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Maiko Inoue

{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Maiko Inoue

| image =

| fullname = Maiko Inoue Sato

| country_represented = {{JPN}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|2|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Okinawa, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $73,982

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles = 2 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 299 (29 September 1997)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles = 9 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 139 (9 July 2001)

}}

{{Nihongo|Maiko Inoue Sato|井上 摩衣子|Inoue Maiko|born 5 February 1979}} is a Japanese former tennis player. She is a younger sister of Haruka Inoue.{{cite web |title=Haruka Inoue - Bio |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/90066/title/haruka-inoue#bio |website=WTA Tennis |language=en |date=7 April 2017}}

A right-handed player, Inoue began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. She left the tour in 2003, before returning in 2007 and featuring as a doubles specialist.

During her career she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 139. She made several WTA Tour main-draw appearances in doubles and won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a singles player, she was ranked as high as 299 in the world, winning two ITF titles.{{cite web |title=Tennis Abstract: Maiko Inoue WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis |url=http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer.cgi?p=MaikoInoue |website=www.tennisabstract.com}}

Inoue, who retired in 2012, is married to former tennis player Bumpei Sato.

ITF finals

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| $25,000 tournaments

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| $10,000 tournaments

=Singles (2–2)=

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Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Opponent

! class="unsortable"|Score

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 30 September 1996

| Ibaraki, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Nagatomi

| 4–6, 4–6

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

| 1.

| 22 November 1998

| Haibara, Japan

| Clay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Ishida

| 6–4, 6–3

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

| 2.

| 29 November 1998

| Nagasaki, Japan

| Grass

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Fujiwara

| 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(3)

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 18 September 2002

| Kyoto, Japan

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoko Yonemura

| 3–6, 3–6

=Doubles (9–11)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

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

| 1.

| 17 February 1997

| Faro, Portugal

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Riei Kawamata

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvie Sallaberry
{{flagicon|SUI}} Aliénor Tricerri

| 6–3, 6–2

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 16 November 1998

| Haibara Japan

| Clay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yasuko Nishimata

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Ishida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoko Ishida

| 7–5, 6–7(7), 3–6

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

| 2.

| {{dts|format=dmy|1999|8|30}}

| Kuroshio, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Mareze Joubert
{{flagicon|GBR}} Kate Warne Holland

| 6–4, 7–6(3)

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 12 December 1999

| Manila, Philippines

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruka Inoue

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Ting
{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Na

| 3–6, 2–6

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

| 3.

| 10 January 2000

| Boca Raton, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Ting

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Olga Blahotová
{{flagicon|CZE}} Gabriela Chmelinová

| 4–6, 6–2, 6–3

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| 26 March 2000

| Stone Mountain, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruka Inoue

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave
{{flagicon|AUS}} Bryanne Stewart

| 4–6, 6–2, 6–7

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 14 October 2001

| Saga, Japan

| Grass

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shiho Hisamatsu

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Hiraki
{{flagicon|JPN}} Nana Smith

| 0–6, 1–6

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5.

| 8 September 2002

| Kyoto, Japan

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shiho Hisamatsu

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shizu Katsumi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Kinebuchi

| 4–6, 6–2, 2–6

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| 15 September 2002

| Hiroshima, Japan

| Clay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Taguchi

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Helena Ejeson
{{flagicon|DEN}} Andrea Munch-Hermansen

| 6–3, 3–6, 2–6

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

| 4.

| 22 September 2002

| Kyoto, Japan

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shiho Hisamatsu

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Maki Arai
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Aoyama

| 7–5, 7–5

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 7.

| 20 October 2002

| Haibara, Japan

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruka Inoue

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Remi Tezuka
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Yoshida

| 0–6, 2–6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

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

| 5.

| 27 October 2002

| Tokyo, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruka Inoue

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Taguchi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Nami Urabe

| 6–1, 6–2

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 8.

| 19 August 2007

| Tokyo, Japan

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mari Inoue

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Yijing
{{flagicon|CHN}} Song Shanshan

| 3–6, 1–6

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

| 6.

| 2 September 2007

| Saitama, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mayumi Yamamoto

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoko Dokei
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yukiko Yabe

| 6–4, 7–5

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 9.

| 31 August 2008

| Saitama, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Airi Hagimoto

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsu Wen-hsin
{{flagicon|TPE}} Hwang I-hsuan

| 4–6, 3–6

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

| 7.

| 8 August 2009

| Niigata, Japan

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Airi Hagimoto

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Maki Arai
{{flagicon|JPN}} Etsuko Kitazaki

| 6–2, 6–2

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 10.

| 29 August 2009

| Saitama, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Airi Hagimoto

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Maki Arai
{{flagicon|JPN}} Mari Tanaka

| 2–6, 4–6

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 11.

| 26 March 2010

| Kofu, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shiho Hisamatsu

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Maki Arai
{{flagicon|JPN}} Seiko Okamoto

| 4–6, 4–6

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

| 8.

| 11 July 2010

| Tokyo, Japan

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Maki Arai

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Airi Hagimoto
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Onishi

| 6–2, 7–5

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

| 9.

| 17 June 2012

| Tokyo, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Onishi

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akari Inoue
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Kuwata

| 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{WTA}}
  • {{ITF profile}}

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