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Born: 5/7/75
Nationality: Japanese
Seeded: 12
World ranking: 13
French Open best:
4th round (2003, 2000, 1995)
Recent record:
2003: 4th round
2002: 2nd round
2001: 1st round
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The 28-year-old continues to enjoy the best period of her career after making a dramatic leap up the rankings last year.
Two titles and wins over Lindsay Davenport and Kim Clijsters in 2003 saw her reach a new level after 10 years on the tour.
She started off 2004 as a top-10 player and immediately showed why with victory over Nadia Petrova in the final of the Gold Coast tournament in January.
However, life at the top has been something of a struggle since, with a first round defeat to Nathalie Dechy at the Australian Open a particular disappointment.
Reaching the semi-finals in Dubai in February just about kept Sugiyama's ranking up but she has failed to win two successive matches since.
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