Miho Saeki

Miho Saeki
佐伯美穂
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	18 March 1976 (age 48); New York, United States
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$600,516
Singles
Career record	291–227
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 56 (8 June 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1998, 1999)
French Open	3R (1998)
Wimbledon	2R (1999)
US Open	2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	138–121
Career titles	4 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 49 (7 July 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1996)
French Open	2R (1997, 1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1997, 1998)
US Open	QF (1998)

Miho Saeki (佐伯美穂, Saeki Miho) (born 18 March 1976) is a Japanese former tennis player, winner of professional tournaments in doubles and singles, and a representative of Japan in the Federation Cup.

Career

Saeki's career began officially in April 1994. As a junior finale, she boasts a doubles tournament in the youth edition of the Japan Open. In senior tennis, she began mainly outside the main cycle of the WTA Tour, winning a total of 16 singles and eight doubles titles belonging to the ITF Women's Circuit. She gained four wins in doubles on WTA Tour, with her partners - Yuka Yoshida and Naoko Kijimuta. Her career-high ranking was at No. 56 in singles (June 1998) and No. 49 in doubles (July 1997).

In 1998-1999 she appeared in the Japanese team for the Federation Cup (only singles). Defeated, among others well-known Dutch woman Miriam Oremans, and the total balance of the performances is a tie - three wins and three defeats.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (2–0)
Tier IV & V (2–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Apr 1995	Japan Open	Hard	Yuka Yoshida	Kyoko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	Oct 1996	China Open	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma	7–5, 6–4
Win	Nov 1996	Thailand Open	Hard	Yuka Yoshida	Tina Križan Nana Miyagi	6–2, 6–3
Win	Feb 2005	National Indoor Championships, U.S.	Hard (i)	Yuka Yoshida	Laura Granville Abigail Spears	6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 18 (16–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	17 October 1994	ITF Kugayama, Japan	Hard	Kim Il-soon	4–6, 0–6
Win	2.	6 March 1995	ITF Alicante, Spain	Clay	Patricia Aznar	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win	3.	20 March 1995	ITF Castellón, Spain	Clay	Dragana Zarić	6–1, 1–6, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	4.	21 July 1996	ITF Wilmington, United States	Hard	Debbie Graham	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	6 October 1997	ITF Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Anna Smashnova	6–1, 6–4
Win	6.	13 November 2000	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Romana Tedjakusuma	4–0, 4–0
Win	7.	18 February 2001	ITF Faro, Portugal	Hard	Alberta Brianti	6–3, 6–1
Win	8.	11 March 2001	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 6–4
Win	9.	18 March 2001	ITF Benalla, Australia	Grass	Kristen van Elden	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	10.	1 April 2001	ITF Corowa, Australia	Grass	Kristen van Elden	6–1, 6–2
Win	11.	29 July 2001	ITF Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Mélanie Marois	6–1, 6–4
Win	12.	5 August 2001	ITF Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Sarah Taylor	6–4, 6–1
Win	13.	18 February 2001	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–3, 6–0
Win	14.	27 July 2003	Lexington Challenger, United States	Hard	Salome Devidze	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win	15.	19 July 2005	ITF Hammond, United States	Hard	Anda Perianu	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Win	16.	9 August 2005	ITF Wuxi, China	Hard	Sun Shengnan	6–2, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Win	17.	21 August 2005	ITF Nanjing, China	Hard	Hsu Wen-hsin	6–2, 6–2
Loss	18.	5 November 2005	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (8–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	21 November 1993	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Weng Tzu-ting	Choi Ju-yeon Yoo Kyung-sook	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	15 May 1994	ITF Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Gemma Magin	Michele Mair Karen van der Merwe	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	27 March 1995	ITF Alicante, Spain	Clay	Teodora Nedeva	Patricia Aznar Elisa Penalvo Lopez	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	27 October 1997	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Park Sung-hee	Debbie Graham Meredith McGrath	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win	5.	25 October 1998	ITF Houston, United States	Hard	Nana Smith	Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	6.	20 November 2000	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Remi Uda	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	3–5, 1–4, 2–4
Win	7.	11 June 2001	ITF Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Akiko Morigami	Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva	6–2, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Win	8.	29 July 2001	ITF Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Kaori Aoyama	Annica Cooper Elizabeth Schmidt	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
Win	9.	14 July 2002	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Yuka Yoshida	Teryn Ashley Jennifer Russell	7–5, 6–1
Loss	10.	28 July 2002	ITF Louisville, United States	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Nana Miyagi Irina Selyutina	7–5, 1–6, 5–7

External links

Miho Saeki at the Women's Tennis Association
Miho Saeki at the International Tennis Federation
Miho Saeki at the Billie Jean King Cup