Kurumi Nara

Kurumi Nara
奈良くるみ

Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Hyōgo, Japan
Born	(1991-12-30) 30 December 1991 Osaka, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$269,708
Singles
Career record	127–90
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 101 (2 August 2010)
Current ranking	No. 126 (8 July 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	–
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	25–17
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 237 (12 April 2010)
Current ranking	No. 422 (8 July 2013)
Last updated on: 8 July 2013.

Kurumi Nara (Japanese: 奈良くるみ, born 30 December 1991 in Osaka, Japan) is a tennis player. She reached the third round of the 2008 US Open Girls singles tournament, where she lost to Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4). She advanced to the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2010 French Open with a 4–6, 7–6(3), 10–8 win over Monica Niculescu. At four hours and 42 minutes, it was said to be the longest women's Grand Slam qualifier or main draw match in history. She would go on to lose her first round match to Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–2. She also qualified for Wimbledon, and won her first Grand Slam main draw singles match with a 6–4, 6–2 win over Mariana Duque Marino

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 9 (4–5)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	26 October 2008	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Chinami Ogi	6–2 6–3
Runner-up	2.	7 June 2009	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Yurika Sema	3–6 6–1 4–6
Winner	3.	2 August 2009	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	7–6(7) 4–6 6–4
Runner-up	4.	6 September 2009	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Suchanun Viratprasert	3–6 4–6
Runner-up	5.	21 February 2010	Surprise, Arizona, USA	Hard	Abigail Spears	1–6 2–6
Runner-up	6.	11 July 2010	Grapevine, Texas, USA	Hard	Jamie Hampton	3–6 4–6
Winner	7.	25 July 2010	Lexington, Kentucky, USA	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	6–4 6–4
Runner-up	8.	1 August 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Su-Wei Hsieh	2–6 2–6
Winner	9.	31 October 2011	Grapevine, Texas, USA	Hard	Sesil Karatantcheva	1–6 6–0 6–3

Doubles 5 (3–2)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	4 May 2008	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Melanie South Nicole Thijssen	6–1 6–7(8) [10–7]
Winner	2.	20 July 2008	Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Misaki Doi	Kimiko Date-Krumm Tomoko Yonemura	4–6 6–3 [10–7]
Runner-up	3.	3 May 2009	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Misaki Doi	Sophie Ferguson Aiko Nakamura	2–6 1–6
Runner-up	4.	2 August 2009	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Rika Fujiwara	Natsumi Hamamura Ayumi Oka	6–3 1–6 [5–10]
Winner	5.	26 September 2009	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	Mari Tanaka Tomoko Yonemura	6–0 6–0
Runner–up	6.	18 May 2013	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Stéphanie Dubois	Julia Glushko Paula Ormaechea	5–7, 6–7(11–13)

Singles performance timeline

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Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	Career win-loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2Q	3Q	3Q	2Q	0–0
French Open	1R	2Q	1Q	2Q	0–1
Wimbledon	2R	2Q	1Q	3Q	1–1
US Open	A	2Q	2Q		0–0
Win-Loss	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2

External links

• Template:ITF junior profile
• Kurumi Nara at the Women's Tennis Association