Aiko Nakamura
Country | Japan |
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Residence | Osaka, Japan |
Born |
Osaka, Japan | 28 December 1983
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2012 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
Prize money | US$862,381 |
Singles | |
Career record | 268 - 237 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 47 (6 August 2007) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2006, 2007) |
French Open | 1R (2005β2008) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2007) |
US Open | 2R (2005, 2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 80 - 113 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 64 (3 March 2008) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2008) |
French Open | 1R (2006β2008) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2007, 2008) |
US Open | 2R (2007) |
Last updated on: 6 October 2008. |
Aiko Nakamura (δΈζθε Nakamura Aiko) (born 28 December 1983 in Osaka), is a former female Japanese tennis player. She was once the second highest WTA-ranked Japanese singles tennis player, at 107 (21 July 2008), after Ai Sugiyama.
Coached by Eiji Takeuchi. Began playing tennis at age 5; parents also played. Has one older sister, Shoko. Enjoys shopping, movies, listening to music . Trains by lifting weights, swimming and running.
Like her role-model Monica Seles, she has a double-handed forehand and backhand, but serves right-handed. She has won two ITF singles and two ITF doubles titles. In 2006, she made it to the final at the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to Marion Bartoli of France 2β6, 6β2, 6β2.
Nakamura plays for Japan's Fed Cup team. Having not played since the end of 2009, Nakamura is currently unranked. However, she has been given a wildcard into the 2010 HP Open in Osaka, Japan. She defeated Alexandra Panova in the first round 7β6(5), 2β6, 6β3 before falling to Kimiko Date-Krumm 2β6, 0β6.
Nakamura retired from tennis 2012.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (0-1)
Winner β Legend (pre/post 2010) |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0β0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0β0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0β0) |
Tier II / Premier (0β0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (0β1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 October 2006 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Marion Bartoli | 6-2 2-6 2-6 |
Doubles: 1 (0β1)
Winner β Legend (pre/post 2010) |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0β0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0β0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0β0) |
Tier II / Premier (0β0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (0β1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 29 September 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Ayumi Morita | Jill Craybas Marina Erakovic |
6β4 5β7 [6β10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles 10 (4β6)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 21 April 2002 | Gunma, Japan | Carpet | Maria Sharapova | 4β6 1β6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 21 July 2002 | Baltimore, United States | Hard | Tory Zawacki | 4β6 5β7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 20 October 2002 | Haibara, Japan | Carpet | Shinobu Asagoe | 4β6 5β7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 27 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Haruka Inoue | 2β6 2β6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 23 November 2003 | Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | Jessica Lehnhoff | 6β7(2) 6β7(2) |
Winner | 6. | 8 August 2004 | Louisville, United States | Hard | Vilmarie Castellvi | 6β4 6β2 |
Winner | 7. | 24 October 2004 | Haibara, Japan | Carpet | Yuka Yoshida | 6β1 6β4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 7 May 2006 | Gifu, Japan | Carpet | Erika Takao | 1β6 7β5 1β6 |
Winner | 9. | 3 May 2009 | Gifu, Japan | Carpet | Tomoko Yonemura | 6β1 6β4 |
Winner | 10. | 29 August 2011 | Tsukuba, Japan | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | 6-3 2-6 6-3 |
Doubles 6 (3β3)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 28 July 2002 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Kim Jin-hee | Gabrielle Baker Deanna Roberts |
6β4 6β0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 18 May 2003 | Nagano, Japan | Grass | Maki Arai | Tomoko Taira Tomoko Yonemura |
3β6 1β6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 May 2003 | Gunma, Japan | Grass | Maki Arai | Kumiko Iijima Suchanun Viratprasert |
6β4 5β7 4β6 |
Winner | 4. | 18 April 2004 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Hard | Rika Fujiwara | Olena Antypina Goulnara Fattakhetdinova |
6β3 6β3 |
Winner | 5. | 3 May 2009 | Gifu, Japan | Carpet | Sophie Ferguson | Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara |
6β2 6β1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 2 May 2011 | 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 Fed Cup
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