Aiko Nakamura

Aiko Nakamura
中村藍子
Country	Japan
Residence	Osaka, Japan
Born	December 28, 1983 (age 28); Osaka, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	123 lb (56 kg; 8.8 st)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Career prize money	US$ 761,183
Singles
Career record	202–171
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (6 August 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2006, 2007)
French Open	1R (2005–2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007)
US Open	2R (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	52–83
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 64 (3 March 2008)
	Last updated on: 6 October 2008.

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Aiko Nakamura (中村藍子, Nakamura Aiko^?) (born 28 December 1983 in Osaka), is a female Japanese tennis player. She was once the second highest WTA-ranked Japanese singles tennis player, at 107 (21 July 2008), after Ai Sugiyama.

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 7–6(5), 2–6, 6–3 before falling to Kimiko Date Krumm 2–6, 0–6.

[edit] ITF Circuit finals

[edit] Singles 9 (6-3)

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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, Maryland, USA	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) 6-7(2)
Winner	6.	8 August 2004	Louisville, Kentucky, USA	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

[edit] Doubles 6 (4-2)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	28 July 2002	Evansville, Indiana, USA	Hard	Jin-Hee Kim	Leanne 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
Winner	6.	9 May 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Kotomi Takahata	Marina Erakovic Alexandra Panova	6-4 6-4