Nami Urabe
# Nami Urabe

Nami Urabe (born 29 August 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Born in Saitama, Urabe was one of Japan's top players in junior tennis, reaching the girls' doubles final of the 1995 Australian Open with partner Saori Obata.

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance in the doubles draw at the 1995 Japan Women's Open and she won eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

## ITF finals

* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Doubles: 15 (8–7)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2 October 1995 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Trudi Musgrave | Yoshiko Sasano Keiko Nagatomi | 0–6, $6–7^{(5)}$ |
| Winner | 1. | 23 October 1995 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard | Trudi Musgrave | Tomoe Hotta Eiko Toba | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 8 January 1996 | San Antonio, United States | Hard | Saori Obata | Pam Nelson Nóra Köves | 6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 25 March 1996 | Bandung, Indonesia | Hard | Saori Obata | Chen Jingjing Li Li | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 30 June 1997 | Mont-de-Marsan, France | Hard | Saori Obata | Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 15 September 1997 | Ibaraki 1, Japan | Hard | Surina De Beer | Riei Kawamata Yoshiko Sasano | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 22 September 1997 | Ibaraki 2, Japan | Hard | Surina De Beer | Shizu Katsumi Kyoko Kojima | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 5. | 5 October 1997 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet | Surina De Beer | Yumiko Kitamura Natsumi Yuki | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 10 October 1997 | Saga, Japan | Grass | Surina De Beer | Danielle Jones Saori Obata | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 23 February 1998 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Yoriko Yamagishi | Chen Jingjing Yang Qin | $6–7^{(5)},$ 2–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 27 September 1999 | Kyoto, Japan | Carpet | Keiko Ishida | Yuki Fujii Yumiko Kitamura | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 3 September 2001 | Kugayama, Japan | Hard | Seiko Okamoto | Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur | 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 26 September 2001 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard | Seiko Okamoto | Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur | 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 21 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Keiko Taguchi | Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 23 September 2003 | Hiroshima, Japan | Grass | Tomoko Taira | Satomi Kinjo Akiko Yonemura | 6–3, 6–3 |
