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

Nakagawa has a career highATP singles ranking of world No. 334 achieved on 2 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of world No. 726 achieved on 30 July 2018.

As a teen, Nakagawa reached his highest ranking of world No. 9 in the combined singles and doublesITF junior ranking system. His junior tenure was highlighted and capped off by winning the boys' doubles title at the2014 US Open where he alongside Australia'sOmar Jasika defeated the Brazilian duo orJoão Menezes andRafael Matos in straight sets6–3, 7–6^(8–6).

Nakagawa won his firstATP Challenger title at the2024 Columbus Challenger, defeatingJames Trotter in the final.^[1]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2024	Columbus, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	James Trotter	7–6(10–8), 5–7, 7–6(7–5)

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 Cancún, Mexico	WTT	Hard	Juan Pablo Varillas	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Mar 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Franco Agamenone	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	2–6	Oct 2021	M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Arthur Cazaux	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–6	Nov 2021	M25 Afula, Israel	WTT	Hard	Michail Pervolarakis	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–7	Mar 2023	M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Jesper de Jong	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	3–8	Aug 2023	M25 Decatur, USA	WTT	Hard	Cash Hanzlik	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	4–8	Sep 2023	M25 Sapporo, Japan	WTT	Hard	Kazuki Nishiwaki	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	5–8	Sep 2023	M25 Takasaki, Japan	WTT	Hard	Makoto Ochi	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	5–9	Sep 2024	M25 Sapporo, Japan	WTT	Hard	Kokoro Isomura	3–6, 2–6

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	Hannes Wagner Johannes Härteis	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Oct 2019	M15 Changwon, South Korea	WTT	Hard	Shintaro Mochizuki	Chung Hong Lee Jea-moon	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Feb 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Ryota Tanuma	Alexander Erler Skander Mansouri	0–6, 5–7
Win	2–3	Mar 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Ryota Tanuma	Alexander Kotzen Simon Carr	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Nov 2021	M25 Meitar, Israel	WTT	Hard	Rio Noguchi	Iiro Vasa Eero Vasa	1–6, 6–7(3–7)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2014	US Open	Hard	Omar Jasika	Rafael Matos João Menezes	6–3, 7–6(8–6)

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• Naoki Nakagawa at theInternational Tennis Federation

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