the Sony Ericsson open she lost her opening matches in singles and doubles, being beaten in the second round in singles after receiving a bye. Her loss in the doubles event with Hantuchová dropped her doubles ranking to No. 5. Sugiyama lost four consecutive singles matches in Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, and Madrid. However alongside Hantuchová, Sugiyama made the finals at the Rome Masters where they lost to the No. 7 seeds, Hsieh Su-wei and Peng. They reached the quarterfinals at the Madrid Masters where they lost to Stosur and Stubbs, whom she and Akgul Amanmuradova beat in the finals at Eastbourne, her 38th doubles title. On June 22, she extended her record of consecutive Grand Slam appearances to 61 at Wimbledon, defeating the seeded Patty Schnyder in straight sets to break her eleven match losing streak. She lost in the third round to Hantuchová. In Stanford she lost to Sharapova in three sets, saving two match points in the second set. She then lost in the second round in Los Angeles to Radwańska. Sugiyama retired at the end of the 2009 tennis season after the Pan Pacific Open, held in her native country, Japan. A special ceremony for her was held at center court before the tournament. Ai planned a few months at home before concentrating on teaching youngsters at her tennis academy in Japan. Major finals Grand Slam tournaments Women's doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) Mixed doubles Olympic Games Doubles: 1 bronze final Year-end championships Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) WTA career finals Singles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups) Doubles: 71 (38 titles, 33 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (4–1) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles Mixed doubles WTA Tour career earnings References External links French Open champions Japanese female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Japan Sportspeople from Yokohama Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics US Open (tennis) champions Wimbledon champions 1975 births Living people Asian Games medalists in tennis Hopman Cup competitors Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players ITF World Champions