Mari Tanaka


Mari Tanaka 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 finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Doubles: 33 (18–15)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.24 May 2005León, MexicoHard Elizabeth Kaufman Andrea Benítez
Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner1.29 August 2005Saitama, JapanHard Elizabeth Kaufman Kim Hea-mi
Eriko Mizuno
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up2.29 September 2006Tokyo, JapanHard Yurika Sema Līga Dekmeijere
Ayami Takase
6–7, 3–6
Runner-up3.31 October 2006Sutama, JapanClay Ryoko Takemura Maki Arai
Seiko Okamoto
2–6, 3–6
Winner2.27 February 2007Wellington, New ZealandHard Song Shanshan Tomoko Dokei
Etsuko Kitazaki
6–2, 6–0
Winner3.6 March 2007Hamilton, New ZealandHard Lee Ye-ra Emelyn Starr
Jenny Swift
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up4.27 May 2007Nagano, JapanCarpet Akiko Yonemura Natsumi Hamamura
Ayaka Maekawa
6–7, 3–6
Winner4.9 June 2007Tokyo, JapanHard Ayumi Oka Etsuko Kitazaki
Tomoko Taira
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up5.30 June 2007Noto, JapanCarpet Natsumi Hamamura Sophie Ferguson
Anne Yelsey
6–7, 1–6
Winner5.4 August 2008Obihiro, JapanHard Shiho Hisamatsu Miki Miyamura
Tomoyo Takagishi
6–4, 6–2
Winner6.30 May 2009Gunma, JapanTeppich Hsu Wen-hsin Erika Sema
Yurika Sema
6–3, 1–6,
Winner7.13 June 2009Tokyo, JapanHard Ayumi Oka Maki Arai
Yurina Koshino
7–6, 6–0
Winner8.11 July 2009Tokyo, JapanHard Maki Arai Kazusa Ito
Tomoko Taira
7–5, 3–6,
Winner9.29 August 2009Saitama, JapanHard Maki Arai Airi Hagimoto
Maiko Inoue
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up6.4 September 2009Tsukuba, JapanHard Hsu Wen-hsin María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Jade Curtis
6–1, 2–6,
Runner-up7.26 September 2009Miyazaki, JapanCarpet Tomoko Yonemura Kurumi Nara
Erika Sema
0–6, 0–6
Runner-up8.8 May 2010Tarakan, IndonesiaHard Liu Wanting Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Lavinia Tananta
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up9.21 January 2011Muzaffarnagar, IndiaGrass Miki Miyamura Rushmi Chakravarthi
Poojashree Venkatesha
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up10.1 April 2011Ipswich, AustraliaClay Miki Miyamura Casey Dellacqua
Olivia Rogowska
4–6, 4–6
Winner10.20 August 2011Taipei, TaiwanHard Miyabi Inoue Chae Kyung-yee
Kim Hae-sung
7–5, 2–6,
Winner11.6 July 2012Pattaya, ThailandHard Eri Hozumi Tyra Calderwood
Dianne Hollands
4–6, 6–4,
Winner12.21 July 2012Istanbul, TurkeyHard Yurina Koshino Akari Inoue
Kaori Onishi
7–5, 6–7,
Runner-up11.1 September 2012Tsukuba, JapanHard Yurina Koshino Luksika Kumkhum
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up12.8 September 2012Noto, JapanGrass Miki Miyamura Kumiko Iijima
Akiko Yonemura
1–6, 6–4,
Winner13.3 March 2013Sydney, AustraliaHard Misa Eguchi Tamara Čurović
Wang Yafan
4–6, 7–5,
Winner14.19 May 2013Kurume, JapanGrass Kanae Hisami Rika Fujiwara
Akiko Omae
6–4, 7–6
Runner-up13.20 07 2013Woking, Great BritainHard Kanae Hisami Tara Moore
Marta Sirotkina
6–4, 1–6,
Winner15.26 7 2013Wrexham, Great BritainHard Kanae Hisami Anna Smith
Melanie South
6–3, 7–6
Winner16.14 June 2014Fergana, UzbekistanHard Hiroko Kuwata Nao Hibino
Prarthana Thombare
6–1, 6–4
Winner17.8 August 2014Nottingham, Great BritainHard Alison Bai Katie Boulter
Freya Christie
6–4, 6–3
Winner18.16 August 2014Woking, Great BritainHard Yumi Miyazaki Alice Matteucci
Despina Papamichail
6–2, 7–5
Runner-up14.18 October 2014Makinohara, JapanGrass Makoto Ninomiya Tatjana Maria
Miki Miyamura
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up15.25 October 2014Hamamatsu, JapanCarpet Makoto Ninomiya Tatjana Maria
Miki Miyamura
7–5, 2–6,