Reiko Miyagi

{{Short description|Japanese tennis player (1922–2008)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|05|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ōta, Tokyo

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|06|01|1922|05|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Setagaya, Tokyo

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| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1964)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1964)

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{{medalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|1958 Tokyo|Women's doubles}}

{{MedalGold|1958 Tokyo|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalGold|1962 Jakarta|Women's doubles}}

{{MedalGold|1962 Jakarta|Women's team}}

{{MedalGold|1966 Bangkok|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalSilver|1962 Jakarta|Women's singles}}

{{MedalSilver|1962 Jakarta|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalSilver|1966 Bangkok|Women's team}}

{{MedalBronze|1958 Tokyo|Women's singles}}

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Reiko Miyagi (27 May 1922 – 1 June 2008) was a Japanese tennis player of the 1950s and 1960s. She was the elder sister of grand slam doubles champion Atsushi Miyagi.{{cite news |title=Davis Cup Veteran Cops Singles Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/348743736 |work=The Missoulian |date=3 November 1961}}

Miyagi was born in Ōta City, near the grounds of the Denen Coliseum where she trained.{{cite news |title=テニスとともに生きた宮城黎子さんを悼む |url=https://number.bunshun.jp/articles/-/11909 |work=Number Web - ナンバー |date=7 August 2008 |language=ja}}

A four-time Asian Games gold medalist, Miyagi won a record 30 titles at the All Japan Championships across singles and doubles. Of those national titles she won 10 in singles, including eight in a row from 1956 to 1963.{{cite news |title=Five Foreign Entries Added To Pacific Tennis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/151383300 |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |date=17 September 1964}}

In 1964 she was a member of Japan's first ever Federation Cup team and made the singles second round of that year's U.S. National Championships, losing to Billie Jean Moffitt.

Miyagi was the Japanese Federation Cup coach from 1978 to 1982.{{cite web |title=プレーヤー:詳細ページ|日本テニス協会公式サイト[JTA] |url=https://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/player/tabid/198/pdid/151/Default.aspx |website=www.jta-tennis.or.jp}}

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