 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Malaysia Khoo Chin-bee Japan Shiho Hisamatsu
South Korea Jeon Mi-ra
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 19 October 2003 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Japan Ayami Takase Japan Shiho Hisamatsu
South Korea Jeon Mi-ra
2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 6 June 2004 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard Japan Ayami Takase South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Kim Jin-hee
5–7, 4–6
Winner 7. 17 July 2004 ITF Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Mayumi Yamamoto Japan Kaori Aoyama
Japan Ayami Takase
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 27 March 2005 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Brazil Joana Cortez Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Argentina Clarisa Fernández
2–6, 2–6
Winner 9. 29 May 2005 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan Ryoko Takemura South Korea Kim Hea-mi
Japan Keiko Taguchi
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 10. 24 September 2005 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Ryoko Takemura South Korea Jeon Mi-ra
Japan Ayami Takase
6–2, 6–4
Winner 11. 23 October 2005 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan Ryoko Takemura Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Ayami Takase
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 28 May 2006 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan Remi Tezuka Japan Kumiko Iijima
Japan Junri Namigata
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 13. 6 July 2008 ITF Waterloo, Canada Clay Japan Akiko Yonemura United States Lauren Albanese
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–1, 4–6, [10–3]
Runner-up 14. 20 July 2008 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm Japan Misaki Doi
Japan Kurumi Nara
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Runner-up 15. 22 March 2009 ITF Redding, United States Hard Russia Alexandra Panova Belarus Anna Orlik
Slovenia Maša Zec-Peškirič
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 16. 10 May 2009 Fukuoka International, Japan Grass Japan Akiko Yonemura Japan Ayaka Maekawa
Japan Junri Namigata
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–3]
Runner-up 17. 26 September 2009 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Japan Mari Tanaka Japan Kurumi Nara
Japan Erika Sema
0–6, 0–6
Winner 18. 2 May 2010 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Hard Japan Erika Sema Russia Ksenia Lykina
United Kingdom Melanie South
6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner 19. 30 May 2010 ITF Kusatsu, Japan Carpet Japan Kumiko Iijima Japan Maya Kato
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Winner 20. 4 July 2010 ITF Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura Ukraine Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner 21. 24 July 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura South Korea Kim So-jung
Japan Remi Tezuka
6–2, 6–4