Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Yao City, Japan | 29 August 1941
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 245 (6 Nov 1974) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R ( 1965) |
Mitsuru Motoi (born 29 August 1941) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. [1]
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. [2] In 1973 he won the All-Japan championships in mixed doubles. [3]
Motoi previously served as manager of the national team for the Davis Cup, Federation Cup and Seoul Olympics. [3]
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Yao City, Japan | 29 August 1941
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 245 (6 Nov 1974) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R ( 1965) |
Mitsuru Motoi (born 29 August 1941) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. [1]
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. [2] In 1973 he won the All-Japan championships in mixed doubles. [3]
Motoi previously served as manager of the national team for the Davis Cup, Federation Cup and Seoul Olympics. [3]