Naoko Sawamatsu

Naoko Sawamatsu
Nation:	Japan
Birthday:	March 23, 1973
Size:	167 cm
1st professional season:	1989
Resignation:	1998
Prize money:	$ 1,107,264
singles
Career record:	205: 143
Career title:	4 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	14 (February 6 1995)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	19:34
Career title:	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	98 (January 30 1995)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Naoko Sawamatsu ( Japanese 沢 松 奈 生子 , Sawamatsu Naoko ; born March 23, 1973 in Nishinomiya ) is a former Japanese tennis player .

Career

Sawamatsu won four individual titles on the WTA Tour in her professional career . However, she achieved her greatest success when she reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 1995.

She played for her country at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996 .

From 1988 she was also part of the Japanese Fed Cup team for ten years .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 28, 1990	Singapore	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Sarah Loosemore	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4
2.	May 23, 1993	Strasbourg	WTA Tier III	sand	Judith Wiesner	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
3.	April 24, 1994	Singapore	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Florencia Labat	7: 5, 7: 5
4th	April 27, 1997	Jakarta	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Yuka Yoshida	6: 3, 6: 2

Web links

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