Reiko Miyagi (27 May 1922 – 1 June 2008) was a Japanese

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player of the 1950s and 1960s. She was the elder sister of grand slam doubles champion

Atsushi Miyagi was a Japanese tennis player. In 1955 he and Kosei Kamo became the first Japanese players to win a Grand Slam tournament. Career In 1955 Miyagi won the US Open (tennis), U.S. National Championships men's doubles title at the Longwood Cricket Cl ...

. Miyagi was born in Ōta City, near the grounds of the

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where she trained. A four-time

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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. In 1964 she was a member of Japan's first ever

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team and made the singles second round of that year's U.S. National Championships, losing to Billie Jean Moffitt. Miyagi was the Japanese Federation Cup coach from 1978 to 1982.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyagi, Reiko 1922 births 2008 deaths Japanese female tennis players Tennis players from Tokyo Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1962 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women