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Akiko Kijimuta

JPN Age 58 162 cm / 5'4" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1983–1993

Akiko Kijimuta represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 49. In TennisDB's records, Akiko Kijimuta finished with a career record of 60–94 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

49 (Mar 5, 1990)

Elo peak

1694 (57th percentile)

Career record

60–94 (39.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$323,209

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Akiko Kijimuta's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Pascale Paradis Mangon	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 20, 1993*	R32	Strasbourg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Rossana De Los Ríos #130	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 12, 1993*	R64	Berlin Open	WTA 1000	Clay
Monica Seles #1	1-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 1992*	R16	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Jo Durie #50	6-7(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1992*	R32	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Cristina Tessi #157	7-6(3) 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1992*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Akiko Kijimuta's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Laura Arraya	0	6	6	Feb 1, 1992	H2H
Jo Durie	3	0	3	May 31, 1992	H2H
Ann Grossman	1	2	3	Feb 24, 1992	H2H
Rika Hiraki	2	1	3	Feb 7, 1992	H2H
Mercedes Paz	2	1	3	Jun 26, 1991	H2H

Career Results

Akiko Kijimuta career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	15	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1984	16	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1985	17	3	2	5	60.0%	196	172
1986	18	6	7	13	46.2%	175	124
1987	19	9	11	20	45.0%	126	80
1988	20	8	16	24	33.3%	79	113
1989	21	11	11	22	50.0%	113	55
1990	22	4	11	15	26.7%	55	115
1991	23	13	17	30	43.3%	51	66
1992	24	5	13	18	27.8%	118	149
1993	25	0	2	2	0.0%	143	258
Career		60	94	154	39.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Akiko Kijimuta career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1983	15	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1984	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1985	17	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1986	18	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	6	7	13	46.2%
1987	19	4	4	8	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	11	20	45.0%
1988	20	5	11	16	31.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	16	24	33.3%
1989	21	5	7	12	41.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	11	11	22	50.0%
1990	22	1	10	11	9.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
1991	23	7	7	14	50.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	13	17	30	43.3%
1992	24	1	7	8	12.5%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	5	13	18	27.8%
1993	25	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	28	52	80	35.0%	13	18	31	41.9%	11	13	24	45.8%	8	10	18	44.4%	60	94	154	39.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Akiko Kijimuta career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	16	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1986	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1987	19	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	6	7	14.3%	4	0	4	100.0%	7	8	15	46.7%
1988	20	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	6	14	20	30.0%
1989	21	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	6	13	53.8%
1990	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	8	12	33.3%
1991	23	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	8	4	12	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	11	14	25	44.0%
1992	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	12	17	29.4%
1993	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	12	13	7.7%	4	17	21	19.0%	22	27	49	44.9%	16	14	30	53.3%	43	70	113	38.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 113/154 (73.4%) of Akiko Kijimuta's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Akiko Kijimuta advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1983	15	1491	95.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	-1.57	1–0	—	—	+0.26
1984	16	1477	99.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.75	—	0–1	—	-0.02
1985	17	1502	100.9	—	—	—	—	—	+60	—	54.5%	-0.36	1–0	—	—	+0.92
1986	18	1533	115.1	—	—	—	—	+56	—	—	51.9%	+0.37	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	—	+2.11
1987	19	1599	118.1	—	—	—	—	-3	-54	+3	43.8%	-0.46	5–3 (63%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.32
1988	20	1555	124.6	—	—	—	—	-19	—	+57	38.6%	-0.86	3–6 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	100.3	+0.21
1989	21	1628	122.8	—	—	—	—	-87	-45	+33	52.9%	-0.33	2–5 (29%)	1–0	—	+0.54
1990	22	1581	113.9	—	—	—	—	-65	—	—	26.5%	-1.65	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	102.3	-0.33
1991	23	1624	124.7	—	—	—	—	-59	+2	+22	44.6%	-0.49	7–7 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	101.7	-1.03
1992	24	1579	121.1	—	—	—	—	-67	+65	—	32.6%	-1.46	4–6 (40%)	3–2 (60%)	100.5	-0.07
1993	25	1550	91.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.25	—	—	—	+0.04
Career		1694	124.2	—	—	—	—	-36	+13	+26	41.0%	-0.77	27–30 (47%)	13–17 (43%)	100.8	+1.92

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Akiko Kijimuta Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1986	18	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	19	R32	R128	R64	R32	4–4 (50%)
1988	20	R32	R128	R32	R128	4–4 (50%)
1989	21	—	R32	R128	R128	2–3 (40%)
1990	22	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1991	23	R128	R64	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1992	24	R128	R16	—	—	3–2 (60%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	6–6 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	15–20 (43%)

WTA 1000

Akiko Kijimuta WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	22	—	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1991	23	R16	R32	—	R64	—	3–3 (50%)
1992	24	R64	R64	R64	—	R128	0–4 (0%)
1993	25	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–9 (25%)

WTA 500

Akiko Kijimuta WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	IW	SDG	TKY	WAS	BOC	CAN	KEY	STR	W-L Win %
1987	19	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
1988	20	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R64	R64	—	2–4 (33%)
1989	21	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1990	22	—	R64	—	SF	—	R64	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1991	23	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1992	24	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–16 (33%)

WTA 250

Akiko Kijimuta WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAD	BAR	BRI	DAL	EAS	NAP	SDG	TKY	BIR	BOC	KEY	OAK	OKL	JAP	SAN	SCH	SIN	STR	SYD	TAI	TAR	WIC	W-L Win %
1983	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	17	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1986	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	QF	5–5 (50%)
1987	19	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1988	20	—	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	R16	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–7 (22%)
1989	21	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	9–5 (64%)
1990	22	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1991	23	—	R64	F	—	—	—	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	7–7 (50%)
1992	24	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1993	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–9 (36%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	33–43 (43%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 5, 1990

First Top 100

Jun 22, 1987

First Top 50

Mar 5, 1990

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Akiko Kijimuta ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	17	195	193	192	203	237	237	215	—	217	166	172	172
1986	18	178	122	126	127	142	141	139	139	130	131	130	124
1987	19	130	133	117	119	112	96	89	82	77	76	79	80
1988	20	71	86	73	84	76	84	79	85	107	106	111	113
1989	21	124	93	126	77	94	71	68	60	64	54	56	55
1990	22	66	51	56	88	77	123	124	113	110	112	113	115
1991	23	51	99	102	103	60	65	67	71	68	68	65	66
1992	24	110	108	117	111	150	115	131	141	146	144	148	149
1993	25	152	170	178	178	152	273	264	254	258	—	—	—
1994	26	—	—	—	—	315	341	359	—	491	482	493	495
1995	27	565	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Akiko Kijimuta's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Beverly Bowes	USA	49	1,676	0	189	69	120	36.5%	1983–1994	Match log
Catherine Suire	FRA	52	1,672	0	208	79	129	38.0%	1980–1993	Match log
Caroline Kuhlman	USA	52	1,660	0	114	49	65	43.0%	1983–1995	Match log
Sophie Amiach	FRA	57	1,647	0	150	57	93	38.0%	1980–1995	Match log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	48	1,701	0	170	77	93	45.3%	1987–1994	Match log
Donna Faber	USA	55	1,718	0	165	68	97	41.2%	1987–1993	Match log
Jana Pospisilova	CZE	49	1,709	0	73	31	42	42.5%	1988–1994	Match log
Jenny Byrne	AUS	45	1,725	0	178	59	119	33.1%	1983–1995	Match log
Janine Tremelling	AUS	53	1,721	1	98	39	59	39.8%	1982–1990	Match log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	52	1,667	0	126	48	78	38.1%	1987–1997	Match log
Nana Smith	JPN	51	1,649	0	179	65	114	36.3%	1988–2000	Match log
Shaun Stafford	USA	48	1,772	1	222	90	132	40.5%	1987–1996	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Akiko Kijimuta?: Akiko Kijimuta is 58 years old, born on May 1, 1968.
Which country does Akiko Kijimuta represent?: Akiko Kijimuta represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Akiko Kijimuta?: Akiko Kijimuta is 162 cm / 5'4".
Is Akiko Kijimuta left-handed or right-handed?: Akiko Kijimuta plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Akiko Kijimuta won?: Akiko Kijimuta has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Akiko Kijimuta won?: TennisDB does not group any of Akiko Kijimuta's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Akiko Kijimuta's highest WTA ranking?: Akiko Kijimuta's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 49, first achieved on March 5, 1990.
What is Akiko Kijimuta's career win-loss record?: Akiko Kijimuta has a career WTA singles record of 60 wins and 94 losses (39.0%).
How much career prize money has Akiko Kijimuta earned?: Akiko Kijimuta has earned at least $323,209 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Akiko Kijimuta's career appear in TennisDB?: Akiko Kijimuta appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1983 through 1993.
On which surface does Akiko Kijimuta have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Akiko Kijimuta's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 45.8% (11–13).
Who has Akiko Kijimuta faced most often?: Akiko Kijimuta's most frequent opponent is Laura Arraya, with a head-to-head record of 0–6 across 6 meetings.