She reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open in 1994, the French Open in 1995 and Wimbledon in 1996 before announcing her retirement in 1996. From here, Date-Krumm caught fire making the finals of each of her next three tournaments. You may remember her as just Kimiko Date (she takes her married name from her husband, German race car driver Michael Krumm). She then won three qualifying matches for a tournament in Changwon, but lost in the first round to Park So-hyun. This comeback comes after her first one, following a 12-year hiatus from the game. Date announced that she would retire after the Japan Open, saying that she had been troubled with ongoing knee and shoulder pain. She then won ITF Al Habtoor (Dubai) beating Yulia Putintseva. This was the fifth consecutive calendar year she finished in the top 100 (and 11th overall). In 1996, Date won both singles and doubles in the Japan Open. According to reports she’s about to make her second career comeback at the tender age of 46. Anfang 1994 schaffte sie nach dem Titelgewinn in Sydney erstmals den Sprung in die Top Ten der WTA-Weltrangliste. She was in Group C, along with Yanina Wickmayer and Anabel Medina Garrigues. Date rejected the assumption that she would retire after her injury,[18] stating "I didn’t want to just quit because I was hurt. Who knew Kimiko Date-Krumm had such a powerful serve that Radwanska's head would be blown right off?!? 9 seed and former world No. She was defeated by wildcard Jarmila Groth in the second round. Along with fellow Japanese Fujiwara, Date also competed in doubles, as wildcard entrant. 7, Victoria Azarenka, having at one stage trailed 1–6, 2–4. Kimiko Date would be defeated in the final by world No 1 Steffi Graf, 6-1, 6-4. At the US Open, Date-Krumm received direct entry into the main draw but lost to two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. At the HP Open, Date-Krumm again teamed with Zhang Shuai and defeated Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova in the doubles final to win her first WTA level doubles title since 1996. Date-Krumm began her clay-court season at the Estoril Open in Portugal. Date-Krumm defeated Melinda Czink in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells before falling to No. She beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round, but lost to Elena Dementieva in the second round, in three sets. She lost first round of Wimbledon to eventual quarterfinalist Ekaterina Makarova. Kimiko Date (伊達 公子, Date Kimiko, born 28 September 1970) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. [8] Date-Krumm competed at the Australian Open in Melbourne, the first time since her comeback that she has had direct acceptance into a Grand Slam main draw. She then reached the quarterfinals of an ITF event in Clearwater, Florida, beating Lauren Embree of the US and fellow Japanese player Aiko Nakamura before losing to third-seeded Slovak Jarmila Groth in three sets. 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. As with the new S-Fit line it offers the option of being strung for Comfort or Speed. [16], Date played just one match in 2016, at the Australian Open, where she lost to Amandine Hesse. In the first round, she was defeated 6–0, 6–0 by Aleksandra Krunić.[19]. Date's playstyle is representative of those that dominated during her first career in the 1990s using less topspin in favour of a flatter shot. It was also reported that her meniscus was badly worn out.[17]. Date-Krumm then lost to No. She was physically small with a slim build, but was a unique fighter. She then beat American Lauren Albanese in the round of 16 for a place in the quarterfinals where she lost to qualifier Lindsay Lee-Waters in three sets. Well here’s the new S-Fit range from Yonex, featuring the same hole on the neck design like Wilson’s FX series. 10 greatest moments: Kimiko Date After a professional career spanning 29 years, Kimiko Date has decided to hang up her racquet for the second time. 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Her good runs in the circuit brought her ranking back to within the top 100; she finished 2011 ranked 87th in the world, her third successive top-100 finish since her 2008 comeback. She lost in the first round of the US Open to Paula Ormaechea. Aggie certainly had a real injury, but there is no denying that this shifted the momentum of the match. She lost her first match against Wickmayer by a close 6–7, 2–6, but she won her second match against Medina Garrigues in straight sets. Post to that loss, Date-Krumm had good runs participating at three higher-tier tournaments in the ITF Circuit. Date-Krumm held a 4–1 lead in the final set when her opponent called a medical time out. While most tennis players are lucky to have one fantastic career. Kimiko Date ( 伊達 公子, Petsa Kimiko, ipinanganak noong Septiyembre 28, 1970) ay isang dating propesyonal na manlalaro ng tennis sa Hapon. She reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open in 1994, the French Open in 1995 and Wimbledon in 1996 before announcing her retirement in 1996. At 46 years of age, Date played her first match in over a year at the Kangaroo Cup. After a string of losses in Fed Cup and Florianópolis she made the second round of Indian Wells pushing Elena Vesnina to three sets losing in three sets. More information Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm kisses her racquet after her win over Israel's Shahar Peer in their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. She then faced Daniela Hantuchová in the second round and won 2–6, 6–0, 4–0, as Hantuchová retired. Date made her WTA Tour comeback at the Tier-I event in Tokyo where she has been awarded a wildcard into the qualifying tournament. If you watched the French Open this year, surely you noticed Kimiko Date Krumm upset Dinara Safina in the opening round. In the French Open, she lost in straight sets in the first round to world No. 4 in 1995, and retired from professional tennis in November 1996. 2, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, in the finals of San Diego. She lost in qualifying and early rounds of Acapulco, Indian Wells, and Miami. She made the second round of Miami losing to Venus Williams. She started out the grass-court season with a surprise doubles championship with Zhang Shuai in the Nottingham ITF tournament. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. This was on her 40th birthday. AFP-JIJI, Kyodo. She lost in the quarterfinals of Seoul to Francesca Schiavone after beating second seed (and then 19th ranked) Maria Kirilenko in the second round 6–3, 6–1. Kimiko Date-Krumm ran her winning streak to three straight tournaments when she captured a $25,000 International Tennis Federation tournament in Obihiro, Japan, beating Suchanun Viratprasert of Thailand 6-3 7-6 (5) in the final. Kimiko Date-Krumm made her pro debut in 1989. [10][11] She would go on to lose in both first rounds to Kateryna Bondarenko, then Angelique Kerber the following week. Thus, she became the second-oldest player in the Open Era to win a singles title on the tour, after Billie Jean King, who won Birmingham in 1983, aged 39 years, 7 months and 23 days. 3 seed Melanie South. Her next event was another $50k event in Fukuoka, Japan. She made the quarterfinals of ITF Limoges losing to Stefanie Vögele. She retired from her second-round match in Hong Kong losing to Francesca Schiavone. At the French Open, she defeated No. At the 1994 Asian Games, she won gold in the women's singles. 80 and fellow Japanese, Aiko Nakamura, whom she beat in three sets. Too bad that Yonex racquets are not brought in by Malaysian Yonex distributors. Seeded sixth, she defeated teenage qualifier Laura Robson in the first round and compatriot Aiko Nakamura. Date-Krumm's next tournament was the Australian Open where she lost a close encounter 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 to 12th seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round. By winning all of her four matches, she was instrumental in securing her team's advance to the World Group II play-offs. Specs. Posted on March 13, 2013 by Doug Denton. 46, but falling back to finish the year at No. 12 seed Nadia Petrova in straight sets, and becoming the oldest woman to ever win a main draw singles match in the Australian Open. But Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan may well just be immortal. 4 in November 1995. She beat Martinez again the following week at the Australian Open on the way to her first Grand Slam semifinal. [23], In October 2017, she was included on the BBC's annual 100 Women list. Also, this final in Osaka had the oldest combined age of WTA tournament finalists at 73 (Date-Krumm 40, Tanasugarn 33). Geared towards recreational and doubles players, the premium ASTREL series isengineered to promote longevity in tennis with a focus on comfort and easy power. Nevertheless, she finished the year strong. Date announced her retirement - aged 25 - in September, and played her final match at the WTA Finals, losing to Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals. She lost in the quarterfinals of ITF Vancouver and in qualifying at Cincinnati. The most exciting moments of the match came midway through the second set after a bumblebee started buzzing around Date-Krumm’s face as she tried to serve. 1 and 23rd seed, Venus Williams, 7–6, 3–6, 6–8 in a match lasting 2 hours, 56 minutes. 1, 2009 runner-up Dinara Safina in the first round, despite being 2–4 down in the second set and two breaks down at 1–4 in the third, plus having an apparent calf injury. She lost early in Stanford, Montréal, and Cincinnati. Kimiko Date-Krumm’s racquet with Yonex polyester mains and Babolat VS Touch 15 gauge crosses and power pads, at the BNP Paribas Open. Can we spin the bottle next time? In February, Date-Krumm played for Japan's Fed Cup team for the first time since 1996. More Information. In November, she competed at the All-Japan Tennis Championship, her first appearance there in 16 years. Funny: Agnieszka Radwanska Loses the Top of Her Racquet at the Aussie Open. She ended the calendar year ranked 99 on 31 December 2012 (not to be confused with the WTA's 'Year-end ranking' which is determined prior to this date), securing a berth in the upcoming 2013 Australian Open, and finishing in the top 100 for a fourth consecutive calendar year (and 10th overall). However, she and Kei Nishikori received a wildcard entry into the mixed doubles draw and, in her first ever Grand Slam mixed-doubles match, defeated the team of Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank to advance to the round of 16. Later in January, Date qualified for the Australian Open and met Kaia Kanepi in the first round, where she lost a close three-setter. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). Date-Krumm then qualified for Medibank International Sydney, a Premier tournament. Date-Krumm skipped most of the clay-court season choosing only to participate in one warm-up tournament prior to the French Open. In October, she matched her then career-high doubles ranking of 33. With that performance in Bali, she was once again in the top 50s, moving up to No. 1, Maria Sharapova, in the first round, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3. Sep 10, 2018 Article history. Date was in the main draw for the Japan Open Championships but lost in the first round to Shahar Pe'er. She has two siblings: Ryusuke and Junko. She then lost in the first round of the French Open to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She leaves a legacy of thrilling matches and memorable moments. Following this, she made the quarterfinals of ITF Prague losing to No. Date announced her final retirement in September 2017. Her last activity of 2010 was participation in the Asian Games, where she won a bronze medal in singles and with Japan in the team competition. and reached the quarterfinals in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She came in victorious in singles, winning the title by beating Tímea Babos in the final; and finished as the runner up in doubles, partnering with Zhang Shuai, to Chan Hao-ching and Rika Fujiwara. Later on that same week, she went to China to participate at the China Open. Her next match was not until several months later, in July, at the Stockton Challenger event; she was again defeated in the first round, losing 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 to Usue Maitane Arconada. She defeated both Nicole Kriz and Rika Fujiwara to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to Aiko Nakamura in straight sets. At Wimbledon, she became the oldest woman ever to reach the third round, losing to Serena Williams 2–6, 0–6. Two YONEX tennis players, Richard Krajicek (Holland) and MaliVai Washington (USA) reach the Wimbledon men's singles final, creating an all-YONEX final. At Wimbledon, she beat world No. Kimiko Date tips Naomi Osaka as future No. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. At the end of the year, she received the WTA Most Improved Player of the Year award. Since her comeback, Date played the best on grass, and her style was once described as "all stealthy, neat athleticism".[20]. She then defeated Shiho Hisamatsu and Zhou Yimiao to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to Tomoko Yonemura in straight sets, in another tournament in Japan, a 50k event in Kurume. 51. Sa panahon ng kanyang kasal, nakipagkompetensya siya sa ilalim ng pangalan na Kimiko Date-Krumm.Naabot niya ang semifinals ng 1994 Australian Open, 1995 French Open at ang 1996 Wimbledon Championships, at nanalo ng Japan Open ng apat na beses. [12] This win also marked her first main-draw victory at Wimbledon in fifteen years. [7] In the second round, she came close to claiming her first top-10 win since 1996 when she pushed world No. Grand Slams) and at Olympics, (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. 4 in singles; she said later that her increasing loneliness and unhappiness with life on Tour as a Japanese player with few peers and halting English, was the biggest reason. In the Fed Cup, she defeated world No. In the opening round, she defeated Nadia Petrova for her second top-20 victory of 2010. [21] Date first played tennis at the age of six. She beat her but lost the final match to unseeded Tanasugarn. Date-Krumm then received a wildcard to play at the inaugural Tournament of Champions, the year-end championship, held in Bali, Indonesia. When play resumed, she suffered from cramps and found it hard to move losing six of the final seven games after the rhythm of the match had been interrupted as she stated in her post match interview . On 3 August, she won the $25k event in Obihiro, Japan. Date-Krumm then suffered four consecutive losses in her clay-court campaign, in Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, and Strasbourg. TOKYO, Japan — Yonex Co., Ltd. is proud to announce the launch of the 2 nd-generation ASTREL racquet on June 18, 2020. As Date-Krumm danced away … New Yonex S-Fit Series Racquets! Since her comeback in 2008, Kimiko has won a number of ITF titles along with the 2009 Hansol Korea Open making her the second-oldest player to win a WTA singles title. Weight. She then also reached the second round of Sony Ericsson Open but again lost to Ivanovic in straight sets. Let’s hear it for creative types who get down low! At the BNP Paribas Open Date-Krumm gained direct entry into the tournament. [13] With her partner Zhang Shuai, Date-Krumm advanced to the third round of the women's doubles at Wimbledon for the first time in her career. The Japanese star originally decided to hang up her racquet in 1996 at the WTA Tour Championships. She easily beat former world No. In stock. The living myth of WTA: Kimiko Date directly from 1970. With a career stretching back to 1989, Kimiko Date-Krumm is one of the greats of Asian tennis. At the PTT Pattaya Open in Thailand, Date-Krumm was seeded seventh but fell to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. She then lost to French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the third round 6–3, 6–3. She made the quarterfinals of Birmingham losing to Casey Dellaqua 1–6, 0–6. Date-Krumm started her year participating at a 50k+H event in Quanzhou, China as the first seed in both singles and doubles. At the Australian Open Date-Krumm lost in the first round to Eleni Daniilidou in singles, and with Zhang Shuai, lost in the first round in doubles to 14th seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Galina Voskoboeva. 183 Rika Fujiwara. In the Guangzhou International Open, Date, partnering Sun Tiantian, reached her first WTA Tour final since she had come back to the tour, but lost in a tight match. She beat the defending champion and former world No. Date-Krumm then received a wildcard to enter the Tournament of Champions in Bali, Indonesia for the second time in a row. She made the semifinals of Monterrey losing to Jovana Jakšić in a close three-setter. Martina Hingis becomes the youngest player to win the women's doubles. In the first round she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets, but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round. [21] She was the tennis champion at Sonoda Gakuen Junior High School & Senior High School [ja], where she graduated in 1989. Upon closer review you may have noticed she was using the new S-Fit 3 from Yonex. This was her first win in a grandslam's main draw since 1997 and at 39y/7m/26d, she became the oldest player ever to beat a top-10 player (previous-oldest was Billie Jean King at 39y/6m/29d). She also won the Japan Open, reached the semifinals in the Mizuno World Ladies Open and reached the fourth round at Roland Garros. 4, Conchita Martinez, and Mary Joe Fernandez on her way to the title, after which she entered the world's top 10 for the first time. She followed that win by beating Arantxa Parra Santonja to reach the final, and she earned a two-set-victory over Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru to claim the biggest title of her comeback that far.[5]. She relies on her opponent's power to hit sharp angles and catch her opponents off-guard. After consecutive losses in Charleston and Copenhagen, she played at a 50k event in Gifu, Japan as the first seed. Despite at one point having her serve broken seven consecutive times, she defeated first seeded, Li Na in the quarterfinals after being down 1–3 in the third set. It was great to see some unorthodox tennis on Centre Court today! 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. 3, Gabriela Sabatini, before losing to Monica Seles in the final. She lost to Elina Svitolina at the WTA Pune final, and to Stefanie Vögele at the ITF Toyota final. Kimiko Date-Krumm’s racquet Posted on March 13, 2013 by Doug Denton Kimiko Date-Krumm’s racquet with Yonex polyester mains and Babolat VS Touch 15 gauge crosses and power pads, at the BNP Paribas Open. With a career stretching back to 1989, Kimiko Date-Krumm is one of the greats of Asian tennis. On 28th September 1970, Kimiko Date-Krumm was born in Kyoto, Japan. 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