Ai Sugiyama

( bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli July dabaanu dali, yuuni ) o nyɛla paɣa  ŋun nyɛ Japan tennis bɔli ŋmɛri kurɔ. O nyɛla ŋun paagi world No. 1 ranking din jendi paɣibi ni ko ŋmɛbu  women's doubles n ti  WTA Tour ka lahi paagi o career-high singles ranking din nyɛ  world No. 8, n daa deeli silimiingoli February dabaawei dali, yuuni 2004. .

Grand Slam tournament finals
Women's doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss  2000  Wimbledon  Grass   Julie Halard   Serena Williams Venus Williams  6–3, 6–2Win  2000  US Open  Hard   Julie Halard   Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva  6–0, 1–6, 6–1Loss  2001  Wimbledon (2)  Grass   Kim Clijsters   Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs  4–6, 3–6Win  2003  French Open  Clay   Kim Clijsters   Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez  6–7(5–7), 6–2, 9–7Win  2003  Wimbledon  Grass   Kim Clijsters   Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez  6–4, 6–4Loss  2004  Wimbledon (3)  Grass   Liezel Huber   Cara Black Rennae Stubbs  3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss  2006  French Open  Clay   Daniela Hantuchová   Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur  3–6, 2–6Loss  2007  French Open (2)  Clay   Katarina Srebotnik   Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo  6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss  2007  Wimbledon (4)  Grass   Katarina Srebotnik   Cara Black Liezel Huber  6–3, 3–6, 2–6Loss  2009  Australian Open  Hard   Daniela Hantuchová   Serena Williams Venus Williams  3–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin  1999  US Open  Hard   Mahesh Bhupathi   Kimberly Po Donald Johnson  6–4, 6–4

Other significant finals
Year-end championships
Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)
ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2003 Los Angeles Hard (i)  Kim Clijsters  Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 2007 Madrid Hard (i)  Katarina Srebotnik  Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–5, 3–6, [8–10]

Olympic Games
Doubles medal match
ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore4th place 2004 Athens  Hard  Shinobu Asagoe   Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini  3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals
Singles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Jul 1994 Surabaya Classic, Indonesia Hard  Elena Wagner 6–2, 0–6, ret.Loss 2. Nov 1995 Silicon Valley Classic, US Carpet (i)  Magdalena Maleeva 3–6, 4–6Loss 3. Jan 1997 Hardcourt Championships, Australia Hard  Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 3–6Win 1. Apr 1997 Japan Open Hard  Amy Frazier 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 4. Nov 1997 Kremlin Cup, Russia Carpet (i)  Jana Novotná 3–6, 4–6Win 2. Jan 1998 Hardcourt Championships, Australia Hard  María Vento-Kabchi 7–5, 6–0Win 3. Apr 1998 Japan Open Hard  Corina Morariu 6–3, 6–3Loss 5. Oct 1999 Japan Open Hard  Amy Frazier 2–6, 2–6Win 4. Mar 2003 Scottsdale Classic, US Hard  Kim Clijsters 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Win 5. Oct 2003 Linz Open, Austria Hard  Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–4Win 6. Jan 2004 Hardcourt Championships, Australia Hard  Nadia Petrova 1–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss 6. Aug 2005 Carlsbad Open, US Hard  Mary Pierce 0–6, 3–6Loss 7. Oct 2006 Korea Open Hard  Eleni Daniilidou 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 71 (38 titles, 33 runner-ups)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Apr 1994 Japan Open Hard  Mami Donoshiro  Yayuk Basuki   Nana Miyagi 6–4, 6–1Loss 1. Nov 1994 Surabaya Classic, Indonesia Hard  Kyōko Nagatsuka  Yayuk Basuki   Romana Tedjakusuma w/oWin 2. Jan 1995 Hobart International, Australia Hard  Kyōko Nagatsuka  Manon Bollegraf   Larisa Neiland 2–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 2. Apr 1995 Japan Open Hard  Kyōko Nagatsuka  Yuka Yoshida   Miho Saeki 7–6, 4–6, 6–7Win 3. Apr 1996 Japan Open Hard  Kimiko Date  Amy Frazier   Kimberly Po 7–6, 6–7, 6–3Loss 3. May 1997 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay  Elena Likhovtseva  Helena Suková   Natasha Zvereva 1–6, 1–6Win 4. Sep 1997 Princess Cup, Japan Hard  Monica Seles  Julie Halard-Decugis   Chanda Rubin 6–1, 6–0Win 5. Jan 1998 Hardcourt Championships, Australia Hard  Elena Likhovtseva  Park Sung-hee   Wang Shi-ting 1–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 6. Oct 1998 Luxembourg Open Carpet (i)  Elena Likhovtseva  Larisa Neiland   Elena Tatarkova 6–7, 6–3, 2–0 ret.Win 7. Nov 1998 Leipzig Cup, Germany Carpet (i)  Elena Likhovtseva  Manon Bollegraf   Irina Spîrlea 6–3, 6–7, 6–2Win 8. Nov 1998 Philadelphia Championships, US Carpet (i)  Elena Likhovtseva  Monica Seles   Natasha Zvereva 7–5, 4–6, 6–2Win 9. Jan 1999 Sydney International, Australia Hard  Elena Likhovtseva  Mary Joe Fernández   Anke Huber 6–3, 2–6, 6–0Loss 4. Feb 1999 Paris Indoors, France Carpet (i)  Elena Likhovtseva  Irina Spîrlea   Caroline Vis 5–7, 6–3, 3–6Win 10. May 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay  Elena Likhovtseva  Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat 2–6, 7–6, 6–1Loss 5. Nov 1999 Leipzig Cup, Germany Carpet (i)  Elena Likhovtseva  Larisa Neiland   Mary Pierce 4–6, 3–6Win 11. Jan 2000 Sydney International, Australia Hard  Julie Halard-Decugis  Martina Hingis   Mary Pierce 6–0, 6–3Win 12. Apr 2000 Miami Open, United States Hard  Julie Halard-Decugis  Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf 4–6, 7–5, 6–4Win 13. Jun 2000 Eastbourne International, UK Grass  Nathalie Tauziat  Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)Loss 6. Jul 2000 Wimbledon, UK Grass  Julie Halard-Decugis  Serena Williams   Venus Williams 3–6, 2–6Loss 7. Aug 2000 Canadian Open Hard  Julie Halard-Decugis  Martina Hingis   Nathalie Tauziat 3–6, 6–3, 4–6Win 14. Aug 2000 New Haven Open, US Hard  Julie Halard-Decugis  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 6–4, 5–7, 6–2Win 15. Sep 2000 US Open Hard  Julie Halard-Decugis  Cara Black   Elena Likhovtseva 6–0, 1–6, 6–1Win 16. Oct 2000 Princess Cup, Japan Hard  Julie Halard-Decugis  Nana Miyagi   Paola Suárez 6–0, 6–2Loss 8. Oct 2000 Linz Open, Austria Carpet (i)  Nathalie Tauziat  Amélie Mauresmo   Chanda Rubin 4–6, 4–6Win 17. Oct 2000 Kremlin Cup, Russia Carpet (i)  Julie Halard-Decugis  Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(5)Win 18. Jan 2001 Canberra International, Australia Hard  Nicole Arendt  Esmé de Villiers   Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 7–6(2)Win 19. Mar 2001 Indian Wells Masters, US Hard  Nicole Arendt  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–4Loss  9. Jul 2001 Wimbledon, UK Grass   Kim Clijsters  Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs 4–6, 3–6Loss  10. Sep 2001 Princess Cup, Japan Hard   Kim Clijsters  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 1–6, 3–6Win 20. Feb 2002 U.S. National Indoors Hard  Elena Tatarkova  Melissa Middleton   Brie Rippner 6–4, 2–6, 6–0Loss 11. Aug 2002 San Diego Open, US Hard  Daniela Hantuchová  Elena Dementieva   Janette Husárová 2–6, 4–6Loss 12. Aug 2002 LA Championships, US Hard  Daniela Hantuchová  Kim Clijsters   Jelena Dokić 3–6, 3–6Loss 13. Aug 2002 Canadian Open Hard  Rika Fujiwara  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–7(4)Loss 14. Sep 2002 China Open Hard  Rika Fujiwara  Anna Kournikova   Janet Lee 5–7, 3–6Loss 15. Oct 2002 Linz Open, Austria Carpet (i)  Rika Fujiwara  Jelena Dokic   Nadia Petrova 3–6, 2–6Win 21. Jan 2003 Sydney International, Australia Hard  Kim Clijsters  Conchita Martínez   Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 6–3Win 22. Feb 2003 Antwerp Games, Belgium Carpet (i)  Kim Clijsters  Nathalie Dechy   Émilie Loit 6–2, 6–0Win 23. Mar 2003 Scottsdale Classic, US Hard  Kim Clijsters  Lindsay Davenport   Lisa Raymond 6–1, 6–4Loss 16. Mar 2003 Indian Wells Open, US Hard  Kim Clijsters  Lindsay Davenport   Lisa Raymond 6–3, 4–6, 1–6Loss 17. May 2003 German Open Clay  Kim Clijsters  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 3–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 24. Jun 2003 French Open Clay  Kim Clijsters  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 6–7(5), 6–2, 9–7Win 25. Jul 2003 Wimbledon, UK Grass  Kim Clijsters  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–4Win 26. Aug 2003 San Diego Open, U.S. Hard  Kim Clijsters  Lindsay Davenport   Lisa Raymond 6–4, 7–5Loss 18. Sep 2003 China Open Hard  Tamarine Tanasugarn  Émilie Loit   Nicole Pratt 3–6, 3–6Win 27. Oct 2003 Zurich Open, Switzerland Hard (i)  Kim Clijsters  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 7–6(3), 6–2Win 28. Oct 2003 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i)  Liezel Huber  Marion Bartoli   Silvia Farina Elia 6–1, 7–6(6)Loss 19. Nov 2003 WTA Finals, New York Hard (i)  Kim Clijsters  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 20. Jul 2004 Wimbledon, UK Grass  Liezel Huber  Cara Black   Rennae Stubbs 3–6, 6–7(5)Win 29. Aug 2004 Canadian Open Hard  Shinobu Asagoe  Liezel Huber   Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–0, 6–3Win 30. Sep 2004 Bali Classic, Indonesia Hard  Anastasia Myskina  Svetlana Kuznetsova   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 7–5Loss 21. Jan 2005 Sydney International, Australia Hard  Elena Dementieva  Bryanne Stewart   Samantha Stosur w/oWin 31. Jun 2005 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass  Daniela Hantuchová  Eleni Daniilidou   Jennifer Russell 6–2, 6–3Loss 22. Aug 2005 San Diego Open, US Hard  Daniela Hantuchová  Conchita Martínez   Virginia Ruano Pascual 7–6(7), 1–6, 5–7Loss 23. Oct 2005 Zurich Open, Switzerland Hard (i)  Daniela Hantuchová  Cara Black   Rennae Stubbs 7–6(6), 6–7(4), 3–6Win 32. Mar 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Hard  Daniela Hantuchová  Li Ting   Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–4Win 33. May 2006 Italian Open Clay  Daniela Hantuchová  Květa Peschke   Francesca Schiavone 3–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss 24. Jun 2006 French Open Clay  Daniela Hantuchová  Lisa Raymond   Samantha Stosur 3–6, 2–6Loss 25. Aug 2006 LA Championships, US Hard  Daniela Hantuchová  Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez 3–6, 4–6Loss 26. May 2007 French Open Clay  Katarina Srebotnik  Alicia Molik   Mara Santangelo 6–7, 4–6Loss 27. Jun 2007 Wimbledon, UK Grass  Katarina Srebotnik  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win 34. Aug 2007 Canadian Open Hard  Katarina Srebotnik  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]Loss 28. Oct 2007 Linz Open, Austria Hard  Katarina Srebotnik  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 2–6, 6–3, [8–10]Loss 29. Nov 2007 WTA Tour Championships, Madrid Hard (i)  Katarina Srebotnik  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 7–5, 3–6, [8–10]Loss 30. Feb 2008 Antwerp Games, Belgium Hard (i)  Květa Peschke  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 1–6, 3–6Win 35. Apr 2008 Miami Open, US Hard  Katarina Srebotnik  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 7–5, 4–6, [10–3]Win 36. Apr 2008 Charleston Open, US Clay  Katarina Srebotnik  Edina Gallovits   Olga Govortsova 6–2, 6–2Win 37. Oct 2008 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i)  Katarina Srebotnik  Cara Black   Liezel Huber 6–4, 7–5Loss 31. Jan 2009 Australian Open Hard  Daniela Hantuchová  Serena Williams   Venus Williams 3–6, 3–6Loss 32. May 2009 Italian Open Clay  Daniela Hantuchová  Hsieh Su-wei   Peng Shuai 5–7, 6–7(5)Win 38. Jun 2009 Eastbourne International, UK Grass  Akgul Amanmuradova  Samantha Stosur   Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 6–3Loss 33. Oct 2009 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Hard (i)  Daniela Hantuchová  Alisa Kleybanova   Francesca Schiavone 4–6, 2–6

ITF finals
$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1.19 July 1992ITF Evansville, United StatesHard Iva Majoli3–6, 1–6Win2.20 July 1992ITF Roanoke, United StatesHard Tatiana Ignatieva 6–2, 3–2 ret.Loss3.19 July 1993ITF St. Simons, United StatesClay Hiromi Nagano1–6, 1–6

Doubles (4–1)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 10 February 1992 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard  Mami Donoshiro  Huang Qian   Yang Li-hua 6–4, 3–6, 6–4Loss 2. 17 February 1992 ITF Bandung, Indonesia Hard  Mami Donoshiro  Chen Li   Yi Jingqian 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 3.  ITF Roanoke, United States Hard  Yoshiko Sasano  Mareze Joubert   Vanessa Webb 6–4, 6–3Win 4. 21 August 1994 ITF Fayetteville, United States Hard  Yuka Yoshida  Andrea Leand   Eleni Rossides 6–4, 7–5Win 5. 6 May 2007 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Carpet  Ayumi Morita  Kumiko Iijima   Seiko Okamoto 6–1, 3–6, 6–0

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles
Tournament199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009W–LAustralian OpenAQ3Q11R3R2R4R1RQF1R3R2R2R1R1R2R3R3R19–15French OpenAQ1A4R1R2R2R2R4R1R2R4R2R1R2R3R2R1R18–15WimbledonA1R1R1R4R1R1R2R2R3R3R4RQF1R4R3R3R3R25–17US OpenQ1A1R2R2R2R2R3R2R2R2R4R4R3R3R2R3R1R22–16Premier Mandatory tournamentsIndian WellsNot Tier I3R2R3R3R3R4R4R4RAA4R4R3R2R19–12MiamiAA1R1R4R3R3RA3R2R3R3R2R3RQF3R4R2R18–16MadridNot Held1R0–1BeijingNot HeldNot Tier IA0–0Premier 5 tournamentsDubaiNot HeldNot Tier I1R0–1RomeAAAAA1R1R1R2R1R3RSF3R3R2R2R1R1R11–13CincinnatiNot HeldNot Tier I1R0–1Toronto/MontréalAAAAA2R3R3R1R2R3RA3R2R3R1RQF2R15–12TokyoNH1R1R1R2R2RQF2R1RQF1R2RQF1R1RQF1R1R20–18Former Tier I tournamentsMoscowNHNot Tier IF1RQF2RAAA1RAAAANM57–5CharlestonAAAAA2R1RAA1R2RAA3RAA2R5–6ZürichNT1AAAA2R1R1R1RA1R2RQF1R2RQ3NTINotHeld20–17San DiegoNot Tier IQFF1R3RNTI9–4DohaNot HeldNot Tier I3R2–1BerlinAAAA1R1RQF1R1R2RA1R3R1R1RAA5–10Career statisticsTournaments played4811171926232325252726242725232419376Finals reached00110321000211100013Tournaments won0000012000021000006Overall win–loss1–43–89–1114–1724–2132–2837–2129–2422–2628–2537–2748–2633–2531–2730–2522–2527–269–22436–388Year-end ranking180142724632201824333024101730263831N/AN/A

Doubles
Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009SRW–LAustralian Open1RA2R2R1RQF2RQFSF3RQFSF3R3RQF2RF0 / 1635–16French OpenAA2R2R2R3RQFSF3RSFW1R2RFF2R3R1 / 1538–14WimbledonQ21R1R1R1R3R2RFF3RWFQF1RF2R2R1 / 1436–15US OpenA2R3R1R2R–1RWA1R2RSF3R2RQFSF3R1 / 1127–13Year-end championshipsWTA FinalsAAAAAQFQFQFASFFAAAFSFA0 / 73–7Premier Mandatory tournamentsIndian WellsNot Tier I2RQFQF2RW2RFAAQF1RSF1R1 / 1121–10MiamiAAQF2R1RQFAW1R1RQFQF1RQF1RW1R2 / 1420–12MadridNot HeldQF0 / 12–1BeijingNot HeldNot Tier IA0 / 00–0Premier 5 tournamentsDubaiNot HeldNot Tier IA0 / 00–0RomeAAAA1R2R2RQFQFQFA2RQFW2R2RF1 / 1214–11CincinnatiNot HeldNot Tier IQF0 / 11–1Toronto/MontréalAAAA2R2RQFFQFFAWSFQFWQFSF2 / 1228–10TokyoQF1R1R1R1RSFQF1RSF1RSFQFSFQF1R1RF0 / 1715–16Former Tier I tournamentsMoscowNot Tier ISF1RSFWAAASFAAAANM50 / 510–4CharlestonAAAA2R1RAAA1RAA2RAAW1 / 55–4ZürichAAAA1RQFQF1RA1RWASFQFSFNTINotHeld1 / 911–8San DiegoNot Tier I1RFQFSFNTI0 / 47–4DohaNot HeldNot Tier ISF0 / 12–1BerlinAAA2RQF2RQFAAFASFQFQFAA0 / 813–8PhiladelphiaAA1RTier IInot heldT IInot held0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments played1112161423222325172622192321212117333Finals reached022124310461434454413Tournaments won0111142721821213138Overall win–loss8–1016–918–1511–1223–2238–1831–2159–1735–1540–2459–1236–1635–2037–1838–1940–1729–15566–295Year-end ranking208534577251316291239141266–No. 1

Mixed doubles
Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008W–LAustralian OpenAAA2RA2RA2RAA2RAA4–4French Open3RAAQFSF1RAAA1RA1RA9–6Wimbledon1RAA2RAQFAASFA1RAQF11–6US OpenAAAW1RSFAA2RQFAA1R11–5

WTA Tour career earnings
 Year  Grand Slamsingles titles  WTA singles titles  Totalsingles titles  Earnings ($)  Money list rank1992–94000132,587n/a1995000154,316371996000160,077431997011307,837261998022377,728191999000405,148242000000729,635122001000436,427262002000416,4082620030221,254,28372004011736,354172005000495,592252006000595,062252007000691,897212008000757,201182009000477,57444Career0668,128,12627

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