Background
Morigami, Akiko was born on January 12, 1980 in Osaka, Japan. Daughter of Masaaki and Masako.
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Morigami, Akiko was born on January 12, 1980 in Osaka, Japan. Daughter of Masaaki and Masako.
She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World Number. She has reached two other singles finals, both in Cincinnati (falling to Patty Schnyder in 2005, and losing to Anna Chakvetadze in 2007).
In the 2006 French Open, she upset then-World Number.3 Nadia Petrova in the first round.
Morigami retired after the 2009 Himachal Pradesh Japan Women"s Open in Osaka. This was her last professional Women's Tennis Association match.