Kimiko Date

Kimiko Date
伊達 公子
Date in Japan, 2010
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceTokyo
Born (1970-09-28) 28 September 1970 (age 54)
Kyoto, Japan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned proMarch 1989
RetiredNovember 1996
12 September 2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
Prize money$3,988,378
Singles
Career record450–268
Career titles8 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 4 (13 November 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1994)
French OpenSF (1995)
WimbledonSF (1996)
US OpenQF (1993, 1994)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (1994)
Olympic GamesQF (1996)
Doubles
Career record184–142
Career titles6 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 28 (19 January 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1992)
French Open2R (1993, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Wimbledon3R (2011)
US OpenSF (2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1992)
Team competitions
Fed CupSF (1996),
record 21–11
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Singles

Kimiko Date (伊達 公子, Date Kimiko, born 28 September 1970) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. 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. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in 1995, and retired from professional tennis in November 1996.

She returned to tennis nearly 12 years later, announcing an unexpected comeback in April 2008. 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.[2] In 2013, she won three WTA Tour titles in doubles and at the 2014 US Open, aged 43, she reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam doubles tournament for the first time in her career. Date announced her final retirement in September 2017.

  1. ^ born left-handed
  2. ^ "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info | Kimiko Date Krumm". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.