(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.

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament19981999W–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open2R2R0–0French Open3R0–0Wimbledon2R0–0US Open2R0–0Win–loss0–0

Doubles Tournament1996199719981999W–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open2R0–0French Open0–0Wimbledon0–0US Open0–0Win–loss0–00–00–0

WTA career finals Doubles: 4 (4 titles) Legend Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (2–0) Tier IV & V (2–0)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Apr 1995 Japan Open Hard Yuka Yoshida Kyōko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)Win Oct 1996 China Open Hard Naoko Kijimuta Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma 7–5, 6–4Win Nov 1996 Thailand Open Hard Yuka Yoshida Tina Križan Nana Miyagi 6–2, 6–3Win Feb 2005 National Indoor Championships, US Hard (i) Yuka Yoshida Laura Granville Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 18 (16–2) Result No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreLoss 1. 17 October 1994 ITF Kugayama, Japan Hard Kim Il-soon 4–6, 0–6Win 2. 6 March 1995 ITF Alicante, Spain Clay Patricia Aznar 7–5, 4–6, 6–2Win 3. 20 March 1995 ITF Castellón, Spain Clay Dragana Zarić 6–1, 1–6, 7–6(2)Win 4. 21 July 1996 ITF Wilmington, United States Hard Debbie Graham 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 5. 6 October 1997 ITF Indian Wells, United States Hard Anna Smashnova 6–1, 6–4Win 6. 13 November 2000 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Romana Tedjakusuma 4–0, 4–0Win 7. 18 February 2001 ITF Faro, Portugal Hard Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–1Win 8. 11 March 2001 ITF Warrnambool, Australia Grass Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–4Win 9. 18 March 2001 ITF Benalla, Australia Grass Kristen van Elden 3–6, 6–1, 6–2Win 10. 1 April 2001 ITF Corowa, Australia Grass Kristen van Elden 6–1, 6–2Win 11. 29 July 2001 ITF Vancouver, Canada Hard Mélanie Marois 6–1, 6–4Win 12. 5 August 2001 ITF Vancouver, Canada Hard Sarah Taylor 6–4, 6–1Win 13. 18 February 2001 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6–3, 6–0Win 14. 27 July 2003 Lexington Challenger, United States Hard Salome Devidze 6–4, 2–6, 7–5Win 15. 19 July 2005 ITF Hammond, United States Hard Anda Perianu 6–3, 2–6, 6–1Win 16. 9 August 2005 ITF Wuxi, China Hard Sun Shengnan 6–2, 7–6(1)Win 17. 21 August 2005 ITF Nanjing, China Hard Hsu Wen-hsin 6–2, 6–2Loss 18. ITF Shenzhen, China Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (8–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 21 November 1993 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Weng Tzu-ting Choi Ju-yeon Yoo Kyung-sook 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 2. 15 May 1994 ITF Bracknell, United Kingdom Hard Gemma Magin Michele Mair Karen van der Merwe 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 3. 27 March 1995 ITF Alicante, Spain Clay Teodora Nedeva Patricia Aznar Elisa Penalvo Lopez 6–3, 6–1Win 4. ITF Austin, United States Hard Park Sung-hee Debbie Graham Meredith McGrath 6–4, 5–7, 6–2Win 5. 25 October 1998 ITF Houston, United States Hard Nana Smith Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha 6–1, 4–6, 6–1Loss 6. 20 November 2000 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Remi Uda Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 3–5, 1–4, 2–4Win 7. ITF Tallinn, Estonia Clay Akiko Morigami Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva 6–2, 7–6(7)Win 8. 29 July 2001 ITF Vancouver, Canada Hard Kaori Aoyama Annica Cooper Elizabeth Schmidt 5–7, 6–3, 7–6Win 9. 14 July 2002 ITF College Park, United States Hard Yuka Yoshida Teryn Ashley Jennifer Russell 7–5, 6–1Loss 10. 28 July 2002 ITF Louisville, United States Hard Renata Voráčová Nana Miyagi Irina Selyutina 7–5, 1–6, 5–7

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