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Kyoko Nagatsuka

JPN Age 52 166 cm / 5'5" WTA Tour years active: 1992–1997

Kyoko Nagatsuka represented Japan on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 28. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 42–60 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

28 (Aug 14, 1995)

Elo peak

1726 (64th percentile)

Singles record

42–60 (41.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$421,541

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 →

Kyoko Nagatsuka's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jennifer Capriati #27	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 21, 1997*	R16	Oklahoma	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Ann Grossman #63	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 20, 1997*	R32	Oklahoma	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Jana Kandarr #77	3-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Henrieta Nagyova #43	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 21, 1996*	R32	Pattaya	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Patty Schnyder #57	6-4 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 1996*	R32	Kremlin Cup	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Kyoko Nagatsuka's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Shi-Ting Wang	1	3	4	May 23, 1996	H2H
Yone Kamio	2	1	3	Feb 1, 1996	H2H
Debbie Graham	2	1	3	Jun 28, 1995	H2H
Elena Likhovtseva	0	2	2	Aug 28, 1996	H2H
Kimiko Date	0	2	2	Jun 26, 1996	H2H

Career Results

Kyoko Nagatsuka career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	18	3	6	9	33.3%	308	120
1993	19	5	11	16	31.3%	113	147
1994	20	13	13	26	50.0%	147	75
1995	21	16	13	29	55.2%	74	39
1996	22	4	15	19	21.1%	36	125
1997	23	1	2	3	33.3%	126	146
Career		42	60	102	41.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kyoko Nagatsuka 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 %
1992	18	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1993	19	3	5	8	37.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1994	20	11	7	18	61.1%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	13	13	26	50.0%
1995	21	11	8	19	57.9%	3	1	4	75.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	16	13	29	55.2%
1996	22	2	9	11	18.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	15	19	21.1%
1997	23	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	30	36	66	45.5%	6	7	13	46.2%	1	6	7	14.3%	5	11	16	31.2%	42	60	102	41.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kyoko Nagatsuka 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 %
1992	18	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%
1993	19	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	10	15	33.3%
1994	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	6	3	9	66.7%	9	10	19	47.4%
1995	21	0	4	4	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	10	4	14	71.4%	5	3	8	62.5%	16	13	29	55.2%
1996	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	15	19	21.1%
1997	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	10	10	0.0%	2	10	12	16.7%	21	19	40	52.5%	15	16	31	48.4%	38	55	93	40.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 93/102 (91.2%) of Kyoko Nagatsuka's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kyoko Nagatsuka 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
1992	18	1509	115.7	—	—	—	—	+36	—	—	35.0%	-0.90	1–1	0–1	—	+0.58
1993	19	1511	108.1	—	—	—	—	+9	—	—	34.2%	-1.05	3–3 (50%)	1–0	—	+0.35
1994	20	1588	116.0	—	—	—	—	+34	-39	—	48.3%	-0.24	4–2 (67%)	2–0	—	+1.88
1995	21	1664	131.2	—	—	—	—	-28	-58	—	53.6%	+0.25	6–5 (55%)	3–2 (60%)	101.1	+1.01
1996	22	1546	103.3	—	—	—	—	-9	+25	—	26.7%	-1.64	3–4 (43%)	0–2	—	-0.19
1997	23	1552	112.1	—	—	—	—	-8	—	—	42.9%	-1.00	0–1	1–0	—	-0.30
Career		1726	121.0	—	—	—	—	+4	-28	—	42.2%	-0.57	17–16 (52%)	7–5 (58%)	101.8	+3.26

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kyoko Nagatsuka Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1992	18	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1993	19	R128	R64	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1994	20	—	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1995	21	R16	R16	R64	R128	7–4 (64%)
1996	22	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1997	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	5–4 (56%)	1–4 (20%)	2–5 (29%)	11–17 (39%)

WTA 1000

Kyoko Nagatsuka WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	CAN	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1992	18	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	19	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	20	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	21	—	R32	R64	R16	2–3 (40%)
1996	22	—	—	R128	R16	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–8 (27%)

WTA 500

Kyoko Nagatsuka WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	TKY	MAN	OAK	TOY	W-L Win %
1992	18	—	QF	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1993	19	R32	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	20	—	R32	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1995	21	R64	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1996	22	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–7 (36%)

WTA 250

Kyoko Nagatsuka WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	JAP	BIR	HOB	JAK	KRE	NAG	OKL	JAP	PAT	PRA	ROS	SAN	SAP	STR	SUR	TAI	W-L Win %
1992	18	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1993	19	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1994	20	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	F	11–7 (61%)
1995	21	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	7–4 (64%)
1996	22	R32	—	R32	—	R32	QF	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	2–8 (20%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	24–28 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 14, 1995

First Top 100

Apr 26, 1993

First Top 50

Feb 13, 1995

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Kyoko Nagatsuka ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	545	554	566	462	478
1991	17	417	363	334	331	325	335	362	363	359	369	297	305
1992	18	302	246	195	203	198	193	166	168	120	122	121	120
1993	19	110	132	137	98	116	101	111	114	139	127	145	147
1994	20	143	96	94	97	84	98	95	87	95	83	75	75
1995	21	54	62	54	51	46	36	31	31	33	34	39	39
1996	22	64	61	84	76	79	98	108	120	117	120	115	125
1997	23	129	130	132	164	172	241	224	214	187	150	143	146
1998	24	140	192	198	202	209	205	215	230	267	502	682	694
1999	25	696	795	793	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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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Kyoko Nagatsuka's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Rachel Mcquillan	AUS	#28	1,826	360	163	197	45.3%	$1,622,632	0	1988–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Meike Babel	GER	#27	1,784	157	71	86	45.2%	$546,800	0	1991–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Kristie Boogert	NED	#29	1,770	245	105	140	42.9%	$1,364,008	0	1991–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Begerow	GER	#29	1,655	100	34	66	34.0%	$340,523	0	1992–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Asa Carlsson	SWE	#28	1,817	299	128	171	42.8%	$1,569,134	2	1992–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Maria Vento-Kabchi	VEN	#26	1,718	255	97	158	38.0%	$1,591,803	0	1992–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Katarina Studenikova	SVK	#31	1,746	157	64	93	40.8%	$594,039	0	1993–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Claudia Porwik	GER	#29	1,786	260	114	146	43.8%	$702,409	0	1986–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Mana Endo	JPN	#26	1,820	158	78	80	49.4%	$463,765	1	1991–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Angelica Gavaldon	MEX	#34	1,735	186	75	111	40.3%	$504,376	0	1988–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Ann Grossman	USA	#29	1,887	372	187	185	50.3%	$1,138,377	0	1987–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Sylvia Plischke	AUT	#27	1,719	142	56	86	39.4%	$660,386	0	1994–2001	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kyoko Nagatsuka?: Kyoko Nagatsuka is 52 years old, born on February 22, 1974.
Which country does Kyoko Nagatsuka represent?: Kyoko Nagatsuka represents Japan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Kyoko Nagatsuka?: Kyoko Nagatsuka is 166 cm / 5'5".
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Kyoko Nagatsuka won?: Kyoko Nagatsuka has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kyoko Nagatsuka won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kyoko Nagatsuka's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Kyoko Nagatsuka's highest WTA ranking?: Kyoko Nagatsuka's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 28, first achieved on August 14, 1995.
What is Kyoko Nagatsuka's career win-loss record?: Kyoko Nagatsuka has a career WTA singles record of 42 wins and 60 losses (41.2%).
How much career prize money has Kyoko Nagatsuka earned?: Kyoko Nagatsuka has earned at least $421,541 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kyoko Nagatsuka's career appear in TennisDB?: Kyoko Nagatsuka appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1992 through 1997.
On which surface does Kyoko Nagatsuka have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kyoko Nagatsuka's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 45.5% (30–36).
Who has Kyoko Nagatsuka faced most often?: Kyoko Nagatsuka's most frequent opponent is Shi-Ting Wang, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.