Yurika Sema Explained

is a Japanese former tennis player.^[1] She is the older sister of professional tennis player Erika Sema.

Yurika, whose mother is Japanese and her father is Algerian, achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 142 on 30 November 2009, and best doubles ranking of No. 150 on 19 April 2010.^[2]

She announced that she would play her last tournament at the 90th All-Japan Championships, in November 2015 before retirement.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (3 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 2004	ITF Hiroshima, Japan	Grass	Emily Hewson	1–6, 6–7(6)
Win	1.	Oct 2004	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Takao	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–1
Loss	2.	Sep 2006	ITF Guanzhou, China	Hard	Sun Shengnan	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	Mar 2007	ITF Perth, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	Oct 2008	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	Nov 2008	ITF Perth, Australia	Hard	Monika Wejnert	6–7(8), 5–7
Loss	6.	Mar 2009	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	Jun 2009	ITF Komoro, Japan	Clay	Kurumi Nara	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	7.	Jul 2009	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	Mar 2010	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	3–6, 3–6
Win	3.	Mar 2011	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(2)
Loss	9.	May 2011	ITF Changwon, Korea	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	2–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	Jun 2011	ITF Gimcheon, Korea	Hard	Yoo Mi	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	11.	Oct 2011	ITF Seoul, Korea	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 0–6
Loss	12.	Mar 2013	ITF Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Viktorija Rajicic	4–6, 3–6
Loss	13.	Sep 2013	ITF Incheon, Korea	Hard	Erika Sema	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (14 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 September 2006	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Līga Dekmeijere > Ayami Takase	6–7(3), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	14 April 2007	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Junri Namigata	Eva Hrdinová Michaela Paštiková	6–7(5), 6–7(3)
Winner	1.	26 October 2007	ITF Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	18 May 2008	Kurume Cup, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	2.	24 May 2008	ITF Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Ayaka Maekawa Hwang I-hsuan	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner	3.	31 May 2008	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	4.	6 September 2008	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Chan Chin-wei Hwang I-hsuan	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	17 October 2008	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Natalie Grandin Robin Stephenson	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	30 May 2009	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Hsu Wen-hsin Mari Tanaka	3–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Runner-up	7.	19 July 2009	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Elena Chalova Darija Jurak	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	2 August 2009	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Darija Jurak	Hanne Skak Jensen Johanna Larsson	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	9 October 2009	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Olivia Rogowska Emily Webley-Smith	1–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Winner	4.	16 October 2009	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alenka Hubacek Bojana Bobusic	6–1, 7–5, [10–6]
Winner	5.	19 September 2010	ITF Darwin, Australia	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Alenka Hubacek Tammi Patterson	6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	26 September 2010	ITF Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alison Bai Emelyn Starr	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	29 May 2011	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Erika Takao	Chan Hao-ching Zheng Saisai	2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Runner-up	11.	19 June 2011	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Natsumi Hamamura	Kanae Hisami Varatchaya Wongteanchai	3–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	10 July 2011	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Hana Birnerová Stephanie Vogt	6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner	8.	7 May 2012	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard	Chiaki Okadaue	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Lee So-ra	6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner	9.	2 July 2012	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Junri Namigata	Bernice van de Velde Angelique van der Meet	6–3, 6–1
Winner	10.	18 February 2013	ITF Mildura, Australia	Grass	Ksenia Lykina	Bojana Bobusic Emily Webley-Smith	6–4, 6–2
Winner	11.	31 May 2013	ITF Grado, Italy	Clay	Zhou Yimiao	Viktorija Golubic Diāna Marcinkēviča	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	12.	7 June 2013	ITF Brescia, Italy	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Réka Luca Jani Irina Khromacheva	6–4, 7–5
Winner	13.	6 October 2013	ITF Perth, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson	7–5, 6–1
Winner	14.	27 October 2013	Bendigo International, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	12.	17 February 2014	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Erika Sema	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	31 March 2014	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Erika Sema	Chanel Simmonds Maša Zec Peškirič	7–6, 3–6, [5–10]

External links

• • • • • Official blog (Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/players/female/sema_yurika.html . ja:日本テニス協会公式サイト - プレーヤー:瀬間 友里加 . 2009-03-02 . ja . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090214190434/http://jta-tennis.or.jp/players/female/sema_yurika.html . February 14, 2009 .
2. Web site: ITF Tennis - Women's Circuit - Player Biography - SEMA, Yurika (JPN). International Tennis Federation. 2009-03-27.