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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.
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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
Categories:- 1971 births
- American female tennis players
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Japanese female tennis players
- People from San Diego, California
- People from Seattle, Washington
- Living people
- Tennis people from Washington (state)
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Asian-American women in sports
- Asian-American tennis players
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