Ei Iida (born 9 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
Country (sports) | Japan |
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Born | 9 September 1967 |
Prize money | $149,368 |
Singles | |
Career record | 115–137 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 203 (24 August 1992) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1988) |
US Open | 1R (1989) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 146–105 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 14 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 44 (19 April 1993) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1988) |
French Open | 1R (1994) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1991) |
US Open | 1R (1993) |
Biography
editIida qualified for the singles main draw of two Grand Slam tournaments, the 1988 Australian Open and 1989 US Open. Her first-round opponent at the US Open was Martina Navratilova, who went on to make the final.[1]
As a doubles player, she reached No. 44 in the world and won one WTA Tour title, the 1993 Japan Open, partnering Maya Kidowaki.[2]
Early in her career, she played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University in the United States.[3]
WTA career finals
editDoubles: 1 (1 title)
editResult | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Apr 1993 | Japan Open | Tier III | Hard | Maya Kidowaki | Li Fang Kyōko Nagatsuka |
6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
ITF Circuit finals
edit$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 5 (3–2)
editOutcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 November 1987 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Stephanie Savides | 6–3, 6–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 16 October 1988 | ITF Kofu, Japan | Grass | Tamaka Takagi | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 30 October 1989 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Ayako Hirose | 6–1, 7–6(6) |
Winner | 2. | 28 October 1991 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Li Fang | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 7 November 1993 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Maya Kidowaki | 6–2, 7–5 |
Doubles: 22 (14–8)
editOutcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 28 October 1985 | ITF Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | Naoko Sato | Nanette Schutte Marianne van der Torre |
3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 1. | 4 November 1985 | ITF Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Zhong Ni | Nanette Schutte Marianne van der Torre |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 November 1985 | ITF Matsuyama, Japan | Hard | Zhong Ni | Nanette Schutte Marianne van der Torre |
2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 November 1985 | ITF Kyoto, Japan | Hard | Zhong Ni | Nanette Schutte Marianne van der Torre |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 11 October 1987 | ITF Kofu, Japan | Hard | Akemi Nishiya | Kumiko Okamoto Naoko Sato |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 8 November 1987 | ITF Saga, Japan | Hard | Maya Kidowaki | Kumiko Okamoto Naoko Sato |
7–6, 3–6, 9–7 |
Winner | 4. | 15 November 1987 | ITF Kyoto, Japan | Hard | Maya Kidowaki | Junko Kimuro Hijiri Nakazaka |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 12 June 1988 | ITF Modena, Italy | Clay | Yayuk Basuki | Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia |
3–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 3 July 1988 | ITF Brindisi, Italy | Clay | Yayuk Basuki | Frédérique Martin Virginie Paquet |
7–5, 2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 11 July 1988 | ITF Vaihingen, West Germany | Clay | Maya Kidowaki | Linda Barnard Amanda Coetzer |
6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 16 October 1988 | ITF Chiba, Japan | Hard | Yayuk Basuki | Naoko Sato Maya Kidowaki |
6–2, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 26 June 1989 | ITF Arezzo, Italy | Clay | Anne Grousbeck | Gabriela Castro Conchita Martínez |
w/o |
Winner | 6. | 25 September 1989 | ITF Chiba, Japan | Hard | Maya Kidowaki | Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson |
7–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 15 October 1989 | ITF Nagasaki, Japan | Hard | Maya Kidowaki | Kate McDonald Tamaka Takagi |
6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 30 October 1989 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Naoko Sato | Lynn Nabors Lupita Novelo |
7–6(3), 4–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 9. | 22 April 1990 | ITF Turin, Italy | Clay | Suzanna Wibowo | Federica Bonsignori Andrea Noszály |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | 1 July 1990 | ITF Cerignola, Italy | Clay | Jennifer Fuchs | Simona Isidori Caterina Nozzoli |
6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 8. | 10 February 1991 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Misumi Miyauchi | Kerry-Anne Guse Justine Hodder |
6–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 11. | 15 July 1991 | ITF Evansville, United States | Hard | Ayako Hirose | Kathy Foxworth Shannan McCarthy |
6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | 25 October 1993 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Nana Smith | Robyn Mawdsley Julie Pullin |
6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 13. | 7 November 1993 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Maya Kidowaki | Mana Endo Naoko Sawamatsu |
6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 31 October 1994 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Louise Pleming | Mami Donoshiro Yuka Tanaka |
6–3, 7–6(2) |
References
edit- ^ "Evert's Farewell Will Have To Wait". New York Times. August 30, 1989. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tokyo Outdoor - 05 April - 11 April 1993". ITF. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Talented Foreign Crop Rises to the Top in Tennis for Loyola". Los Angeles Times. June 5, 1986. Retrieved 11 September 2018.