Kimiko Date
Kimiko Date (伊達 公子, Date Kimiko, born 28 September 1970) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in 1995, and retired from professional tennis in November 1996.
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| Country (sports) | Japan | |||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 1970 Kyoto, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | March 1989 | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | November 1996 12 September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $3,988,378 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 450–268 (62.7%) | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 8 WTA, 14 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (13 November 1995) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (1994) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (1995) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1996) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | QF (1993, 1994) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | SF (1994) | |||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | QF (1996) | |||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 184–142 (56.4%) | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 6 WTA, 7 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 28 (19 January 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | QF (1992) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (1993, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (2011) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (2014) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 2R (1992) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | SF (1996), record 21–11 (65.6%) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She returned to tennis nearly 12 years later, announcing an unexpected comeback in April 2008. She then won her eighth WTA title at the 2009 Korea Open, becoming the second-oldest player in the Open era, after Billie Jean King, to win a singles title on the WTA Tour. In 2013, she won three WTA Tour titles in doubles and at the 2014 US Open, aged 43, she reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam doubles tournament for the first time in her career. Date announced her final retirement in September 2017.