Hyotaro Sato

Hyotaro Sato (1 June 1904 – 12 April 2006) was a Japanese tennis player.[1][2]

Hyotaro Sato
Country (sports) Japan
Born(1904-06-01)1 June 1904
Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Died12 April 2006(2006-04-12) (aged 101)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1931)
Wimbledon2R (1931)

Born in Yokkaichi, Sato was an elder brother of tennis player Jiro Sato and studied at Kwansei Gakuin University.[1]

In 1930 and 1931 he toured with the Japan Davis Cup team, giving him the opportunity to feature in overseas tournaments. This included two appearances at the Wimbledon Championships. He won the Swiss and Düsseldorf international championships in 1930, beating Harry Hopman in the final of the latter. In 1931 he reached the fourth round of the French Championships, which included wins over René de Buzelet and Béla von Kehrling, before losing in five sets to the third seeded Christian Boussus. He was victorious in six of his eight Davis Cup singles rubbers.[1]

Sato became the first Japanese player to join the professional ranks in 1937.[3]

See also

References
  1. "プレーヤー:詳細ページ- 日本テニス協会公式サイト[JTA]". www.jta-tennis.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. "Japan's Challenge For Davis Cup". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 16 December 1929.
  3. "Hyotaro Sato Signs With Big Bill Tilden". The Tribune. 3 December 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 31 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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