| (23) Ai Sugiyama |
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| PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: |
200/1 |
| NATIONALITY: |
JPN |
| BIRTH DATE: |
05/07/75 |
| BECAME PRO: |
1992 |
| WORLD RANKING: |
25 |
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| VERDICT |
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| One of the world's best doubles players, Sugiyama has also been impressing on a singles court over the past couple of years. Broke into the top 10 at the start of last season but has since slipped back down the rankings. Has a good record at the majors and enjoyed a career-best run to the last eight here last year. Likely to be concentrating on winning a second doubles title though. |
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| TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY |
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05 |
04 |
03 |
02 |
01 |
00 |
99 |
98 |
97 |
96 |
| Australian Open |
1R |
2R |
2R |
3R |
1R |
QF |
1R |
4R |
2R |
3R |
| French Open |
1R |
2R |
4R |
2R |
1R |
4R |
2R |
2R |
2R |
1R |
| Wimbledon |
- |
QF |
4R |
3R |
3R |
2R |
2R |
1R |
1R |
4R |
| US Open |
- |
4R |
4R |
2R |
2R |
2R |
3R |
2R |
2R |
2R |
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