is a professional Japanese

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player. Okamura has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 181 in singles and No. 229 in doubles.

Career

Okamura made her

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main-draw debut at the 2014 Japan Women's Open, where she received a wildcard entry into the doubles tournament, partnering with Kotomi Takahata. They defeated

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in the first round, but lost to

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in the quarterfinals. Partnering with

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, she was runner-up in the doubles at the 2023 WTA 125 Copa Oster, losing to Weronika Falkowska and

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in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak. Okamura made the main draw at the 2024 Toray Pan Pacific Open as a lucky loser and defeated qualifier Hailey Baptiste, having lost to her in the final qualifying round. Okamura lost to ninth seed

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in the second round.

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (3 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Doubles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Okamura, Kyoka 1995 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Okayama Tennis players from Tokyo Tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese sportswomen