Kumiko Iijima

Kumiko Iijima
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Born	22 October 1982 (age 42); Gunma, Japan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$191,314
Singles
Career record	234–243
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 182 (9 May 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2008, 2009, 2011)
French Open	Q1 (2008, 2011)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2008)
US Open	Q1 (2007, 2008, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	225–149
Career titles	20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (9 July 2007)

Kumiko Iijima (飯島久美子, Iijima Kumiko, born 22 October 1982) is a Japanese former tennis player.

She preferred playing on the ITF Women's Circuit where she won four singles and 20 doubles titles. In May 2011, Iijima reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 182. On 9 July 2007, she peaked at No. 151 in the WTA doubles rankings. She was coached by Kimiyo Hatanaka.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 November 1999	Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Choi Young-ja	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	3 June 2007	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Natsumi Hamamura	3–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	3.	23 September 2007	Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Anne Yelsey	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	14 October 2007	Beijing, China	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	3 June 2008	Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	14 September 2008	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Suchanun Viratprasert	4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	25 September 2010	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Shiho Akita	6–1, 6–2
Winner	8.	3 October 2010	Hamanako, Japan	Carpet	Erika Sema	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	11 December 2010	Bangalore, India	Hard	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	1 April 2012	Nishitama, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	1–1 ret.

Doubles: 36 (20–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 1999	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Maki Arai	Li Na Li Ting	2–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	21 November 1999	ITF Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Maki Arai	Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	10 July 2000	ITF Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Kaori Aoyama	Ekaterina Kozhokina Caroline Maes	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	20 November 2000	ITF Kofu, Japan	Carpet	Maki Arai	Seiko Okamoto Keiko Taguchi	5–3, 1–4, 4–5, 1–4
Winner	5.	8 July 2001	ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hard	Maki Arai	Khoo Chin-bee Weng Tzu-ting	w/o
Runner-up	6.	18 November 2001	ITF Haibara, Japan	Carpet	Satoko Kurioka	Keiko Ishida Tomoko Taira	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	21 April 2002	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Mari Inoue	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	0–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	25 May 2003	ITF Gunma, Japan	Grass	Suchanun Viratprasert	Aiko Nakamura Maki Arai	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	2 May 2004	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Mari Inoue	Septi Mende Wukirasih Sawondari	2–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	31 October 2004	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Maki Arai Akiko Yonemura	6–3, 6–1
Winner	11.	13 February 2005	ITF Yamaguchi, Japan	Clay	Maki Arai	Lisa d'Amelio Christina Horiatopoulos	6–3, 7–6
Winner	12.	17 July 2005	ITF Hamilton, Canada	Clay	Junri Namigata	Lauren Barnikow Lauren Breadmore	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	31 July 2005	Lexington Challenger, U.S.	Hard	Junri Namigata	Vilmarie Castellvi Samantha Reeves	2–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	6 November 2005	ITF Sutama, Japan	Clay	Maki Arai	Tomoko Dokei Yukiko Yabe	6–1, 6–2
Winner	15.	28 May 2006	ITF Nagano, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Remi Tezuka Tomoko Yonemura	6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	16.	16 July 2006	ITF Miyazaki, Japan	Carpet	Maki Arai	Seiko Okamoto Ayami Takase	6–2, 6–3
Winner	17.	6 August 2006	ITF Tokachi, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Shiho Hisamatsu Remi Tezuka	7–5, 6–4
Winner	18.	23 September 2006	ITF Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Junri Namigata	Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	19.	22 October 2006	ITF Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Hsieh Su-wei	Keiko Taguchi Kim Hea-mi	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Runner-up	20.	9 April 2007	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Seiko Okamoto	Han Xinyun Hao Jie	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	6 May 2007	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Carpet	Seiko Okamoto	Ayumi Morita Ai Sugiyama	1–6, 6–3, 0–6
Winner	22.	3 June 2007	ITF Gunma, Japan	Carpet	Akiko Yonemura	Chen Yi Yoo Mi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	8 June 2007	ITF Changsha, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Huang Lei Xu Yifan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	24.	7 July 2007	ITF Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Junri Namigata	Ayumi Morita Akiko Yonemura	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–0
Runner-up	25.	13 September 2007	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Junri Namigata Rika Fujiwara	6–3, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, [5–10]
Winner	26.	30 May 2010	ITF Kusatsu, Japan	Carpet	Tomoko Yonemura	Maya Kato Ayaka Maekawa	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner–up	27.	29 August 2010	ITF Saitama, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Akari Inoue Kotomi Takahata	3–6, 3–6
Winner	28.	5 September 2010	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Chan Chin-wei Chen Yi	4–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [10–7]
Winner	29.	19 September 2010	ITF Darwin, Australia	Hard	Yurika Sema	Alenka Hubacek Tammi Patterson	6–4, 6–1
Winner	30.	28 September 2010	ITF Hamanako, Japan	Clay	Erika Sema	Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	31.	12 December 2010	ITF Bangalore, India	Hard	Chen Yi	Luksika Kumkhum Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	32.	25 February 2011	ITF Mildura, Australia	Grass	Rika Fujiwara	Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska	6–4, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, [4–10]
Runner-up	33.	4 March 2011	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska	6–3, 6–7⁽³⁾ [4–10]
Winner	34.	21 May 2012	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Hsieh Shu-ying	Samantha Murray Emily Webley-Smith	3–6, 7–6, 10–1
Winner	35.	9 September 2012	ITF Noto, Japan	Grass	Akiko Yonemura	Miki Miyamura Mari Tanaka	6–1, 4–6 [10–5]
Runner–up	36.	23 June 2013	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Akiko Yonemura	Makoto Ninomiya Yuka Mori	4–6, 3–6

External links

Kumiko Iijima at the Women's Tennis Association
Kumiko Iijima at the International Tennis Federation