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Aiko Nakamura (中村藍子, Nakamura Aiko) (born 28 December 1983), is a Japanese former professional tennis player. In July 2008, she was the second highest WTA-ranked Japanese singles tennis player, at No. 107, after Ai Sugiyama.

Nakamura was born in Tennōji-ku, Osaka. Like her role-model Monica Seles, she had a double-handed forehand and backhand, but served right-handed. She won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In 2006, she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to Marion Bartoli in three sets.

Nakamura also played for the Japan Fed Cup team. She retired from professional tennis in 2012.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Oct 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Marion Bartoli	6–2, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Sep 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ayumi Morita	Jill Craybas Marina Erakovic	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 April 2002	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Maria Sharapova	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	21 July 2002	ITF Baltimore, United States	Hard	Tory Zawacki	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	20 October 2002	ITF Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Shinobu Asagoe	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	27 October 2002	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Haruka Inoue	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	23 November 2003	ITF Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Jessica Lehnhoff	6–7(2), 6–7(2)
Winner	6.	8 August 2004	ITF Louisville, United States	Hard	Vilmarie Castellvi	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	24 October 2004	ITF Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Yuka Yoshida	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	7 May 2006	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Carpet	Erika Takao	1–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner	9.	3 May 2009	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	6–1, 6–4
Winner	10.	29 August 2011	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	28 July 2002	ITF Evansville, United States	Hard	Kim Jin-hee	Gabrielle Baker Deanna Roberts	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	18 May 2003	ITF Nagano, Japan	Grass	Maki Arai	Tomoko Taira Tomoko Yonemura	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	25 May 2003	ITF Gunma, Japan	Grass	Maki Arai	Kumiko Iijima Suchanun Viratprasert	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	4.	18 April 2004	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Olena Antypina Goulnara Fattakhetdinova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	3 May 2009	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Carpet	Sophie Ferguson	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	2 May 2011	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–7(3), 0–6

References

External links

• Aiko Nakamura at the Women's Tennis Association
• Aiko Nakamura at the International Tennis Federation
• Aiko Nakamura at the Billie Jean King Cup