is a Japanese
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Nakagawa has a career high
ATP singles ranking of world No, 531 achieved on 24 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 726 achieved on 30. July 2018.
As a junior, Nakagawa reached his highest ranking of number 9 in the world in the combined singles and doubles
ITF junior ranking system. His junior tenure was highlighted and capped off by winning the boys' doubles title at the
2014 US Open where he alongside Australia's
Omar Jasika
Omar Jasika (; born 18 May 1997) is an Australian tennis player. He is the 2014 US Open boys' singles champion defeating Quentin Halys in the final. Jasika along with Naoki Nakagawa also won the 2014 US Open boys' doubles title after defeating ...
defeated the Brazilian duo or
Joao Menezes and
Rafael Matos
Rafael Fabris de Matos (born 6 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.
Matos has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 27 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 440 achieved on 21 ...
in straight sets ''6–3, 7–6
(8–6)''.
Nakagawa has reached 7 singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses. Additionally, he has reached 5 doubles finals with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses. All 12 combined final appearances he has made come at the
ITF Futures
The ITF World Tennis Tour (formerly known as the ''ITF Men's World Tennis Tour'', and previously ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation. ...
level.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (2–5)
Doubles: 5 (2–3)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
External links
*
*
1996 births
Living people
Japanese male tennis players
US Open (tennis) junior champions
People from Fukutsu, Fukuoka
Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture
Sportspeople from Bradenton, Florida
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people
{{Japan-tennis-bio-stub