Akiko Morigami

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**Akiko Morigami**

Country	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Date of birth	January 12, 1980 (1980-01-12) (age 28)
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (120 lb/8.8 st)
Turned pro	January 12, 1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Career prize money	$1,118,632
Singles
Career record:	283-236
Career titles:	1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 41 (August 15, 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (2003-04, 2007-08)
French Open	3r (2005)
Wimbledon	3r (2003, 2007)
US Open	2r (2004)
Doubles
Career record:	59-91
Career titles:	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 59 (July 30, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: May 23, 2008.

Akiko Morigami (Japanese: 森上亜希子, born January 12, 1980, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41.

She has won 1 singles title in her career and has reached two singles finals, both in Cincinnati (2005, falling to Patty Schnyder, and 2007, losing to Anna Chakvetadze). In the 2006 French Open, she upset World No.3 Nadia Petrova in the first round. Petrova was a favorite to win the Grand Slam title. She is known for her strong two-handed game.

She won her first WTA Singles title at Tier IV Prague in 2007 defeating top-seed Marion Bartoli of France 6–1 6–3 in the final.

[edit] WTA Titles

[edit] Singles (8)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV Event (1)
ITF Circuit (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 12, 2000	Warrnambool	Grass	Mireille Dittman	6–4 5–7 6–1
2.	March 26, 2000	Wodonga	Grass	Mareze Joubert	6–1 6–1
3.	October 14, 2001	Saga	Grass	Nana Miyagi	6–4 7–5
4.	October 28, 2001	Home Hill	Hard	Mireille Dittman	0–6 6–4 6–1
5.	April 27, 2003	Dothan	Clay	Milagros Sequera	6–3 6–4
6.	June 6, 2004	Surbiton	Grass	Anna Chakvetadze	6–4 1–6 6–1
7.	May 7, 2007	Prague	Clay	Marion Bartoli	6–1 6–3
8.	November 4, 2007	Taoyuan	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	6–4 7–6(5)