is a Japanese former tennis player..She turned professional in 1998. On 15 August 2005, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 41.
Morigami won one singles title in her career at the Prague Open, defeating top seed Marion Bartoli in the final. She reached two other singles finals, both at the Cincinnati Open (falling to Patty Schnyder in 2005, and losing to Anna Chakvetadze in 2007.) At the 2006 French Open, she upset then world No. 3, Nadia Petrova, in the first round.
Morigami retired from professional tennis after losing in the quarterfinals at the All Japan Championships in November 2009.
WTA Tour finals
Legend Grand Slam tournamentsTier ITier IITier IIITier IV & V
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLossJul 2005Cincinnati Open, United StatesHard Patty Schnyder4–6, 0–6WinMay 2007Prague Open, Czech RepublicClay Marion Bartoli6–1, 6–3LossJul 2007Cincinnati Open, United StatesHard Anna Chakvetadze1–6, 3–6
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinFeb 2003Memphis Indoors, USHard (i) Saori Obata Alina Jidkova Bryanne Stewart6–1, 6–1LossFeb 2007Memphis Indoors, USHard (i) Jarmila Gajdošová Nicole Pratt Bryanne Stewart5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
ITF Circuit finals Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles (7–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 13 October 1996 ITF Kugayama, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe 1–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss 2. 30 August 1999 ITF Kuroshio, Japan Hard Kerry-Anne Guse 4–6, 3–6Win 1. 12 March 2000 ITF Warrnambool, Australia Grass Mireille Dittmann 6–4, 5–7, 6–1Win 2. 26 March 2000 ITF Wodonga, Australia Grass Mareze Joubert 6–1, 6–1Win 3. 14 October 2001 ITF Saga, Japan Grass Nana Miyagi 6–4, 7–5Win 4. 28 October 2001 ITF Home Hill, Australia Hard Mireille Dittmann 0–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 5. 27 April 2003 Dothan Pro Classic, United States Clay Milagros Sequera 6–3, 6–4Win 6. 6 June 2004 Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom Grass Anna Chakvetadze 6–4, 1–6, 6–1Loss 3. 22 February 2005 ITF Saint Paul, United States Hard (i) Laura Granville 2–6, 7–6, 2–6Loss 4 7 February 2007 Las Vegas Open, United States Hard Caroline Wozniacki 3–6, 2–6Win 7. 4 November 2007 ITF Taoyuan, Taiwan Hard Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 7–6(5)
Doubles (3–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. ITF Tallinn, Estonia Clay Miho Saeki Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva 6–2, 7–6(7)Win 2. ITF Tallinn, Estonia Clay Saori Obata Teryn Ashley Kristen Schlukebir 7–5, 7–6(2)Win 3. 9 June 2006 ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Jarmila Wolfe Līga Dekmeijere Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 7–6(3)
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