Nami Urabe (born 29 August 1978) is a Japanese former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Born in Saitama, Urabe was one of Japan's top players in junior tennis, reaching the girls' doubles final of the

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with partner

Saori Obata , Obata Saori, born 23 April 1978 is a retired female tennis player from Japan. She turned professional in April 1996, and in February 2004, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 39, and on the same day she reached her career-high dou ...

. Her best performance on the

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was a quarterfinal appearance in the doubles draw at the 1995 Japan Women's Open and she won eight doubles titles on the

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ITF finals

Doubles: 15 (8–7)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Urabe, Nami 1978 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Saitama (city) 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women