Akemi Nishiya-Kinoshita (born 11 March 1965) is a former professional

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player from Japan.

Biography

Nishiya, who comes from Tokyo, played collegiate tennis at

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in 1984. As a singles player on the professional tour she reached a highest ranking of 112 in the world. She had a win over

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at the 1988 Australian Open and also competed in the main draws of the

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and

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. On the WTA Tour her best singles performance was a quarter-final appearance at the 1988 OTB Open, held in Schenectady. Her only WTA title came in doubles, partnering

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at the 1991 Volvo San Marino Open. They defeated top seeds

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and

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in the final. She was ranked as high as 61 in doubles and appeared in the main draw of all four

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tournaments. Since being married she is known as Akemi Kinoshita and she is now a New York based tennis coach.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (1-1)

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)

Doubles (1–2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishiya, Akemi 1965 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Pepperdine Waves women's tennis players Japanese emigrants to the United States Tennis players from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women