Naoki Nakagawa

Naoki Nakagawa
中川直樹
Country (sports)	Japan
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born	19 November 1996 (age 28); Fukutsu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	5 ft 11 in (180cm)
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach	Kenichi Nakagawa
Prize money	$43,870
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 531 (24 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 633 (26 April 2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 726 (30 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 900 (26 April 2021)
	Last updated on: 1 May 2021.

Naoki Nakagawa (中川直樹, Nakagawa Naoki, born 19 November 1996) is a Japanese tennis player.

Nakagawa has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No, 531 achieved on 24 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 726 achieved on 30. July 2018.

As a junior, Nakagawa reached his highest ranking of number 9 in the world in the combined singles and doubles ITF junior ranking system. His junior tenure was highlighted and capped off by winning the boys' doubles title at the 2014 US Open where he alongside Australia's Omar Jasika defeated the Brazilian duo or Joao Menezes and Rafael Matos in straight sets 6–3, 7–6^(8–6).

Nakagawa has reached 7 singles finals, with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses. Additionally, he has reached 5 doubles finals with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses. All 12 combined final appearances he has made come at the ITF Futures level.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2013	Mexico F13, Veracruz	Futures	Hard	Juan Carlos Spir	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Nov 2016	USA F37, Pensacola	Futures	Clay	Gianni Mina	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Mar 2017	Croatia F3, Umag	Futures	Clay	Yannick Vandenbulcke	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 2017	USA F18, Buffalo	Futures	Clay	Alex Rybakov	6–4, 0–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2018	USA F4, Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Julien Cagnina	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Mar 2019	M15 Cancun, Mexico	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Juan Pablo Varillas	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Mar 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Franco Agamenone	7–6^(7–3), 6–4

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2016	Germany F10, Wetzlar	Futures	Clay	Roberto Cid Subervi	Jannis Kahlke Robin Kern	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2016	Germany F11, Karlsruhe	Futures	Clay	Roberto Cid Subervi	Johannes Härteis Hannes Wagner	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Oct 2019	M15 Changwon, South Korea	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Shintaro Mochizuki	Chung Hong Lee Jea Moon	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Feb 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ryota Tanuma	Alexander Erler Skander Mansouri	0–6, 5–7
Win	2–3	Mar 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ryota Tanuma	[Alexander Kotzen Simon Carr	6–1, 6–3