Saki Imamura Explained

is a Japanese tennis player.^[1]

Imamura has a career-high singles ranking of 364 by the WTA, achieved on 23 September 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of 214, achieved on the same date.^[2]

In 2023, Imamura won her first $40k title with her Japanese partner Erina Hayashi, at an ITF event in Bhopal, India. The Japanese duo defeated Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Ekaterina Reyngold in the final.^{[3] [4]}

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Valeria Bhunu	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	May 2022	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Hard	Stacey Fung	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	May 2022	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Hard	Stacey Fung	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–4	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	0–6, 3–6
Win	1–4	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Jennifer Luikham	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–4	Feb 2024	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	W15	Hard	Yao Xinxin	7–6(7), 7–5
Win	3–4	Feb 2024	ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	W15	Hard	Yuan Chengyiyi	6–2, 6–7(4), 6–2
Loss	3–5	Jun 2024	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend W75 tournaments (0–1) W40/50 tournaments (2–1) W25/35 tournaments (3–3) W15 tournaments (6–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Shin Ji-ho	Mariana Dražić Sabina Sharipova	7–6(1), 4–6, [0–10]
Loss	0–2	Mar 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Mei Hasegawa	Linda Klimovičová Dominika Šalková	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	May 2022	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Hard	Tsao Chia-yi	Melissa Morales Kirsten-Andrea Weedon	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–2	May 2022	ITF Cancún, Mexico	W15	Hard	Miho Kuramochi	Kariann Pierre-Louis Kelly Williford	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	3–2	Jun 2022	ITF Gurugram, India	W25	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Momoko Kobori Misaki Matsuda	6–4, 7–5
Win	4–2	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Nina Radovanovic Yao Xinxin	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–2	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Yasmine Mansouri Naho Sato	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–2	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Honoka Kobayashi	Li Zongyu Mia Repac	3–6, 6–0, [10–6]
Win	7–2	Nov 2022	ITF Yokohama, Japan	W15	Hard	Naho Sato	Han Na-lae Mai Hontama	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	8–2	Jan 2023	ITF Bhopal, India	W40	Hard	Erina Hayashi	Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Reyngold	6–3, 7–6(3)
Loss	8–3	Apr 2023	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	W25	Hard	Naho Sato	Arianne Hartono Priscilla Hon	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	8–4	Aug 2023	ITF Aldershot, UK	W25	Hard	Erina Hayashi	Destanee Aiava Sarah Beth Grey	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–4	Dec 2023	ITF Solapur, India	W25	Hard	Hiromi Abe	Funa Kozaki Misaki Matsuda	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–5	Jan 2024	ITF Indore, India	W50	Hard	Mana Kawamura	Jessie Aney Lena Papadakis	6–2, 0–6, [7–10]
Win	10–5	Mar 2024	Kōfu International Open, Japan	W50	Hard	Erina Hayashi	Rutuja Bhosale Ankita Raina	6–3, 7–5
Win	11–5	Jun 2024	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	W15	Hard	Hiromi Abe	Dang Yiming Anastasia Zolotareva	6–4, 6–1
Loss	11–6	Jul 2024	ITF Hong Kong	W35	Hard	Hiromi Abe	Eudice Chong Cody Wong	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	11–7	Sep 2024	ITF Perth, Australia	W75	Hard	Erina Hayashi	Talia Gibson Maddison Inglis	2–6, 4–6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dunlop Tennis Saki Imamura. sports.dunlop.co.jp.
2. Web site: Saki Imamura. Women's Tennis Association.
3. Web site: Indian sports news wrap, January 21. sportstar.thehindu.com.
4. Web site: ITF $40k Women’s Tennis Tournament 2023: Joanne Zugar, Anastasia Tikhonova in final. www.freepressjournal.in.