(1979-02-05) 5 February 1979 (age 45) Okinawa, Japan
Plays
Right-handed
Prize money
$73,982
Singles
Career titles
2 ITF
Highest ranking
No. 299 (29 September 1997)
Doubles
Career titles
9 ITF
Highest ranking
No. 139 (9 July 2001)
Maiko Inoue Sato (井上 摩衣子, Inoue Maiko, born 5 February 1979) is a Japanese former tennis player. She is a younger sister of Haruka Inoue.[1]
A right-handed player, Inoue began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. She left the tour in 2003, before returning in 2007 and featuring as a doubles specialist.
During her career she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 139. She made several WTA Tour main-draw appearances in doubles and won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a singles player, she was ranked as high as 299 in the world, winning two ITF titles.[2]
Inoue, who retired in 2012, is married to former tennis player Bumpei Sato.
^"Haruka Inoue - Bio". WTA Tennis. 7 April 2017.
^"Tennis Abstract: Maiko Inoue WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.
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