Nana Miyagi

Nana Smith Rogers, previously Nana Miyagi (宮城ナナ, April 10, 1971 –) is a Japanese American tennis player, born in Seattle, Washington. She plays right-handed, and hits both forehand and backhand double-handed. She turned pro in March, 1988, and retired in 2006. She played for Japan, where she spent much of her childhood, and used her mother's surname, Miyagi, for the entirety of her career.

Career

Miyagi played at all the grand slams in both singles and doubles – the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. She scored her first and only 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 titles on the ITF circuit. She never won a title on the main tour but reached the final in Surabaya in 1996

She had an arguably more successful doubles career, reaching a career-high ranking of 12 in 1997, winning 10 tour-level titles and an additional 31 on the ITF circuit. Also, she reached the semi-finals 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.

Personal life

Nana Miyagi Smith married James Rogers, great-grandson of actor and comedian Will Rogers, at the Will Rogers State Park in 2007. They currently live in San Diego. She also has a successful website making her own line of jewelry and has items in a few boutiques around the country.

Earnings

Smith amassed over one million dollars in prize money.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0
Olympic Games	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 October 1996	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Shi-Ting Wang	4–6, 0–6

Doubles 21 (10–11)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	4
Tier IV & V	6
Olympic Games	0

Titles by Surface
Hard	10
Clay	0
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 April 1989	Taipei	Hard	Cecilia Dahlman	Maria Lindström Heather Ludloff	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	25 August 1990	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Alysia May	Linda Ferrando Wiltrud Probst	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	3.	21 April 1991	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Suzanna Anggarkusuma	Rika Hiraki Akemi Nishiya	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	27 September 1992	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Mary Joe Fernandez Robin White	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	3 October 1993	Sapporo, Japan	Hard	Tessa Price	Yone Kamio Naoko Kijimuta	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	10 October 1993	Taipei	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Jo-Anne Faull Kristine Kunce	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	10 April 1994	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Mami Donoshiro Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	17 April 1994	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	8 October 1995	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Stephanie Reece	Petra Kamstra Tina Križan	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	19 November 1995	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Kristin Godridge	Jill Hetherington Kristine Kunce	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	3 November 1996	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Carpet	Angela Lettiere	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	12.	24 November 1996	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Tina Križan	Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida	2–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	5 January 1997	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Ruxandra Dragomir Silvia Farina	7–6, 6–1
Winner	14.	12 January 1997	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Barbara Rittner Dominique Van Roost	6–3, 6–1
Winner	15.	23 February 1997	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Tami Whitlinger-Jones	6–4, 6–1
Winner	16.	10 January 1998	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6, 6–4
Winner	17.	19 April 1998	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	8 October 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	0–6, 2–6
Winner	19.	6 October 2002	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	30 March 2003	Miami, Florida, USA	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	21.	6 April 2003	Sarasota, Florida, USA	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova	6–7(8), 3–6

References

• http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1971/april_10_1971_140408.html
• http://www.usatoday.com/sports/other/sotnfo00.htm
• Nana Miyagi at the Women's Tennis Association