| Country (sports) |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1941-08-29) 29 August 1941 (age 83) Yao City, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 245 (6 Nov 1974) | ||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | 1R (1965) | ||||||||||||||
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Mitsuru Motoi (born 29 August 1941) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Born in Yao City, Motoi is a graduate of Kwansei Gakuin University and won a singles bronze medal for Japan at the 1963 Summer Universiade. He was beaten in five sets by Koji Watanabe in the singles final of the 1964 All-Japan championships. In 1965 he played in a Davis Cup tie for the only time, against South Korea in Seoul, winning both his singles and doubles rubber. In 1973 he won the All-Japan championships in mixed doubles.
Motoi previously served as manager of the national team for the Davis Cup, Federation Cup and Seoul Olympics.
See also
References
- "Newcombe Defeats Motoi". The Times Record. 10 October 1974.
- "Japan Wins". The News-Press. 3 May 1965.
- ^ "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).
External links
- Mitsuru Motoi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Mitsuru Motoi at the Davis Cup
- Mitsuru Motoi at the International Tennis Federation
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Japanese male tennis players
- People from Yao, Osaka
- Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture
- Kwansei Gakuin University alumni
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen