Kurumi Nara
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Kurumi Nara at the 2016 French Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Japan
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| Born |
30 December 1991 Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | April 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US $ 1,364,694 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 219–166 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 32 (18 August 2014) |
| Current ranking | 89 (8 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2014) |
| French Open | 2R (2014, 2015, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2010, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
| US Open | 3R (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 42–50 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 131 (23 November 2015) |
| Current ranking | 138 (8 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2015, 2016, 2017) |
| French Open | 1R (2014, 2015) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2015) |
| US Open | 1R (2014) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 6–5 |
| Last updated on: 8 February 2016. | |
Kurumi Nara (奈良 くるみ Nara Kurumi?, born 30 December 1991) is a Japanese professional tennis player.
Nara has won one singles title on the WTA tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 18 August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 32. On 23 November 2015, she peaked at world number 131 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Japan at the Fed Cup, Nara has a win-loss record of 6-5.
Nara began playing tennis at the age of 3. At the Esaka Tennis Center in Osaka, the budding pro player studied tennis under the tutelage of Japanese tennis luminaries Masaru Suishu and Hiroko Mochizuki. She won recognition from an early age as a tennis prodigy. In 2002, while enrolled in Kawanishi Makinodai Elementary School, Nara took second place in the All Japan Primary School Tennis Championships at the age of 10. She would go on to win that tournament in 2003.
In 2004, after entering the middle school associated with Osaka Sangyo University, Nara won the girls' singles title in the All Japan Middle School Tennis Championship. 2006 marked her debut, via sponsor recommendation, in the All Japan Tennis Championships women's singles draw; however, a first-round loss abruptly ended her tournament run. As a freshman at Osaka Sangyo's high school in 2007, Nara won the under-18 singles title at the All Japan Junior Tennis Championships.
In addition to her participation in the major events for her age group, Nara also accumulated victories each year in junior tournaments throughout Japan. She enjoyed success in doubles on the ITF Junior Circuit with partner Misaki Doi, earning entrance to the girls' doubles draw at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. They placed second overall, becoming only the second Japanese women's doubles pair to reach the finals of a Grand Slam juniors event since Yuka Yoshida and Hiroko Mochizuki at the 1993 US Open. The Nara–Doi team went on to reach the junior doubles semifinals at the 2007 US Open and Wimbledon 2008, in addition to strong performances at smaller tournaments.
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