is a retired Japanese
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...
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
The 2002 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 90th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 2002 and attracted an attendance o ...
, Fujiwara partnered with
Shinobu Asagoe and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost against eventual champions
Martina Hingis and
Anna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova ( rus, Анна Сергеевна Курникова, p=ˈanːə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ˈkurnʲɪkəvə, a=Anna_kournikova.ogg; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player and American televisi ...
. The same year, Fujiwara and
Ai Sugiyama
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 t ...
reached the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ve ...
doubles semifinals, losing to
Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973) is an American retired professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has eleven Grand Slam titles to her name: six in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. On J ...
and
Rennae Stubbs 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
Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women