Kyōko Nagatsuka (, born February 22, 1974) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 28 on 14 August 1995. In doubles, she reached as high as No. 31 in June 1995.
She won the 12-and-under championships of Japan in 1986, and the under-16 in 1989.
Nagatsuka reached three singles finals on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
but failed to win the title in any of them. She did, however, win two doubles titles as well as achieving a further three runner-ups in doubles competition. She reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament twice in singles: at the 1995 Australian Open, where she beat a young
Martina Hingis
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and
Amy Frazier
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, and that same year at the French Open.
Playing for the
Japan Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 2–4.
Since her retirement, she has briefly worked as a coach with
Akiko Morigami.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 3 (runner-ups)
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (0–2)
Doubles (1–2)
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1974 births
Living people
Japanese female tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Japan
Tennis players from Chiba Prefecture
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
20th-century Japanese sportswomen