Erika Takao

Erika Takao

Full name	Erika Takao
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Japan
Born	(1987-10-12) October 12, 1987 Narashino, Chiba, Japan
Retired	Active
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$147,913
Singles
Career record	230–165
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (November 6, 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2007)
French Open	Q1 (2007)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2007)
US Open	Q1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record	55–57
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 270 (October 31, 2011)
Last updated on: April 2, 2012.

Erika Takao (高雄恵利加, Takao Erika, born October 12, 1987) is a professional Japanese tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit.

On November 6, 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 128. On October 31, 2011, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 270.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 15 (4-11)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	31 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Yurika Sema	6–3 6–7(4–7) 0–6
Runner-up	2.	24 April 2005	Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Lauren Breadmore	3–6 2–6
Runner-up	3.	24 July 2005	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Hsieh Su-wei	2–6 3–6
Runner-up	4.	25 September 2005	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	6–2 5–7 3–6
Winner	5.	7 May 2006	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Aiko Nakamura	6–1 5–7 6–1
Winner	6.	9 July 2006	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	4–6 6–2 6–0
Winner	7.	16 July 2006	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	7–5 6–3
Runner-up	8.	6 August 2006	Tokachi, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	3–6 6–4 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	9.	22 October 2006	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Chuang Chia-jung	0–6 4–6
Runner-up	10.	15 April 2007	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	1–6 2–6
Runner-up	11.	22 July 2007	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Ayumi Morita	1–6 1-3 ret.
Winner	12.	25 May 2008	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Lee Jin-a	6–4 6–1
Runner-up	13.	14 June 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Sema	4–6 0–6
Runner-up	14.	13 June 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	6–7(3–7) 3–6
Runner-up	15.	9 January 2012	Pingguo, China	Hard	Zhao Yijing	2–6 4–6

Doubles 6 (2-4)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	4 February 2011	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Natsumi Hamamura	Olivia Rogowska Sally Peers	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	29 May 2011	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Yurika Sema	Chan Hao-ching Zheng Saisai	2–6 6–4 [9-11]
Runner–up	3.	29 August 2011	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Kim So-jung	Chan Chin-wei Hsu Wen-hsin	1–6 1–6
Runner–up	4.	6 August 2012	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	Remi Tezuka	Melanie Klaffner Laura-Ioana Andrei	2–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	19 August 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	2–6 7–6 [10–3]
Runner-up	6.	20 May 2013	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Shiho Akita Sachie Ishizu	5–7, 6–7(8–10)

External links

• Erika Takao at the Women's Tennis Association