Aiko Nakamura
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Country | Japan | |
Residence | Osaka, Japan | |
Date of birth | December 28, 1983 | |
Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | |
Height | 5' 4" (1.63 m) | |
Weight | 123 lbs. (56 kg) | |
Turned pro | 1999 | |
Plays | Right-handed (plays two-handed on both sides) | |
Career prize money | $387,803 | |
Singles | ||
Career record: | 162-117 | |
Career titles: | 0 WTA, 2 ITF | |
Highest ranking: | No. 47 (August 7, 2007) | |
Grand Slam results | ||
Australian Open | 3r (2006) | |
French Open | 1r (2005-2008) | |
Wimbledon | 2r (2005, 2007) | |
US Open | 2r (2005, 2006) | |
Doubles | ||
Career record: | 35-54 | |
Career titles: | 0 WTA, 2 ITF | |
Highest ranking: | No. 144 (June 19, 2006) | |
Infobox last updated on: January 15, 2007. |
Aiko Nakamura (中村藍子 Nakamura Aiko?, born December 28, 1983 in Osaka), is a female Japanese tennis player. She is the second-highest ranked Japanese tennis player on the WTA rankings, at 47 overall (August 6, 2007), after Ai Sugiyama.
Like her role-model Monica Seles, she has a double-handed forehand and backhand, but serves right-handed. She won 2 ITF singles and 2 double ITF titles. Her career highlights also include the final in 2006 at the Japan Open in Tokyo, when she lost to Marion Bartoli of France 2–6, 6–2, 6–2.
[edit] Extremal links
- Aiko Nakamura profile on the WTA Tour's official website