Akiko Morigami
Fed Cup | 18–5 (78.3%) | |
Akiko Morigami (森上 亜希子, Morigami Akiko, born January 12, 1980) is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On 15 August 2005, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 41.
Morigami won one singles title in her career, defeating top-seeded
Cincinnati (falling to Patty Schnyder in 2005, and losing to Anna Chakvetadze in 2007). At the 2006 French Open, she upset then-world No. 3, Nadia Petrova
, in the first round.
Morigami retired after the 2009 Japan Open. In the first round, she defeated qualifier Anastasia Rodionova in three sets, and in the second round, she lost to the eventual champion Samantha Stosur, 1–6, 2–6. This was her last match on the professional tour.
WTA career finals
| Legend |
|---|
| Tier I |
| Tier II |
| Tier III |
| Tier IV |
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Jul 2005 | Cincinnati Masters , United States
|
Hard |  Patty Schnyder
|
4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | May 2007 | Prague Open , Czech Republic
|
Clay |  Marion Bartoli
|
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | Jul 2007 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Hard |  Anna Chakvetadze
|
1–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Feb 2003 | Memphis Indoors , United States |
Hard (i) |  Saori Obata
|
Alina Jidkova Bryanne Stewart
|
6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | Feb 2007 | Memphis Indoors, United States |
Hard (i) | Jarmila Gajdošová
|
Nicole Pratt Bryanne Stewart
|
5–7, 6–4, [5–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 11 (7–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 13 October 1996 | ITF Kugayama, Japan | Hard | Shinobu Asagoe
|
1–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 30 August 1999 | ITF Kuroshio, Japan | Hard | Kerry-Anne Guse
|
4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 12 March 2000 | ITF Warrnambool, Australia | Grass | Mireille Dittmann
|
6–4, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2. | 26 March 2000 | ITF Wodonga, Australia | Grass |  Mareze Joubert
|
6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 October 2001 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Nana Miyagi
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 4. | 28 October 2001 | ITF Home Hill, Australia | Hard | Mireille Dittmann
|
0–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 27 April 2003 | ITF Dothan, United States | Clay |  Milagros Sequera
|
6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 6 June 2004 | ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | Anna Chakvetadze
|
6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 22 February 2005 | ITF Saint Paul, United States | Hard (i) |  Laura Granville
|
2–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4 | 7 February 2007 | ITF Las Vegas, United States | Hard |  Caroline Wozniacki
|
3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 4 November 2007 | ITF Taoyuan, Taiwan | Hard |  Yanina Wickmayer
|
6–4, 7–6(5) |
Doubles: 3 (3–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 11 June 2001 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | Clay | Miho Saeki
|
Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva
|
6–2, 7–6(7) |
| Winner | 2. | 26 May 2002 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | Clay | Saori Obata
|
Teryn Ashley Kristen Schlukebir
|
7–5, 7–6(2) |
| Winner | 3. | 9 June 2006 | ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Jarmila Wolfe
|
 Līga Dekmeijere  Alicja Rosolska
|
6–3, 7–6(3) |
External links
- Akiko Morigami at the Women's Tennis Association
- Akiko Morigami at the International Tennis Federation
- Akiko Morigami at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Akiko Morigami at ESPN.com
- Akiko Morigami at Olympedia
- Akiko Morigami at Olympics.com
