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Yurika Sema

JPN Age 39 168 cm / 5'6" Plays: Left-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2007–2012

Yurika Sema represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 142. In TennisDB's records, Yurika Sema finished with a career record of 2–7 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

142 (Nov 30, 2009)

Elo peak

1527 (14th percentile)

Career record

2–7 (22.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$315,569

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Yurika Sema's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jill Craybas #146	4-6 6-1 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2012*	R32	Kuala Lumpur	WTA 250	Hard
Julia Goerges #21	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 22, 2011*	R32	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Akgul Amanmuradova #98	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 2010*	R32	Kuala Lumpur	WTA 250	Hard
Francesca Schiavone #26	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 2009*	R32	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Alexandra Panova #192	2-6 6-3 6-7(7)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2009*	R32	Guangzhou Open	WTA 250	Hard

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Yurika Sema's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jill Craybas	1	1	Mar 1, 2012	H2H
Julia Goerges	1	1	Sep 22, 2011	H2H
Akgul Amanmuradova	1	1	Feb 25, 2010	H2H
Francesca Schiavone	1	1	Sep 24, 2009	H2H
Alexandra Panova	1	1	Sep 17, 2009	H2H

Career Results

Yurika Sema career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2007	20	2	1	3	66.7%	241	208
2009	22	0	3	3	0.0%	249	148
2010	23	0	1	1	0.0%	148	353
2011	24	0	1	1	0.0%	353	169
2012	25	0	1	1	0.0%	169	203
Career		2	7	9	22.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Yurika Sema career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2007	20	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
2009	22	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2010	23	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2012	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	2	7	9	22.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Yurika Sema career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2007	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
2009	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2010	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2012	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	7	9	22.2%

Performance Stats

Yurika Sema performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2009	22	3/3	3.3	3.7	71.1%	57.1%	38.7%	50.0%	32.8%	51.8%	36.7%
2010	23	1/1	1.0	3.0	75.0%	64.1%	30.8%	40.0%	—	55.8%	22.9%
2011	24	1/1	1.0	8.0	52.6%	75.0%	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	39.5%	30.8%
2012	25	1/1	2.0	14.0	63.3%	60.0%	31.0%	45.5%	58.3%	49.4%	49.1%
Career		6/9	2.3	6.0	67.4%	61.7%	29.7%	44.0%	26.1%	50.0%	35.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 6/9 (66.7%) of Yurika Sema's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Yurika Sema advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2007	20	1518	98.1	—	—	—	—	+18	—	—	50.0%	-0.62	2–0	—	—	+0.39
2009	22	1488	102.4	-0.71	-1.52	0.763	44.4%	+14	—	—	25.0%	-2.00	0–2	0–1	—	-0.14
2010	23	1473	97.1	-3.82	-0.53	0.518	40.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.12
2011	24	1468	97.0	-2.33	+3.43	0.508	34.4%	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.18
2012	25	1451	100.0	-2.02	-3.74	0.969	49.2%	—	—	—	33.3%	+0.33	0–1	—	—	+0.21
Career		1527	98.0	-1.72	-0.90	0.710	42.8%	+16	—	—	30.4%	-1.61	2–3 (40%)	0–1	—	+4.44

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Yurika Sema Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	USO	W-L Win %
2009	22	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 250

Yurika Sema WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	KOR	BAN	GUA	KUA	W-L Win %
2007	20	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2009	22	R32	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
2010	23	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2011	24	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2012	25	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–6 (25%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

142

Career-high date

Nov 30, 2009

First Top 100

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Yurika Sema ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2003	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	791	793	761	765
2004	17	763	759	766	820	735	753	729	739	845	697	591	603
2005	18	572	510	446	437	424	416	411	294	291	307	307	307
2006	19	298	303	308	310	293	261	264	289	243	233	243	241
2007	20	238	188	196	186	191	207	214	209	224	224	210	208
2008	21	204	259	240	277	265	249	254	272	306	277	264	249
2009	22	246	239	228	216	225	210	183	170	149	147	142	148
2010	23	149	151	149	157	153	167	192	202	250	288	349	353
2011	24	337	370	331	310	299	214	196	179	189	169	167	169
2012	25	169	166	176	190	188	207	183	183	178	194	204	203
2013	26	211	226	208	198	184	187	201	204	213	205	207	211
2014	27	193	193	205	228	250	252	294	315	370	426	421	413
2015	28	401	503	540	559	566	550	548	586	593	688	714	727
2016	29	775	776	798	832	958	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Yurika Sema's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Lenka Wienerova	SVK	128	1,500	9	2	7	22.2%	2008–2010	Match log
Sally Peers	AUS	145	1,537	7	2	5	28.6%	2009–2011	Match log
Jessica Moore	AUS	132	1,511	12	3	9	25.0%	2007–2009	Match log
Ryoko Fuda	JPN	143	1,500	12	2	10	16.7%	2003–2011	Match log
María Irigoyen	ARG	147	1,500	10	2	8	20.0%	2008–2016	Match log
Liana Ungur	ROU	157	1,515	4	1	3	25.0%	2008–2010	Match log
Yifan Xu	CHN	148	1,500	15	2	13	13.3%	2007–2016	Match log
Maria Fernanda Alves	BRA	132	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2002–2016	Match log
Sacha Jones	AUS	150	1,501	11	2	9	18.2%	2008–2013	Match log
Nika Ozegovic	CRO	131	1,526	7	2	5	28.6%	2007–2008	Match log
Corinna Dentoni	ITA	132	1,513	23	5	18	21.7%	2008–2013	Match log
Ekaterina Dzehalevich	BLR	134	1,512	17	4	13	23.5%	2006–2010	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Yurika Sema?: Yurika Sema is 39 years old, born on December 25, 1986.
Which country does Yurika Sema represent?: Yurika Sema represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Yurika Sema?: Yurika Sema is 168 cm / 5'6".
Does Yurika Sema use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Yurika Sema uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Yurika Sema left-handed or right-handed?: Yurika Sema plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Yurika Sema won?: Yurika Sema has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Yurika Sema won?: TennisDB does not group any of Yurika Sema's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Yurika Sema's highest WTA ranking?: Yurika Sema's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 142, first achieved on November 30, 2009.
What is Yurika Sema's career win-loss record?: Yurika Sema has a career WTA singles record of 2 wins and 7 losses (22.2%).
How much career prize money has Yurika Sema earned?: Yurika Sema has earned at least $315,569 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Yurika Sema's career appear in TennisDB?: Yurika Sema appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2007 through 2012.
Who has Yurika Sema faced most often?: Yurika Sema's most frequent opponent is Jill Craybas, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.