Naoko Kijimuta

Naoko Kijimuta
Nation:	Japan
Birthday:	March 26, 1972
1st professional season:	1991
Resignation:	1998
Prize money:	$ 499,278
singles
Career record:	122: 112
Career title:	0 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	44 (March 3 1997)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	125: 87
Career title:	5 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	18 (October 13 1997)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Naoko Kijimuta ( Japanese 雉 子 牟 田 直 子 , Kijimuta Naoko ; born March 26, 1972 in Ebina , Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a former Japanese tennis player .

Career

Naoko Kijimuta's professional career lasted from 1991 to 1998. During this period, she won five double titles on the WTA Tour .

In 1997 and 1998 she was in the doubles competition in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open . In these two years she also played her only three games for the Japanese Fed Cup team , all of which she lost.

In singles she reached 44th place and in doubles with rank 18 (1997), her best placement in the WTA world rankings . Her older sister Akiko was also a professional tennis player.

Tournament victories

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 14, 1996	Jakarta	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Rika Hiraki	Laurence Courtois Nancy Feber	7: 6 2 , 7: 5
2.	October 20, 1996	Beijing	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Miho Saeki	Yuko Hosoki Kazue Takuma	7: 5, 6: 4
3.	January 5, 1997	Gold coast	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Nana Miyagi	Ruxandra Dragomir Silvia Farina	7: 6, 6: 1
4th	January 12, 1997	Hobart	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Nana Miyagi	Barbara Rittner Dominique Van Roost	6: 3, 6: 1
5.	April 19, 1998	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Nana Miyagi	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4

Web links

• WTA profile Naoko Kijimuta (English)
• ITF profile Naoko Kijimuta (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Naoko Kijimuta (English)