is a Japanese tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 327 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of world No. 726 achieved on 30 July 2018. He won the boys' doubles title at the 2014 US Open with Omar Jasika.
Career As a teen, Nakagawa reached his highest ranking of world No. 9 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 João Menezes and Rafael Matos in straight sets 6–3, 7–6(8–6). Nakagawa Juniors Overview
Nakagawa won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2024 Columbus Challenger, defeating James Trotter in the final.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 1 (1 title) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Columbus, USAChallengerHard (i) James Trotter7–6(10–8), 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (5–9)Finals by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (0–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Mexico F13, VeracruzFuturesHard Juan Carlos Spir6–3, 6–4Loss1–1USA F37, PensacolaFuturesClay Gianni Mina6–4, 4–6, 0–6Loss1–2Croatia F3, UmagFuturesClay Yannick Vandenbulcke1–6, 2–6Loss1–3USA F18, BuffaloFuturesClay Alex Rybakov6–4, 0–6, 1–6Loss1–4USA F4, SunriseFuturesClay Julien Cagnina7–6(7–5), 3–6, 3–6Loss1–5M15 Cancún, MexicoWTTHard Juan Pablo Varillas6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win2–5M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Franco Agamenone7–6(7–3), 6–4Loss2–6M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWTTHard Arthur Cazaux3–6, 4–6Win3–6M25 Afula, IsraelWTTHard Michail Pervolarakis4–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss3–7M25 Quinta do Lago, PortugalWTTHard Jesper de Jong1–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss3–8M25 Decatur, USAWTTHard Cash Hanzlik6–4, 1–6, 4–6Win4–8M25 Sapporo, JapanWTTHard Kazuki Nishiwaki4–6, 6–1, 6–4Win5–8M25 Takasaki, JapanWTTHard Makoto Ochi6–2, 7–6(7–5)Loss5–9M25 Sapporo, JapanWTTHard Kokoro Isomura3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (2–4)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Germany F10, WetzlarFuturesClay Roberto Cid Subervi Jannis Kahlke Robin Kern0–6, 2–6Loss0–2Germany F11, KarlsruheFuturesClay Roberto Cid Subervi Hannes Wagner Johannes Härteis3–6, 5–7Win1–2M15 Changwon, South KoreaWTTHard Shintaro Mochizuki Chung Hong Lee Jea-moon6–4, 6–4Loss1–3M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Ryota Tanuma Alexander Erler Skander Mansouri0–6, 5–7Win2–3M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Ryota Tanuma Alexander Kotzen Simon Carr6–1, 6–3Loss2–4M25 Meitar, IsraelWTTHard Rio Noguchi Iiro Vasa Eero Vasa1–6, 6–7 (3–7)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2014US OpenHard Omar Jasika Rafael Matos João Menezes6–3, 7–6(8–6)
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