Maiko Inoue
# Maiko Inoue

Maiko Inoue Sato (井上 摩衣子, Inoue Maiko, born 5 February 1979) is a Japanese former tennis player. She is a younger sister of Haruka Inoue.

A right-handed player, Inoue began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. She left the tour in 2003, before returning in 2007 and featuring as a doubles specialist.

During her career she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 139. She made several WTA Tour main-draw appearances in doubles and won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a singles player, she was ranked as high as 299 in the world, winning two ITF titles.

Inoue, who retired in 2012, is married to former tennis player Bumpei Sato.

## ITF finals

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

### Singles (2–2)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 30 September 1996 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Keiko Nagatomi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 22 November 1998 | Haibara, Japan | Clay | Keiko Ishida | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 29 November 1998 | Nagasaki, Japan | Grass | Rika Fujiwara | 6–1, 3–6, $7–6^{(3)}$ |
| Runner-up | 2. | 18 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | Tomoko Yonemura | 3–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles (9–11)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winner | 1. | 17 February 1997 | Faro, Portugal | Hard | Riei Kawamata | Sylvie Sallaberry Aliénor Tricerri | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 16 November 1998 | Haibara Japan | Clay | Yasuko Nishimata | Keiko Ishida Tomoko Ishida | 7–5, $6–7^{(7)},$ 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 30 August 1999 | Kuroshio, Japan | Hard | Kerry-Anne Guse | Mareze Joubert Kate Warne Holland | 6–4, $7–6^{(3)}$ |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 December 1999 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Haruka Inoue | Li Ting Li Na | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 10 January 2000 | Boca Raton, United States | Hard | Li Ting | Olga Blahotová Gabriela Chmelinová | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 26 March 2000 | Stone Mountain, United States | Hard | Haruka Inoue | Trudi Musgrave Bryanne Stewart | 4–6, 6–2, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 14 October 2001 | Saga, Japan | Grass | Shiho Hisamatsu | Rika Hiraki Nana Smith | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 8 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | Shiho Hisamatsu | Shizu Katsumi Akiko Kinebuchi | 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 15 September 2002 | Hiroshima, Japan | Clay | Keiko Taguchi | Helena Ejeson Andrea Munch-Hermansen | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 22 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | Shiho Hisamatsu | Maki Arai Kaori Aoyama | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 20 October 2002 | Haibara, Japan | Carpet | Haruka Inoue | Remi Tezuka Yuka Yoshida | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 27 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Haruka Inoue | Keiko Taguchi Nami Urabe | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 19 August 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Mari Inoue | Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 2 September 2007 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Mayumi Yamamoto | Tomoko Dokei Yukiko Yabe | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 31 August 2008 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Airi Hagimoto | Hsu Wen-hsin Hwang I-hsuan | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 8 August 2009 | Niigata, Japan | Carpet | Airi Hagimoto | Maki Arai Etsuko Kitazaki | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 29 August 2009 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Airi Hagimoto | Maki Arai Mari Tanaka | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 26 March 2010 | Kofu, Japan | Hard | Shiho Hisamatsu | Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 11 July 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Maki Arai | Airi Hagimoto Kaori Onishi | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 9. | 17 June 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Kaori Onishi | Akari Inoue Hiroko Kuwata | 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] |
