was a Japanese tennis player. In 1955 he and

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became the first Japanese players to win a Grand Slam tournament.

Career

In 1955 Miyagi won the U.S. National Championships men's doubles title at the Longwood Cricket Club in

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with compatriot

after a five-set victory over Americans Gerald Moss and Bill Quillian. Hurricane Diane roared through New England in August 1955, flooding the tennis courts and delaying the tournament for a week. When the tournament resumed many of the leading players such as

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, Lew Hoad, and Vic Seixas had already left which reduced the quality of the competitors remaining in the men's doubles draw. Miyagi won the Japanese tennis championships in 1954, 1955, 1957, and 1960. Between 1952 and 1963 he played 16 times for the Japanese

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team. At the 1962

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he won a gold medal in the men's doubles competition with

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and a silver medal in the men's singles competition.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyagi, Atsushi 1931 births 2021 deaths Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Tokyo Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1962 Asian Games Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles United States National champions (tennis) 20th-century Japanese people