Aiko Nakamura

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Aiko Nakamura
Country Flag of Japan 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.


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