Yuka Kaneko

For the cricketer, see Yuka Yoshida (cricketer).

Yuka Kaneko (née Yuka Yoshida, Japanese: 吉田友佳, born 1 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Yuka Yoshida
吉田友佳

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Yokohama, Japan
Born	(1976-04-01) 1 April 1976 Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1994
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$669,605
Singles
Career record	274–262
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 52 (8 September 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1997, 1998)
French Open	2R (1997)
Wimbledon	2R (1997)
US Open	2R (1997)
Doubles
Career record	188–174
Career titles	3 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 51 (3 May 1999)

In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: 1995 in Tokyo, 1996 in Pattaya, and 2005 in Memphis.

Kaneko also won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Her best Grand Slam performance came in 1998 when she reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament of the US Open.

WTA career finals

Legend	Singles	Doubles
Grand Slam	0–0	0–0
Tier I	0–0	0–0
Tier II	0–0	0–0
Tier III	0–0	2–1
Tier IV & V	0–1	1–1

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 1997	Danamon Open, Indonesia	Clay	Naoko Sawamatsu	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Apr 1995	Japan Open, Tokyo	Hard	Miho Saeki	Kyoko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	2.	Nov 1996	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Miho Saeki	Tina Križan Nana Miyagi	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	Apr 1997	Danamon Open, Indonesia	Hard	Lenka Němečková	Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford	4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss	4.	Nov 1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Clay	Rika Hiraki	Jelena Kostanić Tina Pisnik	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Feb 2005	Memphis Indoors, United States	Hard (i)	Miho Saeki	Laura Granville Abigail Spears	6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	10 October 1993	ITF Ibaraki, Japan	Hard (i)	Lisa McShea	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	15 March 1996	ITF Rockford, United States	Hard	Anna Kournikova	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	20 February 2000	ITF Midland, United States	Hard	Nicole Pratt	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	24 September 2000	ITF Kirkland, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	3 March 2002	ITF Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Cindy Watson	6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	3 March 2003	ITF Bendigo	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	0–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	20 April 2003	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	8.	19 October 2003	ITF Haibara, Japan	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	6–1, 6–4
Winner	9.	2 November 2003	ITF Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Xie Yanze	6–1, 7–6(2)
Runner-up	10.	24 October 2004	ITF Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Aiko Nakamura	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 June 1993	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kazue Takuma	Mimma Chernovita Irawati Moerid	5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	2.	5 July 1993	ITF Lohja, Finland	Clay	Hiroko Mochizuki	Stephanie Gomperts Annemarie Mikkers	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	7 March 1994	ITF Offenbach, Germany	Carpet	Hiroko Mochizuki	Sandra Wächtershäuser Petra Winzenhöller	6–7, 3–6
Winner	4.	21 August 1994	ITF Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Andrea Leand Eleni Rossides	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	6 August 1995	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Shannan McCarthy Julie Steven	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	21 March 1999	ITF Noda, Japan	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Cho Yoon-jeong Park Sung-hee	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	24 October 1999	ITF Nashville, United States	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Nicole Arendt Katie Schlukebir	1–6, 6–7
Winner	8.	3 April 2000	ITF West Palm Beach, United States	Clay	Rika Hiraki	Erika deLone Nicole Pratt	1–6, 6–0, 7–6(5)
Winner	9.	7 May 2000	ITF Gifu, Japan	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Nannie de Villiers Surina De Beer	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	8 July 2001	Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Ryoko Takemura	Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	11.	30 June 2002	ITF Edmond, United States	Hard	Satomi Kinjo	Lauren Kalvaria Gabriela Lastra	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	7 July 2002	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Ryoko Takemura	Teryn Ashley Vanessa Webb	3–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	14 July 2002	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Miho Saeki	Teryn Ashley Jennifer Russell	7–5, 6–1
Winner	14.	20 October 2002	ITF Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Remi Tezuka	Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue	6–0, 6–2
Winner	15.	6 July 2003	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Tanner Cochran Shenay Perry	6–4, 3–6, 6–2

External links

• Yuka Kaneko at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yuka Kaneko at the International Tennis Federation