Akemi Nishiya-Kinoshita (born 11 March 1965) is a former professional

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player from Japan.

Biography

Nishiya, who comes from Tokyo, played collegiate tennis at

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in 1984. As a singles player on the professional tour she reached a highest ranking of 112 in the world. She had a win over

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at the

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and also competed in the main draws of the

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and

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. On the WTA Tour her best singles performance was a quarter-final appearance at the 1988 OTB Open, held in Schenectady. Her only WTA title came in doubles, partnering

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at the 1991 Volvo San Marino Open. They defeated top seeds

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and

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in the final. She was ranked as high as 61 in doubles and appeared in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments. Since being married she is known as Akemi Kinoshita and she is now a New York based tennis coach.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (1-1)

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)

Doubles (1–2)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishiya, Akemi 1965 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Pepperdine Waves women's tennis players Expatriate tennis players in the United States Japanese emigrants to the United States Tennis players from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese women 20th-century Japanese sportswomen