# Ryoko Takemura

Ryoko Takemura (born 2 June 1976) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She competed predominantly on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning three singles and nine doubles titles.
In 1999 she won a Universiade bronze medal for Japan in the women's doubles with Seiko Okamoto.
At the 2004 Australian Open, Takemura and Seiko Okamoto were given a wildcard into the doubles main draw, where they were beaten in the opening round by second seeds Martina Navratilova and Lisa Raymond.
In 2005, she teamed up with Tomoko Yonemura to win three $25k tournaments, and reached her best doubles ranking of 165 in the world.

## ITF finals

* Legend
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 6 (3–3)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 28 September 1997 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Amanda Grahame | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 13 October 1997 | ITF Haibara, Japan | Grass | Keiko Ishida | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 16 August 1998 | ITF Alghero, Italy | Hard | Laura Dell'Angelo | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 14 April 2003 | ITF Yamaguchi, Japan | Clay | Sanda Mamić | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 31 August 2003 | ITF Saitama, Japan | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 7 September 2003 | ITF Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Tomoyo Takagishi | 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 19 (9–10)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 13 October 1997 | ITF Haibara, Japan | Grass | Nao Akahori | Keiko Ishida Won Kyung-joo | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 24 August 1998 | Milan, Italy | Grass | Hiroko Mochizuki | Marijana Kovačević Giulia Casoni | 4–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 6 September 1998 | Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Hiroko Mochizuki | Jelena Kostanić Tošić Michaela Paštiková | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 March 2000 | Haikou, China | Hard | Chae Kyung-yee | Gréta Arn Julie Pullin | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 26 March 2000 | Nanjing, China | Hard | Chae Kyung-yee | Li Na Li Ting | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 17 July 2000 | Baltimore, United States | Hard | Tomoe Hotta | Courtenay Chapman Weng Tzu-ting | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 24 July 2000 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Tomoe Hotta | Rika Fujiwara Anne Plessinger | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 8 July 2001 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | Yuka Yoshida | Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 7 July 2002 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | Yuka Yoshida | Teryn Ashley Vanessa Webb | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 10 March 2003 | Benalla, Australia | Grass | Rushmi Chakravarthi | Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 10 August 2003 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | Kim Jin-hee | Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 5. | 25 August 2003 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Chang Kyung-mi | Hsieh Su-wei Mari Inoue | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 1 September 2003 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Chang Kyung-mi | Shizu Katsumi Keiko Taguchi | 6–1, 6–7$^{(3)}$, 2–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 15 September 2003 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet (i) | Chang Kyung-mi | Hsieh Su-wei Mari Inoue | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Winner | 7. | 29 May 2005 | Nagano, Japan | Carpet | Tomoko Yonemura | Kim Hea-mi Keiko Taguchi | 6–1, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Winner | 8. | 24 September 2005 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Tomoko Yonemura | Jeon Mi-ra Ayami Takase | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | 23 October 2005 | Makinohara, Japan | Carpet | Tomoko Yonemura | Seiko Okamoto Ayami Takase | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 4 June 2006 | Gunma, Japan | Carpet | Akiko Yonemura | Christina Horiatopoulos Trudi Musgrave | 1–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 31 October 2006 | ITF Sutama, Japan | Clay | Mari Tanaka | Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto | 2–6, 3–6 |