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Reiko Miyagi

Reiko Miyagi

Japanese tennis player (1922–2008)

Reiko Miyagi (27 May 1922 – 1 June 2008) was a Japanese tennis player of the 1950s and 1960s. She was the elder sister of grand slam doubles champion Atsushi Miyagi.[1]

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Miyagi was born in Ōta City, near the grounds of the Denen Coliseum where she trained.[2]

A four-time Asian Games gold medalist, Miyagi won a record 30 titles at the All Japan Championships across singles and doubles. Of those national titles she won 10 in singles, including eight in a row from 1956 to 1963.[3]

In 1964 she was a member of Japan's first ever Federation Cup team and made the singles second round of that year's U.S. National Championships, losing to Billie Jean Moffitt.[3]

Miyagi was the Japanese Federation Cup coach from 1978 to 1982.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Davis Cup Veteran Cops Singles Title". The Missoulian. 3 November 1961.
  2. [2]
    "テニスとともに生きた宮城黎子さんを悼む". Number Web - ナンバー (in Japanese). 7 August 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Five Foreign Entries Added To Pacific Tennis". Reno Gazette-Journal. 17 September 1964.
  4. [4]
    "プレーヤー:詳細ページ｜日本テニス協会公式サイト[JTA]". www.jta-tennis.or.jp.
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