Aiko Nakamura
Japanese tennis player
Country (sports) | Japan |
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Residence | Tennōji-ku, Osaka |
Born |
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1983-12-28
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28 December 1983
(age
39)
Osaka |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2012 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
Prize money | $861,081 |
Singles | |
Career record | 268–237 (53.1%) |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 47 (6 August 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2006, 2007) |
French Open | 1R (2005–2008) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2007) |
US Open | 2R (2005, 2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 80–113 (41.5%) |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 64 (3 March 2008) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2008) |
French Open | 1R (2006–2008) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2007, 2008) |
US Open | 2R (2007) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 6–4 |
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Aiko Nakamura ( 中村藍子 , Nakamura Aiko ) (born 28 December 1983), is a Japanese former professional tennis player. In July 2008, she was the second highest WTA -ranked Japanese singles tennis player, at No. 107, after Ai Sugiyama .
Nakamura was born in Tennōji-ku, Osaka . Like her role-model Monica Seles , she had a double-handed forehand and backhand, but served right-handed . She won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit . In 2006, she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to Marion Bartoli in three sets.
Nakamura also played for the Japan Fed Cup team . She retired from professional tennis in 2012.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
Tier I (0–0) |
Tier II (0–0) |
Tier III, IV & V (0–1) |
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | Oct 2006 | Tokyo , Japan | Hard | Marion Bartoli | 6–2, 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
Tier I (0–0) |
Tier II (0–0) |
Tier III, IV & V (0–1) |
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | Sep 2008 | Tokyo , Japan | Hard | Ayumi Morita |
Jill Craybas
Marina Erakovic |
6–4, 5–7, [6–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 10 (4–6)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 April 2002 | ITF Gunma, Japan | Carpet | Maria Sharapova | 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 21 July 2002 | ITF Baltimore, United States | Hard | Tory Zawacki | 4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 20 October 2002 | ITF Haibara, Japan | Carpet | Shinobu Asagoe | 4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 27 October 2002 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Haruka Inoue | 2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 23 November 2003 | ITF Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | Jessica Lehnhoff | 6–7 (2) , 6–7 (2) |
Winner | 6. | 8 August 2004 | ITF Louisville, United States | Hard | Vilmarie Castellvi | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 24 October 2004 | ITF Haibara, Japan | Carpet | Yuka Yoshida | 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 7 May 2006 | ITF Gifu, Japan | Carpet | Erika Takao | 1–6, 7–5, 1–6 |
Winner | 9. | 3 May 2009 | ITF Gifu, Japan | Carpet | Tomoko Yonemura | 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | 29 August 2011 | ITF Tsukuba, Japan | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 6 (3–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 28 July 2002 | ITF Evansville, United States | Hard | Kim Jin-hee |
Gabrielle Baker
Deanna Roberts |
6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 18 May 2003 | ITF Nagano, Japan | Grass | Maki Arai |
Tomoko Taira
Tomoko Yonemura |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 May 2003 | ITF Gunma, Japan | Grass | Maki Arai |
Kumiko Iijima
Suchanun Viratprasert |
6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 18 April 2004 | ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Hard | Rika Fujiwara |
Olena Antypina
Goulnara Fattakhetdinova |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 3 May 2009 | ITF Gifu, Japan | Carpet | Sophie Ferguson |
Misaki Doi
Kurumi Nara |
6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 2 May 2011 | ITF Fukuoka, Japan | Carpet | Junri Namigata |
Shuko Aoyama
Rika Fujiwara |
6–7 (3) , 0–6 |
References
External links
- Aiko Nakamura at the Women's Tennis Association
- Aiko Nakamura at the International Tennis Federation
- Aiko Nakamura at the Billie Jean King Cup
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