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Kazuko Ito (tennis)

Kazuko Ito
伊藤 和子
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1963-08-21) 21 August 1963 (age 61)
Prize money$19,381
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 325 (26 October 1987)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 158 (24 April 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1988, 1989, 1990)
French Open1R (1989)

Kazuko Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 和子, born 21 August 1963) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Ito represented Japan at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi and won two medals, a women's doubles silver and a bronze in the team event.[citation needed]

As a professional player she had the biggest impact in doubles, with three main draw appearances at the Australian Open and one at the French Open. She was a doubles quarter-finalist at the 1989 Pan Pacific Open.[1]

ITF finals

Doubles (3–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 11 November 1984 Hiroshima, Japan Hard Japan Fumiko Furuhashi United States Cheryl Jones
Netherlands Judith Warringa
2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 24 November 1986 Kyoto, Japan Hard Japan Junko Kimura Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Indonesia Suzanna Wibowo
3–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 17 October 1988 Kuroshio, Japan Hard Japan Yasuyo Kajita Japan Ayako Hirose
Japan Shiho Okada
7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. 14 November 1988 Kyoto, Japan Hard Japan Yasuyo Kajita Japan Kimiko Date
Japan Yuko Hosoki
6–4, 7–5

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