Maki Arai

Maki Arai
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1982-12-23) 23 December 1982
Tachikawa Japan
Turned pro2000
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$63,372
Singles
Career record124–174
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 425 (14 June 2004)
Doubles
Career record249–125
Career titles27 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 185 (12 September 2005)

Maki Arai (新井 麻葵, Arai Maki; born 23 December 1982[1]) is a former professional Japanese tennis player.

Her career-high singles rank is No. 425, which she reached in June 2004. Her high doubles ranking is world No. 185, which she achieved in September 2005. Arai retired from professional tour 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 6 May 2001 ITF Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Marion Bartoli 0–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 26 October 2003 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Ryōko Fuda 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 22 June 2008 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Miki Miyamura 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 47 (27–20)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 26 September 1999 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Kumiko Iijima Li Na
Li Ting
2–6, 1–6
Win 2. 21 November 1999 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima Choi Young-ja
Kim Eun-sook
6–2, 6–0
Loss 3. 28 November 1999 ITF Kofu, Japan Carpet Remi Tezuka Seiko Okamoto
Keiko Taguchi
6–7, 6–0, 5–7
Loss 4. 20 November 2000 Kofu Open, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima Seiko Okamoto
Keiko Taguchi
5–3, 1–4, 4–5, 1–4
Win 5. 29 April 2001 ITF Bournemouth, England Clay Julia Smith Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits
6–7(4), 6–3, 6–3
Win 6. 24 June 2001 ITF Montréal, Canada Hard Kaori Aoyama Ayano Takeuchi
Tomoko Yonemura
6–1, 6–3
Win 7. 8 July 2001 ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan Hard Kumiko Iijima Khoo Chin-bee
Weng Tzu-ting
w/o
Win 8. 10 February 2002 ITF Faro, Portugal Hard Remi Tezuka Satomi Kinjo
Seiko Okamoto
7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2
Win 9. 17 February 2002 ITF Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Remi Tezuka Liana Ungur
Marta Fraga
6–2, 7–5
Win 10. 21 July 2002 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Seiko Okamoto Chae Kyung-yee
Chang Kyung-mi
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win 11. 1 September 2002 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Kaori Aoyama Yumiko Kitamura
Keiko Taguchi
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 12. 15 September 2002 ITF Kyoto, Japan Hard (i) Kaori Aoyama Shiho Hisamatsu
Maiko Inoue
5–7, 5–7
Loss 13. 23 February 2003 ITF Bangalore, India Hard Natallia Dziamidzenka Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–7(5), 6–7(4)
Loss 14. 20 April 2003 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Ryoko Fuda Akiko Kinebuchi
Tomoko Taira
6–3, 6–7(7), 4–6
Loss 15. 18 May 2003 ITF Nagano, Japan Grass Aiko Nakamura Tomoko Taira
Tomoko Yonemura
3–6, 1–6
Loss 16. 25 May 2003 ITF Gunma, Japan Grass Aiko Nakamura Kumiko Iijima
Suchanun Viratprasert
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win 17. 21 June 2003 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Wang I-ting Kim Ye-on
Lee Joo-hee
6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Win 18. 26 October 2003 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Ryoko Fuda Shizu Katsumi
Kim Hea-mi
6–2, 6–3
Loss 19. 3 July 2004 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Remi Tezuka Lee Jin-a
Yoo Soo-mi
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 20. 7 September 2004 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Remi Tezuka Rika Fujiwara
Shiho Hisamatsu
6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 21. 19 September 2004 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet Satomi Kinjo Natasha Kersten
Eriko Mizuno
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 22. 31 October 2004 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Akiko Yonemura Kumiko Iijima
Junri Namigata
3–6, 1–6
Win 23. 5 February 2005 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard Chang Kyung-mi Beti Sekulovski
Aleksandra Srndovic
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 24. 13 February 2005 ITF Blenheim, New Zealand Hard Chang Kyung-mi Beti Sekulovski
Aleksandra Srndovic
6–4, 7–6
Win 25. 13 February 2005 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Kumiko Iijima Lisa D'Amelio
Christina Horiatopoulos
6–3, 7–6
Loss 26. 11 June 2005 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Lee Eun-jeong Chan Chin-wei
Hsieh Su-wei
2–6, 1–6
Win 27. 11 September 2005 ITF Beijing, China Hard Kim So-jung Chan Yung-jan
Hwang I-hsuan
6–4, 6–0
Win 28. 30 October 2005 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Kim Hea-mi Lauren Breadmore
Annette Kolb
6–4, 7–6
Win 29. 6 November 2005 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Kumiko Iijima Tomoko Dokei
Yukiko Yabe
6–1, 6–2
Win 30. 16 July 2006 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima Seiko Okamoto
Ayami Takase
6–2, 6–3
Loss 31. 10 September 2006 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet Yukiko Yabe Natsumi Hamamura
Ayaka Maekawa
4–6, 2–6
Loss 32. 17 September 2006 ITF Hiroshima, Japan Carpet Montinee Tangphong Yuka Kuroda
Eriko Mizuno
1–6, 4–6
Loss 33. 28 October 2006 ITF Hamanako, Japan Carpet Seiko Okamoto Chuang Chia-jung
Hsieh Su-wei
6–7(2), 5–7
Win 34. 5 November 2006 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Seiko Okamoto Ryoko Takemura
Mari Tanaka
6–2, 6–3
Win 35. 4 November 2007 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard Chang Kyung-mi Ayaka Maekawa
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Win 36. 8 March 2008 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Yurina Koshino Alison Bai
Emelyn Starr
7–6(3), 7–6(2)
Loss 37. 6 September 2008 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Yurika Sema Chan Chin-wei
Hwang I-hsuan
0–6, 4–6
Loss 38. 20 September 2008 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet Yurina Koshino Ayumi Oka
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–5, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 39. 27 March 2009 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard Miki Miyamura Shuko Aoyama
Akari Inoue
5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Win 40. 1 May 2009 ITF Bundaberg, Australia Clay Nicole Riner Isabella Holland
Sally Peers
1–6, 6–4, 11–9
Win 41. 1 May 2009 ITF Ipswich, Australia Clay Olivia Rogowska Tyra Calderwood
Shannon Golds
6–3, 6–2
Loss 42. 14 June 2009 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Yurina Koshino Ayumi Oka
Mari Tanaka
6–7(6), 0–6
Win 43. 11 July 2009 ITF Tokyo, Japan Carpet Mari Tanaka Kazusa Ito
Tomoko Taira
7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss 44. 8 August 2009 ITF Niigata, Japan Carpet Etsuko Kitazaki Airi Hagimoto
Maiko Inoue
2–6, 2–6
Win 45. 29 August 2009 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Mari Tanaka Airi Hagimoto
Maiko Inoue
6–2, 6–4
Win 46. 26 March 2010 ITF Kofu, Japan Hard Seiko Okamoto Shiho Hisamatsu
Maiko Inoue
6–4, 6–4
Win 47. 11 July 2010 ITF Tokyo, Japan Carpet Maiko Inoue Airi Hagimoto
Kaori Onishi
6–2, 7–5

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