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Nana Smith

JPN Age 55 163 cm / 5'4" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1988–2000

Nana Smith represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 51. In TennisDB's records, Nana Smith finished with a career record of 65–114 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

51 (Feb 27, 1995)

Elo peak

1650 (49th percentile)

Singles record

65–114 (36.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,234,067

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Nana Smith's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Gala Leon Garcia #58	6-4 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 2000*	R64	Hilton Head	WTA 1000	Clay
Jelena Dokic #44	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 2000*	R128	Miami Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Amanda Coetzer #10	6-4 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 1999*	R32	Oklahoma	WTA 250	Hard
Elena Likhovtseva #25	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1999*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #35	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 1999*	R32	Hobart International	WTA 250	Hard

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Nana Smith's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ai Sugiyama	0	4	4	Apr 17, 1998	H2H
Kimiko Date	1	3	4	Sep 20, 1996	H2H
Sabine Appelmans	1	2	3	Jun 26, 1996	H2H
Yone Kamio	1	2	3	Jan 11, 1996	H2H
Barbara Paulus	0	3	3	Nov 17, 1995	H2H

Career Results

Nana Smith career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	17	0	1	1	0.0%	317	201
1989	18	7	11	18	38.9%	199	103
1990	19	9	16	25	36.0%	103	113
1991	20	7	13	20	35.0%	108	144
1992	21	4	4	8	50.0%	148	118
1993	22	1	11	12	8.3%	117	317
1994	23	9	7	16	56.3%	317	58
1995	24	7	13	20	35.0%	57	128
1996	25	13	13	26	50.0%	122	70
1997	26	4	12	16	25.0%	70	105
1998	27	4	8	12	33.3%	104	117
1999	28	0	3	3	0.0%	117	134
2000	29	0	2	2	0.0%	134	218
Career		65	114	179	36.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nana Smith career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1988	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	18	5	9	14	35.7%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	11	18	38.9%
1990	19	6	11	17	35.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	9	16	25	36.0%
1991	20	4	8	12	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1992	21	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1993	22	0	9	9	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	11	12	8.3%
1994	23	8	5	13	61.5%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	7	16	56.2%
1995	24	6	10	16	37.5%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1996	25	13	10	23	56.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	13	13	26	50.0%
1997	26	4	10	14	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%
1998	27	3	5	8	37.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1999	28	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	52	84	136	38.2%	1	7	8	12.5%	4	13	17	23.5%	8	10	18	44.4%	65	114	179	36.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nana Smith career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1988	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	18	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
1990	19	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	5	9	14	35.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	14	21	33.3%
1991	20	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	4	11	15	26.7%
1992	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%
1993	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	8	8	0.0%
1994	23	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	8	7	15	53.3%
1995	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1996	25	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	3	8	62.5%	10	13	23	43.5%
1997	26	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	10	14	28.6%
1998	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1999	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		1	12	13	7.7%	7	25	32	21.9%	18	46	64	28.1%	25	18	43	58.1%	51	101	152	33.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 152/179 (84.9%) of Nana Smith's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nana Smith advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1988	17	1496	102.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.11
1989	18	1588	139.3	—	—	—	—	+6	—	—	45.7%	-0.22	3–7 (30%)	1–2 (33%)	98.4	-0.50
1990	19	1541	113.3	—	—	—	—	+33	—	-2	38.9%	-0.89	1–5 (17%)	5–4 (56%)	96.2	+1.12
1991	20	1529	118.1	—	—	—	—	+48	—	—	37.0%	-0.87	3–3 (50%)	0–1	—	+0.61
1992	21	1557	108.5	—	—	—	—	+41	—	—	52.6%	+0.32	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.97
1993	22	1444	90.0	—	—	—	—	+16	—	—	14.8%	-2.37	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	96.7	+0.20
1994	23	1579	128.2	—	—	—	—	-1	—	—	55.3%	+0.37	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.70
1995	24	1545	112.9	—	—	—	—	0	—	-88	40.8%	-0.65	3–6 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	98.5	+0.66
1996	25	1602	121.7	—	—	—	—	+24	—	—	47.7%	-0.11	8–5 (62%)	3–1 (75%)	107.0	+1.18
1997	26	1543	108.6	—	—	—	—	+33	—	—	34.3%	-1.40	1–4 (20%)	2–3 (40%)	95.7	-0.08
1998	27	1538	116.7	—	—	—	—	+45	—	—	40.0%	-1.00	2–4 (33%)	2–0	—	-0.13
1999	28	1522	112.5	—	—	—	—	+37	—	—	14.3%	-1.86	0–1	0–1	—	-0.63
2000	29	1499	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.60	0–1	—	—	-0.03
Career		1650	124.0	—	—	—	—	+23	—	-45	40.4%	-0.69	28–43 (39%)	20–20 (50%)	98.5	+2.21

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nana Smith Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1990	19	R64	R64	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1991	20	R64	R128	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1992	21	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	22	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	23	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	24	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1996	25	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1997	26	R128	R128	R128	R64	1–4 (20%)
1998	27	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1999	28	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–9 (31%)	1–5 (17%)	2–7 (22%)	1–5 (17%)	8–26 (24%)

WTA 1000

Nana Smith WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	CAN	HIL	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1990	19	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	2–2 (50%)
1991	20	—	—	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	22	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	24	—	—	—	—	R128	R32	0–2 (0%)
1996	25	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1997	26	R64	—	—	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	29	—	R128	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	0–1 (0%)	5–11 (31%)

WTA 500

Nana Smith WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	EAS	IW	TKY	BOC	CAN	MAN	TOY	W-L Win %
1989	18	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1990	19	—	R64	R32	QF	R64	—	R64	—	3–5 (38%)
1991	20	—	—	R64	QF	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1992	21	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	22	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1994	23	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R64	—	3–2 (60%)
1995	24	R64	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	1–4 (20%)
1996	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	2–2 (50%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	8–5 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	15–20 (43%)

WTA 250

Nana Smith WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	BRI	NAP	SPB	JAP	ALB	BIR	BOC	BOL	BOS	CAN	HOB	HOP	JAK	KEY	KUA	OKL	JAP	PAT	SIN	SUR	SYD	TAI	WIC	W-L Win %
1988	17	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	18	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	3–9 (25%)
1990	19	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1991	20	—	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1992	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	4–2 (67%)
1993	22	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–7 (12%)
1994	23	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	5–4 (56%)
1995	24	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1996	25	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	F	—	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1997	26	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1998	27	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1999	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	8–10 (44%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	2–3 (40%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	37–56 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 27, 1995

First Top 100

Feb 5, 1990

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Nana Smith ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1988	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	277	253	203	198	201
1989	18	200	134	142	140	154	153	149	104	107	102	102	103
1990	19	105	94	79	62	59	63	65	102	103	109	110	113
1991	20	107	113	124	126	128	136	137	127	125	124	144	144
1992	21	158	202	215	233	231	219	214	166	192	126	116	118
1993	22	117	111	131	138	143	150	153	183	178	—	311	317
1994	23	322	359	339	343	180	181	126	130	68	62	58	58
1995	24	59	51	63	57	60	61	64	54	114	124	126	128
1996	25	103	98	101	93	92	99	100	89	81	59	60	70
1997	26	96	99	110	117	116	111	108	110	104	124	101	105
1998	27	100	95	98	99	99	99	93	87	93	100	117	117
1999	28	105	119	119	120	119	115	135	144	140	147	133	134
2000	29	144	150	149	153	145	147	163	175	178	177	224	218
2001	30	219	225	226	258	280	241	224	220	233	223	234	239
2002	31	236	235	234	224	219	246	250	254	263	279	281	277
2003	32	272	272	278	298	327	333	411	435	424	462	589	664
2004	33	662	669	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	52	1,667	0	126	48	78	38.1%	1987–1997	Match log
Flora Perfetti	ITA	54	1,600	0	90	31	59	34.4%	1992–1999	Match log
Rossana De Los Ríos	PAR	51	1,622	0	184	64	120	34.8%	1991–2010	Match log
Sung-Hee Park	KOR	57	1,626	0	81	29	52	35.8%	1993–1999	Match log
Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	44	1,696	0	94	37	57	39.4%	1989–1998	Match log
Katarzyna Nowak	POL	47	1,659	0	77	26	51	33.8%	1989–1996	Match log
Amelie Cocheteux	FRA	55	1,583	0	81	28	53	34.6%	1995–2000	Match log
Petra Langrova	TCH	53	1,700	1	198	81	117	40.9%	1988–1998	Match log
Veronika Martinek	GER	49	1,664	1	177	73	104	41.2%	1988–1998	Match log
Nanne Dahlman	FIN	59	1,604	0	98	35	63	35.7%	1988–1996	Match log
Marion Maruska	AUT	50	1,620	1	81	27	54	33.3%	1989–2001	Match log
Maureen Drake	CAN	47	1,586	0	133	40	93	30.1%	1988–2005	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nana Smith?: Nana Smith is 55 years old, born on April 10, 1971.
Which country does Nana Smith represent?: Nana Smith represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Nana Smith?: Nana Smith is 163 cm / 5'4".
Does Nana Smith use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Nana Smith uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Nana Smith left-handed or right-handed?: Nana Smith plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nana Smith won?: Nana Smith has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Nana Smith won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nana Smith's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Nana Smith's highest WTA ranking?: Nana Smith's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 51, first achieved on February 27, 1995.
What is Nana Smith's career win-loss record?: Nana Smith has a career WTA singles record of 65 wins and 114 losses (36.3%).
How much career prize money has Nana Smith earned?: Nana Smith has earned at least $1,234,067 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Nana Smith's career appear in TennisDB?: Nana Smith appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1988 through 2000.
On which surface does Nana Smith have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Nana Smith's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 38.2% (52–84).
Who has Nana Smith faced most often?: Nana Smith's most frequent opponent is Ai Sugiyama, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.