Aiko Nakamura
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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. 54 (January 30, 2006) | |
Grand Slam results | ||
Australian Open | 3r (2006) | |
French Open | 1r (2005, 2006) | |
Wimbledon | 2r (2005) | |
U.S. 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 (pronounced: EYE-koh na-ka-MOO-rah, Japanese: 中村藍子), born December 28, 1983 in Osaka, is a female Japanese tennis player. She is second Japanese tennis player on WTA rankings, after Ai Sugiyama, 65 overall.
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 carer high also include final in 2006 at Japan Open in Tokyo, when she lost to Marion Bartoli of France 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Women's Tennis Association | Top ten Asian female tennis players as of March 19, 2007 | ||
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1. Na Li (China) (17) • 2. Ai Sugiyama (Japan) (24) • 3. Jie Zheng (China) (32) • 4. Shuai Peng (China) (40) • 5. Sania Mirza (India) (47) • 6. Akiko Morigami (Japan) (63) • 7. Aiko Nakamura (Japan) (64) • 8. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) (68) • 9. Tiantian Sun (China) (77) • 10. Varvara Lepchenko (Uzbekistan) (85) | ||
Possible inclusions: Maria Sharapova (Russia) (2) (born in Asian part of bicontinental Russia) • Shahar Pe'er (Israel) (16) (Israel is considered part of Europe by the ITF) • Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) (50) (born in Kazakhstan, represents bicontinental Russia) |
[edit] Extremal links
- WTA Tour profile for Aiko Nakamura