Yurika Sema

Yurika Sema
瀬間 友里加

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	December 25, 1986 Tokyo, Japan
Turned pro	2003
Retired	November 2015
Plays	Left Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$315,569
Singles
Career record	338 - 267
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 142 (30 Novevber 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2014)
French Open	Q2 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2012)
US Open	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	215 - 179
Career titles	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 150 (19 April 2010)
Last updated on: 02 November 2015.

Yurika Sema (瀬間 友里加, born December 25, 1986 in Nerima) is a former Japanese female tennis player.^[1] Her father is Algerian, and her mother is Japanese. She is the older sister of Erika Sema.

Sema's highest Women's Tennis Association ranking was 142 on November 30, 2009.^[2]

Sema announced Will play her last tourney 90th All-Japan Championships November 2015 her retirement.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 16 (3-13)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 26, 2004	Hiroshima, Japan	Grass	Emily Hewson	1-6 6-7(6)
Winner	2.	October 31, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Takao	3-6 7-6(4) 6-1
Runner-up	3.	September 3, 2006	Guanzhou, China	Hard	Sun Shengnan	2-6 4-6
Runner-up	4.	March 18, 2007	Perth, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	2-6 1-6
Runner-up	5.	October 26, 2008	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	3-6 4-6
Runner-up	6.	November 30, 2008	Perth, Australia	Hard	Monika Wejnert	6-7(8) 5-7
Runner-up	7.	March 8, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	3-6 4-6
Winner	8.	June 7, 2009	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Kurumi Nara	6-3 1-6 6-4
Runner-up	9.	July 19, 2009	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	3-6 3-6
Runner-up	10.	March 7, 2010	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	3-6 3-6
Winner	11.	March 6, 2011	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	6-4 5-7 7-6(2)
Runner-up	12.	May 29, 2011	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	2-6 2-6
Runner-up	13.	June 5, 2011	Gimcheon, Korea	Hard	Yoo Mi	3-6 6-3 1-6
Runner-up	14.	October 17, 2011	Seoul, Korea	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	1-6 0-6
Runner-up	15.	March 25, 2013	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Viktorija Rajicic	4-6 3-6
Runner-up	16.	September 14, 2013	Incheon, Korea	Hard	Erika Sema	3-6 4-6

Doubles 27 (14-13)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 29, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Līga Dekmeijere Ayami Takse	6-7(3) 3-6
Runner-up	2.	April 14, 2007	Jackson, United States	Clay	Junri Namigata	Eva Hrdinová Michaela Paštiková	6-7(5) 6-7(3)
Winner	3.	October 26, 2007	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson	6-2 6-2
Runner-up	4.	May 18, 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	3-6 6-2 [6-10]
Winner	5.	May 24, 2008	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	May Kato Hwang I-hsuan	6-3 2-6 [10-7]
Winner	6.	May 31, 2008	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	6-4 2-6 [10-7]
Runner-up	7.	September 6, 2008	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Chan Chin-wei Hwang I-hsuan	0-6 4-6
Runner-up	8.	October 17, 2008	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Natalie Grandin Robin Stephenson	4-6 2-6
Runner-up	9.	May 30, 2009	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Hsu Wen-hsin Mari Tanaka	3-6 6-1 [7-10]
Runner-up	10.	July 19, 2009	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Elena Chalova Darija Jurak	1-6 4-6
Runner-up	11.	August 2, 2009	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Darija Jurak	Hanne Skak Jensen Johanna Larsson	2-6 3-6
Runner-up	12.	October 9, 2009	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Olivia Rogowska Emily Webley-Smith	1-6 7-5[7-10]
Winner	13.	October 16, 2009	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alenka Hubacek Bojana Bobusic	6-1 7-5[10-6]
Winner	14.	September 19, 2010	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Alenka Hubacek Tammi Patterson	6-4 6-1
Winner	15.	September 26, 2010	Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Alison Bai Emelyn Starr	7-5 6-1
Runner-up	16.	May 29, 2011	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Erika Takao	Chan Hao-ching Zheng Saisai	2-6 6-4 [9-11]
Runner-up	17.	June 19, 2011	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Natsumi Hamamura	Kanae Hisami Varatchaya Wongteanchai	3-6 2-6
Winner	18.	July 10, 2011	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Hana Birnerová Stephanie Vogt	6-4 7-6(5)
Winner	19.	May 7, 2012	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard	Chiaki Okadaue	Trang Huynh Lee So-ra	6-4 7-6(4)
Winner	20.	July 2, 2012	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Junri Namigata	Bernice Van De Velde Angelique Van Der Meet	6-3 6-1
Winner	21.	February 18, 2013	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Ksenia Lykina	Bojana Bobusic Emily Webley-Smith	6-4 6-2
Winner	22.	May 31, 2013	Grado, Italy	Clay	Zhou Yimiao	Viktorija Golubic Diāna Marcinkēviča	1-6 7-5 [10-7]
Winner	23.	June 7, 2013	Brescia, Italy	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Réka-Luca Jani Irina Khromacheva	6-4 7-5
Winner	24.	October 6, 2013	Perth, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson	7–5, 6–1
Winner	25.	October 27, 2013	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	26.	17 February 2014	New Delhi, India	Hard	Erika Sema	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6-7 3-6
Runner-up	27.	31 March 2014	Jackson, United States	Clay	Erika Sema	Chanel Simmonds Maša Zec Peškirič	7–6 3–6 [5–10]

References

1. 日本テニス協会公式サイト - プレーヤー:瀬間 友里加 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
2. "ITF Tennis - Women's Circuit - Player Biography - SEMA, Yurika (JPN)". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

External links

• Yurika Sema at the Women's Tennis Association
• Official blog (Japanese)