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Yuka Tanaka

{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1974)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Yuka Tanaka

| image =

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| country_represented = {{JPN}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|21|df=yes}}

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| careerprizemoney = $43,171

| singlesrecord = 66–71

| singlestitles = 1 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 319 (29 November 1993)

| doublesrecord = 80–47

| doublestitles = 8 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 159 (10 April 1995)

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Yuka Tanaka (born 21 August 1974) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Tanaka competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 319. She featured in the main draw of the 1994 Nichirei International Championships, a WTA Tour tournament in Tokyo, then won an ITF title in Italy in 1995.{{cite web |title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tokyo - 20 September - 25 September 1994 |url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020001218 |website=itftennis.com}} As a doubles player, she was ranked as high as 159 in the world and appeared more regularly on the WTA Tour.

ITF Circuit finals

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| $25,000 tournaments

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| $10,000 tournaments

=Singles: 2 (1–1)=

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Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Opponent

! Score

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

| 1.

| 18 October 1993

| ITF Kugayama, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mami Donoshiro

| 6–4, 3–6, 1–6

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

| 1.

| 28 August 1995

| ITF Marina di Massa, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Monica Guglielmi

| 1–6, 6–3, 6–2

=Doubles: 15 (8–7)=

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Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! Score

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

| 1.

| 8 July 1991

| ITF Dublin, Ireland

| Clay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shizuka Tokiwa

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Juliet Drew
{{flagicon|AUS}} Julie Welsh

| 6–2, 6–4

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

| 1.

| 5 October 1992

| ITF Kuroshio, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mami Donoshiro

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Hosoki
{{flagicon|JPN}} Naoko Kijimuta

| 2–6, 4–6

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

| 2.

| 10 October 1993

| ITF Ibaraki, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Mochizuki

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Maija Avotins
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea

| 4–6, 6–3, 7–6

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

| 3.

| 18 October 1993

| ITF Kugayama, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mami Donoshiro

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mana Endo
{{flagicon|JPN}} Masako Yanagi

| 6–3, 6–3

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

| 4.

| 20 June 1994

| ITF Valladolid, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Mochizuki

| {{flagicon|NED}} Hanneke Ketelaars
{{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Němečková

| 6–0, 4–6, 6–2

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

| 5.

| 10 October 1994

| ITF Kuroshio, Japan

| Hard

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

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Park In-sook
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Sasano

| 6–1, 6–1

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

| 2.

| 31 October 1994

| ITF Saga, Japan

| Grass

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mami Donoshiro

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ei Iida
{{flagicon|AUS}} Louise Pleming

| 3–6, 6–7(2)

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

| 3.

| 14 November 1994

| ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Patrícia Marková

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Laura Montalvo
{{flagicon|ARG}} Mercedes Paz

| 4–6, 3–6

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

| 4.

| 21 November 1994

| ITF La Plata, Argentina

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Patrícia Marková

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Virág Csurgó
{{flagicon|HUN}} Petra Mandula

| 6–7, 5–7

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

| 5.

| 6 May 1996

| ITF Seoul, South Korea

| Clay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Hosoki

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay-Reitz
{{flagicon|THA}} Kerry-Anne Guse

| 6–4, 0–6, 3–6

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

| 6.

| 3 June 1996

| ITF Taichung, Taiwan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinobu Asagoe

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoe Hotta
{{flagicon|JPN}} Sachie Umehara

| 6–0, 6–1

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

| 7.

| 30 September 1996

| ITF Ibaraki 1, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Nagatomi

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Ishida
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kiyoko Yazawa

| 3–6, 6–3, 7–5

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

| 6.

| 7 October 1996

| ITF Ibaraki 2, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Nagatomi

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Gail Biggs
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea

| 7–5, 3–6, 3–6

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

| 8.

| 21 October 1996

| ITF Kyoto, Japan

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Nagatomi

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Gail Biggs
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea

| 7–6(4), 2–6, 6–2

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

| 7.

| 28 October 1996

| ITF Saga, Japan

| Grass

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Mochizuki

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Danielle Jones
{{flagicon|THA}} Tamarine Tanasugarn

| 2–6, 3–6

References

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External links

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