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Japanese tennis player (born 1949)
Kayoko Fukuoka
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1949-08-01) 1 August 1949 (age 75)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (1974)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF (1973, 1974)
Wimbledon2R (1974, 1975)
US Open2R (1973)

Kayoko Fukuoka (福岡 加余子, Fukuoka Kayoko, born 1 August 1949) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Fukuoka, a two-time French Open quarter-finalist in doubles, featured in 16 Federation Cup ties for Japan as a doubles specialist and won a total of 12 matches.

At the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Fukuoka partnered with Toshiko Sade to win the women's doubles event. She was also a silver medalist at the 1973 University Games.

WTA finals

Doubles (0–2)

Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1974 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Chile Michelle Rodríguez West Germany Helga Schultze
Italy Lea Pericoli
2-6, 0-6
Loss 0–2 Nov 1975 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Kiyomi Nomura United States Ann Kiyomura
Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu
2-6, 3-6

Other finals

Doubles

Result Date Tournament Location Partner Opponents Score
Silver August 1973 1973 Summer Universiade Moscow, Soviet Union Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Soviet Union Zaiga Jansone
0–6, 3–6
Gold September 1974 1974 Asian Games Tehran, Iran Japan Toshiko Sade South Korea Lee Soon-oh
South Korea Lee Duk-hee
6–2, 6–3

See also

References

  1. "Nagelsen eases to Japan semis". San Francisco Examiner. 20 October 1979.
  2. "全日本テニス女子最年少優勝、雉子牟田明子さんから発掘!" (in Japanese). NHK. 15 March 2019.

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