Ai Sugiyama

Ai Sugiyama
2006 at the Zurich Open
Nation:	Japan
Birthday:	5th July 1975
Size:	163 cm
1st professional season:	1992
Resignation:	2009
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 8,128,126
singles
Career record:	492: 419
Career title:	6 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	8 (February 9, 2004)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	566: 295
Career title:	38 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (October 23, 2000)
Weeks as No. 1:	45
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Ai Sugiyama ( Japanese 杉山 愛 , Sugiyama Ai ; born July 5, 1975 in Yokohama ) is a former Japanese tennis player . As a junior she was at the top of the world rankings in May 1991.

Career

In her professional career, which lasted from 1992 to 2009, she won seven singles and 42 doubles titles, including three in Grand Slam tournaments. She won the US Open in 2000 with Julie Halard-Decugis , in 2003 the French Open and Wimbledon with Kim Clijsters, and the US Open in mixed with Mahesh Bhupathi in 1999 .

She was a member of the Japanese Fed Cup team and the Japanese Olympic team in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.

She reached her highest position in the WTA world rankings on February 9, 2004 with eighth place in the individual. She was number one in doubles in 2000. Sugiyama played her last professional tournament on September 28, 2009 in Tokyo and then announced her retirement.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 20, 1997	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Amy Frazier	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
2.	January 10, 1998	Gold coast	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Maria Vento	7: 5, 6: 0
3.	April 19, 1998	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Corina Morariu	6: 3, 6: 3
4th	March 2, 2003	Scottsdale	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Kim Clijsters	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
5.	October 26, 2003	Linz	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Nadia Petrova	7: 5, 6: 4
6th	January 10, 2004	Gold coast	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Nadia Petrova	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 1994	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Mommy Donoshiro	Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	January 1995	Hobart	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Kyōko Nagatsuka	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
3.	April 1996	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Kimiko Date	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 3
4th	September 1997	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Monica Seles	Julie Halard-Decugis Chanda Rubin	6: 1, 6: 0
5.	January 1998	Gold coast	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Park Sung-hee Wang Shi-ting	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
6th	1998	Luxembourg	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Jelena Lichowzewa	Larisa Neiland Olena Tatarkova	6: 7 3 , 6: 2, 2: 0 task
7th	November 1998	Leipzig	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Jelena Lichowzewa	Manon Bollegraf Irina Spîrlea	6: 3, 6: 7 2 , 6: 2
8th.	November 1998	Philadelphia	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Jelena Lichowzewa	Monica Seles Natallja Swerawa	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 2
9.	January 1999	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Mary Joe Fernández Anke Huber	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 0
10.	May 1999	Strasbourg	WTA Tier III	sand	Jelena Lichowzewa	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	2: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 1
11.	January 2000	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Julie Halard-Decugis	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6: 0, 6: 3
12.	April 2000	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Julie Halard-Decugis	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
13.	June 2000	Eastbourne	WTA Tier II	race	Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 3
14th	August 2000	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Julie Halard-Decugis	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2
15th	September 2000	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Julie Halard-Decugis	Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 1
16.	October 2000	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Julie Halard-Decugis	Nana Miyagi Paola Suarez	6-0, 6-2
17th	October 2000	Moscow	WTA Tier I	Carpet (hall)	Julie Halard-Decugis	Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa	4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 5
18th	January 2001	Canberra	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Nicole Arendt	Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood	6: 4, 7: 6 2
19th	March 2001	Indian Wells	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Nicole Arendt	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	March 2002	Memphis	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Olena Tatarkova	Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 0
21st	January 2003	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Kim Clijsters	Conchita Martínez Rennae Stubbs	6: 3, 6: 3
22nd	February 2003	Antwerp	WTA Tier II	Carpet hall	Kim Clijsters	Nathalie Dechy Émilie Loit	6: 2, 6: 0
23.	March 2003	Scottsdale	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6: 1, 6: 4
24.	June 2003	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Kim Clijsters	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 7 5 , 6: 2, 9: 7
25th	July 2003	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Kim Clijsters	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 4, 6: 4
26th	August 2003	San Diego	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6: 4, 7: 5
27.	October 2003	Zurich	WTA Tier I	Hard court (hall)	Kim Clijsters	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
28.	October 2003	Linz	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia	6: 1, 7: 6 6
29	August 2004	Montreal	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Shinobu Asagoe	Liezel Huber tamarine tanasu yarn	6: 0, 6: 3
30th	September 2004	Bali	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Anastassija Myskina	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 7: 5
31.	June 2005	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Daniela Hantuchová	Eleni Daniilidou Jennifer Russell	6: 2, 6: 3
32.	March 2006	Doha	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Daniela Hantuchová	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6: 4, 6: 4
33.	May 2006	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Daniela Hantuchová	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
34.	August 2007	Toronto	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Katarina Srebotnik	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6: 4, 2: 6, [10: 5]
35.	April 2008	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Katarina Srebotnik	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 3]
36.	April 2008	Charleston	WTA Tier I	sand	Katarina Srebotnik	Edina Gallovits Wolha Hawarzowa	6: 2, 6: 2
37.	October 2008	Linz	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Katarina Srebotnik	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6: 4, 7: 5
38.	June 2009	Eastbourne	WTA Premier	race	Oqgul Omonmurodova	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	6: 4, 6: 3

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 11, 1999	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Mahesh Bhupathi	Kimberly Po Donald Johnson	6: 4, 6: 4

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career
Australian Open	-	-	1	3	2	AF	1	VF	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	VF
French Open	-	-	AF	1	2	2	2	AF	1	2	AF	2	1	2	3	2	1	AF
Wimbledon	1	1	1	AF	1	1	2	2	3	3	AF	VF	1	AF	3	3	3	VF
US Open	-	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	AF	AF	3	3	2	3	1	AF
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	VR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	VR

Double

competition	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career
Australian Open	1	-	2	2	1	VF	2	VF	HF	AF	VF	HF	AF	AF	VF	2	F.	F.
French Open	-	-	2	2	2	AF	VF	HF	AF	HF	S.	1	2	F.	F.	2	AF	S.
Wimbledon	-	1	1	1	1	AF	2	F.	F.	AF	S.	F.	VF	1	F.	2	2	S.
US Open	-	2	AF	1	2	-	1	S.	-	1	2	HF	AF	2	VF	HF	AF	S.
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	HF	F.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	F.

Web links

Commons : Ai Sugiyama  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Ai Sugiyama (English)
• ITF profile Ai Sugiyama (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Ai Sugiyama (English)
• Ai Sugiyama in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )