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Chapters: Ai Sugiyama, Kimiko Date Krumm, Kei Nishikori, Shuzo Matsuoka, Akiko Morigami, Shinobu Asagoe, Saori Obata, Ayumi Morita, Naoko Sawamatsu, Ichiya Kumagae, Mana Endo, Seiichiro Kashio, Toshihisa Tsuchihashi, Etsuko Inoue, Satoshi Iwabuchi, Kumiko Okamoto. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ai Sugiyama Sugiyama Ai) (born July 5, 1975, Yokohama, Japan) is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992. In her career, she won 6 singles titles and 37 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1 with Frenchwoman Julie Halard-Decugis and 2 partnering Belgian Kim Clijsters). Sugiyama has the all-time record, for both male and female players, for the most consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearances which currently stands at 62 making her one of the most consistent tour players . She is the very first Asian to be rank no.1 in either discipline (singles or doubles) In 1993, when she was only 17, Sugiyama had the honour to play against tennis legend Martina Navratilova in her native city, losing in three sets. The same year, she made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon but lost in the first round to world number 30 Gigi Fernández in three sets. In 1994, Sugiyama again reached the main draw at Wimbledon but lost in her first round to world number six and compatriot Kimiko Date. Later that year she reached her first WTA Tour singles final in Surabaya but was forced to retire against Elena Wagner. She went on to win the Japan Open doubles at Tokyo, her first tour title. Later that year, she broke into ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1514559 ... Read more