Akiko Morigami

Akiko Morigami
森上亜希子
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	January 12, 1980; Osaka, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	January 12, 1998
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,177,175
Singles
Career record	286–243
Career titles	1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 41 (August 15, 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
French Open	3R (2005)
Wimbledon	3R (2003, 2007)
US Open	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	60–95
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (July 30, 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2007, 2008)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007)
US Open	3R (2006, 2007)
	Last updated on: July 20, 2008.

Akiko Morigami (森上亜希子, Morigami Akiko, born January 12, 1980) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41.

Morigami has won 1 singles title in her career, defeating top-seed Marion Bartoli of France 6–1, 6–3 in Prague in 2007. She has reached two other singles finals, both in Cincinnati (falling to Patty Schnyder in 2005, and losing to Anna Chakvetadze in 2007). In the 2006 French Open, she upset then-World No.3 Nadia Petrova in the first round.

Morigami retired after the 2009 HP Japan Women's Open in Osaka. In the first round she defeated qualifier Anastasia Rodionova 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 and in the second round she lost to the eventual champion Samantha Stosur 1–6, 2–6. This was her last professional WTA match.

WTA career finals

Singles (3) (1-2)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV Event (1)
ITF Circuit (7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 24, 2005	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Patty Schnyder	4–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	May 7, 2007	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Marion Bartoli	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	July 22, 2007	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Anna Chakvetadze	1–6, 3–6

Doubles (2) (1-1)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV Event (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	February 16, 2003	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Saori Obata	Alina Jidkova Bryanne Stewart	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	February 24, 2007	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Jarmila Gajdošová	Nicole Pratt Bryanne Stewart	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]

ITF finals

Singles (7–4)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 13, 1996	Kugayama, Japan	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	1-6 6-3 1-6
Runner-up	2.	August 30, 1999	Kuroshio, Japan	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	4-6, 3-6
Winner	1.	March 12, 2000	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Mireille Dittmann	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Winner	2.	March 26, 2000	Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Mareze Joubert	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	October 14, 2001	Saga, Japan	Grass	Nana Miyagi	6–4, 7–5
Winner	4.	October 28, 2001	Home Hill, Australia	Hard	Mireille Dittmann	0–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	5.	April 27, 2003	Dothan, United States	Clay	Milagros Sequera	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	June 6, 2004	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Chakvetadze	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	February 22, 2005	Saint Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Laura Granville	2-6 7-6 2-6
Runner-up	4	February 7, 2007	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Caroline Wozniacki	3–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	November 4, 2007	Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles (3-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	11 June 2001	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Miho Saeki	Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva	6–2, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Winner	2.	26 May 2002	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Saori Obata	Teryn Ashley Kristen Schlukebir	7-5, 7–6⁽²⁾
Winner	3.	9 June 2006	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 Fed Cup

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