Nami Urabe (born 29 August 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Born in Saitama, Urabe was one of Japan's top players in junior tennis, reaching the girls' doubles final of the 1995 Australian Open with partner Saori Obata.
Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance in the doubles draw at the 1995 Japan Women's Open and she won eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
ITF finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Doubles: 15 (8–7) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 2 October 1995 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Trudi Musgrave Yoshiko Sasano Keiko Nagatomi 0–6, 6–7(5)Winner 1. 23 October 1995 Kyoto, Japan Hard Trudi Musgrave Tomoe Hotta Eiko Toba 3–6, 6–2, 6–3Runner-up 2. 8 January 1996 San Antonio, United States Hard Saori Obata Pam Nelson Nóra Köves 6–2, 4–6, 1–6Winner 2. 25 March 1996 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Saori Obata Chen Jingjing Li Li 6–3, 6–3Runner-up 3. 30 June 1997 Mont-de-Marsan, France Hard Saori Obata Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele 4–6, 3–6Winner 3. 15 September 1997 Ibaraki 1, Japan Hard Surina De Beer Riei Kawamata Yoshiko Sasano 6–2, 6–3Winner 4. 22 September 1997 Ibaraki 2, Japan Hard Surina De Beer Shizu Katsumi Kyoko Kojima 6–3, 6–3Winner 5. 5 October 1997 Kyoto, Japan Carpet Surina De Beer Yumiko Kitamura Natsumi Yuki 6–2, 6–3Runner-up 4. 10 October 1997 Saga, Japan Grass Surina De Beer Danielle Jones Saori Obata 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 5. 23 February 1998 Mumbai, India Hard Yoriko Yamagishi Chen Jingjing Yang Qin 6–7(5), 2–6Winner 6. 27 September 1999 Kyoto, Japan Carpet Keiko Ishida Yuki Fujii Yumiko Kitamura 6–1, 6–3Winner 7. 3 September 2001 Kugayama, Japan Hard Seiko Okamoto Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur 6–4, 2–6, 6–1Runner-up 6. 26 September 2001 Kyoto, Japan Hard Seiko Okamoto Melissa Dowse Samantha Stosur 3–6, 6–3, 2–6Runner-up 7. 21 October 2002 Tokyo, Japan Hard Keiko Taguchi Haruka Inoue Maiko Inoue 1–6, 2–6Winner 8. 23 September 2003 Hiroshima, Japan Grass Tomoko Taira Satomi Kinjo Akiko Yonemura 6–3, 6–3
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