| Maiko Inoue | |
| Fullname: | Maiko Inoue Sato |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Okinawa, Japan |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $73,982 |
| Singlestitles: | 2 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 299 (29 September 1997) |
| Doublestitles: | 9 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 139 (9 July 2001) |
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.
| $25,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 30 September 1996 | Ibaraki, Japan | Hard |  Keiko Nagatomi | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Winner | 1. | 22 November 1998 | Haibara, Japan | Clay | Keiko Ishida | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Winner | 2. | 29 November 1998 | Nagasaki, Japan | Grass | Rika Fujiwara | 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(3) | |
| Runner-up | 2. | 18 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | Tomoko Yonemura | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 17 February 1997 | Faro, Portugal | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | |||
| Runner-up | 1. | 16 November 1998 | Haibara Japan | Clay | Keiko Ishida Tomoko Ishida | 7–5, 6–7(7), 3–6 | ||
| Winner | 2. | Kuroshio, Japan | Hard | Mareze Joubert  Kate Warne Holland | 6–4, 7–6(3) | |||
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 December 1999 | Manila, Philippines | Hard |  Li Ting Li Na | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Winner | 3. | 10 January 2000 | Boca Raton, United States | Hard | Li Ting |  Olga Blahotová Gabriela Chmelinová | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 26 March 2000 | Stone Mountain, United States | Hard | Haruka Inoue |  Trudi Musgrave Bryanne Stewart | 4–6, 6–2, 6–7 | |
| Runner-up | 4. | 14 October 2001 | Saga, Japan | Grass | Shiho Hisamatsu | Rika Hiraki Nana Smith | 0–6, 1–6 | |
| Runner-up | 5. | 8 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | Shiho Hisamatsu | Shizu Katsumi Akiko Kinebuchi | 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 | |
| Runner-up | 6. | 15 September 2002 | Hiroshima, Japan | Clay | Keiko Taguchi |  Helena Ejeson Andrea Munch-Hermansen | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Winner | 4. | 22 September 2002 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard (i) | Shiho Hisamatsu | Maki Arai Kaori Aoyama | 7–5, 7–5 | |
| Runner-up | 7. | 20 October 2002 | Haibara, Japan | Carpet | Haruka Inoue | Remi Tezuka Yuka Yoshida | 0–6, 2–6 | |
| Winner | 5. | 27 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Haruka Inoue | Keiko Taguchi Nami Urabe | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Runner-up | 8. | 19 August 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Mari Inoue | Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan | 3–6, 1–6 | |
| Winner | 6. | 2 September 2007 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Mayumi Yamamoto | Tomoko Dokei Yukiko Yabe | 6–4, 7–5 | |
| Runner-up | 9. | 31 August 2008 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Airi Hagimoto | Hsu Wen-hsin Hwang I-hsuan | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Winner | 7. | 8 August 2009 | Niigata, Japan | Carpet | Airi Hagimoto | Maki Arai Etsuko Kitazaki | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Runner-up | 10. | 29 August 2009 | Saitama, Japan | Hard | Airi Hagimoto | Maki Arai Mari Tanaka | 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Runner-up | 11. | 26 March 2010 | Kofu, Japan | Hard | Shiho Hisamatsu | Maki Arai Seiko Okamoto | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Winner | 8. | 11 July 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Maki Arai | Airi Hagimoto Kaori Onishi | 6–2, 7–5 | |
| Winner | 9. | 17 June 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Kaori Onishi | Akari Inoue Hiroko Kuwata | 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] |