Seiko Okamoto

Seiko Okamoto
岡本聖子
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	14 March 1978; Tokyo
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$207,531
Singles
Career record	264–264
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 178 (16 January 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2008)
French Open	Q1 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2005)
US Open	Q2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	223–166
Career titles	1 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 123 (1 November 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2005)

Seiko Okamoto (岡本聖子, Okamoto Seiko) (born 14 March 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Okamoto took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open but lost in the first round of singles qualifying, and the first round of doubles, alongside Ryōko Fuda. She has stated that her favorite surface to play on is hardcourt.

In her career, Okamoto won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Jan 2004	Hobart International, Australia	Tier V	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Els Callens Barbara Schett	2–6, 6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	20 November 2000	Kōfu Open, Japan	Carpet	Keiko Taguchi	4–1, 1–3, 4–1
Loss	2.	22 July 2002	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Kim Mi-ok	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	19 October 2003	ITF Haibara, Japan	Hard	Yuka Yoshida	1–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	13 May 2004	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	Li Na	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	27 February 2005	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Latisha Chan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	28 May 2005	ITF Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Mayumi Yamamoto	2–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	5 June 2005	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	29 October 2006	ITF Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Shiho Hisamatsu	2–6, 4–6
Win	9.	15 April 2007	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Erika Takao	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10.	21 October 2007	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 33 (15–18)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	23 November 1998	ITF Nagasaki, Japan	Grass	Keiko Taguchi	Akiko Gunji Keiko Ishida	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	6 June 1999	ITF Little Rock, United States	Hard	Keiko Taguchi	Chang Kyung-mi Chae Kyung-yee	7–5, 6–2
Win	3.	28 November 1999	ITF Kōfu, Japan	Carpet	Keiko Taguchi	Remi Tezuka Maki Arai	7–6, 0–6, 7–5
Win	4.	13 November 2000	ITF Haibara, Japan	Clay	Keiko Taguchi	Akiko Gunji Keiko Ishida	2–4, 4–0, 5–3, 3–5, 4–2
Win	5.	20 November 2000	ITF Kōfu, Japan	Carpet	Keiko Taguchi	Kumiko Iijima Maki Arai	3–5, 4–1, 5–4, 4–1
Win	6.	3 September 2001	ITF Kugayama, Japan	Hard	Nami Urabe	Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	7.	26 September 2001	ITF Kyoto, Japan	Hard	Nami Urabe	Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	8.	10 February 2002	ITF Faro, Portugal	Hard	Satomi Kinjo	Remi Tezuka Maki Arai	5–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win	9.	30 June 2002	ITF Lachine, Canada	Hard	Shizu Katsumi	Adria Engel Kristina Kraszewski	w/o
Win	10.	21 July 2002	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Maki Arai	Chang Kyung-mi Chae Kyung-yee	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	11.	20 April 2003	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Choi Jin-young Kim Mi-ok	1–6, 2–6
Win	12.	1 June 2003	ITF Houston, United States	Hard (i)	Remi Tezuka	Yvonne Doyle Nicole Rencken	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	13.	2 November 2003	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	Jeon Mi-ra	Yang Shujing Yu Ying	4–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	10 May 2004	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Ryōko Fuda	Rika Fujiwara Jeon Mi-ra	2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win	15.	11 July 2004	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	Natallia Dziamidzenka Kaysie Smashey	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Loss	16.	21 February 2005	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Ryōko Fuda	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	3–6, 2–6
Win	17.	1 May 2005	ITF Hamanako, Japan	Hard	Ryōko Fuda	Shiho Hisamatsu Ayami Takase	7–5, 6–4
Loss	18.	8 May 2005	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Carpet	Ryōko Fuda	Rika Fujiwara Saori Obata	1–6, 2–6
Win	19.	14 May 2005	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Ryōko Fuda	Latisha Chan Chuang Chia-jung	6–2, 7–6
Win	20.	22 May 2005	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	6–2, 7–5
Loss	21.	23 October 2005	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Ayami Takase	Ryoko Takemura Tomoko Yonemura	4–6, 3–6
Loss	22.	6 November 2005	ITF Busan, Korea	Hard	Ayami Takase	Julia Efremova Wynne Prakusya	4–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 1–6
Loss	23.	11 April 2006	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Ayami Takase	Maria Kondratieva Sophie Lefèvre	0–6, 3–6
Loss	24.	9 July 2006	ITF Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Ayami Takase	Chuang Chia-jung Shiho Hisamatsu	2–6, 3–6
Loss	25.	16 July 2006	ITF Miyazaki, Japan	Hard	Ayami Takase	Maki Arai Kumiko Iijima	2–6, 3–6
Loss	26.	23 July 2006	Kurume Cup, Japan	Carpet	Ayami Takase	Latisha Chan Chuang Chia-jung	w/o
Loss	27.	28 October 2006	ITF Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Maki Arai	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6–7⁽²⁾, 5–7
Win	28.	5 November 2006	ITF Sutama, Japan	Clay	Maki Arai	Ryoko Takemura Mari Tanaka	6–2, 6–3
Win	29.	19 February 2007	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Ryōko Fuda	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Antonella Serra Zanetti	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	30.	9 April 2007	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Han Xinyun Hao Jie	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	31.	6 May 2007	ITF Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Ayumi Morita Ai Sugiyama	1–6, 6–3, 0–6
Loss	32.	18 February 2008	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Anna Fitzpatrick Ana Veselinović	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	33.	26 March 2010	ITF Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Shiho Hisamatsu Maiko Inoue	6–4, 6–4

References

Seiko Okamoto at the Women's Tennis Association
Seiko Okamoto at the International Tennis Federation