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Ai Sugiyama

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Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese former tennis player, born on 5 July 1975, who reached the world number one ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and a career high singles ranking of world number eight on 9 February 2004. In her career she won six singles and 38 doubles titles, including three major titles, one with Julie Halard-Decugis and two with Kim Clijsters, and one mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi. She made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in 1993, aged seventeen. She held the all time record for 62 consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearances until Roger Federer passed it at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

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1975 1
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5+ 1
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born July 5, 1975) is a Japanese former tennis player
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    born July 5, 1975) is a Japanese former tennis player
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    She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour
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    In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles titles
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    born July 5, 1975) is a Japanese former tennis player
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    born July 5, 1975) is a Japanese former tennis player
  • Competed In: Wimbledon, Lead, Wimbledon
    The same year, she made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon
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