2025-26 Tennis Roster

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Yura Nakagawa

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Yokohama, Japan

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE
JUNIOR (2024-25):
Earned ITA Academic Achievement Award and…went 4-3 in injury-shortened season…won season-opener over Virginia Tech’s Mila Mulready at Battle of the Bay…captured all three singles matches at WSU Hidden Duals before suffering season-ending injury at Husky Classic…had gone 4-2 in doubles…will utilize redshirt season.
SOPHOMORE (2023-24): in2024 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection…ITA Academic Achievement Award recipient as well as Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll…compiled an 18-12 overall singles record, 11-11 in dual matches and 3-6 in Pac-12 play…went 6-4 at No. 2 and 5-7 at No. 3 in singles…teamed with Fifa Kumhom to post a 19-9 doubles record, 13-7 in dual matches, all at No. 2, and 5-3 in conference action…the 19 doubles wins were a team high…won 12 of her first 13 matches to begin the season…best win of season came in a straight-set victory over USC’s Grace Piper, ranked No. 51 nationally…had match-clinching, three-set win over Mila Stanojevic to clinch WSU’s lone Pac-12 win on season over Colorado…also posted conference wins over Oregon and Arizona…in doubles, had season-long five-match winning streak…had win over Washington at Pac-12 Championship to clinch opening doubles point…had conference doubles wins over Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Arizona and Stanford…finished the fall season with a 7-1 singles record and 6-2 doubles mark...captured the Gold Flight singles title at the Gonzaga Invitational while also teaming with Fifa Kumhom to with the Gold doubles title. 
FRESHMAN (2022-23): Finished the year with a 14-18 singles record and 8-26 doubles mark...went 7-10 in dual matches, 5-3 at No. 3, 2-7 at No. 2...posted conference wins over UCLA and Oregon, both at No. 2...had match-clinching win at Fresno State...teamed with Fifa Kumhom to post 6-3 win at No. 2 at Pac-12 Championship over USC’s Snow Han and Naomi Cheong, ranked No. 42 nationally...went 1-2 against nationally-ranked players...ended her first fall season with a singles record of 6-6 and 4-8 in doubles.

JUNIOR CAREER
Was an accomplished junior player on the ITF circuit prior to arriving at Washington State...captured the ITF G5 Yamanashi event in late 2020, was runner-up at the G3 Saitama tournament in 2020 and in 2018 was the Japan National Junior High School Champion.
Singles Doubles
W L Pct. W L Pct.
2022-23 14 18 .438 8 26 .235
2023-24 18 12 .600 19 9 .679
2024-25 4 3 .571 4 2 .667
Totals 36 33 .522 31 37 .456

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'5"
  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

    5'5"