Ryoko Takemura (born 2 June 1976) is a Japanese former professional

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player. She competed predominantly on the

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, winning three singles and nine doubles titles. In 1999 she won a

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bronze medal for Japan in the women's doubles with

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. At the

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, Takemura and Seiko Okamoto were given a wildcard into the doubles main draw, where they were beaten in the opening round by second seeds

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and

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. In 2005, she teamed up with

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to win three $25k tournaments, and reached her best doubles ranking of 165 in the world.

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takemura, Ryoko 1976 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women