Yuka Yoshida

Yuka Yoshida
吉田友佳
Country (sports)  Japan
Residence Yokohama, Japan
Born (1976-01-04) 4 January 1976
Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro 1994
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 106–118
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 52 (8 September 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1997, 1998)
French Open 2R (1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1997)
US Open 2R (1997)
Doubles
Career record 19–33
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 51 (3 May 1999)

Yuka Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田友佳, born 1 April 1976) is a tennis player from Japan who has one doubles win in Memphis, Tennessee. Her best grand slam result came in 1998 when she reached the Quarterfinals of the doubles at the US Open.

WTA career finals

LegendSinglesDoubles
Grand Slam 0–00–0
WTA Championships 0–00–0
Tier I 0–00–0
Tier II 0–00–0
Tier III 0–02–1
Tier IV & V 0–11–1

Singles (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 21 April 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay Japan Naoko Sawamatsu 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 10 April 1995 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Miho Saeki Japan Kyoko Nagatsuka
Japan Ai Sugiyama 		6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Winner 2. 18 November 1996 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Japan Miho Saeki Slovenia Tina Križan
Japan Nana Miyagi 		6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 21 April 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Czech Republic Lenka Němečková Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
Australia Kristine Radford 		4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 8 November 1999 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Clay Japan Rika Hiraki Croatia Jelena Kostanić
Slovenia Tina Pisnik 		6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 14 February 2005 Memphis, United States Hard (i) Japan Miho Saeki United States Laura Granville
United States Abigail Spears 		6–3, 6–4

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