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Key facts
- Country sports
- Japan
- Born
- ( 1975-07-05 ) 5 July 1975 (age 50) , Yokohama
- Height
- 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
- Turned pro
- October 1992
- Retired
- October 2009
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $8,128,126
- Career record
- 492–419
- Career titles
- 6 WTA, 1 ITF
- Highest ranking
- No. 8 (9 February 2004)
- Australian open
- QF ( 2000 )
- French open
- 4R ( 1995 , 2000 , 2003 )
- Wimbledon
- QF ( 2004 )
- Us open
- 4R ( 2003 , 2004 )
- Tour finals
- RR ( 2003 )
- Olympic games
- QF ( 2004 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ai
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Yokohama
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Japan Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- Japan
- Mass
- 55
- Official website
- www.ai-sugiyama.com
- Image
- AI SUGIYAMA (3244568825).jpg
- Height
- 163
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- Commons category
- Ai Sugiyama
- date of birth
- 1975-07-05
- handedness
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 492–419
- doubles record
- 566–295
- name in kana
- すぎやま あい
- name in native language
- 杉山愛
- prize money
- 8128126
- ranking
- 1
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ai Sugiyama (杉山愛, Sugiyama Ai; born July 5, 1975) is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam titles (one with Julie Halard-Decugis and two partnering Kim Clijsters), and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title (partnering Mahesh Bhupathi). Sugiyama held the all-time record, for both male and female players, for her 62 consecutive Grand Slam main-draw appearances, until she was surpassed by Roger Federer at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
Career
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