Background
Asagoe, Shinobu was born on June 28, 1976 in Hyogo, Japan. Daughter of Shuichi and Chieko.
浅越しのぶ
Asagoe, Shinobu was born on June 28, 1976 in Hyogo, Japan. Daughter of Shuichi and Chieko.
2000 was the first year in which she finished in the Women's Tennis Association top 100 (no 72).
She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006. In the United States Open that year, she defeated Patty Schnyder, a top 50 player. She also reached her first Women's Tennis Association tour quarterfinal that year at the Princess Cup at Tokyo defeating Ai Sugiyama and losing to Monica Seles.
She also represented Japan at the Sydney Olympics.
In 2003, she reached her first Women's Tennis Association tour singles final. In 2004, she reached her second career singles final in Hobart, as well as her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the United States Open.
On April 18, 2005, Asagoe reached her career-high singles ranking: 21st. In May of the following year, she reached her career high doubles ranking (13th).
Asagoe appeared in one Women's Tennis Association Tour final in Auckland 2003 where she lost to Katarina Srebotnik 5–7, 7–5, 6–4.
Asagoe held a 4–0 lead in the second when Srebotnik took an injury timeout. Plays doubles with Katarina Srebotnik. At Australian Open 2006, reached the semifinal, beating (2) Cara Black/Rennae Stubbs 6–3 4–6 6–0.
They lost to eventual champions Yan/Zheng in the semifinals.
lieutenant was a sad day in Asagoe"s fans lives as they expected her to grace the title. At the United States Open that same year, she lost her first round match in straight sets to Jelena Kostanić.
She had announced the United States Open would be her last tournament. They held many set points at 6–5, but could not convert, thus forcing a tiebreaker.
They took the final set 6–4.
Retirement
Asagoe retired at the 2006 United States Open after losing her third round doubles match (with Morigami) to the world"s top-ranked team, Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur. Olympic finals
= Doubles: 1 bronze final
Singles 3
Doubles 12 (8–4).