Kumiko Iijima
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Born (1982-10-22) 22 October 1982
Gunma, Japan
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money$191,314
Singles
Career record234–243 (49.1%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 182 (9 May 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2008, 2009, 2011)
French OpenQ1 (2008, 2011)
WimbledonQ3 (2008)
US OpenQ1 (2007, 2008, 2011)
Doubles
Career record225–149 (60.2%)
Career titles20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (9 July 2007)

Kumiko Iijima (飯島 久美子, Iijima Kumiko, born 22 October 1982) is a Japanese former tennis player.

She played on the ITF Women's Circuit where she won four singles and 20 doubles titles. In May 2011, Iijima reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 182. On 9 July 2007, she peaked at No. 151 in the WTA doubles rankings. She was coached by Kimiyo Hatanaka.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 21 November 1999 Haibara, Japan Carpet South Korea Choi Young-ja 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 3 June 2007 Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Natsumi Hamamura 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner 3. 23 September 2007 Tsukuba, Japan Hard United States Anne Yelsey 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 14 October 2007 Beijing, China Hard China Zhou Yimiao 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 3 June 2008 Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Tomoko Yonemura 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 14 September 2008 Noto, Japan Carpet Thailand Suchanun Viratprasert 4–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 25 September 2010 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Japan Shiho Akita 6–1, 6–2
Winner 8. 3 October 2010 Hamanako, Japan Carpet Japan Erika Sema 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 9. 11 December 2010 Bangalore, India Hard Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 10. 1 April 2012 Nishitama, Japan Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura 1–1 ret.

Doubles: 36 (20–16)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 26 September 1999 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Maki Arai China Li Na
China Li Ting
2–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 21 November 1999 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Japan Maki Arai South Korea Choi Young-ja
South Korea Kim Eun-sook
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 3. 10 July 2000 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Japan Kaori Aoyama Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina
Belgium Caroline Maes
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 20 November 2000 ITF Kofu, Japan Carpet Japan Maki Arai Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Keiko Taguchi
5–3, 1–4, 4–5, 1–4
Winner 5. 8 July 2001 ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan Hard Japan Maki Arai MalaysiaKhoo Chin-bee
Chinese TaipeiWeng Tzu-ting
w/o
Runner-up 6. 18 November 2001 ITF Haibara, Japan Carpet Japan Satoko Kurioka Japan Keiko Ishida
Japan Tomoko Taira
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 21 April 2002 ITF Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Mari Inoue Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
0–6, 1–6
Winner 8. 25 May 2003 ITF Gunma, Japan Grass Thailand Suchanun Viratprasert Japan Aiko Nakamura
Japan Maki Arai
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 9. 2 May 2004 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Japan Mari Inoue Indonesia Septi Mende
Indonesia Wukirasih Sawondari
2–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 31 October 2004 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Junri Namigata Japan Maki Arai
Japan Akiko Yonemura
6–3, 6–1
Winner 11. 13 February 2005 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Japan Maki Arai Australia Lisa d'Amelio
Australia Christina Horiatopoulos
6–3, 7–6
Winner 12. 17 July 2005 ITF Hamilton, Canada Clay Japan Junri Namigata United States Lauren Barnikow
Australia Lauren Breadmore
6–7(4), 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 13. 31 July 2005 Lexington Challenger, U.S. Hard Japan Junri Namigata Puerto Rico Vilmarie Castellvi
United States Samantha Reeves
2–6, 1–6
Winner 14. 6 November 2005 ITF Sutama, Japan Clay Japan Maki Arai Japan Tomoko Dokei
Japan Yukiko Yabe
6–1, 6–2
Winner 15. 28 May 2006 ITF Nagano, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata Japan Remi Tezuka
Japan Tomoko Yonemura
6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner 16. 16 July 2006 ITF Miyazaki, Japan Carpet Japan Maki Arai Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Ayami Takase
6–2, 6–3
Winner 17. 6 August 2006 ITF Tokachi, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata Japan Shiho Hisamatsu
Japan Remi Tezuka
7–5, 6–4
Winner 18. 23 September 2006 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard Japan Junri Namigata Japan Natsumi Hamamura
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
6–7(4), 6–3, 6–2
Winner 19. 22 October 2006 ITF Makinohara, Japan Carpet Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Japan Keiko Taguchi
Japan Kim Hea-mi
6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Runner-up 20. 9 April 2007 ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Japan Seiko Okamoto China Han Xinyun
China Hao Jie
2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up 21. 6 May 2007 ITF Gifu, Japan Carpet Japan Seiko Okamoto Japan Ayumi Morita
Japan Ai Sugiyama
1–6, 6–3, 0–6
Winner 22. 3 June 2007 ITF Gunma, Japan Carpet Japan Akiko Yonemura Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
South Korea Yoo Mi
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 23. 8 June 2007 ITF Changsha, China Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei China Huang Lei
China Xu Yifan
3–6, 4–6
Winner 24. 7 July 2007 ITF Obihiro, Japan Carpet Japan Junri Namigata Japan Ayumi Morita
Japan Akiko Yonemura
7–6(3), 6–0
Runner-up 25. 13 September 2007 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura Japan Junri Namigata
Japan Rika Fujiwara
6–3, 6–7(4), [5–10]
Winner 26. 30 May 2010 ITF Kusatsu, Japan Carpet Japan Tomoko Yonemura Japan Maya Kato
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
6–7(5), 6–4, [10–8]
Runner–up 27. 29 August 2010 ITF Saitama, Japan Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura Japan Akari Inoue
Japan Kotomi Takahata
3–6, 3–6
Winner 28. 5 September 2010 ITF Tsukuba, Japan Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
4–6, 7–6(6), [10–7]
Winner 29. 19 September 2010 ITF Darwin, Australia Hard Japan Yurika Sema Australia Alenka Hubacek
Australia Tammi Patterson
6–4, 6–1
Winner 30. 28 September 2010 ITF Hamanako, Japan Clay Japan Erika Sema Chinese Taipei Kao Shao-yuan
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 31. 12 December 2010 ITF Bangalore, India Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Yi Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up 32. 25 February 2011 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass Japan Rika Fujiwara Australia Casey Dellacqua
Australia Olivia Rogowska
6–4, 6–7(6), [4–10]
Runner-up 33. 4 March 2011 ITF Sydney, Australia Hard Japan Rika Fujiwara Australia Casey Dellacqua
Australia Olivia Rogowska
6–3, 6–7(3) [4–10]
Winner 34. 21 May 2012 ITF Karuizawa, Japan Grass Chinese Taipei Hsieh Shu-ying United Kingdom Samantha Murray
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
3–6, 7–6, 10–1
Winner 35. 9 September 2012 ITF Noto, Japan Grass Japan Akiko Yonemura Japan Miki Miyamura
Japan Mari Tanaka
6–1, 4–6 [10–5]
Runner–up 36. 23 June 2013 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Akiko Yonemura Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Japan Yuka Mori
4–6, 3–6
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