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Japanese tennis player
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5 February 1979(Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
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Biography
Maiko Inoue Sato (井上 摩衣子, Inoue Maiko, born 5 February 1979) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She is a younger sister of Haruka Inoue.
A right-handed player, Inoue began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. She left the tour in 2003, before returning in 2007 and featuring as a doubles specialist.
During her career she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 139. She made several WTA Tour main draw appearances in doubles and won nine doubles titles on the ITF circuit. As a singles player she was ranked as high as 299 in the world, winning two ITF titles.
Inoue, who retired in 2012, is married to former tennis player Bumpei Sato.