is a retired Japanese
tennis
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player.
On 22 August 2005, Fujiwara reached her best singles ranking of world No. 84. On 11 November 2002, she peaked at No. 13 in the
WTA doubles rankings.
At the
2002 Australian Open, Fujiwara partnered with
Shinobu Asagoe and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost against eventual champions
Martina Hingis
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and
Anna Kournikova. The same year, Fujiwara and
Ai Sugiyama reached the
French Open
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doubles semifinals, losing to
Lisa Raymond and
Rennae Stubbs
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in three sets.
Playing for
Japan Fed Cup team, Fujiwara has a win–loss record of 23–5.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (9–8)
Doubles (36–25)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Notes
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Japanese female tennis players
Sportspeople from Tokyo