Akemi Nishiya

Akemi Nishiya-Kinoshita (born 11 March 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Biography Nishiya, who comes from Tokyo, played collegiate tennis at Pepperdine University 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 Pascale Paradis at the 1988 Australian Open and also competed in the main draws of the French Open and Wimbledon Championships. 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 Kerry-Anne Guse at the 1991 Volvo San Marino Open. They defeated top seeds Laura Garrone and Mercedes Paz 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) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss April, 1991 Pattaya, Thailand Tier V Hard Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi Suzanna Wibowo 1–6, 4–6Win July, 1991 San Marino Tier V Clay Kerry-Anne Guse Laura Garrone Mercedes Paz 6–0, 6–3

ITF finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1. 28 July 1985 Columbus, United States Hard Marianne Werdel 6–0, 7–6Loss 1. 4 August 1985 Chatham, United States Hard Caroline Kuhlman 2–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–2) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1. 15 July 1985 Detroit, United States Clay Anne Grousbeck Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor 3–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss 2. 15 September 1985 Hopewell, United States Clay Louise Field Diane Farrell Jenni Goodling 6–2, 5–7, 4–6Win 1. 11 October 1987 Kofu, Japan Hard Ei Iida Kumiko Okamoto Naoko Sato 7–5, 6–2