Nana Smith

Nana Smith
Country (sports)	Japan ; United States
Residence	San Diego, California, U.S.
Born	10 April 1971; Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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
Representing Japan
Asian Games

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 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)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 October 1996	Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Surabaya	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 21 (10–11)

Legend
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	4
Tier IV & V	6

Finals by surface
Hard	10–9
Clay	0–1
Grass	0–0
Carpet	0–1

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Nana Smith at the Women's Tennis Association
Nana Smith at the International Tennis Federation

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