Akiko Morigami
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Akiko Morigami (born January 12, 1980, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41.
She has won 1 singles title in her career and reached 1 singles final (2005 Cincinnati Women's Open/lost to Patty Schnyder).
In the 2006 French Open, she upset World No.3 Nadia Petrova in the first round. Petrova was a favorite to win the Grand Slam title.
[edit] External links
- WTA Tour profile for Akiko Morigami
| Women's Tennis Association | Top ten Asian female tennis players as of April 02, 2007 | ||
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| 1. Na Li (China) (18) • 2. Ai Sugiyama (Japan) (26) • 3. Shuai Peng (China) (37) • 4. Jie Zheng (China) (41) • 5. Sania Mirza (India) (46) • 6. Akiko Morigami (Japan) (55) • 7. Aiko Nakamura (Japan) (63) • 8. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) (68) • 9. Varvara Lepchenko (Uzbekistan) (89) • 9. Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) (93) • 10. Tiantian Sun (China) (97) | ||
| Possible inclusions: Maria Sharapova¹ (Russia) (2) • Shahar Pe'er² (Israel) (15) • Elena Likhovtseva¹ (Russia) (56) • Anna Smashnova² (Israel) (90) ¹ of Asian origin, represents bi-continental Russia ² Israel is considered part of Europe by the ITF |
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