Reiko Miyagi
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| Bio | She was a former Fed Cup tennis player and coach. She graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Third High School (currently Komaba High School). Since 1952, she has won 10 singles titles in the All Japan Championship (including 8 in a row), 11 doubles titles, and 11 mixed doubles titles, the most among men and women. Her titles in singles came in the years of 1952, '54 and '56-63, in doubles in 1951-57, '59-'62 and in mixed doubles in 1951-54, '58-59 and '63-65. Her ranking between 1939 and 1966: 9th in 1939/7th in 1940/4th in 1941/6th in 1950/3rd in 1951/2nd in 1952/2nd in 1953/1st in 1954/2nd in 1955 / 1st in 1956-63 / 2nd in 1964 / 2nd in 1965 / 4th in 1966. She has won a total of 32 titles, the most ever. She marked her era in post-war women's tennis, where she boasted national invincibility. In the Asian Games, she won 4 gold medals (2 in doubles in Tokyo'58 and in Jakarta '62 and 2 in mixed doubles in Tokyo'58 and in Bangkok'66) plus she won the silver in singles and in mixed doubles in Jakarta'62. In 1964, she was selected to represent Japan in the 2nd Federation Cup (later known as the Fed Cup ). She also competed at the Australian and US Championships that year, she has the debut at the Grand Slam at the age of 41. At the time of her last appearance at a major, she was 42! Although she lost the first round at the Australian Championships, she made it through the first round at the US Championships and challenged Billie Jean Moffitt (21 years old at the time) in the second round. After retiring, she served as the head coach of the Japan Federation Cup team from 1978 to 1982. In her later years, she served as editor-in-chief of "Tennis Classic", chairman of the Japan Women's Tennis Federation, and member of the Japan Tennis Association , while establishing the "Grand Slam Fund". As the president of the Japan Women's Tennis Federation, she also played a role in spreading tennis among housewives. She is an advisor to the Japan Tennis Association. |
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