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Japanese pair Morita-Fujiwara at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and compatriot Rika Fujiwara (R) play against Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan and Sloane Stephens of the United States in the first round of the women's doubles at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2012. The Japanese pair won the match 7-6(7-4), 6-4.

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Aoyama-Fujiwara pair loses to Italian pair

LONDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (2nd from L) and Rika Fujiwara (R), both from Japan, congratulate an opponent after their loss in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 25, 2011. Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci beat the Japanese pair 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

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Aoyama-Fujiwara pair at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (front) and Rika Fujiwara (back), both from Japan, play against Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011.

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Krumm, Morita in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Kimiko Date Krumm (L) and Ayumi Morita play against Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8.

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Aoyama, Fujiwara in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Shuko Aoyama (R) and Rika Fujiwara play against Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8.

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Date beats Fujiwara, advances to Kangaroo Cup 2nd round

NAGOYA, Japan - Kimiko Krumm Date signs autographs after her first-round, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over fifth seed Rika Fujiwara in the Kangaroo Cup International Ladies Open in Gifu on April 30. The former world No. 4 made a comeback in professional tennis after retiring in the prime of her career on the WTA Tour in 1996.

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Date gains spot at Kangaroo Cup after 3rd straight prelim win

GIFU, Japan - Kimiko Krumm Date (R) shakes hands with Kaori Onishi after beating her 6-3, 6-4 for her third straight win in the preliminaries of the Kangaroo Cup International Ladies Open in Gifu on April 29. Date will play Rika Fujiwara in the first round of the Kangaroo Cup on April 30 in her first comeback tournament after retiring in the prime of her career on the WTA Tour in 1996.

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Asagoe-Fujiwara pair wins 1st round of women's doubles

WIMBLEDON, England - Shinobu Asagoe (L) and Rika Fujiwara rejoice after defeating the Czech Republican duo of Olga Blahotova and Gabriela Navratilova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the women's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships on June 24.

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Fujiwara, Shimada eliminated from Wimbledon doubles

WIMBLEDON, England - The mixed doubles pair of Rika Fujiwara (R) and Thomas Shimada fell 6-2, 7-5 to Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia and were sent out of the Wimbledon Championships after the third round at the All England Club on July 3.

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Sugiyama, Fujiwara win in second round of women's doubles

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Ai Sugiyama (foreground) and Japanese partner Rika Fujiwara ease past Nathalie Dechy of France and Meilen Tu of the United States 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the women's doubles June 29 at Wimbledon, England.

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Sugiyama, Fujiwara advance to semifinal at French Open

PARIS, France - Japan's Ai Sugiyama (R) and Rika Fujiwara embrace June 6 after beating Petra Mandula of Hungary and Patricia Wartusch of Austria to advance to the semifinals of the women's doubles at the French Open at Roland Garros stadium.

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Date gains spot at Kangaroo Cup after 3rd straight prelim win

GIFU, Japan - Kimiko Krumm Date (R) shakes hands with Kaori Onishi after beating her 6-3, 6-4 for her third straight win in the preliminaries of the Kangaroo Cup International Ladies Open in Gifu on April 29. Date will play Rika Fujiwara in the first round of the Kangaroo Cup on April 30 in her first comeback tournament after retiring in the prime of her career on the WTA Tour in 1996. (Kyodo)

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Asagoe-Fujiwara pair wins 1st round of women's doubles

WIMBLEDON, England - Shinobu Asagoe (L) and Rika Fujiwara rejoice after defeating the Czech Republican duo of Olga Blahotova and Gabriela Navratilova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the women's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships on June 24. (Kyodo)

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Aoyama, Fujiwara in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Shuko Aoyama (R) and Rika Fujiwara play against Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8. (Kyodo)

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Krumm, Morita in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Kimiko Date Krumm (L) and Ayumi Morita play against Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8. (Kyodo)

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Aoyama-Fujiwara pair loses to Italian pair

LONDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (2nd from L) and Rika Fujiwara (R), both from Japan, congratulate an opponent after their loss in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 25, 2011. Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci beat the Japanese pair 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. (Kyodo)

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Aoyama-Fujiwara pair at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (front) and Rika Fujiwara (back), both from Japan, play against Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japanese pair Morita-Fujiwara at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and compatriot Rika Fujiwara (R) play against Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan and Sloane Stephens of the United States in the first round of the women's doubles at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2012. The Japanese pair won the match 7-6(7-4), 6-4. (Kyodo)

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Fujiwara, Shimada eliminated from Wimbledon doubles

WIMBLEDON, England - The mixed doubles pair of Rika Fujiwara (R) and Thomas Shimada fell 6-2, 7-5 to Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia and were sent out of the Wimbledon Championships after the third round at the All England Club on July 3.

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Sugiyama, Fujiwara advance to semifinal at French Open

PARIS, France - Japan's Ai Sugiyama (R) and Rika Fujiwara embrace June 6 after beating Petra Mandula of Hungary and Patricia Wartusch of Austria to advance to the semifinals of the women's doubles at the French Open at Roland Garros stadium.