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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 28 September 2015, she peaked at world number 145 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Japan at the Fed Cup, Nara has a win-loss record of 6-5.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kurumi Nara Profile )〕 ==Junior career== 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. Nara also enjoyed success in singles. In 2007, she became the first Japanese woman to win the Osaka Mayor's Cup since Ryōko Fuda in 2002. Also that year, she made her second appearance, again by sponsor recommendation, in the All Japan Tennis Championships. In the second round, she defeated defending champion and 5th seed Erika Takao in straight sets, in the third round, she toppled 11th seed Tomoko Yonemura in three sets, and in the quarterfinals she lost to Junri Namigata. Nara teamed again with Misaki Doi in doubles, reaching the second round in her tournament doubles debut. The next year, Nara partnered with Kimiko Date-Krumm to win the Kangaroo Cup in Gifu and the title in the open tournament at Hamanako. Nara reached the third round of the 2008 US Open Girls' Singles tournament, where she lost to Kristina Mladenovic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurumi Nara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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