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Kimiko Date Krumm
クルム伊達 公子
Date-Krumm in 2010
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Born (1970-09-28) 28 September 1970 (age 53)
Kyoto, Japan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned proMarch 1989
Retired1996; comeback in 2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,677,337
Singles
Career record340–163
Career titles8 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 4 (13 November 1995)
Current rankingNo. 81 (3 October 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1994)
French OpenSF (1995)
WimbledonSF (1996)
US OpenQF (1993, 1994)
Doubles
Career record110–80
Career titles2 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 33 (24 August 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1992)
French Open2R (1993, 2011)
Wimbledon3R (2011)
US Open2R (1993, 2010)
Last updated on: 28 August 2011.
Kimiko Date
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Singles

Kimiko Date Krumm (クルム伊達 公子, Kurumu Date Kimiko, born 28 September 1970) is a Japanese professional tennis player. In her career, she has won over 200 tournament matches. She has won the Japan Open four times. In 1994, she was ranked in the top-ten women players in the world. In 1992, the WTA awarded her the "Most Improved Player of the Year". After playing in her second Olympic Games, she announced her retirement on 24 September 1996. Yet, she came back on court nearly 12 years later, announcing an unexpected comeback in April 2008. After the comeback, she has won several ITF titles before winning her eighth WTA Tour title at the 2009 Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, thus becoming the second-oldest player in the Open era, after Billie Jean King, to win a singles title on the WTA Tour.[1]

Early career

Date started playing tennis when she was 7 years old. Date is naturally left-handed and does most of her work with her left hand, but was instructed to play right-handed, due to cultural opposition to left-handedness. Kimiko plays very light with her feet and is quick of reaction. When she takes a high ball and is one of the most fearless and consistent baseliners in the game. With a surprisingly good serve for one so small, she can volley but prefers to win by counter-hitting from the baseline. During the 1990s on the tour Kimiko used to receive acupuncture (okibari) treatment daily. By the age of 14, she reached the semi-finals in the All-Japan Junior Under-14 championship. During the subsequent year, she won 3rd place in the Japanese National Junior High School Tennis Championship.

In 1986 while attending Sonoda-Joshi High School, she won the All-Japan Junior Under-16 Championship in doubles. In 1987 she reached the semi-finals in the All-Japan Tennis Championship.

In 1988 she won the Invitational All-Japan Junior Indoor Championship (for both women single and doubles), the Japanese National High School Athlete Meet (for singles and doubles), the Japanese All-Japan Junior Tennis Tournament Under-18 (for singles and doubles), and the International Women Circuit, and Masters. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 1989 French Open, losing in the second round. In 1989 she also made her Fed Cup debut.

Professional career

Date began 1990 by reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open, defeated in straight sets by fourth seed Helena Suková.

In 1991, she was runner-up of Virginia Slim Of Los Angeles Tournament, defeating Gabriela Sabatini, but losing to Monica Seles in the finals.

In 1992, Date defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the Toray Pan-Pacific Open and reached the semi-finals. That year she also won the Japan Open, reached the semi-finals in the Mizuno World Ladies Open, and the quarter-finals in the Lipton Championship and the Grand Slam, Roland Garros. She also participated in the Barcelona Olympics. She also had her best Grand Slam doubles result, reaching the QF of the Australian Open doubles championships, partnering Australian Michelle Jaggard-Lai.

In 1993, she again won the Japan Open. She was runner-up in the Asia Women's Open and the Nichiray Ladies Cup. She reached the semi-finals in the Lipton Championships defeating Mary Joe Fernandez. In the US Open, she reached the quarter-finals beating Jana Novotna in the fourth round.

In 1994, she won her third consecutive Japan Open. She won the gold medal in Hiroshima Asia competition. She reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open (first time from Japan in over two decades beating Conchita Martinez in the quarter final, lost to Steffi Graf) and the Virginia Slims Championships (lost to Gabriela Sabatini).

In 1995, she won the Toray PPO, and was runner-up in the Lipton Championship and the Japan Open. She reached the semi-finals in Roland Garros (lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario), and the quarter-finals at Wimbledon (lost to Jana Novotná). Date also reached her career high of World Number 4 in 1995.

In 1996, she reached her 200th win in tournament play. She also won both singles and doubles in the Japan Open. In the Federation Cup, she defeated Steffi Graf for the first time in an epic encounter, winning 12–10 in the 3rd set. Date reached the semi-final at Wimbledon after beating Mary Pierce in the quarter-final then battling Graf over two days in the semi-final. Trailing 0–5 in the first set, she stormed back in the second set. Although the chair umpire initially refused to call off the match due to darkness despite Graf's plea, he changed his mind and postponed the final set until the next day. Graf swiftly won that and her seventh title there. Date also won a major tournament in San Diego and reached the quarter-finals in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. She held her last match at the 2nd round of WTA Tour Championships; she lost to Martina Hingis 1–6, 2–6.

Comeback

Date holding the trophy at the Tokyo Ariake International Ladies Open in 2008

2008

On 6 April 2008, nearly 12 years after retiring, Date announced she would return to the women's professional tour at the age of 37.[2]

Date qualified for a 50k ITF event in Gifu, Japan. In the first round, she played compatriot and World Number 183 Rika Fujiwara. In only her 4th match on the tour for 11 years, Date won 2–6 6–4 6–4. At the quarter-final stage, Date came up against World Number 80 and fellow Japanese Aiko Nakamura, whom she beat 7–6(7) 4–6 6–3. This marked her first Top 100 win of her comeback. In her semi-final match, she defeated Number 3 seed Melanie South 7–6 (7–5) 6–3. However, in the final, she was defeated by Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand in three sets, 6–4 5–7 2–6. She successfully won the doubles title at that tournament with teenage and fellow Japanese partner Kurumi Nara, defeating Melanie South and Nicole Thyssen in a match tie-breaker, 6–1 6–7 (6–8) [10–7].

Kimiko's next event was another 50k ITF event in Fukuoka, Japan. She defeated both Nicole Kriz and Rika Fujiwara to reach the quarter finals where she lost to Aiko Nakamura in straight sets, 6–2 6–2. She then defeated Shiho Hisamatsu and Zhou Yi-Miao to reach the quarter-final where she lost to Tomoko Yonemura in straight sets, 6–2 6–2, in another tournament in Japan, a 50k event in Kurume. On 15 June 2008, she defeated Shiho Akita 6–3, 6–2 to win the Tokyo Ariake International Ladies Open for her first post-comeback championship. Her second post-comeback championship came over a month after, as on 20 July, she won a 25k ITF event in Miyazaki, Japan, defeating Kyung-Yee Chae in the final, 6–3 6–2. On 3 August she won the 25k ITF event in Obihiro, Japan. In the final she beat Suchanun Viratprasert 6–3, 7–6.

Date made her WTA Tour comeback at the Tier I event in Tokyo, Japan, where she has been awarded a wildcard into the qualifying tournament. She won through to the final round of qualifying after defeating Mari Tanaka of Japan and Australian Casey Dellacqua (the 5th seed in the qualifying competition). Both of these victories came in tight three-set matches. She lost in the final round to Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada in straight sets, 6–1 6–1. Along with fellow Japanese Rika Fujiwara, Kimiko, also competed in Doubles, as WC entrant. However, they lost in 3 tight sets 6–3, 3–6, 10–8 tiebreak in the 1st round. Kimiko was in the main draw for the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships but lost in the first round to Shahar Pe'er.

In November, Date competed at the All-Japan Tennis Championship, her first appearance there in 16 years. Date won both the Singles and Doubles titles.

2009

Date received a wild card entrant to the main draw of the 2009 ASB Classic in Auckland; it was her first tournament outside of Japan since November 1996. Later in January, Date qualified for the Australian Open and met Kaia Kanepi in the first round, where she lost a close match, battling a tough three-setter before losing 4–6, 6–4, 6–8.[3]

Kimiko then played in the main draw of the international event in Pattaya City, Thailand. In the first round, she was defeated by the 8th-seeded Slovak Magdaléna Rybáriková in three sets, 2–6 6–4 4–6. She then reached the quarter-finals of an ITF event in Clearwater, Florida, beating Lauren Embree of the USA and fellow Japanese player Aiko Nakamura before losing to third-seeded Slovak Jarmila Groth in three sets, 6–3 5–7 5–7. She then played at a $25,000 ITF event in Hammond, Louisana where she breezed past qualifier Heidi El Tabakh 6–2 6–0. She then beat American Lauren Albanese in the round of 16 for a place in the quarter-finals where she lost to qualifier Lindsay Lee-Waters in three sets. Date moved onto the $75,000 ITF in Monzón Spain, her first European event since July 1996. Seeded Sixth, victories over Spaniard Eva Fernandez-Bruges and Croat Ana Vrljić took her to the quarter finals. In the quarter finals she beat British Top Seed Elena Baltacha 5–7 6–4 7–6 (7–4), she followed that win by beating Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4 7–5 to reach the final. In the final Date earned a 7–5 6–2 victory over Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru to claim the biggest title of her comeback that far.[4]

Date was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. This was her first competition at Wimbledon in 13 years. In the first round she lost to 9th seed Caroline Wozniacki 7–5 3–6 1–6, with her performance in the second and third sets diminished due to an injury.

In the 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Date, partnering Sun Tiantian, reached her first WTA tour final since she has come back to the WTA tour, but lost after a tight match 6–3 2–6 8–10.

At the 2009 Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, she won her first WTA Tour level match after the return, against Lee Ye-Ra, and came up with a second victory right after over Alisa Kleybanova, coming back from a set and 5–2 down. In the quarterfinals Kimiko defeated top seed Daniela Hantuchová in three sets lasting over two and a half hours. Date Krumm prevailed with the score 7–6(3) 4–6 6–4. In the semifinals she defeated defending champion Maria Kirilenko 3–6 6–2 6–4. In the final, which was held one day before her 39th birthday, Kimiko Date Krumm defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3 to win her first WTA Tour title since her comeback. Thus, she became the second-oldest player in the Open era to win a singles title on the WTA Tour, after Billie Jean King, who won Birmingham in 1983, aged 39 years, 7 months and 23 days.

Date-Krumm then received a wildcard to play at the inaugural 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, a year-end championships, held in Bali, Indonesia. She was in Group C, along with Yanina Wickmayer and Anabel Medina Garrigues. She lost her first match against Wickmayer by a close 6–7(5), 2–6, but she won her second match against Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–3. Due to Wickmayer's ban from the sport for one year, Date-Krumm made the semifinals but lost to top seed Marion Bartoli.

2010

Date-Krumm started 2010 with participation at the 2010 ASB Classic, in Auckland where she received a wildcard to enter the maindraw. She beat former world number five Anna Chakvetadze in the first round by 6–1, 6–2, and then recovered from a set down to beat 5th seed Virginie Razzano 3–6 6–3 6–2 for her first win over a top twenty opponent since her comeback.[5] In the quarter finals Date-Krumm was beaten 6–2, 6–2 by the 3rd seed and eventual champion Yanina Wickmayer. Date-Krumm then qualified for 2010 Medibank International Sydney, a premier tournament. In the opening round she defeated Nadia Petrova 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 for her second top twenty victory of 2010.[6] In the second round Date-Krumm came close to claiming her first top ten win since 1996 when she pushed world number seven Victoria Azarenka 1–6, 7–5, 5–7 having at one stage trailed 1–6, 2–4.[7] Date Krumm competed at the Australian Open in Melbourne, the first time since her comeback that she has had direct acceptance into a Grand Slam main draw. In the first round she fell to Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets.

In February, Date-Krumm played for Japan's Fed Cup Team for the first time since 1996. By winning all of her four matches, she was instrumental in securing her team's advance to the World Group II play-offs. At the PTT Pattaya Open in Pattaya City, Thailand, Date-Krumm was seeded 7th but fell to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round.

Date-Krumm defeated Melinda Czink in the first round of the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells before falling to No. 15 seed Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–4 in the second. Kimiko also made it to the second round of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami by defeating former top 10 player Anna Chakvetadze 7–5, 3–6, 6–4. Kimiko then lost to No. 16 seed Nadia Petrova 6–3, 7–6(7).

Date-Krumm began her clay court season at the 2010 Estoril Open in Portugal. In the first round, Kimiko outlasted 19 year-old Petra Martić, defeating her in 3 hours and 12 minutes 6–7(4), 7–5, 7–6(2). She played Anastasija Sevastova (who ousted top seed Ágnes Szávay in the first round) in the second round, but retired due to a recurring calf injury.

At the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, the 2010 French Open, Date-Krumm defeated No.9 seed and former world number 1, 2009 runner-up Dinara Safina in the first round 3–6, 6–4, 7–5, despite being 2–4 down in the second set and two breaks down at 1–4 in the third, plus having an apparent calf injury. This was her first win in a grandslam's main draw since 1997 and at 39y/7m/26d, she became the oldest player ever to beat a Top 10 player (previous-oldest was Billie Jean King at 39y/6m/29d). She was defeated by wildcard Jarmila Groth 6–0, 6–3 in the second round. In Stanford, she again defeated Dinara Safina, 4–6, 7–6(0), 6–2 in the first round, after trailing by a set and 2–0. Following the conclusion of the US Open Series, Date-Krumm, ranked number 50, became the oldest top-50 player since Billie Jean King in 1984.

At the US Open, she received direct entry into the main draw but lost to two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round 2–6, 6–4, 1–6. She then traveled to Seoul to defend her title at the 2010 Hansol Korea Open but lost in the quarterfinals to Ágnes Szávay. One week later, she accepted wild card entry at the 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. She beat the defending champion and former world no.1, Maria Sharapova, in the first round 7–5, 3–6, 6–3. She then faced Daniela Hantuchová in the second round and won 2–6, 6–0, 4–0 after Hantuchová retired. This was on her 40th birthday. She then lost to French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the third round 6–3, 6–3. Later on that same week, she went to China to participate at the China Open. She beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–0, 6–4 in the first round, but lost to Elena Dementieva 6–3 1–6 6–3 in the second round. Kimiko then returned home to compete at the 2010 HP Open in Osaka, Japan. Seeded 6th she defeated teenage qualifier Laura Robson in the first round 6–3, 6–3 and compatriot Aiko Nakamura 6–2, 6–0. In the quarterfinals she upset top seed and World No.8 Samantha Stosur 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(4) (becoming the first 40-something player to win a match against a Top 10 player[8]) to book a semifinal encounter with 3rd seed Shahar Pe'er. She beat Shahar Pe'er 3–6 7–6(5) 7–5, but lost the final match to unseeded Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5 6–7(4) 6–1. With that reaching of the final in Osaka, she once again entered the Top 50 WTA Rankings at #48. Also, this final in Osaka had the oldest combined age of WTA tournament finalists at 73 (Date Krumm 40, Tanasugarn 33).

Date-Krumm then received a wild card to enter the 2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, Indonesia for the second time in a row. Despite at one point having her serve broken seven consecutive times, she defeated first seeded, Li Na in the quarterfinals by 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 after being down 1–3 in the third set. She lost to Ana Ivanović in the semifinals 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2, but won the third place match against Daniela Hantuchová by the scoreline of 7–5, 7–5. With that performance in Bali, she is once again in the Top 50 of the WTA rankings, moving up to #46, but falling back to finish the year at #51.

Date-Krumm's last activity of 2010 was participation in the 2010 Asian Games, where she won a bronze medal in singles and with Japan in the team competition.

2011

Date-Krumm's first two tournaments of 2011 were in the 2011 ASB Classic and 2011 Moorilla Hobart International.[9][10] She would go on to lose in both first rounds to Kateryna Bondarenko 6–4, 6–3 then Angelique Kerber 7–5, 7–6(3) the following week. Kimiko's next tournament was the 2011 Australian Open where she lost a close encounter 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 to 12th seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round . Date-Krumm held a 4–1 lead in the final set when her opponent called a medical time out. When play resumed, she suffered from cramps and found it hard to move losing six of the final seven games after the rhythm of the match had been interrupted as she stated in her post match interview . Date-Krumm earned her first victory of the 2011 season at the 2011 PTT Pattaya Open, defeating Renata Voráčová 6–2, 6–2. At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open Kimiko gained direct entry into the tournament. In the first round she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets, but lost to Ana Ivanović in the second round. She then also reached the second round of 2011 Sony Ericsson Open but again lost to Ivanovic in straight sets.

Date-Krumm then suffered four consecutive losses in her clay court campaign, in Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, and Strasbourg. In the French Open she lost in straight sets in the first round to world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki. She started out the grass season with a surprise doubles championship with Shuai Zhang in the Nottingham ITF tournament. But her singles losing streak continued, as she lost in the first round of Birmingham to eventual champion Sabine Lisicki. The week after, she ended her seven consecutive losses in 's-Hertogenbosch where she defeated sixth-seeded Maria Kirilenko 7–6(5), 6–2 in the first round and Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7–6(3), 6–0 in the second round. In her first quarterfinals appearance in 2011, she lost to Romina Oprandi 6–7(3), 4–6.

She then appeared at Wimbledon, where she defeated British wildcard Katie O'Brien, 6–0, 7–5.[11] This win also marked her first main draw victory at Wimbledon in fifteen years. In the second round, after winning the opening set, Date-Krumm lost a close-fought match on Centre Court to former world number one and 23rd seed Venus Williams, 7–6(6), 3–6, 6–8 in a match lasting 2 hours, 56 minutes.[12] With her partner Shuai Zhang, Date-Krumm advanced to the third round of the Ladies Doubles at Wimbledon for the first time in her career.

After qualifying for the 2011 Western & Southern Open, Date-Krumm had an accident falling in the bathtub and injuring her left hand, forcing her out of competition for four to six weeks[13], requiring her to pull out of the tournament and upcoming U.S. Open.

At the HP Open, Date-Krumm again teamed with Shuai Zhang and defeated Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5, 3-6, (11-9) in the doubles final to win her first WTA level doubles title since 1996.

Playing style

Since her comeback, Date-Krumm plays best on grass, and her style is "all stealthy, neat athleticism."[14]

Personal life

Date married German motor racing driver Michael Krumm on 1 December 2001 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo. They currently reside in Tokyo.[15]

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (1/1) Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (3/2) Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (3/3) Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0) International (1/1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 12 August 1991 United States Manhattan Beach, United States Hard Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 3–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 6 April 1992 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard Belgium Sabine Appelmans 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 8 February 1993 Japan Osaka, Japan Carpet (i) Czech Republic Jana Novotná 3–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 5 April 1993 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard Netherlands Stephanie Rottier 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 20 September 1993 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard South Africa Amanda Coetzer 3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 10 January 1994 Australia Sydney, Australia Hard United States Mary Joe Fernandez 6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. 4 April 1994 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Amy Frazier 7–5, 6–0
Winner 5. 30 January 1995 Japan Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) United States Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 25 March 1995 United States Key Biscayne, United States Hard Germany Steffi Graf 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 10 April 1995 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Amy Frazier 6–7(5), 5–7
Runner-up 6. 22 May 1995 France Strasbourg, France Clay United States Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Winner 6. 15 April 1996 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Amy Frazier 6–4, 7–5
Winner 7. 19 August 1996 United States San Diego, United States Hard Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner 8. 27 September 2009 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 17 October 2010 Japan Osaka, Japan Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 5–7, 7–6(4), 1–6

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0/1) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1/0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0) International (1/1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 6 April 1992 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Stephanie Rehe United States Amy Frazier
Japan Rika Hiraki
7–5, 6–7(5), 0–6
Winner 1. 21 April 1996 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Ai Sugiyama United States Amy Frazier
United States Kimberly Po
7–6(6), 6–7(6), 6–3
Runner-up 2. 14 September 2009 China Guangzhou, China Hard China Sun Tiantian Belarus Olga Govortsova
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Winner 2. 16 October 2011 Japan Osaka, Japan Hard China Zhang Shuai United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
7–5, 3–6, [11–9]

Singles performance timeline

Name 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 97–07 2008 2009 2010 2011 W–L
Grand Slam events
Australian Open A A 4R 2R 2R 2R SF 3R 2R A A 1R 1R 1R 14–10
French Open A 2R A A 4R 2R 1R SF 4R A A LQ 2R 1R 14–8
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 1R 2R A 3R QF SF A A 1R 1R 2R 14–10
US Open A 1R 2R 2R 2R QF QF 4R 1R A A LQ 1R 1R 14–10
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–0 1–3 5–3 2–3 6–4 6–3 11–4 14–4 9–4 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–4 56–38
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held 2R Not Held QF Not Held A Not Held 4–2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A SF QF QF A A A A 4–3
Tournament of Champions Not Held SF 3rd 3–3
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A 2R A A A A SF A A A 2R 2R 8–4
Key Biscayne A A A 1R 4R SF QF F QF A A A 2R 2R 19–8
Madrid Not Held A A A 1R 0–1
Beijing Not Held A A 2R 1–1
Career Statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 - 0 1 0 N/A 8
Runner-ups 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 - 0 0 1 N/A 7
Year End Ranking 322 119 79 32 21 13 9 4 8 - 198 82 46 N/A N/A

See also

References

  1. ^ Kimiko Date Krumm: Biography on official WTA site
  2. ^ Tennis-Japan's Date to return to WTA Tour at age of 37, Reuters, Sun 6 Apr 2008 1:37 pm BST
  3. ^ Date, 38, Loses Aussie Opener SI.com, 20 January 2009
  4. ^ http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/PlayerActivity.asp?PlayerID=40130
  5. ^ [1] sonyericssonwtatour.com
  6. ^ [2] sonyericssonwtatour.com
  7. ^ [3] sonyericcsonwtatour.com
  8. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/9096404.stm
  9. ^ Full Players List Released ASB Classic Official Website
  10. ^ [4] 2011 Hobard International Draw
  11. ^ McGrath, Chris (21 June 2011). "O'Brien fails to live up to billing on new stage". The Independent. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  12. ^ http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/day10/2230ms.html
  13. ^ "Daily Tennis News Briefs 17Aug11". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  14. ^ Sarah Edworthy. "Date-Krumm first to win on new show court." Wimbledon site
  15. ^ "Krumm sets the date" crash.net 24 August 2010

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