Etsuko Inoue

{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1964)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Etsuko Inoue

| fullname =

| country_represented = Japan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|10|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan{{cite web|url=https://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/player/tabid/198/pdid/274/Default.aspx|title=兼城(旧姓井上) 悦子|website=Japan Tennis Association|date=2023-03-07}}

| height = 164 cm

| college =

| plays = right handed

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles = 2

| highestsinglesranking = No. 26 (14 March 1988)

| AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1988)

| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1983, 1984)

| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1988)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1983, 1984)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking = No. 34 (2 February 1987)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = SF (1987)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1985)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1984, 1987)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987)

| medaltemplates-expand = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}}

{{MedalSport|Women's tennis}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|1982 New Delhi|Singles}}

{{MedalSilver|1982 New Delhi|Mixed Doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|1982 New Delhi|Doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|1982 New Delhi|Team}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Etsuko Inoue|井上 悦子|Inoue Etsuko|born October 18, 1964}} is a retired tennis player from Japan.

Inoue twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1984 (Los Angeles, California) and 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). In 1982, she became the first winner of the women's tennis competition at the Asian Games.

Married Kejiro Kaneshiro in 1993.

WTA Tour finals

=Singles (2–0)=

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!Result

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style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| October 1983

| Japan Open, Tokyo

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Shelley Solomon

| 7–5, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| October 1984

| Borden Classic, Tokyo

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Herr{{Cite web|title=Japan Open Champion Etsuko Inoue upset defending titlist Lisa...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/06/Japan-Open-Champion-Etsuko-Inoue-upset-defending-titlist-Lisa/5805465883200/}}

| 6–0, 6–0{{Cite web|title=Tokyo 1984 Tennis Tournament|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/tokyo/jpn/1984/w-wt-jpn-01a-1984/draws-and-results/}}

References

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