title: Kazue Takuma
text: # Kazue Takuma
  
  Kazue Takuma (born 4 August 1974) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
  
  Takuma, who had a career high singles ranking of 233, made her WTA Tour main draw debut at Nagoya in 1995 and also twice qualified for the main draw of the Japan Open. As a doubles player she had her best year in 1996 when she won a $25,000 ITF title in Taipei and was runner-up in a WTA Tour tournament, the China Open. She featured in the singles qualifying draw for the 1997 Australian Open.
  
  ## WTA Tour finals
  
  ### Doubles (0-1)
  
  | Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Runner-up | 14 October 1996 | Beijing, China | Tier IV | Hard | Yuko Hosoki | Naoko Kijimuta Miho Saeki | 5–7, 4–6 |
  
  ## ITF finals
  
  * $25,000 tournaments
  * $10,000 tournaments
  
  ### Singles: 2 (0–2)
  
  | Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Runner-up | 1. | 31 October 1993 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard | Lisa McShea | 3–6, 2–6 |
  | Runner-up | 2. | 28 October 1996 | Saga, Japan | Grass | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 4–6, 1–6 |
  
  ### Doubles: 2 (1–1)
  
  | Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Runner-up | 1. | 7 June 1993 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Yuka Yoshida | Mimma Chernovita Irawati Moerid | 5–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
  | Winner | 1. | 11 March 1996 | Taipei, Taiwan | Hard | Yoriko Yamagishi | Hsu Hsueh-li Weng Tzu-ting | 7–5, $6–7^{(5)},$ $7–6^{(4)}$ |
  