Naoko Sato

{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1955)}}

{{for|the Japanese professional wrestler born Naoko Satō|Jackie Sato}}

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{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Naoko Sato

| country = Japan

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1955|1|2}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| height =

| turnedpro =

| retired =

| plays =

| careerprizemoney = $31,279

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 214 (4 July 1983)

| AustralianOpenresult = QF (1977)

| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1981)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1976)

| USOpenresult = 1R (1981)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles = 1

| highestdoublesranking = No. 120 (1 February 1988)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = F (1978)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1981, 1984)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1981)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1976, 1978)

| Mixed =

| mixedrecord =

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| FrenchOpenMixedresult =

| WimbledonMixedresult = 2R (1981, 1985)

| USOpenMixedresult =

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{{Nihongo|Naoko Sato|佐藤 直子|Satō Naoko|born 2 January 1955[http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/player.cgi?p=NaokoSato Tennis abstract]}} is a retired Japanese professional tennis player.

Career

Naoko Sato best results came in the doubles. She reached final of 1978 Australian Open with Pam Whytcross which they lost to Betsy Nagelsen and Renáta Tomanová in straight sets.

Grand Slam finals

=Doubles: 1 (0–1)=

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style="background:#ffa07a;" | Loss1978style="background:#ffc;"|Australian OpenHard{{flagicon|AUS}} Pam Whytcross{{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Nagelsen
{{flagicon|TCH}} Renáta Tomanová
5–7, 2–6

WTA Tour finals

=Doubles (1–3)=

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

| 0–1

| Dec 1978

| Australian Open, Melbourne

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Pam Whytcross

| {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Nagelsen
{{flagicon|TCH}} Renáta Tomanová

| 5–7, 2–6

style="background:#98FB98;" |Win

| 1–1

| Oct 1982

| Borden Classic, Tokyo, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Brenda Remilton

| {{flagicon|USA}} Laura duPont
{{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Jordan

| 2–6, 6–3, 6–3

style="background:#FFA07A;" |Loss

| 1–2

| Oct 1982

| Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Brenda Remilton

| {{flagicon|USA}} Laura duPont
{{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Jordan

| 2–6, 7–6, 1–6

style="background:#FFA07A;" |Loss

| 1–3

| Oct 1983

| Borden Classic, Tokyo, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Brenda Remilton

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris O'Neil
{{flagicon|AUS}} Pam Whytcross

|7–5, 6–7, 3–6

References

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