Erika Takao

Erika Takao (高雄恵利加, Takao Erika, born 12 October 1987) is a retired Japanese tennis player.

Erika Takao

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Japan
Born	(1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 Narashino
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$147,913
Singles
Career record	230–165
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (6 November 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2007)
French Open	Q1 (2007)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2007)
US Open	Q1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record	55–57
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 270 (31 October 2011)

On 6 November 2006, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 128. On 31 October 2011, she also reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 270.

In 2013, after Japanese national championships, and after ten years playing on the ITF Women's Circuit, Takao announced her retirement.

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	31 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Yurika Sema	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 0–6
Loss	2.	24 April 2005	Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Lauren Breadmore	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	24 July 2005	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Hsieh Su-wei	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	25 September 2005	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Win	1.	7 May 2006	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Aiko Nakamura	6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Win	2.	9 July 2006	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	3.	16 July 2006	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5.	6 August 2006	Tokachi, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	3–6, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	6.	22 October 2006	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Chuang Chia-jung	0–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	15 April 2007	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	1–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	22 July 2007	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Ayumi Morita	1–6, 1–3 ret.
Win	4.	25 May 2008	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Lee Jin-a	6–4, 6–1
Loss	9.	14 June 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Sema	4–6, 0–6
Loss	10.	13 June 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	11.	15 January 2012	Pingguo, China	Hard	Zhao Yijing	2–6, 4–6

Doubles (2–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 February 2011	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Natsumi Hamamura	Olivia Rogowska Sally Peers	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	1.	28 May 2011	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Yurika Sema	Chan Hao-ching Zheng Saisai	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Runner-up	2.	3 September 2011	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Kim So-jung	Chan Chin-wei Hsu Wen-hsin	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	10 August 2012	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	Remi Tezuka	Melanie Klaffner Laura Ioana Andrei	2–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	18 August 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	2–6, 7–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	4.	25 May 2013	Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Shiho Akita Sachie Ishizu	5–7, 6–7(8–10)

External links

• Erika Takao at the Women's Tennis Association
• Erika Takao at the International Tennis Federation
• Erika Takao at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Erika Takao at ESPN.com