Mari Tanaka

Mari Tanaka
田中 麻里

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo
Born	(1987-01-11) January 11, 1987 Tokyo
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$112,745
Singles
Career record	228–204
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 287 (12 August 2013)
Doubles
Career record	183–121
Career titles	18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 189 (12 May 2014)

Mari Tanaka (田中 麻里, Tanaka Mari, born January 11, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan) is a former Japanese tennis player. In her career, she won four singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 August 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 287. On 12 May 2014, she peaked at No. 189 in the doubles rankings.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 May 2005	León, Mexico	Hard (i)	Micaela Moran	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	6 June 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kanae Hisami	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	29 August 2005	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Beti Sekulovski	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	19 August 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Zhang Ling	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	28 August 2007	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Zhao Yijing	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	11 July 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Kaori Onishi	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	29 January 2011	Kolkata, India	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	17 June 2012	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Nao Hibino	0–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	19 August 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Yuuki Tanaka	6–0, 6–2
Winner	4.	9 August 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Mai Minokoshi	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 33 (18–15)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 May 2005	León, Mexico	Hard (i)	Elizabeth Kaufman	Andrea Benítez Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner	1.	29 August 2005	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Elizabeth Kaufman	Kim Hea-mi Eriko Mizuno	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	29 September 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Yurika Sema	Līga Dekmeijere Ayami Takase	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	3.	31 October 2006	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Ryoko Takemura	Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	27 February 2007	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Song Shanshan	Tomoko Dokei Etsuko Kitazaki	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	6 March 2007	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Lee Ye-ra	Emelyn Starr Jenny Swift	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	4.	27 May 2007	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Winner	4.	9 June 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ayumi Oka	Etsuko Kitazaki Tomoko Taira	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner–up	5.	30 June 2007	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Natsumi Hamamura	Sophie Ferguson Anne Yelsey	6–7(8–10), 1–6
Winner	5.	4 August 2008	Obihiro, Japan	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Miki Miyamura Tomoyo Takagishi	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	30 May 2009	Gunma, Japan	Teppich	Hsu Wen-hsin	Erika Sema Yurika Sema	6–3, 1–6, [10–7]
Winner	7.	13 June 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ayumi Oka	Maki Arai Yurina Koshino	7–6(7–6), 6–0
Winner	8.	11 July 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Kazusa Ito Tomoko Taira	7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Winner	9.	29 August 2009	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Airi Hagimoto Maiko Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	6.	4 September 2009	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Hsu Wen-hsin	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Jade Curtis	6–1, 2–6, [2–10]
Runner–up	7.	26 September 2009	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	Kurumi Nara Erika Sema	0–6, 0–6
Runner–up	8.	8 May 2010	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard	Liu Wanting	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	4–6, 5–7
Runner–up	9.	21 January 2011	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Rushmi Chakravarthi Poojashree Venkatesha	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	10.	1 April 2011	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Miki Miyamura	Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	20 August 2011	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Miyabi Inoue	Chae Kyung-yee Kim Hae-sung	7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner	11.	6 July 2012	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Tyra Calderwood Dianne Hollands	4–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Winner	12.	21 July 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Akari Inoue Kaori Onishi	7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Runner–up	11.	1 September 2012	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Luksika Kumkhum Varatchaya Wongteanchai	2–6, 2–6
Runner–up	12.	8 September 2012	Noto, Japan	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Kumiko Iijima Akiko Yonemura	1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	13.	3 March 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Misa Eguchi	Tamara Čurović Wang Yafan	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Winner	14.	19 May 2013	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Kanae Hisami	Rika Fujiwara Akiko Omae	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner–up	13.	20 July 2013	Woking, Great Britain	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Tara Moore Marta Sirotkina	6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Winner	15.	26 July 2013	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard	Kanae Hisami	Anna Smith Melanie South	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	16.	14 June 2014	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Nao Hibino Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 6–4
Winner	17.	8 August 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Alison Bai	Katie Boulter Freya Christie	6–4, 6–3
Winner	18.	16 August 2014	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Yumi Miyazaki	Alice Matteucci Despina Papamichail	6–2, 7–5
Runner–up	14.	18 October 2014	Makinohara, Japan	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	Tatjana Maria Miki Miyamura	3–6, 1–6
Runner–up	15.	25 October 2014	Hamamatsu, Japan	Carpet	Makoto Ninomiya	Tatjana Maria Miki Miyamura	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]

External links

• Mari Tanaka at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mari Tanaka at the International Tennis Federation