Aiko Nakamura

Aiko Nakamura
中村藍子

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Osaka, Japan
Born	(1983-12-28) 28 December 1983 Osaka, Japan
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 (2005–2008)
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 (2006–2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007, 2008)
US Open	2R (2007)

Aiko Nakamura (中村藍子, 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 five; 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 2–6, 6–2, 6–2.

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 before falling to Kimiko Date-Krumm in straight sets.

Nakamura retired from tennis in 2012.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 October 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Marion Bartoli	6–2, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	29 September 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ayumi Morita	Jill Craybas Marina Erakovic	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 April 2002	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Maria Sharapova	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	21 July 2002	Baltimore, United States	Hard	Tory Zawacki	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	20 October 2002	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Shinobu Asagoe	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	27 October 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Haruka Inoue	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	23 November 2003	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Jessica Lehnhoff	6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Winner	6.	8 August 2004	Louisville, United States	Hard	Vilmarie Castellvi	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	24 October 2004	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Yuka Yoshida	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	7 May 2006	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Erika Takao	1–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner	9.	3 May 2009	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	6–1, 6–4
Winner	10.	29 August 2011	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles 6 (3–3)

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	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	18 May 2003	Nagano, Japan	Grass	Maki Arai	Tomoko Taira Tomoko Yonemura	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	25 May 2003	Gunma, Japan	Grass	Maki Arai	Kumiko Iijima Suchanun Viratprasert	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	4.	18 April 2004	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Olena Antypina Goulnara Fattakhetdinova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	3 May 2009	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Sophie Ferguson	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	2 May 2011	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–7(3–7), 0–6

References

External links

• Aiko Nakamura at the Women's Tennis Association
• Aiko Nakamura at the International Tennis Federation
• Aiko Nakamura at the Fed Cup

Women's Tennis Association: Top Japanese female singles tennis players as of 18 January 2016 1. Nao Hibino (56 ) 2. Misaki Doi (64 ) 3. Kurumi Nara (94 ) 4. Naomi Osaka (127 ) 5. Risa Ozaki (145 ) 6. Misa Eguchi (157 ) 7. Miyu Kato (184 ) 8. Hiroko Kuwata (186 ) 9. Kimiko Date-Krumm (187 ) 10. Eri Hozumi (189 )