Akiko Morigami

Akiko Morigami
森上亜希子
	At the 2007 Australian Open
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	12 January 1980 (age 44); Osaka, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	January 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 (15 August 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 (30 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2004, 2007, 2008)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007)
US Open	3R (2006, 2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	18–5

Akiko Morigami (森上亜希子, Morigami Akiko, born 12 January 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 Marion Bartoli in 2007 in the final of the Prague Open. She reached two other singles finals, both in 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, she lost to the eventual champion, Samantha Stosur, 1–6, 2–6. This was her last match on the professional tour.

WTA Tour 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 Open, 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 Open, 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, US	Hard (i)	Saori Obata	Alina Jidkova Bryanne Stewart	6–1, 6–1
Loss	Feb 2007	Memphis Indoors, US	Hard (i)	Jarmila Gajdošová	Nicole Pratt Bryanne Stewart	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (7–4)

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

Doubles (3–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	11 June 2001	ITF Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Miho Saeki	Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva	6–2, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Win	2.	26 May 2002	ITF Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Saori Obata	Teryn Ashley Kristen Schlukebir	7–5, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	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 (archive)
Akiko Morigami at Olympics.com