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Tetsuya Sato

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Tetsuya Sato
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1969-03-26) 26 March 1969 (age 55)
Kanagawa, Japan
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$10,890
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 515 (9 August 1993)
Doubles
Career record0–6 (ATP Tour)
Highest rankingNo. 510 (10 July 1995)

Tetsuya Sato (born 26 March 1969) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Early life and career

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Born in Kanagawa, Sato played on the professional tour in the 1990s and represented Japan in a total of three Davis Cup ties during his career.[1]

At home, he was a five-time national champion as a doubles player, winning his first All Japan Tennis Championships title in mixed doubles in 1990. From 1991 to 1995, he featured in five successive men's doubles finals, winning four.

Sato studied at Nihon University and won a silver medal for Japan at the 1991 Summer Universiade in Sheffield.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Doubles Team Gives U.S. 2-1 Cup Lead". Greensboro News and Record. 30 March 1991.
  2. ^ "U.S. sprinters shine, LSU hurdler second". The Town Talk. 22 July 1991.
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