Rika Hiraki

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Rika Hiraki Tennis player
Rika Hiraki
Nation: JapanJapan Japan
Birthday: 6th December 1971
Size: 157 cm
1st professional season: 1991
Resignation: 1998
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 852,103
singles
Career record: 208: 252
Career title: 0 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 72 (January 27 1997)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 3R (1996-1998)
French Open 1R (1991-1993, 1996, 1997)
Wimbledon 3R (1992)
US Open 2R (1997)
Double
Career record: 274: 251
Career title: 6 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking: 26 (October 27 1997)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (2000)
French Open 2R (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1996, 1999-2001)
US Open AF (1993, 1996)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open 1R (1998)
French Open S (1997)
Wimbledon AF (1997)
US Open 1R (1997, 1998)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Rika Hiraki ( Japanese 平 木 理化 , Hiraki Rika ; born December 6, 1971 in Beirut , Lebanon ) is a former Japanese tennis player .

Career

Hiraki, who started playing tennis at the age of six, won the mixed competition at the French Open in 1997 with her doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi . In the final, they beat Lisa Raymond and Patrick Galbraith in two straight sets.

On the WTA Tour , Hiraki won a total of six double tournaments, all on hard courts.

From 1993 to 2001 she played five doubles games for the Japanese Fed Cup team , getting her three wins.

Rika Hiraki ended her professional career in February 2003.

Tournament victories

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. October 1991 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico San Juan WTA Tier IV Hard court ArgentinaArgentina Florencia Labat BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelman's Camille Benjamin
United StatesUnited States  		6: 3, 6: 3
2. April 1992 JapanJapan Tokyo WTA Tier IV Hard court United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier JapanJapan Kimiko Date Stephanie Deer
United StatesUnited States  		5: 7, 7: 6 5 , 6: 0
3. April 1996 IndonesiaIndonesia Jakarta WTA Tier III Hard court JapanJapan Naoko Kijimuta BelgiumBelgium Laurence Courtois Nancy Feber
BelgiumBelgium  		7: 6 2 , 7: 5
4th February 1997 United StatesUnited States Oklahoma WTA Tier III Hard court (hall) JapanJapan Nana Miyagi United StatesUnited States Marianne Witmeyer Tami Jones
United StatesUnited States  		6: 4, 6: 1
5. April 1997 JapanJapan Tokyo WTA Tier III Hard court FranceFrance Alexia Dechaume AustraliaAustralia Kerry-Anne Guse Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States  		6: 4, 6: 2
6th October 1997 IndonesiaIndonesia Surabaya WTA Tier IV Hard court AustraliaAustralia Kerry-Anne Guse CanadaCanada Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic
CanadaCanada  		6: 1, 7: 6 5

Mixed

No. date competition category Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. June 1997 FranceFrance French Open Grand Slam sand IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States  		6: 4, 6: 1

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Hiraki, Rika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 平 木 理化 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 6th December 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Beirut , Lebanon