Erika Sema

Erika Sema
瀬間 詠里花

Full name	Erika Sema
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	(1988-11-24) November 24, 1988 Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Retired	Active
Prize money	$255,845
Singles
Career record	241–190
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 114 (October 10, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 181 (January 9, 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011 & 2013)
French Open	Q2 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2011 & 2012 & 2013)
US Open	Q2 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	181–117
Career titles	0 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 120 (October 28, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 120 (January 9, 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
Last updated on: June 2, 2013.

Erika Sema (瀬間 詠里花, Sema Erika, born 24 November 1988^[1]) is a professional Japanese tennis player playing on the WTA Tour and mostly on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Sema is coached by Shunsuke Ogata. She is the younger sister of Yurika Sema. Her father is Algerian, and her mother is Japanese.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 16 (10–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	March 11, 2007	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Anna Smith	6–3 7–5
Winner	2.	June 10, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Chiaki Okadaue	6–3 2–6 6–3
Runner-up	3.	Mar 28, 2009	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Misaki Doi	5–7 2–6
Runner-up	4.	May 3, 2009	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Ayu-Fani Damayanti	5–7 3–6
Winner	5.	June 14, 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Takao	6–4 6–0
Runner-up	6.	September 28, 2010	Hamanako, Japan	Hard	Kumiko Iijima	7-6 2-6 4-6
Winner	7.	October 5, 2010	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Victoria Larrière	6-1 4-6 6-4
Winner	8.	October 12, 2010	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Ana Clara Duarte	6-2 6-3
Winner	9.	November 12, 2010	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Elitsa Kostova	6-2 3-6 6-4
Winner	10.	May 24, 2011	Niigata, Japan	Hard	Sachie Ishizu	7-6 6-4
Runner-up	11.	September 12, 2011	Ningbo, China	Hard	Anastasiya Yakimova	6-7 3-6
Runner-up	12.	October 17, 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Karolína Plíšková	7-6 2-6 0-6
Winner	13.	October 22, 2012	Seoul, Korea	Hard	Mai Minokoshi	6-1 7-5
Runner-up	14.	September 1, 2013	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Nao Hibino	4-6 6-7
Winner	15.	September 14, 2013	Incheon, Korea	Hard	Yurika Sema	6-3 6-4
Winner	16.	June 14, 2015	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Riko Sawayanagi	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 36 (20–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 23, 2005	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	4–6 3–6
Winner	2.	October 26, 2007	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Yurika Sema	Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson	6–2 6–2
Runner-up	3.	May 18, 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Yurika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	3–6 6–2 [6–10]
Winner	4.	May 24, 2008	Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Yurika Sema	May Kato Hwang I-hsuan	6–3 2–6 [10–7]
Winner	5.	May 31, 2008	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Yurika Sema	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	6–4 2–6 [10–7]
Runner-up	6.	May 9, 2009	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard	Yrina Koshino	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	6–7(5) 7–6(4) [7–10]
Runner-up	7.	May 30, 2009	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Yurika Sema	Hsu Wen-hsin Mari Tanaka	3–6 6–1 [7–10]
Winner	8.	September 26, 2009	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Kurumi Nara	Mari Tanaka Tomoko Yonemura	6–0 6–0
Runner-up	9.	October 9, 2009	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Yurika Sema	Olivia Rogowska Emily Webley-Smith	1–6 7–5[7–10]
Winner	10.	October 16, 2009	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Yurika Sema	Alenka Hubacek Bojana Bobusic	6–1 7–5[10–6]
Winner	11.	April 10, 2010	Incheon, South Korea	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Misaki Doi Junri Namigata	6–0 7–6(8)
Winner	12.	May 2, 2010	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Ksenia Lykina Melanie South	6–3 2–6[10–7]
Runner-up	13.	July 4, 2010	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Mandy Minella Irena Pavlovic	3–6 4–6
Winner	14.	July 10, 2010	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Teodora Mirčić	Elena Bogdan Andrea Koch Benvenuto	7–6(4) 2–6[10–8]
Runner-up	15.	July 18, 2010	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	Vitalia Diatchenko Laura Siegemund	6–4 1–6[4–10]
Runner-up	16.	August 8, 2010	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Julia Schruff	Irina-Camelia Begu Anaïs Laurendon	2–4 6–4[8–10]
Winner	17.	August 14, 2010	Versmold, Germany	Clay	Hana Birnerová	Aminat Kushkhova Olga Panova	6–3 6–3
Winner	18.	September 21, 2010	Alice Springs, Australia	Hard	Yurika Sema	Alison Bai Emelyn Starr	7-5 6-1
Winner	19.	September 28, 2010	Hamanako, Japan	Clay	Kumiko Iijima	Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa	6-2 6-1
Runner-up	20.	April 12, 2011	Osprey, United States	Clay	María Irigoyen	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Alexa Glatch	6-4 5-7[7-10]
Runner-up	21.	April 26, 2011	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching	2-6 3-6
Winner	22.	May 24, 2011	Niigata, Japan	Hard	Natsumi Hamamura	Akari Inoue Ayumi Oka	6-1 6-2
Winner	23.	June 20, 2011	Périgueux, France	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Leticia Costas-Moreira Inès Ferrer-Suárez	6-2 3-6[10-7]
Runner-up	24.	July 4, 2011	Biarritz, France	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	Alexandra Panova Urszula Radwańska	2-6 1-6
Runner-up	25.	July 11, 2011	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	6-2 5-7 [10-12]
Winner	26.	March 12, 2012	Sanya, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Liang Chen Zhou Yimiao	6-2 6-2
Winner	27.	August 6, 2012	Bronx, United States	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura	6-4 7-6(4)
Winner	28.	January 28, 2013	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Bojana Bobusic Jessica Moore	Walkover
Winner	29.	April 29, 2013	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	Nao Hibino Riko Sawayanagi	6-4 6-3
Winner	30.	May 6, 2013	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Junri Namigata	Rika Fujiwara Akiko Omae	7-5 3-6 [10-7]
Runner-up	31.	June 15, 2013	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Julia Glushko	Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	2-6 4-6
Winner	32.	October 6, 2013	Perth, Australia	Hard	Yurika Sema	Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson	7–5, 6–1
Winner	33.	October 27, 2013	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Yurika Sema	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	34.	17 February 2014	New Delhi, India	Hard	Yurika Sema	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6-7 3-6
Runner-up	35.	31 March 2014	Jackson, United States	Clay	Yurika Sema	Chanel Simmonds Maša Zec Peškirič	7–6 3–6 [5–10]
Runner-up	36.	15 October 2016	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Ksenia Lykina Riko Sawayanagi	4–6 1–6

References

External links

• Erika Sema at the Women's Tennis Association
• Erika Sema at the International Tennis Federation

Women's Tennis Association: Top Japanese female singles tennis players as of 10 October 2016
1. Misaki Doi (30 ) 2. Naomi Osaka (42 ) 3. Kurumi Nara (77 ) 4. Nao Hibino (84 ) 5. Misa Eguchi (110 )
6. Risa Ozaki (117 ) 7. Hiroko Kuwata (161 ) 8. Miyu Kato (180 ) 9. Eri Hozumi (187 ) 10. Shuko Aoyama (201 )