Yuka KanekoITF profile
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player from

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. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the

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: 1995 in

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, 1996 in

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, and 2005 in

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. Kaneko also won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best

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performance came in 1998 when she reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament of the US Open.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Doubles: 15 (7–8)

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* * 1976 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Yokohama Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture Sportspeople from Tottori Prefecture Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub