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 October 2006 | |
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| 1. Na Li (China) (20) | 2. Shahar Pe'er (Israel) (24) | 3. Ai Sugiyama (Japan) (27) 4. Jie Zheng (China) (35) | 5. Sania Mirza (India) (55) | 6. Shuai Peng (China) (57) 7. Anna Smashnova (Israel) (64) | 8. Akiko Morigami (Japan) (83) 9. Varvara Lepchenko (Uzbekistan) (84) | 10. Aiko Nakamura (Japan) (89) |
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