Akiko Morigami

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Akiko Morigami (born January 12, 1980, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41.

She has won 1 singles title in her career and reached 1 singles final (2005 Cincinnati Women's Open/lost to Patty Schnyder).

In the 2006 French Open, she upset World No.3 Nadia Petrova in the first round. Petrova was a favorite to win the Grand Slam title.

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Women's Tennis Association | Top ten Asian female tennis players at the end of 2006
1. Shahar Pe'er (Israel) (20) | 2. Na Li (China) (21) | 3. Ai Sugiyama (Japan) (26)
4. Jie Zheng (China) (33) | 5. Shuai Peng (China) (55) | 6. Aiko Nakamura (Japan) (57)
7. Anna Smashnova (Israel) (63) | 8. Sania Mirza (India) (55)
9. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) (70) | 10. Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) (74)
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