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Miho Saeki

{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1976)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Miho Saeki
佐伯美穂

| image =

| country = {{JPN}}

| residence = Tokyo, Japan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|3|18}}

| birth_place = New York, United States

| height = 1.68 m

| turnedpro = 1998

| retired =

| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney = $600,516

| singlesrecord = 291–227

| singlestitles = 16 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 56 (8 June 1998)

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1998, 1999)

| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1998)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1999)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1998)

| doublesrecord = 138–121

| doublestitles = 4 WTA, 8 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 49 (7 July 1997)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1996)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1997, 1999)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1997, 1998)

| USOpenDoublesresult = QF (1998)

}}

{{Nihongo|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)=

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!Legend

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| Tier I (0–0)

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| Tier II (0–0)

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| Tier III (2–0)

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| Tier IV & V (2–0)

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!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:60px"|Date

!style="width:190px"|Tournament

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:140px"|Partner

!style="width:140px"|Opponents

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

| Apr 1995

| Japan Open

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Yoshida

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kyōko Nagatsuka
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama

| 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

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

| Oct 1996

| China Open

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoko Kijimuta

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Hosoki
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazue Takuma

| 7–5, 6–4

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

| Nov 1996

| Thailand Open

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Yoshida

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Tina Križan
{{flagicon|JPN}} Nana Miyagi

| 6–2, 6–3

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

| Feb 2005

| National Indoor Championships, U.S.

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Yoshida

| {{flagicon|USA}} Laura Granville
{{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears

| 6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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!Legend

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| $75,000 tournaments

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| $50,000 tournaments

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| $25,000 tournaments

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| $10,000 tournaments

=Singles: 18 (16–2)=

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Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Opponent

! class="unsortable"|Score

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| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 1.

| 17 October 1994

| ITF Kugayama, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Il-soon

| 4–6, 0–6

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

| 2.

| 6 March 1995

| ITF Alicante, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Patricia Aznar

| 7–5, 4–6, 6–2

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

| 3.

| 20 March 1995

| ITF Castellón, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Dragana Zarić

| 6–1, 1–6, 7–6(2)

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

| 4.

| 21 July 1996

| ITF Wilmington, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Debbie Graham

| 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

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

| 5.

| 6 October 1997

| ITF Indian Wells, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|ISR}} Anna Smashnova

| 6–1, 6–4

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

| 6.

| 13 November 2000

| ITF Manila, Philippines

| Hard

| {{flagicon|INA}} Romana Tedjakusuma

| 4–0, 4–0

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| 7.

| 18 February 2001

| ITF Faro, Portugal

| Hard

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberta Brianti

| 6–3, 6–1

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| 8.

| 11 March 2001

| ITF Warrnambool, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur

| 6–4, 6–4

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

| 9.

| 18 March 2001

| ITF Benalla, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristen van Elden

| 3–6, 6–1, 6–2

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| 10.

| 1 April 2001

| ITF Corowa, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristen van Elden

| 6–1, 6–2

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| 11.

| 29 July 2001

| ITF Vancouver, Canada

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mélanie Marois

| 6–1, 6–4

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

| 12.

| 5 August 2001

| ITF Vancouver, Canada

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Taylor

| 6–4, 6–1

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

| 13.

| 18 February 2001

| ITF Seoul, South Korea

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|KOR}} Cho Yoon-jeong

| 6–3, 6–0

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

| 14.

| 27 July 2003

| Lexington Challenger, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|GEO}} Salome Devidze

| 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

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

| 15.

| 19 July 2005

| ITF Hammond, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Anda Perianu

| 6–3, 2–6, 6–1

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

| 16.

| 9 August 2005

| ITF Wuxi, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Shengnan

| 6–2, 7–6(1)

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

| 17.

| 21 August 2005

| ITF Nanjing, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsu Wen-hsin

| 6–2, 6–2

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| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 18.

| {{dts|5 November 2005}}

| ITF Shenzhen, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|THA}} Tamarine Tanasugarn

| 2–6, 4–6

=Doubles: 10 (8–2)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!Score

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

| 1.

| 21 November 1993

| ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand

| Hard

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Weng Tzu-ting

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Ju-yeon
{{flagicon|KOR}} Yoo Kyung-sook

| 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

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

| 2.

| 15 May 1994

| ITF Bracknell, United Kingdom

| Hard

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Gemma Magin

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Michele Mair
{{flagicon|RSA}} Karen van der Merwe

| 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

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

| 3.

| 27 March 1995

| ITF Alicante, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Teodora Nedeva

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Patricia Aznar
{{flagicon|ESP}} Elisa Penalvo Lopez

| 6–3, 6–1

style="background:#f7e98e;"

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

| 4.

| {{dts|format=dmy|1997|10|27}}

| ITF Austin, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Park Sung-hee

| {{flagicon|USA}} Debbie Graham
{{flagicon|USA}} Meredith McGrath

| 6–4, 5–7, 6–2

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

| 5.

| 25 October 1998

| ITF Houston, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nana Smith

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Hiraki
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| 6–1, 4–6, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| 20 November 2000

| ITF Manila, Philippines

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Remi Uda

| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
{{flagicon|IND}} Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram

| 3–5, 1–4, 2–4

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

| 7.

| {{dts|11 June 2001}}

| ITF Tallinn, Estonia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Morigami

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Natalia Egorova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Sysoeva

| 6–2, 7–6(7)

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

| 8.

| 29 July 2001

| ITF Vancouver, Canada

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Aoyama

| {{flagicon|USA}} Annica Cooper
{{flagicon|USA}} Elizabeth Schmidt

| 5–7, 6–3, 7–6

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

| 9.

| 14 July 2002

| ITF College Park, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Yoshida

| {{flagicon|USA}} Teryn Ashley
{{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Russell

| 7–5, 6–1

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

| 10.

| 28 July 2002

| ITF Louisville, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Renata Voráčová

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nana Miyagi
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Irina Selyutina

| 7–5, 1–6, 5–7

External links

  • {{WTA}}
  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Fed Cup player}}

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Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:Japanese female tennis players

Category:Tennis players from New York (state)

Category:Tennis players from Tokyo

Category:Asian Games medalists in tennis

Category:Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games

Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan

Category:20th-century Japanese women

Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen