# Erika Sema

Erika Sema (瀬間 詠里花, Sema Erika, born 24 November 1988) is a Japanese professional tennis player.

## Biography

Erika Sema is the younger sister of Yurika Sema who retired from tennis in November 2015. Her mother is Japanese and her father is French.
Sema, who is playing mostly on the ITF Circuit, and also on the WTA Tour, has tried for 16 times to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament, without success.

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10/15,000 tournaments
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2007 | ITF Hamilton, New Zealand | 10,000 | Hard | Anna Smith | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2007 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Chiaki Okadaue | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Mar 2009 | Kōfu International Open, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Misaki Doi | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | May 2009 | ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia | 25,000 | Hard | Ayu-Fani Damayanti | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jun 2009 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Erika Takao | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2010 | ITF Hamanako, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Kumiko Iijima | 7–6, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | Oct 2010 | ITF Port Pirie, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Victoria Larrière | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–3 | Oct 2010 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Ana Clara Duarte | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–3 | Nov 2010 | ITF Wellington, New Zealand | 25,000 | Hard | Elitsa Kostova | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–3 | May 2011 | ITF Niigata, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Sachie Ishizu | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Sep 2011 | Ningbo International, China | 100,000 | Hard | Anastasiya Yakimova | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Oct 2011 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | Karolína Plíšková | 7–6, 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | Oct 2012 | ITF Seoul, Korea | 25,000 | Hard | Mai Minokoshi | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 8–6 | Sep 2013 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Nao Hibino | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 9–6 | Sep 2013 | ITF Incheon, Korea | 25,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–6 | Jun 2015 | ITF Kashiwa, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Riko Sawayanagi | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 11–6 | Dec 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Eliessa Vanlangendonck | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 74 (44 titles, 30 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $50/60,000 tournaments
* $40,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10/15,000 tournaments
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2005 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 25,000 | Grass | Ayumi Morita | Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 2007 | ITF Traralgon, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2008 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 50,000 | Carpet | Yurika Sema | Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan | 3–6, 6–2, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2008 | ITF Nagano, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | Yurika Sema | Ayaka Maekawa Maya Kato | 7–6$^{(1)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | May 2008 | ITF Gunma, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | Yurika Sema | Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan | 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 3–3 | May 2009 | ITF Tarakan, Indonesia | 10,000 | Hard | Yurina Koshino | Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 7–6$^{(4)}$, [7–10] |
| Loss | 3–4 | May 2009 | ITF Gunma, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | Yurika Sema | Hsu Wen-hsin Mari Tanaka | 3–6, 6–1, [7–10] |
| Win | 4–4 | Sep 2009 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | Kurumi Nara | Mari Tanaka Tomoko Yonemura | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2009 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | Olivia Rogowska Emily Webley-Smith | 1–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
| Win | 5–5 | Oct 2009 | ITF Port Pirie, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | Alenka Hubacek Bojana Bobusic | 6–1, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Win | 6–5 | Apr 2010 | ITF Incheon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | Irina-Camelia Begu | Misaki Doi Junri Namigata | 6–0, 7–6$^{(8)}$ |
| Win | 7–5 | May 2010 | Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan | 50,000 | Hard | Tomoko Yonemura | Ksenia Lykina Melanie South | 6–3, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 7–6 | Jul 2010 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Magdalena Kiszczyńska | Mandy Minella Irena Pavlovic | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–6 | Jul 2010 | ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Teodora Mirčić | Elena Bogdan Andrea Koch Benvenuto | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 8–7 | Jul 2010 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Irina-Camelia Begu | Vitalia Diatchenko Laura Siegemund | 6–4, 1–6, [4–10] |
| Loss | 8–8 | Aug 2010 | Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Julia Schruff | Irina-Camelia Begu Anaïs Laurendon | 2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 9–8 | Aug 2010 | Reinert Open Versmold, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Hana Birnerová | Aminat Kushkhova Olga Panova | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–8 | Sep 2010 | ITF Alison Springs, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | Alison Bai Emelyn Starr | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 11–8 | Sep 2010 | ITF Hamanako, Japan | 25,000 | Clay | Kumiko Iijima | Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–9 | Apr 2011 | ITF Osprey, United States | 25,000 | Clay | María Irigoyen | Stéphanie Foretz Alexa Glatch | 6–4, 5–7, [7–10] |
| Loss | 11–10 | Apr 2011 | Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan | 50,000 | Hard | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–10 | May 2011 | ITF Niigata, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Natsumi Hamamura | Akari Inoue Ayumi Oka | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 13–10 | Jun 2011 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | Florencia Molinero | Leticia Costas-Moreira Inés Ferrer Suárez | 6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 13–11 | Jul 2011 | Open de Biarritz, France | 100,000 | Clay | Roxane Vaisemberg | Alexandra Panova Urszula Radwańska | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 13–12 | Jul 2011 | Contrexéville Open, France | 50,000 | Clay | Roxane Vaisemberg | Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova | 6–2, 5–7, [10–12] |
| Win | 14–12 | Mar 2012 | ITF Sanya, China | 25,000 | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Liang Chen Zhou Yimiao | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 15–12 | Aug 2012 | Bronx Open, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura | 6–4, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Win | 16–12 | Jan 2013 | Burnie International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Bojana Bobusic Jessica Moore | w/o |
| Win | 17–12 | Apr 2013 | Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan | 50,000 | Hard | Luksika Kumkhum | Nao Hibino Riko Sawayanagi | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 18–12 | May 2013 | Fukuoka International, Japan | 50,000 | Grass | Junri Namigata | Rika Fujiwara Akiko Omae | 7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 18–13 | Jun 2013 | Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom | 50,000 | Grass | Julia Glushko | Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 19–13 | Oct 2013 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 20–13 | Oct 2013 | Bendigo International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska | 3–6, 6–2, [11–9] |
| Loss | 20–14 | Feb 2014 | ITF New Delhi, India | 25,000 | Hard | Yurika Sema | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 20–15 | Mar 2014 | ITF Jackson, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Yurika Sema | Chanel Simmonds Maša Zec Peškirič | 7–6, 3–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 21–15 | Jul 2015 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Akiko Omae | Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata | 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | 21–16 | Oct 2016 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | 25,000 | Carpet | Rika Fujiwara | Ksenia Lykina Riko Sawayanagi | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 21–17 | Feb 2017 | ITF Clare, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Beatriz Haddad Maia Genevieve Lorbergs | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 22–17 | Mar 2017 | ITF Yokohama, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Ayaka Okuno | Kanako Morisaki Minori Yonehara | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 22–18 | Mar 2017 | ITF Nishitama, Japan | 15,000 | Hard | Shiho Akita | Momoko Kobori Kotomi Takahata | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 22–19 | May 2017 | Jin'an Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Mana Ayukawa | Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 22–20 | Sep 2017 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Jennifer Elie | Naiktha Bains Abigail Tere-Apisah | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 22–21 | Jan 2018 | Playford International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Junri Namigata | Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva | 6–2, 5–7, [5–10] |
| Win | 23–21 | May 2018 | ITF Wuhan, China | 25,000 | Hard | Mai Minokoshi | Guo Hanyu Zhang Ying | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 23–22 | Jul 2018 | Challenger de Granby, Canada | 60,000 | Hard | Aiko Yoshitomi | Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 23–23 | May 2019 | Jin'an Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Mai Minokoshi | Beatrice Gumulya You Xiaodi | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 24–23 | May 2019 | ITF Wuhan, China | 25,000 | Hard | Jiang Xinyu | Guo Meiqi Wu Meixu | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 25–23 | Jul 2019 | ITF Qujing, China | 25,000 | Hard | Mana Ayukawa | Kang Jiaqi Peangtarn Plipuech | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 25–24 | Aug 2019 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Wu Meixu | Eudice Chong Aldila Sutjiadi | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 26–24 | Aug 2019 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Mana Ayukawa | Robu Kajitani Michika Ozeki | 6–7$^{(2)}$, 6–1, [10–7] |
| Loss | 26–25 | Sep 2019 | ITF Changsha, China | 60,000 | Clay | Rutuja Bhosale | Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui | 3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Win | 27–25 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Kanako Morisaki | Jaimee Fourlis Erin Routliffe | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 28–25 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Kanako Morisaki | Paige Hourigan Abigail Tere-Apisah | 6–1, 4–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 29–25 | Feb 2021 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Shalimar Talbi | Miyabi Inoue Liang En-shuo | 2–6, 6–0, [14–12] |
| Win | 30–25 | Feb 2021 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | Lisa-Marie Rioux | Kajsa Rinaldo Persson Julita Saner | 6–1, 1–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 31–25 | Mar 2021 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | Anna Sisková | Mana Ayukawa Ayano Shimizu | 1–6, 6–4, 2–1 ret. |
| Loss | 31–26 | May 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Emma Davis | Eva Vedder Stéphanie Visscher | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 31–27 | May 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Angelica Raggi | Lauren Proctor Anna Ulyashchenko | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5)}$, [7–10] |
| Win | 32–27 | Aug 2021 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | 25,000 | Clay | Kanako Morisaki | Eva Vedder Stéphanie Visscher | 5–7, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Loss | 32–28 | Sep 2021 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | 60,000 | Clay | Kanako Morisaki | Miriam Kolodziejová Jesika Malečková | 3–6, 6–1, [2–10] |
| Win | 33–28 | Sep 2021 | ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | Kanako Morisaki | Miriam Kolodziejová Anna Sisková | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 34–28 | May 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 25,000 | Hard | Liu Fangzhou | Nigina Abduraimova Aleksandra Pospelova | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 35–28 | Jun 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Haruna Arakawa Natsuho Arakawa | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 36–28 | Aug 2022 | ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Naiktha Bains Maia Lumsden | 4–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Win | 37-28 | Oct 2022 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech | Gozal Ainitdinova Ekaterina Maklakova | 2–6, 7–6$^{(0)}$, [13–11] |
| Win | 38-28 | Jul 2023 | ITF Hong Kong, China SAR | 25,000 | Hard | Aoi Ito | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu | 5–7, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Win | 39–28 | Jul 2023 | ITF Nakhon, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Shrivalli Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 40–28 | Aug 2023 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | Haruna Arakawa | Shrivalli Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari | 6–7$^{(6)}$, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Loss | 40–29 | Aug 2023 | ITF Hong Kong | 40,000 | Hard | Aoi Ito | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu | 6–3, 3–6, [9–11] |
| Win | 41–29 | Sep 2023 | ITF Nanao, Japan | 40,000 | Carpet | Aoi Ito | Miho Kuramochi Kanako Morisaki | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 42–29 | Jun 2024 | ITF Changwon, Korea | W35 | Hard | Paige Hourigan | Li Zongyu Shi Han | 6–4, 4–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 43–29 | Aug 2024 | ITF Erwitte, Germany | W35 | Hard | Fabienne Gettwart | Kristina Novak Lisa Zaar | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 44–29 | Aug 2024 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | W35 | Hard | Funa Kozaki | Sarah Iliev Ikumi Yamazaki | 3–6, 6–7$^{(9)}$ |
| Loss | 44–30 | Feb 2025 | Launceston Tennis International, Australia | W35 | Hard | Miho Kuramochi | Monique Barry Elena Micic | 2–6, 4–6 |