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Japanese tennis player
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23 August 1983
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Biography
Introduction
Ayaka Maekawa (前川 綾香, Maekawa Ayaka, born 23 August 1983) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Maekawa reached a best singles ranking of 315 and won three ITF titles. As a doubles player she featured in WTA Tour main draws, with her best performance a quarter-final appearance at the 2010 Japan Women's Open in Osaka.
ITF finals
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 3 (3–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 29 October 2007 | Kōfu, Japan | Hard | Mayumi Yamamoto | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 1 September 2008 | Goyang, South Korea | Hard | Kim Jooh-young | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 3. | 20 September 2008 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet | Hsu Wen-hsin | 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 19 (8–11)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 10 September 2006 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet | Natsumi Hamamura | Maki Arai Yukiko Yabe |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 23 September 2006 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Natsumi Hamamura | Kumiko Iijima Junri Namigata |
7–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 27 May 2007 | Nagano, Japan | Carpet | Natsumi Hamamura | Mari Tanaka Akiko Yonemura |
7–6 , 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 10 July 2007 | Miyazaki, Japan | Carpet | Natsumi Hamamura | Zhang Shuai Zhao Yijing |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 22 September 2007 | Tsukuba, Japan | Hard | Natsumi Hamamura | Ayumi Oka Tomoko Sugano |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 4 November 2007 | Kofu, Japan | Hard | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Maki Arai Chang Kyung-mi |
7–5, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Winner | 3. | 28 March 2008 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Tomoko Dokei Etsuko Kitazaki |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 24 May 2008 | Nagano, Japan | Carpet | Hwang I-hsuan | Erika Sema Yurika Sema |
3–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
| Winner | 4. | 22 June 2008 | Sutama, Japan | Clay | Ayumi Oka | Kazusa Ito Tomoko Taira |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 18 August 2008 | Gimhae, South Korea | Hard | Kim So-jung | Cho Jeong-a Kim Ji-young |
2–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 1 September 2008 | Goyang, South Korea | Hard | Kim So-jung | Chae Kyung-yee Chang Kyung-mi |
5–7, 6–3, [5–10] |
| Winner | 6. | 9 March 2009 | North Shore, New Zealand | Hard | Kim So-jung | Alison Bai Renee Binnie |
7–5, 7–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 16 March 2009 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Hard | Kim So-jung | Jessy Rompies Varatchaya Wongteanchai |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 8. | 23 March 2009 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Kim So-jung | Chae Kyung-yee Kim Hae-sung |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 10 May 2009 | Fukuoka, Japan | Carpet | Junri Namigata | Akiko Yonemura Tomoko Yonemura |
2–6, 7–6, [3–10] |
| Runner-up | 8. | 17 May 2009 | Kurume, Japan | Carpet | Chang Kai-chen | Lu Jingjing Sun Shengnan |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 30 May 2010 | Kusatsu, Japan | Carpet | Maya Kato | Kumiko Iijima Tomoko Yonemura |
7–6, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 10. | 28 September 2010 | Hamanako, Japan | Clay | Kao Shao-yuan | Erika Sema Kumiko Iijima |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 9 July 2010 | Fuzhou, China | Hard | Kao Shao-yuan | Liu Shaozhuo Xu Yifan |
6–3, 1–6, [2–10] |