*anese tennis player

Atsushi Miyagi (宮城淳, Miyagi Atsushi, 19 October 1931 – 24 February 2021) was a *anese tennis player. In 1955 he and Kosei Kamo became the first *anese players to win a Grand Slam tournament.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Grand Slam finals
  • 2.1 Doubles (1 *le)
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

In 1955 Miyagi won the U.S. National Championships men's doubles *le at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston with compatriot Kosei Kamo 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 Ken Rosewall, Tony Trabert, Lew Hoad, and Vic Seixas had already left which reduced the quality of the compe*ors remsining in the men's doubles draw.

Miyagi won the *anese tennis championships in 1954, 1955, 1957, and 1960.

Between 1952 and 1963 he played 16 times for the *anese Davis Cup team.

At the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia he won a gold medal in the men's doubles compe*ion with Michio Fujii and a silver medal in the men's singles compe*ion.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 *le)

References

External links

• Atsushi Miyagi at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
• Atsushi Miyagi at the International Tennis Federation
• Atsushi Miyagi at the Davis Cup