Shuko Aoyama

Shuko Aoyama

Shuko Aoyama playing at Roland Garros 2013
Country	Japan
Born	(1987-12-19) December 19, 1987 Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.54 m (5 ft  1⁄2 in)[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$197,926
Singles
Career record	124–90
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 266 (April 1, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 268 (July 15, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	161–75
Career titles	3 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (July 15, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 32 (July 15, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	1R (2013)
Wimbledon	SF (2013)
US Open	1R (2011)

Shuko Aoyama at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

Shuko Aoyama (青山 修子, Aoyama Shūko, born December 19, 1987 in Machida, Tokyo) is a Japanese professional tennis player. In her career, she has won 2 WTA Tour doubles titles.,^[2] and was a semi-finalist in doubles at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.^[3]

Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	October 17, 2010	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh	0–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	August 3, 2012	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	March 3, 2013	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	Janette Husárová Shuai Zhang	6-7(4-7), 7-6(7-4), [14-12]
Winner	3.	August 3, 2013	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend	6–3, 6–3

ITF Career Finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 June 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Erika Takao	7-6(3) 6-3
Runner-up	1.	1 April 2012	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	3-6 2-6
Runner-up	2.	10 February 2013	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Storm Sanders	4-6 4-6
Winner	2.	27 October 2013	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	7-6(7) 6-1

Doubles: 25 (20–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	29 March 2009	Kofu, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Maki Arai Miki Miyamura	7-5 3-6 10-8
Winner	2.	6 June 2010	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Maya Kato	Kun-Hee Kim Min-Hwa Yu	2-6 6-2 7-5
Winner	3.	13 June 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akari Inoue	Kyung-Mi Chang Mi Yoo	7-6(3) 6-0
Runner-up	1.	12 September 2010	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Akari Inoue	Rika Fujiwara Tamarine Tanasugarn	3-6 3-6
Winner	4.	28 November 2010	Toyota, Japan	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Irina-Camelia Begu Madalina Gojnea	1-6 6-3 6-4
Winner	5.	16 January 2011	Pingguo, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Wan-Ting Liu Sheng-Nan Sun	6-4 6-3
Runner-up	2.	6 February 2011	Rancho Santa Fe, USA	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Julie Ditty Mervana Jugic-Salkic	0-6 2-6
Winner	6.	20 February 2011	Surprise, Arizona, USA	Hard	Remi Tezuka	Mervana Jugic-Salkic Tetiana Luzhanska	6-3 6-1
Winner	7.	27 March 2011	Kunming, China	Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Irina Buryachok Veronika Kapshay	6-3 6-2
Winner	8.	3 April 2011	Wenshan, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Chen Liang Ran Tian	6-4 6-0
Winner	9.	8 May 2011	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Aiko Nakamura Junri Namigata	7-6(3) 6-0
Winner	10.	22 May 2011	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet (i)	Rika Fujiwara	Natsumi Hamamura Ayumi Oka	6-4 6-4
Winner	11.	23 October 2011	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Kotomi Takahata	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	6-2 7-5
Winner	12.	12 February 2012	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Kotomi Takahata	Shu-Ying Hsieh Saisai Zheng	6-4 6-4
Runner-up	3.	25 March 2012	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Junri Namigata	Monique Adamczak Sandra Zaniewska	5-7 4-6
Winner	13.	1 April 2012	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Junri Namigata	Sacha Jones Sally Peers	6-1 7-5
Runner-up	4.	15 July 2012	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Marie-Eve Pelletier	2-6 5-7
Runner-up	5.	22 July 2012	Granby, Canada	Hard	Miki Miyamura	Sharon Fichman Marie-Eve Pelletier	6-4 5-7 4-10
Winner	14.	29 July 2012	Lexington, Kentucky, USA	Hard	Yi-Fan Xu	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7-5 6-7(7) 10-4
Winner	15.	12 August 2012	Bronx, USA	Hard	Erika Sema	Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura	6-4 7-6(4)
Winner	16.	16 September 2012	Ningbo, China	Hard	Kai-Chen Chang	Tetiana Luzhanska Saisai Zheng	6-2 7-5
Winner	17.	28 October 2012	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Monique Adamczak Alexa Glatch	3-6 6-4 10-6
Winner	18.	3 February 2013	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Erika Sema	Bojana Bobusic Jessica Moore	W/O
Winner	19.	27 October 2013	Hamamatsu, Japan	Grass	Junri Namigata	Belinda Bencic Sofia Shapatava	6-4 6-3
Winner	20.	24 November 2013	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Misaki Doi	Eri Hozumi Makato Ninomiya	7-6(1) 2-6 11-9

Doubles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

External links

• Shuko Aoyama at the Women's Tennis Association
• Shuko Aoyama at the International Tennis Federation
• Shuko Aoyama at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Japan Tennis Association profile (Japanese)

References