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Nana Smith
Singles
Country (sports)	Japan United States
Residence	San Diego, California, U.S.
Born	(1971-04-10) 10 April 1971 (age 50) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1 March 1988
Retired	21 March 2006
Plays	Right (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$1,234,067
Career record	273–265 (50.7%)
Career titles	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 (61.1%)
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 (62.5%)
Medal record Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Mixed Doubles 1998 Bangkok Women's Doubles

Nana Smith (born Nana Miyagi on 10 April 1971) is an American-born tennis player who played for Japan.

Career[edit]

Miyagi, a former top-15 player in doubles, 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 is 51, which she reached in February 1995. She won four singles titles on the ITF 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[edit]

Singles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	13 October 1996	Surabaya Classic, Indonesia	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	30 April 1989	Taipei Championship, Taiwan	Hard	Cecilia Dahlman	Maria Lindström Heather Ludloff	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Win	2.	25 August 1990	Schenectady Open, United States	Hard	Alysia May	Linda Ferrando Wiltrud Probst	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Win	3.	21 April 1991	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Suzanna Anggarkusuma	Rika Hiraki Akemi Nishiya	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4.	27 September 1992	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Mary Joe Fernandez Robin White	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	3 October 1993	Sapporo Open, Tokyo	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Yone Kamio Naoko Kijimuta	6–4, 6–2
Win	6.	10 October 1993	Taipei Championship, Taiwan	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Jo-Anne Faull Kristine Kunce	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7.	10 April 1994	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Mami Donoshiro Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 1–6
Loss	8.	17 April 1994	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	9.	8 October 1995	Surabaya Classic, Indonesia	Hard	Stephanie Reece	Petra Kamstra Tina Križan	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	10.	19 November 1995	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Kristin Godridge	Jill Hetherington Kristine Kunce	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	3 November 1996	Ameritech Cup Chicago, United States	Carpet (i)	Angela Lettiere	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 1–6
Loss	12.	24 November 1996	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Tina Križan	Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida	2–6, 3–6
Win	13.	5 January 1997	Gold Coast Classic, Australia	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Ruxandra Dragomir Silvia Farina	7–6, 6–1
Win	14.	12 January 1997	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Barbara Rittner Dominique Van Roost	6–3, 6–1
Win	15.	23 February 1997	National Indoors, United States	Hard (i)	Rika Hiraki	Marianne Werdel Tami Whitlinger	6–4, 6–1
Loss	16.	19 May 1997	World Doubles Cup, United Kingdom	Clay	Rachel McQuillan	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	17.	10 January 1998	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6, 6–4
Win	18.	19 April 1998	Japan Open, Tokyo	Hard	Naoko Kijimuta	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	19.	8 October 2000	Toyota Princess Cup, Japan	Hard	Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	0–6, 2–6
Win	20.	6 October 2002	Japan Open, Tokyo	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	21.	30 March 2003	Miami Open, United States	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	22.	6 April 2003	Sarasota Classic, United States	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe	Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova	6–7⁽⁸⁾, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (4-7)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 August 1988	ITF Roanoke, United States	Hard	Sandra Birch	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	21 August 1988	ITF Chatham, United States	Hard	Eleni Rossides	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	26 September 1986	ITF Detroit, United States	Hard	Patricia Hy-Boulais	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	2 August 1992	ITF Williamsburg, United States	Hard	Stephanie Rehe	2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Winner	5.	16 August 1992	ITF Virginia Beach, United States	Hard	Nicole Arendt	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	5 November 1995	ITF Saga, Japan	Grass	Kirrily Sharpe	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	2 November 1997	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	4 April 1999	ITF Clermont, United States	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	31 October 1999	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	4–6, 6–2, 3–1 ret.
Winner	10.	17 June 2001	ITF Mt. Pleasant, United States	Hard	Megan Bradley	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	14 October 2001	ITF Saga, Japan	Grass	Akiko Morigami	4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 46 (31–15)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 October 1988	ITF Corpus Christi, United States	Hard	Vincenza Procacci	Eleni Rossides Shaun Stafford	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	2.	25 October 1993	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Ei Iida	Robyn Mawdsley Julie Pullin	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	11 August 1996	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Laxmi Poruri	Audra Keller Tracey Morton-Rodgers	5-7, 7-5, 6-2
Winner	4.	10 February 1997	ITF Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Angela Lettiere	Janet Lee Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	4 August 1997	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Debbie Graham Mariaan de Swardt	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	5 October 1997	ITF Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Lisa McShea Nannie de Villiers	6-7, 6-7
Winner	7.	26 October 1997	ITF Houston, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen Kristine Kunce	6-0, 3-6, 6-2
Winner	8.	5 October 1998	Albuquerque Championships, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Erika deLone Nicole Pratt	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Winner	9.	25 October 1998	Houston, United States	Hard	Miho Saeki	Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	10.	4 April 1999	Claremont, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Rika Hiraki Nannie de Villiers	6-2, 6-3
Runner-up	11.	2 May 1999	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Shiho Hisamatsu	Chae Kyung-yee Cho Yoon-jeong	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	12.	25 July 1999	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Annabel Ellwood Bryanne Stewart	6-4, 6-1
Winner	13.	21 August 1999	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Surina De Beer	Seda Noorlander Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 6–0, 6–3
Winner	14.	26 September 1999	Kirkland, United States	Hard	Debbie Graham	Rachel McQuillan Kristine Kunce	6-3, 6-1
Winner	15.	3 October 1999	Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Debbie Graham	Nannie de Villiers Nicole Pratt	6-4, 6-4
Winner	16.	10 October 1999	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Debbie Graham	Marion Maruska Nirupama Sanjeev	6–4, 7–5
Winner	17.	17 October 1999	Largo, United States	Hard	Nicole Arendt	Francesca Lubiani Samantha Reeves	6-2, 6-3
Winner	18.	19 August 2000	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Surina De Beer	Alexandra Fusai Émilie Loit	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	23 October 2000	Dallas, United States	Hard	Nirupama Sanjeev	Brie Rippner Elena Tatarkova	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	20.	30 October 2000	Hayward, United States	Hard	Nirupama Sanjeev	Kelly Liggan Milagros Sequera	4–2, 4–2
Winner	21.	6 November 2000	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Nirupama Sanjeev	Seda Noorlander Kirstin Freye	5–7, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	22.	19 November 2000	Naples, United States	Clay	Elena Tatarkova	Maret Ani Valentina Sassi	5–3, 2–4, 2–4, 5–3, 4–1
Runner-up	23.	8 April 2001	West Palm Beach, United States	Clay	Rika Hiraki	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	3–6, 3–6
Winner	24.	13 May 2001	Fukuoka, Japan	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	6–0, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	25.	15 July 2001	College Park, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb	6–1, 6–4
Winner	26.	22 July 2001	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	27.	5 August 2001	Lexington, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Julie Ditty Milagros Sequera	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	28.	30 September 2001	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Marissa Irvin Katie Schlukebir	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	29.	14 October 2001	Saga, Japan	Grass	Rika Hiraki	Shiho Hisamatsu Maiko Inoue	6-0, 6-1
Winner	30.	28 October 2001	Dallas, United States	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Irina Selyutina Nannie de Villiers	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
Runner-up	31.	12 November 2001	Hattiesburg, United States	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Alina Jidkova Abigail Spears	3-6, 1-6
Runner-up	32.	26 November 2002	Minneapolis, United States	Hard (i)	Rika Hiraki	Shinobu Asagoe Els Callens	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾
Winner	33.	14 April 2002	Naples, United States	Clay	Rika Hiraki	Gisela Dulko Vera Zvonareva	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	34.	21 July 2002	Oyster Bay, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Jennifer Embry Jessica Lehnhoff	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	35.	28 July 2002	Louisville, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Miho Saeki Renata Voráčová	5–7, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	36.	3 August 2002	Lexington, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	37.	18 August 2002	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Maret Ani Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 1–6
Winner	38.	27 October 2002	Frisco, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	Teryn Ashley Abigail Spears	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Runner-up	39.	10 November 2002	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	Amy Frazier Jennifer Russell	4–6, 2–6
Winner	40.	17 November 2002	Eugene, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Elena Tatarkova	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	41.	27 April 2003	Gifu, Japan	Grass	Shinobu Asagoe	Rika Fujiwara Saori Obata	6-1, 5-7, 3-6
Winner	42.	6 May 2003	Fukuoka, Japan	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Saori Obata Rika Fujiwara	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	43.	8 June 2003	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Shinobu Asagoe	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lilia Osterloh	7-6, 3-6, 6-4
Runner-up	44.	4 July 2004	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	Sofia Arvidsson İpek Şenoğlu	1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	45.	24 October 2004	ITF Cary, United States	Clay	Maureen Drake	Ruxandra Dragomir Samantha Reeves	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	46.	30 November 2004	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Kelly McCain Kaysie Smashey	6–3, 6–2

External links[edit]

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