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Etsuko Inoue

JPN Age 61 164 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1980–1990

Etsuko Inoue represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 26. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 120–133 and 2 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

26 (Mar 14, 1988)

Elo peak

1804 (76th percentile)

Singles record

120–133 (47.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$292,859

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 →

Etsuko Inoue's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Elna Reinach #87	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1990*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Rosalyn Fairbank #16	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 20, 1990*	R64	Eastbourne Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Grass
Anne Smith	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 15, 1990*	R16	Birmingham	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Grass
Louise Field #108	1-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 14, 1990*	R32	Birmingham	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Grass
Andrea Leand #124	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 1990*	R64	Birmingham	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Etsuko Inoue's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anne Minter	3	5	8	Feb 1, 1990	H2H
Pam Shriver	0	6	6	Mar 21, 1989	H2H
Claudia Kohde Kilsch	1	5	6	Feb 3, 1989	H2H
Gabriela Sabatini	0	5	5	Mar 8, 1990	H2H
Betsy Nagelsen	4	1	5	Mar 4, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

Etsuko Inoue singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1983	18	1	—	—	—	1	—	Tokyo Japan Open
1984	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Tokyo Borden
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Etsuko Inoue Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	First Round	0	1	Il-Soon Kim def. Etsuko Inoue #42 6-3 3-6 7-5	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Etsuko Inoue career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1981	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1982	17	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—
1983	18	17	15	32	53.1%	—	—
1984	19	19	19	38	50.0%	79	68
1985	20	13	21	34	38.2%	70	70
1986	21	9	14	23	39.1%	99	80
1987	22	20	15	35	57.1%	89	30
1988	23	11	14	25	44.0%	30	52
1989	24	15	18	33	45.5%	50	68
1990	25	13	13	26	50.0%	68	70
Career		120	133	253	47.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Etsuko Inoue career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1980	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1982	17	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1983	18	5	5	10	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	17	15	32	53.1%
1984	19	9	7	16	56.3%	6	7	13	46.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	19	19	38	50.0%
1985	20	5	9	14	35.7%	4	5	9	44.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	13	21	34	38.2%
1986	21	3	7	10	30.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	14	23	39.1%
1987	22	7	6	13	53.8%	—	—	—	—	9	6	15	60.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	20	15	35	57.1%
1988	23	4	8	12	33.3%	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	14	25	44.0%
1989	24	11	14	25	44.0%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	18	33	45.5%
1990	25	10	9	19	52.6%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	13	13	26	50.0%
Career	—	57	67	124	46.0%	14	18	32	43.8%	35	34	69	50.7%	9	13	22	40.9%	120	133	253	47.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Etsuko Inoue 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 %
1984	19	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	8	4	12	66.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	10	12	22	45.5%
1985	20	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1986	21	0	4	4	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1987	22	1	6	7	14.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	4	2	6	66.7%	12	13	25	48.0%
1988	23	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	8	11	19	42.1%
1989	24	1	5	6	16.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
1990	25	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	5	11	54.5%	3	1	4	75.0%	10	10	20	50.0%
Career		2	25	27	7.4%	9	18	27	33.3%	29	28	57	50.9%	14	9	23	60.9%	54	80	134	40.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 134/253 (53.0%) of Etsuko Inoue's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Etsuko Inoue 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
1980	15	1488	97.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.10
1981	16	1484	100.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	-0.02
1982	17	1523	98.6	—	—	—	—	+58	—	—	54.5%	+0.09	1–0	0–1	—	+0.31
1983	18	1642	120.2	—	—	—	—	+6	-37	-81	52.9%	+0.06	2–2 (50%)	2–0	—	+1.48
1984	19	1700	134.4	—	—	—	—	-8	-31	-113	50.6%	+0.12	5–6 (45%)	3–5 (38%)	98.1	+0.10
1985	20	1634	117.7	—	—	—	—	-18	+11	-72	41.3%	-0.66	5–7 (42%)	2–2 (50%)	96.4	+0.45
1986	21	1636	124.6	—	—	—	—	-96	—	+70	42.6%	-0.57	3–5 (38%)	3–3 (50%)	100.2	-0.54
1987	22	1765	138.1	—	—	—	—	-110	—	+24	59.0%	+0.54	4–9 (31%)	3–1 (75%)	97.8	+0.16
1988	23	1703	132.9	—	—	—	—	-74	—	+78	48.4%	-0.06	4–8 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	97.7	-0.96
1989	24	1670	137.7	—	—	—	—	-24	—	+88	47.4%	-0.14	4–8 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	96.6	-0.52
1990	25	1661	128.6	—	—	—	—	+24	—	+100	49.2%	-0.24	4–3 (57%)	5–1 (83%)	104.2	-0.07
Career		1804	134.8	—	—	—	—	-32	-20	+14	49.1%	-0.11	32–49 (40%)	25–17 (60%)	99.0	+0.11

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Etsuko Inoue Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1983	18	R64	R64	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1984	19	—	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1985	20	R32	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1986	21	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1987	22	R64	—	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1988	23	R32	—	R32	R128	4–3 (57%)
1989	24	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1990	25	R64	—	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		5–6 (45%)	2–4 (33%)	4–8 (33%)	2–7 (22%)	13–25 (34%)

WTA 1000

Etsuko Inoue WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	25	R64	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

WTA 500

Etsuko Inoue WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	EAS	IW	TKY	AME	BER	BOC	CAN	KEY	LOS	MAN	ORL	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	18	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	3–4 (43%)
1984	19	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	2–4 (33%)
1985	20	R32	R128	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	R32	7–7 (50%)
1986	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1987	22	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	4–3 (57%)
1988	23	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R128	—	—	—	QF	2–4 (33%)
1989	24	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R16	4–5 (44%)
1990	25	—	—	R64	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
W-L		1–5 (17%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	4–6 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	9–5 (64%)	27–33 (45%)

WTA 250

Etsuko Inoue WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	EAS	HOU	NAP	TKY	BEC	BIR	BOC	CHI	DEN	HER	KEY	KYO	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAR	NAS	OKL	PAL	PER	PHO	PIT	SAL	SAN	SIN	SYD	TAI	WIC	WOR	W-L Win %
1980	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	17	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1983	18	—	—	—	R64	W	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–6 (60%)
1984	19	—	R32	—	R16	W	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	15–10 (60%)
1985	20	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	R64	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1986	21	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	8–8 (50%)
1987	22	—	R64	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	R128	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	12–8 (60%)
1988	23	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1989	24	—	QF	—	R16	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R128	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	11–10 (52%)
1990	25	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	7–5 (58%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	21–8 (72%)	1–1 (50%)	13–8 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	4–6 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	73–65 (53%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 14, 1988

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Apr 27, 1987

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Etsuko Inoue ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	19	76	61	57	71	63	60	59	58	67	56	62	68
1985	20	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	21	95	90	97	101	108	72	71	78	83	81	81	80
1987	22	68	67	62	48	42	43	42	42	33	28	29	30
1988	23	32	29	28	35	32	44	40	45	45	50	51	52
1989	24	61	68	62	64	73	72	57	62	67	66	68	68
1990	25	73	60	58	63	62	80	80	67	66	71	70	70
1991	26	85	135	218	302	302	310	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

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

Etsuko Inoue's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Sabrina Goles	YUG	#27	1,843	233	114	119	48.9%	$353,941	1	1983–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Wendy White	USA	#28	1,857	350	161	189	46.0%	$573,859	1	1978–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Elise Burgin	USA	#27	1,846	297	132	165	44.4%	$825,452	1	1980–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Iva Budarova	TCH	#25	1,866	357	150	207	42.0%	$465,627	3	1977–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Leand	USA	#27	1,882	187	83	104	44.4%	$346,947	1	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Linda Wild	USA	#23	1,815	281	135	146	48.0%	$1,237,931	5	1972–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Betsy Nagelsen	USA	#25	1,892	590	266	324	45.1%	$1,016,519	6	1972–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Beth Herr	USA	#31	1,767	235	107	128	45.5%	$391,346	1	1981–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Anne Minter	AUS	#23	1,870	444	220	224	49.5%	$682,839	5	1979–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Elna Reinach	RSA	#26	1,864	316	145	171	45.9%	$1,114,668	1	1984–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Camille Benjamin	USA	#27	1,821	400	177	223	44.3%	$688,139	0	1982–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Susan Mascarin	USA	#32	1,797	255	113	142	44.3%	$260,633	1	1979–1988	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Etsuko Inoue?: Etsuko Inoue is 61 years old, born on October 18, 1964.
Which country does Etsuko Inoue represent?: Etsuko Inoue represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Etsuko Inoue?: Etsuko Inoue is 164 cm / 5'5".
Is Etsuko Inoue left-handed or right-handed?: Etsuko Inoue plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Etsuko Inoue won?: Etsuko Inoue has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Etsuko Inoue won?: TennisDB does not group any of Etsuko Inoue's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Etsuko Inoue won?: Etsuko Inoue has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Tokyo Borden in 1984.
What is Etsuko Inoue's highest WTA ranking?: Etsuko Inoue's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 26, first achieved on March 14, 1988.
What is Etsuko Inoue's career win-loss record?: Etsuko Inoue has a career WTA singles record of 120 wins and 133 losses (47.4%).
How much career prize money has Etsuko Inoue earned?: Etsuko Inoue has earned at least $292,859 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Etsuko Inoue's career appear in TennisDB?: Etsuko Inoue appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1980 through 1990.
On which surface does Etsuko Inoue have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Etsuko Inoue's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 50.7% (35–34).
Who has Etsuko Inoue faced most often?: Etsuko Inoue's most frequent opponent is Anne Minter, with a head-to-head record of 3–5 across 8 meetings.