Nana Smith
Country (sports) | Japan United States | ||||||||||||||
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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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Nana Smith (born Nana Miyagi on 10 April 1971) is an American tennis player who played for Japan. She is a former top-15 player in doubles.
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 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 singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She never won a singles title on the WTA Tour but reached the final in Surabaya in 1996.
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 | Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Surabaya | Hard | Wang Shi-ting | 4–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 21 (10–11)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 30 April 1989 | Taipei Women's Championship | Hard | Cecilia Dahlman | Maria Lindström Heather Ludloff |
6–4, 5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 25 August 1990 | Schenectady Open | Hard | Alysia May | Linda Ferrando Wiltrud Probst |
6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 21 April 1991 | Pattaya Women's Open | Hard | Suzanna Anggarkusuma | Rika Hiraki Akemi Nishiya |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 27 September 1992 | Nichirei International Championships, Tokyo | Hard | Yayuk Basuki | Mary Joe Fernandez Robin White |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 3 October 1993 | WTA Sapporo | Hard | Tessa Price | Yone Kamio Naoko Kijimuta |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 10 October 1993 | Taipei Women's Championship | Hard | Yayuk Basuki | Jo-Anne Faull Kristine Kunce |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 10 April 1994 | Japan Open, Tokyo | Hard | Yayuk Basuki | Mami Donoshiro Ai Sugiyama |
4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 17 April 1994 | Pattaya Women's Open | Hard | Yayuk Basuki | Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath |
6–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 8 October 1995 | Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Surabaya | Hard | Stephanie Reece | Petra Kamstra Tina Križan |
6–2, 4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 19 November 1995 | PTT Pattaya Open | Hard | Kristin Godridge | Jill Hetherington Kristine Kunce |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 3 November 1996 | Ameritech Cup, Chicago | Carpet | Angela Lettiere | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 24 November 1996 | PTT Pattaya Open | Hard | Tina Križan | Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida |
2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 13. | 5 January 1997 | Gold Coast Classic | Hard | Naoko Kijimuta | Ruxandra Dragomir Silvia Farina |
7–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 14. | 12 January 1997 | Moorilla Hobart International | Hard | Naoko Kijimuta | Barbara Rittner Dominique Van Roost |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 15. | 23 February 1997 | Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma City | Hard | Rika Hiraki | Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Tami Whitlinger-Jones |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 16. | 10 January 1998 | Auckland Open | Hard | Tamarine Tanasugarn | Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová |
7–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 17. | 19 April 1998 | Japan Open, Tokyo | Hard | Naoko Kijimuta | Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 18. | 8 October 2000 | Toyota Princess Cup, Tokyo | Hard | Paola Suárez | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama |
0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 19. | 6 October 2002 | Japan Open, Tokyo | Hard | Shinobu Asagoe | Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 20. | 30 March 2003 | NASDAQ-100 Open, Miami | Hard | Shinobu Asagoe | Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva |
4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 21. | 6 April 2003 | Sarasota Clay Court Classic | Clay | Shinobu Asagoe | Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova |
6–7(8–10), 3–6 |
External links
- 1971 births
- Japanese female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Okinawa Prefecture
- Sportspeople from Seattle
- Sportspeople from San Diego
- Living people
- Tennis people from Washington (state)
- Japanese-American tennis players
- American women of Japanese descent
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Japan
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games