Shozo_Shiraishi

Shozo Shiraishi

Shozo Shiraishi

Japanese tennis player

Shozo Shiraishi (27 January 1958 – 19 January 2010) was a Japanese professional tennis player.

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Shiraishi, who was born in Osaka, played in professional tournaments through the 1980s, reaching a career best ranking of 326 in the world. His best performance at Grand Prix level came at Maui in 1983, where he made it into the second round, with a win over former Wimbledon semi-finalist Pat DuPré. He featured himself at Wimbledon in the 1984 qualifying draw, from which he was eliminated by Boris Becker.[1]

Between 1984 and 1987, Shiraishi represented the Japan Davis Cup team and had a 6/7 record, all in singles rubbers. In 1985 he played in two World Group ties and lost all of his matches, but took a set off both Aaron Krickstein of the United States and Spain's Sergio Casal.[2][3]

In 1986 he defeated Soichi Nakamura to win the singles title at the All Japan Tennis Championships.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Tennis Results At Bristol, England, June 20". United Press International. 20 June 1984.
  2. [2]
    "Navratilova Is Trounced After Losing Tiebreaker". Los Angeles Times. 9 March 1985.
  3. [3]
    "España domina a Japón por 2-0 en la Copa Davis". El País (in Spanish). 4 October 1985.
  4. [4]
    "白石 正三 *故人". www.jta-tennis.or.jp (in Japanese).
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