Maki Arai

Maki Arai

Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1982-12-23) 23 December 1982 Tachikawa Japan
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 63,372
Singles
Career record	124–174
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 425 (14 June 2004)
Doubles
Career record	249–125
Career titles	0 WTA, 27 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 185 (12 September 2005)

Maki Arai (新井 麻葵, Arai Maki, born 23 December 1982 in Tachikawa^[1]) is a former professional Japanese women's tennis player.

Arai's career high singles rank is No. 425, which she reached in June 2004. Her high doubles ranking is World No. 185, which she achieved in September 2005. Arai retired from tennis 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 2001	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Clay	Marion Bartoli	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	26 October 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ryōko Fuda	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	22 June 2008	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Miki Miyamura	3–6, 3–6

Doubles 47 (27–20)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Li Na Li Ting	2–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	21 November 1999	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	28 November 1999	Kofu, Japan	Carpet	Remi Tezuka	Seiko Okamoto Keiko Taguchi	6–7, 6–0, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	20 November 2000	Kofu, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Seiko Okamoto Keiko Taguchi	5–3, 1–4, 4–5, 1–4
Winner	5.	29 April 2001	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Julia Smith	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	24 June 2001	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Kaori Aoyama	Ayano Takeuchi Tomoko Yonemura	6–1, 6–3
Winner	7.	8 July 2001	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	Khoo Chin-bee Weng Tzu-ting	W/O
Winner	8.	10 February 2002	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Satomi Kinjo Seiko Okamoto	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Winner	9.	17 February 2002	Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Liana Ungur Marta Fraga	6–2, 7–5
Winner	10.	21 July 2002	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Chae Kyung-yee Chang Kyung-mi	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	11.	1 September 2002	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Kaori Aoyama	Yumiko Kitamura Keiko Taguchi	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	15 September 2002	Kyoto, Japan	Hard (i)	Kaori Aoyama	Shiho Hisamatsu Maiko Inoue	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	13.	23 February 2003	Bangalore, India	Hard	Natalia Dziamidzenka	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	14.	20 April 2003	Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Ryoko Fuda	Akiko Kinebuchi Tomoko Taira	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Runner-up	15.	18 May 2003	Nagano, Japan	Grass	Aiko Nakamura	Tomoko Taira Tomoko Yonemura	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	16.	25 May 2003	Gunma, Japan	Grass	Aiko Nakamura	Kumiko Iijima Suchanun Viratprasert	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	17.	21 June 2003	Inchon, South Korea	Hard	Wang I-ting	Kim Ye-on Lee Joo-hee	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	18.	26 October 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ryoko Fuda	Shizu Katsumi Kim Hea-mi	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	3 July 2004	Inchon, South Korea	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Lee Jin-a Yoo Soo-mi	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	20.	7 September 2002	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Rika Fujiwara Shiho Hisamatsu	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	21.	19 September 2004	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Satomi Kinjo	Natasha Kersten Eriko Mizuno	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	22.	31 October 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Kumiko Iijima Junri Namigata	3–6, 1–6
Winner	23.	5 February 2005	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Chang Kyung-mi	Beti Sekulovski Aleksandra Srndovic	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	24.	13 February 2005	Blenheim, New Zealand	Hard	Chang Kyung-mi	Beti Sekulovski Aleksandra Srndovic	6–4, 7–6
Winner	25.	13 February 2005	Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Kumiko Iijima	Lisa D'Amelio Christina Horiatopoulos	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	26.	11 June 2005	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Lee Eun-jeong	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	2–6, 1–6
Winner	27.	11 September 2005	Beijing, China	Hard	Kim So-jung	Chan Yung-jan Hwang I-hsuan	6–4, 6–0
Winner	28.	30 October 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kim Hea-mi	Lauren Breadmore Annette Kolb	6–4, 7–6
Winner	29.	6 November 2005	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Kumiko Iijima	Tomoko Dokei Yukiko Yabe	6–1, 6–2
Winner	30.	16 July 2006	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Kumiko Iijima	Seiko Okamoto Ayami Takase	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	31.	10 September 2006	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Yukiko Yabe	Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	32.	17 September 2006	Hiroshima, Japan	Carpet	Montinee Tangphong	Yuka Kuroda Eriko Mizuno	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	33.	28 October 2006	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6–7(2–7), 5–7
Winner	34.	5 November 2006	Sutama, Japan	Clay	Seiko Okamoto	Ryoko Takemura Mari Tanaka	6–2, 6–3
Winner	35.	4 November 2007	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Chang Kyung-mi	Ayaka Maekawa Varatchaya Wongteanchai	5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	36.	8 March 2008	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Alison Bai Emelyn Starr	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	37.	6 September 2008	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Yurika Sema	Chan Chin-wei Hwang I-hsuan	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	38.	20 September 2008	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Yurina Koshino	Ayumi Oka Varatchaya Wongteanchai	7–5, 2–6, [2–10]
Runner-up	39.	27 March 2009	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Shuko Aoyama Akari Inoue	5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner	40.	1 May 2009	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Nicole Riner	Isabella Holland Sally Peers	1–6, 6–4, 11–9
Winner	41.	1 May 2009	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Olivia Rogowska	Tyra Calderwood Shannon Golds	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	42.	14 June 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Yurina Koshino	Ayumi Oka Mari Tanaka	6–7(6–8), 0–6
Winner	43.	11 July 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Mari Tanaka	Kazusa Ito Tomoko Taira	7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Runner-up	44.	8 August 2009	Niigata, Japan	Carpet	Etsuko Kitazaki	Airi Hagimoto Maiko Inoue	2–6, 2–6
Winner	45.	29 August 2009	Saitama, Japan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	Airi Hagimoto Maiko Inoue	6–2, 6–4
Winner	46.	26 March 2010	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Shiho Hisamatsu Maiko Inoue	6–4, 6–4
Winner	47.	11 July 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Maiko Inoue	Airi Hagimoto Kaori Onishi	6–2, 7–5

References

External links

• Maki Arai at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maki Arai at the International Tennis Federation
• Maki Arai at CBS SportsLine.com