Kimiko Date

{{Short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Kimiko Date {{lang|ja|伊達公子}} | image = Kimiko Date Krumm 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open.jpg | caption = Date in Japan, 2010 | country = {{JPN}} | residence = Tokyo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|9|28}} | birth_place = [[Kyoto]], Japan | height = 1.63 m | turnedpro = March 1989 | retired = November 1996 12 September 2017 | plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)<ref>born left-handed</ref> | careerprizemoney = $3,988,378 | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=450|lost=268}} | singlestitles = 8 WTA, 14 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 4 (13 November 1995) | AustralianOpenresult = SF ([[1994 Australian Open – Women's singles|1994]]) | FrenchOpenresult = SF ([[1995 French Open – Women's singles|1995]]) | Wimbledonresult = SF ([[1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1996]]) | USOpenresult = QF ([[1993 US Open – Women's singles|1993]], [[1994 US Open – Women's singles|1994]]) | Othertournaments = yes | WTAChampionshipsresult = SF ([[1994 WTA Tour Championships|1994]]) | Olympicsresult = QF ([[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|1996]]) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=184|lost=142}} | doublestitles = 6 WTA, 7 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 28 (19 January 2015) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF ([[1992 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1992]]) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[1993 French Open – Women's doubles|1993]], [[2011 French Open – Women's doubles|2011]], [[2013 French Open – Women's doubles|2013]], [[2014 French Open – Women's doubles|2014]], [[2015 French Open – Women's doubles|2015]]) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R ([[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|2011]]) | USOpenDoublesresult = SF ([[2014 US Open – Women's doubles|2014]]) | OthertournamentsDoubles = yes | OlympicsDoublesresult = 2R ([[Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|1992]]) | Team = yes | FedCupresult = SF ([[1996 Fed Cup World Group|1996]]), record {{tennis record|won=21|lost=11}} | medals-expand = yes | medals = {{MedalSport | Women's [[tennis]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Japan}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]] | [[Tennis at the 1994 Asian Games – Women's singles|Singles]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's singles|Singles]] }} }}

{{nihongo|'''Kimiko Date'''|伊達公子|Date Kimiko| born 28 September 1970}} is a Japanese former professional [[tennis]] player. She reached the semifinals of the [[1994 Australian Open – Women's singles|1994 Australian Open]], the [[1995 French Open – Women's singles|1995 French Open]] and the [[1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1996 Wimbledon Championships]], and won the [[Japan Open Tennis Championships|Japan Open]] a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in 1995, and first retired from professional tennis in November 1996.

Date returned to tennis nearly twelve years later, announcing an unexpected comeback in April 2008. She then won her eighth [[WTA Tour]] title at the [[2009 Hansol Korea Open|2009 Korea Open]], becoming the second-oldest player in the [[Open Tennis|Open era]], after [[Billie Jean King]], to win a singles title on the WTA Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/kimiko-date-krumm_2257889_1860 |title=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info | Kimiko Date Krumm |access-date=18 January 2011 |archive-date=26 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926023659/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/kimiko-date-krumm_2257889_1860 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, she won three WTA Tour titles in doubles and at the [[2014 US Open – Women's doubles|2014 US Open]], aged 43, she reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam doubles tournament for the first time in her career. Date announced her final retirement in September 2017.

==Professional career== ===1989–1996=== Date began 1990 by reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open, where she was defeated by fourth seed [[Helena Suková]]. The following year, ranked world No. 112, she was runner-up in [[LA Women's Tennis Championships|Los Angeles]], defeating world No. 3, [[Gabriela Sabatini]], before losing to [[Monica Seles]] in the final.

In 1992, Date defeated [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]] in the Pan Pacific Open and reached the semifinals. She also won the [[Japan Open Tennis Championships|Japan Open]], reached the semifinals in the Mizuno World Ladies Open and reached the fourth round at Roland Garros. Date participated in the [[Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Barcelona Olympics]], losing in the second round. At the end of the year, she received the [[WTA Most Improved Player of the Year]] award.

Date won the Japan Open again in 1993. She was runner-up in the Asia Women's Open and the Nichiray Ladies Cup. She reached the semifinals in the Lipton Championships defeating [[Mary Joe Fernández]]. In the US Open, she reached the quarterfinals beating [[Jana Novotná]] in the fourth round.

In 1994, Date won the [[Sydney International]] in January, defeating world No. 4, [[Conchita Martínez]], and Mary Joe Fernández on her way to the title, after which she entered the world's top 10 for the first time. She beat Martinez again the following week at the [[Australian Open]] on the way to her first Grand Slam semifinal. Date won her third consecutive Japan Open. At the [[Tennis at the 1994 Asian Games – Women's singles|1994 Asian Games]], she won gold in the women's singles. At the end-of-year [[1994 WTA Tour Championships – Singles|WTA Finals]], she defeated Martinez again, before losing to eventual champion Sabatini in the semifinals, in three sets.

Date won her first, and only, [[WTA Tier I tournaments|Tier I]] tournament at the [[1995 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Pan Pacific Open]] in 1995, defeating Martinez and [[Lindsay Davenport]] to the title. She was also runner-up in the tier one [[1995 Lipton Championships|Miami Open]], defeating Sabatini before losing to Graf in straight sets. Date defeated Davenport again on her way to the semifinals of the [[French Open]], reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, and was runner-up in [[Japan Open (tennis)|Tokyo]] and [[Internationaux de Strasbourg|Strasbourg]], reaching a career-high ranking of No. 4 in November 1995.

In 1996, Date won both singles and doubles in the Japan Open. In the [[Fed Cup]], she defeated world No. 1 Graf for the first and only time, winning 7–6, 3–6, 12–10. At Wimbledon, she beat world No. 2, [[Conchita Martínez]], in the fourth round and [[Mary Pierce]] in the quarterfinal, before losing to eventual champion Graf in the semifinals in three sets. Date defeated Martinez in the semifinals and world No. 2, [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], in the finals of [[1996 Toshiba Classic – Singles|San Diego]]. and reached the quarterfinals in the [[1996 Summer Olympic Games|1996 Summer Olympics]]. Date announced her retirement – aged 25 – in September, and played her final match at the WTA Finals, losing to [[Martina Hingis]] in the quarterfinals.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news | title=Kimiko Date Will Retire After End of the Season | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-25-sp-47313-story.html |access-date=18 July 2020 | work=The Los Angeles Times | date=25 September 1996}}</ref>

===2008: Comeback=== On 6 April 2008, nearly 12 years after retiring, Date announced she would return to the professional tour at the age of 37.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/home/|title=Breaking International News & Views|website=Reuters.com|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

She qualified for the $50k [[Kangaroo Cup]] in Gifu, Japan. In the first round, she played compatriot and world No. 183 [[Rika Fujiwara]]. In only her fourth match on the tour for eleven years, Date won in three sets. At the quarterfinal stage, Date came up against world No. 80 and fellow Japanese, [[Aiko Nakamura]], whom she beat in three sets. This marked her first top-100 win of her comeback. In her semifinal match, she defeated No. 3 seed [[Melanie South]]. However, in the final, she was defeated by [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]], in three sets. She won the doubles title at that tournament with teenage and fellow Japanese partner [[Kurumi Nara]], defeating Melanie South and [[Nicole Thyssen]] in a match tie-breaker.

[[File:Kimiko date 2580313928.jpg|thumb|left|Date in 2008]] Her next event was another $50k event in Fukuoka, Japan. She defeated both [[Nicole Kriz]] and Rika Fujiwara to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to Aiko Nakamura in straight sets. She then defeated [[Shiho Hisamatsu]] and [[Zhou Yimiao]] to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to [[Tomoko Yonemura]] in straight sets, in another tournament in Japan, a 50k event in Kurume. On 15 June 2008, she defeated [[Shiho Akita]] to win the Tokyo Ariake International Ladies Open for her first post-comeback championship. Her second came over a month after, as on 20 July, she won a $25k event in Miyazaki, Japan, defeating [[Chae Kyung-yee]] in the final. On 3 August, she won the $25k event in Obihiro, Japan. In the final, she beat Suchanun Viratprasert.

Date made her WTA Tour comeback at the Tier-I event in Tokyo where she was awarded a [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]] into the qualifying tournament. She won through to the final round of qualifying after defeating [[Mari Tanaka]] of Japan and Australian [[Casey Dellacqua]] (the fifth seed in the qualifying competition). Both of these victories came in tight three-set matches. She lost in the final round to [[Aleksandra Wozniak]] of Canada in straight sets. Along with fellow Japanese Fujiwara, Date also competed in doubles, as wildcard entrant. However, they lost in three tight sets in the first round. Date was in the main draw for the [[AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships|Japan Open]] but lost in the first round to [[Shahar Pe'er]].

[[File:Kimiko Date trophy.jpg|thumb|Date holding the trophy at the Tokyo International Ladies Open in 2008]] In October, she played her first tournament out of Japan since November 1996, in the quarterfinals at the [[OEC Taipei Ladies Open|Taipei Ladies Open]]. In November, she competed at the All-Japan Tennis Championships, her first appearance there in 16 years. Date won both the singles and doubles titles.

===2009=== Date received a wildcard entrant to the main draw of the [[2009 ASB Classic|Auckland Open]] where she was overpowered by [[Jill Craybas]] in the first round. Later in January, Date qualified for the Australian Open and met [[Kaia Kanepi]] in the first round, where she lost a close three-setter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/01/19/kimiko.date.ap/index.html |title=Date, 38, loses Aussie opener after 13-year hiatus - Tennis - SI.com |access-date=21 January 2009 |archive-date=31 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831150139/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/01/19/kimiko.date.ap/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Date then played in the main draw of the International event in Pattaya City. In the first round, she was defeated by the eighth-seeded Slovak [[Magdaléna Rybáriková]] in three sets. She then reached the quarterfinals of an ITF event in Clearwater, Florida, beating Lauren Embree of the US and fellow Japanese player Aiko Nakamura before losing to third-seeded Slovak [[Jarmila Groth]] in three sets. She then played at a $25k event in Hammond, Louisiana where she breezed past qualifier [[Heidi El Tabakh]]. She then beat American [[Lauren Albanese]] in the round of 16 for a place in the quarterfinals where she lost to qualifier [[Lindsay Lee-Waters]] in three sets. Date moved onto the $75k in Monzón, Spain, her first European event since July 1996. Seeded sixth, victories over Spaniard Eva Fernandez-Bruges and Croat [[Ana Vrljić]] took her to the quarterfinals. There she beat British top seed [[Elena Baltacha]], 5–7, 6–4, 7–6. She followed that win by beating [[Arantxa Parra Santonja]] to reach the final, and she earned a two-set-victory over Romanian qualifier [[Alexandra Dulgheru]] to claim the biggest title of her comeback that far.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/PlayerActivity.asp?PlayerID=40130 |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213085409/http://sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/PlayerActivity.asp?PlayerID=40130 |archive-date=13 February 2009}}</ref>

Date was awarded a wildcard entry to the Wimbledon Championships. This was her first competition at Wimbledon in 13 years. In the first round she lost to ninth seed [[Caroline Wozniacki]] with her performance in the second and third sets diminished due to an injury.

In the [[2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open|Guangzhou International Open]], Date, partnering [[Sun Tiantian]], reached her first WTA Tour final since she had come back to the tour, but lost in a tight match.

At the [[2009 Hansol Korea Open|Korea Open]] in Seoul, Date won her first WTA level match after the return, against [[Lee Ye-ra]], and came up with a second victory right after over [[Alisa Kleybanova]], coming back from a set and 5–2 down. In the quarterfinals, Kimiko defeated top seed [[Daniela Hantuchová]] in three sets lasting over two and a half hours. In the semifinals, she defeated defending champion [[Maria Kirilenko]]. In the final, which was held one day before her 39th birthday, Date defeated [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] to win her first WTA Tour title since her comeback. Thus, she became the second-oldest player in the [[Open Tennis|Open era]] to win a singles title on the tour, after [[Billie Jean King]], who won [[Aegon Classic|Birmingham]] in 1983, aged 39 years, 7 months and 23 days.

Date then received a wildcard to play at the inaugural [[2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions|Tournament of Champions]], the year-end championship, held in [[Bali]], Indonesia. She was in Group C, along with [[Yanina Wickmayer]] and Anabel Medina Garrigues. She lost her first match against Wickmayer by a close 6–7, 2–6, but she won her second match against Medina Garrigues in straight sets. Due to Wickmayer's ban from the sport for one year, Date made the semifinals but lost to top seed [[Marion Bartoli]].

===2010=== Date started 2010 with participation in [[2010 ASB Classic|Auckland]] where she received a wildcard to enter the maindraw. She easily beat former world No. 5, [[Anna Chakvetadze]], in the first round, and then recovered from a set down to beat fifth seed [[Virginie Razzano]] for her first win over a top-20 player after her comeback.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/kimikos-comeback-gathers-steam-20100106_2256076_1924254 |title=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | News | Latest News | Kimiko's Comeback Gathers Steam |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123094133/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/kimikos-comeback-gathers-steam-20100106_2256076_1924254 |archive-date=23 January 2010}} sonyericssonwtatour.com</ref> In the quarterfinals, Date was beaten 6–2, 6–2 by the third seed and eventual champion Yanina Wickmayer. She then qualified for [[2010 Medibank International Sydney|Sydney International]], a Premier tournament. In the opening round, she defeated [[Nadia Petrova]] for her second top-20 victory of 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/li-bounces-back-upsets-wozniacki-20100111_2256076_1928448 |title=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | News | Latest News | Li Bounces Back, Upsets Wozniacki |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115161336/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/li-bounces-back-upsets-wozniacki-20100111_2256076_1928448 |archive-date=15 January 2010}} sonyericssonwtatour.com</ref> In the second round, she came close to claiming her first top-10 win since 1996 when she pushed world No. 7, [[Victoria Azarenka]], having at one stage trailed 1–6, 2–4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/top-two-make-it-through-20100112_2256076_1929591 |title=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | News | Latest News | Top Two Make It Through |access-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115061439/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/top-two-make-it-through-20100112_2256076_1929591 |archive-date=15 January 2010}} sonyericcsonwtatour.com</ref> Date competed at the Australian Open in Melbourne, the first time since her comeback that she has had direct acceptance into a Grand Slam main draw. In the first round, she fell to [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] in straight sets.

In February, Date played for Japan's Fed Cup team for the first time since 1996. By winning all of her four matches, she was instrumental in securing her team's advance to the World Group II play-offs. At the [[PTT Pattaya Open]] in Thailand, she was seeded seventh but fell to [[Anastasia Rodionova]] in the first round.

Date defeated [[Melinda Czink]] in the first round of the [[2010 BNP Paribas Open|Indian Wells Open]], before falling to No. 15 seed [[Francesca Schiavone]] in the second. She also made it to the second round of the [[2010 Sony Ericsson Open|Miami Open]] by defeating former top-10 player Anna Chakvetadze. She then lost to No. 16 seed Nadia Petrova.

Date began her clay-court season at the [[2010 Estoril Open|Estoril Open]] in Portugal. In the first round, she outlasted 19-year-old [[Petra Martić]], defeating her in 3 hours and 12 minutes 6–7, 7–5, 7–6. She played [[Anastasija Sevastova]] (who ousted top seed [[Ágnes Szávay]] in the first round) in the second round, but retired due to a recurring calf injury.

At the [[2010 French Open|French Open]], she defeated No. 9 seed and former world No. 1, 2009 runner-up [[Dinara Safina]] in the first round, despite being 2–4 down in the second set and two breaks down at 1–4 in the third, plus having an apparent calf injury. This was her first win in a grandslam's main draw since 1997 and at 39y/7m/26d, she became the oldest player ever to beat a top-10 player (previous-oldest was [[Billie Jean King]] at 39y/6m/29d). She was defeated by wildcard Jarmila Groth in the second round.

In Stanford, Date again defeated Safina in the first round, after trailing by a set and 2–0. Following the conclusion of the US Open series, Date, ranked 50th, became the oldest top-50 player since Billie Jean King in 1984.

At the US Open, Date received direct entry into the main draw but lost to two-time Grand Slam champion [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] in the first round. She then traveled to Seoul to defend her title at the [[2010 Hansol Korea Open|Korea Open]] but lost in the quarterfinals to [[Ágnes Szávay]]. One week later, she accepted wildcard entry at the [[2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open|Pan Pacific Open]] in Tokyo. She beat the defending champion and former world No. 1, [[Maria Sharapova]], in the first round, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3. She then faced Daniela Hantuchová in the second round and won 2–6, 6–0, 4–0, as Hantuchová retired. This was on her 40th birthday. She then lost to French Open champion [[Francesca Schiavone]] in the third round 6–3, 6–3. Later on that same week, she went to China to participate at the [[2010 China Open (tennis)|China Open]]. She beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round, but lost to [[Elena Dementieva]] in the second round, in three sets. Kimiko then returned home to compete at the [[2010 HP Open|Japan Open]] in Osaka. Seeded sixth, she defeated teenage qualifier [[Laura Robson (tennis)|Laura Robson]] in the first round and compatriot Aiko Nakamura. In the quarterfinals, she upset top seed and world No. 8, [[Samantha Stosur]] (becoming the first 40-something player to win a match against a top-10 player<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/9096404.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Veteran Krumm seals historic win |date=15 October 2010}}</ref>) to book a semifinal encounter with third seed Shahar Pe'er. She beat her but lost the final match to unseeded Tanasugarn. With that reaching of the final in Osaka, she once again entered the top-50 WTA rankings at No. 48. Also, this final in Osaka had the oldest combined age of WTA tournament finalists at 73 (Date 40, Tanasugarn 33).

Date then received a wildcard to enter the [[2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions|Tournament of Champions]] in Bali, Indonesia for the second time in a row. Despite at one point having her serve broken seven consecutive times, she defeated first seeded, [[Li Na]] in the quarterfinals after being down 1–3 in the third set. She lost to Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals, but won the third place match against Daniela Hantuchová by the scoreline of 7–5, 7–5. With that performance in Bali, she was once again in the top 50s, moving up to No. 46, but falling back to finish the year at No. 51.

Her last activity of 2010 was participation in the [[Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]], where she won a bronze medal in singles and with Japan in the team competition.

===2011=== [[File:Kimiko date 5433465698.jpg|thumb|right|Date in 2011]] Date's first two tournaments of 2011 were in [[2011 ASB Classic|Auckland]] and [[2011 Moorilla Hobart International|Hobart]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/news/full-field-released.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126142110/http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/news/full-field-released.html | archive-date=26 November 2010 | title=ASB Classic - 2011 ASB Classic Full Field Released }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hobartinternational.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/110111-MHI-2011-MDS.pdf|title=Moorilla Hobart International : Main Draw Singles|website=Hobartinternational.com.au|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> She would go on to lose in both first rounds to [[Kateryna Bondarenko]], then [[Angelique Kerber]] the following week. Date's next tournament was the [[2011 Australian Open|Australian Open]] where she lost a close encounter 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 to 12th seed [[Agnieszka Radwańska]] in the first round. Date held a 4–1 lead in the final set when her opponent called a medical time out. When play resumed, she suffered from cramps and found it hard to move losing six of the final seven games after the rhythm of the match had been interrupted as she stated in her post match interview. Date earned her first victory of the 2011 season at the [[2011 PTT Pattaya Open|Pattaya Open]], defeating [[Renata Voráčová]]. At [[2011 BNP Paribas Open|Indian Wells]], Date gained direct entry into the tournament. In the first round she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets, but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round. She then also reached the second round of [[2011 Sony Ericsson Open|Miami]] but again lost to Ivanovic in straight sets.

Date then suffered four consecutive losses in her clay-court campaign, in [[2011 Barcelona Ladies Open|Barcelona]], [[2011 Mutua Madrid Open|Madrid]], [[2011 Italian Open (tennis)|Rome]], and [[2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]. In the [[2011 French Open|French Open]], she lost in straight sets in the first round to world No. 1, [[Caroline Wozniacki]]. She started out the grass-court season with a surprise doubles championship with [[Zhang Shuai]] in the [[2011 Aegon Trophy – Women's doubles|Nottingham]] ITF tournament. But her singles losing streak continued, as she lost in the first round of [[2011 Aegon Classic|Birmingham]] to eventual champion [[Sabine Lisicki]]. The week after, she ended her seven consecutive losses in [[2011 UNICEF Open|'s-Hertogenbosch]] where she defeated sixth-seeded [[Maria Kirilenko]] in the first round and [[Lourdes Domínguez Lino]] in the second round. In her first quarterfinals appearance in 2011, she lost to [[Romina Oprandi]].

At [[2011 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], Date defeated British wildcard [[Katie O'Brien]], 6–0, 7–5.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/obrien-fails-to-live-up-to-billing-on-new-stage-2300324.html |title=O'Brien fails to live up to billing on new stage |last=McGrath |first=Chris |date=21 June 2011 |work=The Independent |access-date=21 June 2011 |location=London}}</ref> This win also marked her first main-draw victory at Wimbledon in fifteen years. In the second round, after winning the opening set, she lost a close-fought match on Centre Court to former world No. 1 and 23rd seed, Venus Williams, 7–6, 3–6, 6–8 in a match lasting 2 hours, 56 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/day10/2230ms.html |title=2010 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM |access-date=22 June 2011 |archive-date=14 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614031602/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/day10/2230ms.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> With her partner Zhang Shuai, She advanced to the third round of the [[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|women's doubles]] at Wimbledon for the first time in her career.

After qualifying for the [[2011 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles|Cincinnati Open]], Date had an accident falling in the bathtub and injuring her left hand, forcing her out of competition for four to six weeks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennisnews.com/?pID=34350|title=Bob Larson's Tennis News | Official Tennis Newswire|website=Tennisnews.com|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> requiring her to pull out of the tournament and not playing competitively until losing in the first round of the [[2011 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] to [[Sílvia Soler Espinosa]] 6–7, 6–7.

At the [[2011 HP Open|HP Open]], Date again teamed with Zhang Shuai and defeated Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova in the [[2011 HP Open – Doubles|doubles final]] to win her first WTA level doubles title since 1996. She then flew to Europe to participate at the [[2011 BGL Luxembourg Open|Luxembourg Open]] but lost in the first round. At this point, her ranking fell to world No. 144.

Post to that loss, Date had good runs participating at three higher-tier tournaments in the [[2011 ITF Women's Circuit|ITF Circuit]]. She came in victorious in [[2011 Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne|Poitiers]] and placed runner-up in both [[2011 OEC Taipei Ladies Open|Taipei]] and [[2011 Dunlop World Challenge|Toyota]]. Her good runs in the circuit brought her ranking back to within the top 100; she finished 2011 ranked 87th in the world, her third successive top-100 finish since her 2008 comeback.

===2012=== Date started her year participating at a 50k+H event in [[2012 Blossom Cup|Quanzhou]], China as the first seed in both singles and doubles. She came in victorious in singles, winning the title by beating [[Tímea Babos]] in the final, and finished as the runner up in doubles, partnering with Zhang Shuai, to [[Chan Hao-ching]] and Rika Fujiwara.

At the [[2012 Australian Open|Australian Open]] Date lost in the first round to [[Eleni Daniilidou]] in singles, and with Zhang Shuai, lost in the first round in doubles to 14th seeds [[Hsieh Su-wei]] and [[Galina Voskoboeva]]. However, she and [[Kei Nishikori]] received a wildcard entry into the mixed doubles draw and, in her first ever Grand Slam mixed-doubles match, defeated the team of [[Gisela Dulko]] and [[Eduardo Schwank]] to advance to the round of 16.

Then, Date earned her first WTA main draw victory of the season in [[2012 PTT Pattaya Open|Pattaya]] by reaching the second-round where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She lost in the first round of [[2012 Monterrey Open|Monterrey]] and reached the second round of [[2012 BNP Paribas Open|Indian Wells]] where she lost to Vera Zvonareva. In the first round of [[2012 Sony Ericsson Open|Miami]], she faced former world No. 1 Venus Williams for the second time. She lost 0–6, 3–6. After consecutive losses in [[2012 Family Circle Cup|Charleston]] and [[2012 e-Boks Open|Copenhagen]], she played at a 50k event in [[2012 Kangaroo Cup|Gifu]], Japan as the first seed. She eventually won the title after defeating [[Noppawan Lertcheewakarn]] in the final. She then lost first round at Cagnes-sur-Mer when she had to retire against [[Anastasiya Yakimova]]. Following this, she made the quarterfinals of the ITF Prague losing to No. 2 seed [[Klára Zakopalová]]. She then lost in the first found of ten consecutive tournaments all of which were WTA or Grand Slam events except for ITF Nottingham. Nevertheless, she finished the year strong. She made the quarterfinals of Limoges losing to [[Stefanie Vögele]]. She then lost narrowly (as defending champion) in the first round of the ITF event in Poitiers to [[Elena Vesnina]]. She then made the quarterfinals of the WTA Taipei losing to [[Kristina Mladenovic]] 3–6, 0–6. From here, Date made the finals of each of her next three tournaments. She lost to [[Elina Svitolina]] at the Pune final, and to Stefanie Vögele at the ITF Toyota final. She then beat [[Yulia Putintseva]] to win Al Habtoor Challenge (ITF Dubai), her last tournament of the year. She ended the calendar year ranked 99 on 31 December 2012 (not to be confused with the WTA's 'year-end ranking' which is determined prior to this date), securing a berth in the upcoming 2013 Australian Open, and finishing in the top 100 for a fourth consecutive calendar year (and 10th overall).

===2013=== [[File:Date-Krumm 2013 Rogers Cup.jpg|thumb|Date playing doubles with Scheepers at the 2013 Rogers Cup in Toronto]] Date started the year narrowly losing to [[Duan Yingying]] in the first round of WTA Shenzhen 6–7, 5–7 after going through qualifying. She then went through qualifying in Sydney and lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the round of 16 by 4–6, 3–6. At the [[2013 Australian Open|Australian Open]], Date won a singles match in this tournament for the first time since 1996, defeating No. 12 seed Nadia Petrova in straight sets, and becoming the oldest woman to ever win a main draw singles match in the Australian Open.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/japanese-veteran-kimiko-date-krumm-becomes-oldest-female-winner-at-the-tournament/story-fnbe6xeb–1226554660863 |work=The Australian |title=Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm becomes Australian Open's oldest female winner |date=16 January 2013}}</ref> She beat Shahar Pe'er in the second round, but then lost to Serbian [[Bojana Jovanovski]]. She went on to lose in the second round of Pattaya City to [[Ayumi Morita]]. After a string of losses in Fed Cup and Florianópolis she made the second round of Indian Wells pushing Elena Vesnina to three sets losing in three sets. She made the second round of Miami losing to Venus Williams. She retired in her first- and second-round matches at Monterrey and ITF Gifu.

Date skipped most of the clay-court season choosing only to participate in one warm-up tournament prior to the [[2013 French Open|French Open]]. At [[2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Doubles|Strasburg]], she picked up a sixth WTA doubles title partnering with [[Chanelle Scheepers]]. She began the grass-court season in Birmingham losing first round to [[Alla Kudryavtseva]]. At Wimbledon, she became the oldest woman ever to reach the third round, losing to Serena Williams 2–6, 0–6.

She lost in the quarterfinals of Vancouver and in qualifying at Cincinnati. She lost in the first round of the [[2013 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] to [[Paula Ormaechea]]. She lost in the quarterfinals of Seoul to Francesca Schiavone after beating second seed (and then 19th ranked) Maria Kirilenko in the second round 6–3, 6–1. Her WTA 'Year-end ranking' was 54th, but finished the calendar year ranked 75th due to losses in qualifying and early rounds of Tokyo, Beijing, Osaka, Nanjing, and Taipei near the end of the year. This was the fifth consecutive calendar year she finished in the top 100 (and 11th overall).

===2014: Grand Slam doubles semifinal=== [[File:Kimiko Date-Krumm & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (15010846267).jpg|thumb|left|Date with [[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová|Barbora Strýcová]] in 2014]] In the round of 16 at [[2014 Brisbane International – Women's singles|Brisbane International]], Date pushed [[Dominika Cibulková]] (who would become a 2014 Australian Open finalist) to three sets. After qualifying and first-round losses at Sydney and the Australian Open, she lost in the quarterfinals of Pattaya City to [[Ekaterina Makarova]] in three sets. She lost in qualifying and early rounds of Acapulco, Indian Wells, and Miami. She made the semifinals of Monterrey losing to [[Jovana Jakšić]] in a close three-setter. She lost in early rounds of Kuala Lumpur, and Seoul. She then lost in the first round of the French Open to [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]. She made the quarterfinals of Birmingham losing to [[Casey Dellacqua]] 1–6, 0–6. She lost first round of Wimbledon to eventual quarterfinalist Ekaterina Makarova. She lost early in Stanford, Montréal, and Cincinnati. She lost in the first round of the US Open to Venus Williams, but made the semifinals of doubles with [[Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová]]. She retired from her second-round match in Hong Kong losing to Francesca Schiavone. She then lost first round in Tokyo to Victoria Azarenka. In October, she matched her then career-high doubles ranking of 33. She would go on to reach a new career high of 28 in doubles early the following year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/40130/kimiko-date|title=Kimiko Date | Player Stats & More |website=Wtatennis.com|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

===2016=== Date played just one match in 2016, at the [[2016 Australian Open – Women's singles|Australian Open]], where she lost in qualifying to [[Amandine Hesse]]. Shortly after the tournament, she announced that she would be undergoing surgery on her left knee, after an [[MRI scan]] revealed that a crack in the knee had become a rupture. It was also reported that her [[meniscus (anatomy)|meniscus]] was badly worn out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ubitennis.net/blog/2016/02/22/injury-forces-kimiko-date-krumm-to-the-brink-of-retirement/|title = Injury Forces Kimiko Date-Krumm to the Brink of Retirement|website=Ubitennis.net|date = 22 February 2016}}</ref>

===2017=== Date rejected the assumption that she would retire after her injury,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/at-46-kimiko-date-is-returning-to-the-pro-tour-following-knee-surgery|title=At 46, Kimiko Date is returning to the pro tour following knee surgery|website=Tennis.com|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> stating "I didn't want to just quit because I was hurt. I used it as motivation." At 46 years of age, Date played her first match in over a year at the [[Kangaroo Cup]]. Awarded a wildcard entry into the main draw, she lost to eventual runner-up [[Zhu Lin (tennis)|Zhu Lin]] 2–6, 2–6. She then won three qualifying matches for a tournament in [[Changwon]], but lost in the first round to [[Park So-hyun (tennis)|Park So-hyun]]. Her next match was not until several months later, in July, at the [[Stockton Challenger]]; she was again defeated in the first round, losing 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 to [[Usue Maitane Arconada]].

Date announced that she would retire after the [[2017 Japan Women's Open|Japan Women's Open]], saying that she had been troubled with ongoing knee and shoulder pain. In the first round, she was defeated 6–0, 6–0 by [[Aleksandra Krunić]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kimiko Date's career ends with 6-0, 6-0 loss to Krunić in Tokyo|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/09/date-retires-after-straight-sets-loss-in-japan-womens-open/69358/|website=Tennis.com|access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref>

==Playing style== Date played with short backswings on both forehand and backhand sides. Date's playstyle is representative of those that dominated during her first career in the 1990s using less topspin in favour of a flatter shot. She is considered to possess the most notable "pancake" forehand in the women's game, with one of the lowest average spin RPM ever. She relies on her opponent's power to hit sharp angles and catch her opponents off-guard.

Since her comeback, Date played the best on grass, and her style was once described as "all stealthy, neat athleticism".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/match_reports/2011-06-20/201106201308570153876.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 June 2011 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128105815/https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/match_reports/2011-06-20/201106201308570153876.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life== Date was born in Kyoto, Japan. Her father was Juichi (died in 2007) and her mother is Masako. She has two siblings: Ryusuke and Junko.<ref name="WTA">{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/1860/title/kimiko-date-krumm |work=wtatennis.com |title=Players |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]] |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212201156/http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/1860/title/kimiko-date-krumm |archive-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Date first played tennis at the age of six.<ref name="WTA" /> She is left-handed, but was trained to play right-handed to follow Japanese custom.<ref name="WTA" /> She was the tennis champion at {{ill|Sonoda Gakuen Junior High School & Senior High School|ja|園田学園中学校・高等学校}}, where she graduated in 1989.

In December 2001, she married German auto racing driver [[Michael Krumm]], they divorced in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/09/kimiko-date-annouces-divorce-german-racer-michael-krumm/61405/|title=Ahead of comeback, ageless Kimiko Date-Krumm files for divorce after 16 years of marriage|author= Kamakshi Tandon|website=Tennis.com | date=27 September 2016 }}</ref> On 28 September 2022—her 52nd birthday—she announced that she had married her partner of five years in January of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20220928-OHT1T51021.html?page=1|title=伊達公子さん、１月に再婚していた「５０代の今、楽しい時間を２人で積み重ねたい」５年交際|website=Sports Hochi|date=28 September 2022 }}</ref>

She previously owned and ran a German bakery in [[Ebisu, Shibuya]], named Frau Krumm.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernon |first=Matthew |date=22 June 2019 |title=Frau Krumm: Redefining German bread in Tokyo |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/06/22/food/frau-krumm-redefining-german-bread-tokyo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623134932/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/06/22/food/frau-krumm-redefining-german-bread-tokyo/#.XQ-Dc0DP32c |archive-date=23 June 2019 |access-date=28 September 2025 |website=[[The Japan Times]]}}</ref> However, it has since been permanently closed.

In October 2017, she was included on the [[BBC]]'s annual [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]] list.<ref name=100women>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-41380265 |title=BBC 100 Women 2017: Who is on the list this year?|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=1 November 2017|access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{Main|Kimiko Date career statistics}}

===Grand Slam performance timelines=== {{performance key|active=no}}

====Singles==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; ! Tournament !! [[1989 WTA Tour|1989]] !! [[1990 WTA Tour|1990]] !! [[1991 WTA Tour|1991]] !! [[1992 WTA Tour|1992]] !! [[1993 WTA Tour|1993]] !! [[1994 WTA Tour|1994]] !! [[1995 WTA Tour|1995]] !! [[1996 WTA Tour|1996]] !! ... !! [[2009 WTA Tour|2009]] !! [[2010 WTA Tour|2010]] !! [[2011 WTA Tour|2011]] !! [[2012 WTA Tour|2012]] !! [[2013 WTA Tour|2013]] !! [[2014 WTA Tour|2014]] !! [[2015 WTA Tour|2015]] !! [[2016 WTA Tour|2016]] !! SR !! W–L |- | align="left" | [[Australian Open]] | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1990 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 3|4R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1991 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 1|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1992 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 1|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1993 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 4|2R]] | bgcolor="yellow" | [[1994 Australian Open – Women's singles#Finals|SF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1995 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 2|3R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1996 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 5|2R]] | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2009 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 3|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2010 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 2|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2011 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 5|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 Australian Open – Women's singles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 Australian Open – Women's singles#Section 4|3R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 Australian Open – Women's singles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2015 Australian Open – Women's singles|1R]] | [[2016 Australian Open – Women's singles|Q1]] | 0 / 14 | 16–14 |- | align="left" | [[French Open]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1989 French Open – Women's singles#Section 2|2R]] | A | [[1991 French Open – Women's singles|Q2]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1992 French Open – Women's singles#Section 6|4R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1993 French Open – Women's singles#Section 8|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1994 French Open – Women's singles#Section 4|1R]] | bgcolor="yellow" | [[1995 French Open – Women's singles#Finals|SF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1996 French Open – Women's singles#Section 4|4R]] | | [[2009 French Open – Women's singles qualifying|Q1]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2010 French Open – Women's singles#Section 4|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2011 French Open – Women's singles#Section 1|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 French Open – Women's singles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 French Open – Women's singles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 French Open – Women's singles|1R]] | [[2015 French Open – Women's singles qualifying|Q1]] | A | 0 / 11 | 14–11 |- | align="left" | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Section 4|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Section 7|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Section 8|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Section 1|2R]] | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Section 2|3R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Finals|QF]] | bgcolor="yellow" | [[1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Finals|SF]] | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Section 2|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles#Section 4|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|3R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1R]] | [[2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|Q1]] | A | 0 / 13 | 16–13 |- | align="left" | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1989 US Open – Women's singles#Section 6|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1990 US Open – Women's singles#Section 7|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1991 US Open – Women's singles#Section 7|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1992 US Open – Women's singles#Section 2|2R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[1993 US Open – Women's singles#Finals|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[1994 US Open – Women's singles#Finals|QF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1995 US Open – Women's singles#Section 5|4R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1996 US Open – Women's singles#Section 7|1R]] | | [[2009 US Open – Women's singles qualifying|Q2]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2010 US Open – Women's singles#Section 2|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2011 US Open – Women's singles#Section 2|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 US Open – Women's singles#Section 5|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 US Open – Women's singles#Section 3|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 US Open – Women's singles#Section 8|1R]] | [[2015 US Open – Women's singles|Q1]] | A | 0 / 13 | 14–13 |-style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold | style="text-align:left" | Win–loss | 1–3 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 11–4 | 14–4 | 9–4 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 51 | 60–51 |}

====Doubles==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; ! Tournament !! [[1990 WTA Tour|1990]] !! [[1991 WTA Tour|1991]] !! [[1992 WTA Tour|1992]] !! [[1993 WTA Tour|1993]] !! ... !! [[2010 WTA Tour|2010]] !! [[2011 WTA Tour|2011]] !! [[2012 WTA Tour|2012]] !! [[2013 WTA Tour|2013]] !! [[2014 WTA Tour|2014]] !! [[2015 WTA Tour|2015]] !! SR !! W–L |- | align="left" | [[Australian Open]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1990 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | A | bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[1992 Australian Open – Women's doubles|QF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1993 Australian Open – Women's doubles|3R]] | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2010 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2011 Australian Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 Australian Open – Women's doubles|3R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2015 Australian Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | 0 / 9 | 8–9 |- | align="left" | [[French Open]] | A | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1992 French Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1993 French Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2011 French Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 French Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 French Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 French Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2015 French Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | 0 / 7 | 5–7 |- | align="left" | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|1R]] | A | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|3R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|2R]] | 0 / 8 | 5–8 |- | align="left" | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1991 US Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1992 US Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[1993 US Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2010 US Open – Women's doubles|2R]] | A | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2012 US Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 US Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | bgcolor="yellow" | [[2014 US Open – Women's doubles|SF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2015 US Open – Women's doubles|1R]] | 0 / 8 | 6–8 |-style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold | style="text-align:left" |Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 0 / 32 | 24–32 |}

==Video games== * ''Date Kimiko no Virtual Tennis'' (1994, [[Super Famicom]])

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Kimiko Date}} * {{Official website|https://kimiko-date.thetennisdaily.jp}} * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}}

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