Nana Smith
Nana Smith (born Nana Miyagi on 10 April 1971) is a tennis player who played for Japan. She is a former top-15 player in doubles.
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Residence | San Diego, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | 10 April 1971||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||
Turned pro | 1 March 1988 | ||||||||||
Retired | 21 March 2006 | ||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) | ||||||||||
Prize money | $1,234,067 | ||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||
Career record | 273–265 | ||||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 51 (27 February 1995) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (1990, 1991, 1996, 1998) | ||||||||||
French Open | 2R (1990) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (1994, 1998) | ||||||||||
US Open | 2R (1997) | ||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||
Career record | 452–288 | ||||||||||
Career titles | 10 WTA, 31 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 12 (26 May 1997) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | QF (1997, 1998, 2000) | ||||||||||
French Open | 3R (1997) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (1994, 1997, 1998) | ||||||||||
US Open | SF (1993) | ||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||
Fed Cup | 10–6 | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Miyagi played at all the grand slam tournaments in both singles and doubles – the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. She scored her first top-10 win in singles in 1994, over then world No. 8 Lindsay Davenport, and also scored wins over many top-20 ranked players, including Martina Hingis. Her highest ranking in singles was 51, which she reached in February 1995. She won four singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She had a more successful doubles career, reaching a career-high ranking of 12 in 1997, winning 10 WTA titles and an additional 31 ITF titles. Also, she reached the semifinals of the 1993 US Open with Yayuk Basuki, and scored a notable win over Serena and Venus Williams at the 1998 Australian Open, with Naoko Kijimuta.
Nana also won two medals at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. She won gold in mixed-doubles with Satoshi Iwabuchi and bronze in women's doubles with Rika Hiraki.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
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Tier IV & V |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 13 October 1996 | Surabaya, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 22 (10–12)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 30 April 1989 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 25 August 1990 | Schenectady, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 21 April 1991 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 27 September 1992 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 3 October 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 10 October 1993 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 10 April 1994 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 17 April 1994 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 8 October 1995 | Surabaya, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 19 November 1995 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 3 November 1996 | Chicago, United States | Carpet | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 24 November 1996 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 13. | 5 January 1997 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 14. | 12 January 1997 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 15. | 23 February 1997 | Oklahoma City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 16. | 19 May 1997 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 17. | 10 January 1998 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 18. | 19 April 1998 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 19. | 8 October 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 20. | 6 October 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 21. | 30 March 2003 | Miami, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 22. | 6 April 2003 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(8), 3–6 |
ITF Finals
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (4-7)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 7 August 1988 | Roanoke, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6-4, 1-6, 1-6 |
Winner | 2. | 21 August 1988 | Chatham, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6-0, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 3. | 26 September 1986 | Detroit, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 2 August 1992 | Williamsburg, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2-6, 6-0, 3-6 |
Winner | 5. | 16 August 1992 | Virginia Beach, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 5 November 1995 | Saga, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
3-6, 6-4, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 2 November 1997 | Austin, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 4 April 1999 | Clermont, United States | Hard | ![]() |
7-5, 4-6, 1-6 |
Winner | 9. | 31 October 1999 | Austin, United States | Hard | ![]() |
4-6, 6-2, 3-1 ret. |
Winner | 10. | 17 June 2001 | MT. Pleasant, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6-4, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 11. | 14 October 2001 | Saga, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Doubles (31–15)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 9 October 1988 | Corpus Christi, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 25 October 1993 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 3. | 11 August 1996 | Austin, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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5-7, 7-5, 6-2 |
Winner | 4. | 10 February 1997 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 4 August 1997 | Salt Lake City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 5 October 1997 | Santa Clara, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6-7, 6-7 |
Winner | 7. | 26 October 1997 | Houston, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6-0, 3-6, 6-2 |
Winner | 8. | 5 October 1998 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 6–2 |
Winner | 9. | 25 October 1998 | Houston, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 4 April 1999 | Claremont, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6-2, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 11. | 2 May 1999 | Gifu, Japan | Carpet | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Winner | 12. | 25 July 1999 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4, 6-1 |
Winner | 13. | 21 August 1999 | The Bronx, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 14. | 26 September 1999 | Kirkland, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6-3, 6-1 |
Winner | 15. | 3 October 1999 | Santa Clara, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4, 6-4 |
Winner | 16. | 10 October 1999 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 17. | 17 October 1999 | Largo, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 18. | 19 August 2000 | The Bronx, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 19. | 23 October 2000 | Dallas, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 20. | 30 October 2000 | Hayward, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–2, 4–2 |
Winner | 21. | 6 November 2000 | Pittsburgh, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 22. | 19 November 2000 | Naples, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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5–3, 2–4, 2–4, 5–3, 4–1 |
Runner-up | 23. | 8 April 2001 | West Palm Beach, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 24. | 13 May 2001 | Fukuoka, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 7–6(3) |
Winner | 25. | 15 July 2001 | College Park, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 26. | 22 July 2001 | Mahwah, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 27. | 5 August 2001 | Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 28. | 30 September 2001 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Winner | 29. | 14 October 2001 | Saga, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
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6-0, 6-1 |
Winner | 30. | 28 October 2001 | Dallas, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(4), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 31. | 12 November 2001 | Hattiesburg, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3-6, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 32. | 26 November 2002 | Minneapolis, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 6–7(3) |
Winner | 33. | 14 April 2002 | Naples, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 34. | 21 July 2002 | Oyster Bay, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 35. | 28 July 2002 | Louisville, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–1, 7–5 |
Winner | 36. | 3 August 2002 | Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(2), 6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 37. | 18 August 2002 | Bronx, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 38. | 27 October 2002 | Frisco, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 39. | 10 November 2002 | Pittsburgh, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 40. | 17 November 2002 | Eugene, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 41. | 27 April 2003 | Gifu, Japan | Grass | ![]() |
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6-1, 5-7, 3-6 |
Winner | 42. | 6 May 2003 | Fukuoka, Japan | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 43. | 8 June 2003 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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7-6, 3-6, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 44. | 4 July 2004 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 45. | 24 October 2004 | Cary, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 46. | 30 November 2004 | Palm Beach Gardens, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |